This particular moment could well lay claim to be Raw's overall greatest ending outright, let alone the most action packed. A debate for another time. What this ending did was change the entire balance of power in professional wrestling. Pre-recorded the week prior, the ending was given away on WCW Nitro as a spoiler, which back-fired dramatically as something like 600,000 people switched away from WCW to watch the title change. It was the same night of the infamous finger poke of doom. With DX and the Corporate Team surrounding ringside, Mankind battled the Corporate champion The Rock in a No DQ match, which broke down into an almighty brawl when Shamrock struck Mankind during the match. With DX and The Corporation brawling all around the ring, Steve Austin's glass shattered inspiring perhaps the biggest live pop from a crowd ever recorded. He proceeded to knock-out The Rock with a chair and pull Foley to the pinfall and a WWF Title victory that sent the live crowd into hysterics! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybuIy0wKXk It was the turning point in the Monday Night Wars. It was the blow WWF struck that WCW never recovered from.
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