10 Coolest Moments From WWE Raw 25

2. The Beer & Stunners

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The promise of that opening segment between Shane/Vince McMahon and Steve Austin wasn't followed up on throughout the rest of Raw 25. Fans in Brooklyn were electric for Austin interacting with Vince again, and the Barclays Center went bananas for Stone Cold's combo of beer drinking and Stunners on his old nemesis.

Arguably, it was all downhill from there. Even if that's true, the show will be remembered as the night Austin hit top form again. He looked in terrific shape, had the crowd in the palm of his hand without saying a single word and nailed every one of his Stunners. There were no 'flopping fish' movements from big Vince this time around either, proving he's learned a thing or two since 1997.

Shane also found the time to reference one of 1999's finest hours by spitting beer just as Austin hit him with the finisher. That looked spectacular, had the crowd in stitches and provided the kind of visual Raw 25 needed more of.

Few performers could command 15,000 people without speaking. Then again, not many performers are Steve Austin.

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