10 Biggest Wrestling Hometown Pops EVER

5. Steve Austin In Houston - WrestleMania X-7

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When talking about huge crowd reactions, something would be amiss without the mention of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Not just almost certainly the most popular WWE character ever, Chilly McFreeze has the cross to bear that his theme music has had an immeasurable impact on the current product. Austin absolutely wasn’t the only person of his era with a sort of “front-bumper” at the start of his music but the sound of glass shattering is so iconic. It is surely the reason almost all theme songs today in WWE start with something immediately designed to generate a reaction.

Because, quite simply, that sound routinely sent shockwaves throughout audiences, with Austin’s biggest hometown reaction coming at WrestleMania X-7. As he stepped out for the night’s main event, Austin’s music was drowned out by the hometown Houston crowd reacting to the sound of breaking glass.

The midpoint of the Rock and Austin WrestleMania Trilogy is often called the best but it’s not just about match quality. The coming together of the two biggest stars in the world and the undeniably perfect pairing with Limp Bizkit’s My Way video package made this the culmination of an era. Fans in their Astrodome audibly relished their part to play in wrestling history.

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