10 Best Ever WWE WrestleMania Entrances
4. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WrestleMania XIX)
WWE long lenses always zoomed dramatically in on Stone Cold Steve Austin's 'BMF' stride throughout his career, but the company tacitly foreshadowed his impending retirement by finally allowing the audience a walk in 'The Rattlesnake's shoes as he took to the stage one last time.
Shooting from behind as Austin emerged for a match only a few knew was his last after a near-fatal hospital visit the night before, cameras caught the sprawling sea of flashbulbs and reverential beams greeting the former WWE Champion from the enormous Seattle crowd. As his confidant and ambulance accomplice just 24 hours earlier, commentator Jim Ross almost eulogised 'The Rattlesnake' as he took his last steps as an active star, 'Bullet Proof' adorning the back of his vest despite the fact he'd probably never felt so vulnerable.
WrestleMania XIX in general was besieged with company cameras due to the magnificent 'Mania Of WrestleMania' mini-movie shot during the show, but Stone Cold's entrance beautifully eliminated closeups on him until he reached ringside. For one night only, fans are afforded the same long stare down an uncertain road Austin himself had to face.