Ranking The Biggest Rivalries In Wrestling Every Year 1990-2020

22. 1999 - Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Mr McMahon

...and delivered it in 1999, when the angle was still white hot.

Everything clicked for the company by this point, but the rejuvenated body was still powered by the blood McMahon and Austin's rivalry had pumped through it.

'The Rattlesnake' finally got some physical comeuppance at the Royal Rumble and February's St Valentine's Day Massacre, and stood with one foot on the Chairman's chest as he became Champion again at WrestleMania XV. An uneasy bond that formed in the weeks that followed was undone by Vince's cartoonish reveal as the Greater Power, but that still furnished yet more pay-per-view main events at King Of The Ring and Fully Loaded.

They were numbers - ratings and buyrates - and magic right up until Austin's November injury exit.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 65,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live.

First Posted On: 8th Sep 2020