10 Biggest Fakeouts In WWE History
4. Vince & Shane McMahon On Stone Cold Steve Austin
Vince Russo's finest hour, the 1998 Survivor Series was fabulous victory for WWE's careful plotting of Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Mankind and The McMahons for much of the Autumn that year.
The 'Deadly Game' WWE Championship tournament was always crafted by the Chairman to send his doting patsy Mankind to the final and hated rival Austin to the outhouse, but the meticulousness of the kayfabe planning put 'The Rattlesnake' over as a foe that required the forethought.
Coasting through to the Semi Final against an Austin previously brutalised by the Big Boss Man, Mankind was the warm body the McMahons needed to reveal their evil scheme. A wheelchair-bound Vince rose from his station to remove the referee in the first shock, before babyface Shane revealed that he was working with his Father when he followed a two-count with two-middle fingers.
The entire exhilarating scene resulted in Austin's world shattering like the glass at the start of his iconic entrance theme, and the billionaire b*stards weren't done. Foley's lumbering run at glory was halted by The Rock in the final, as Vince and Shane revealed the third man in their masterplan. 'The Great One' went corporate as the baddies toasted the success of their spectacular long con.