10 Most Shocking WWE TitanTron Moments

6. Tearing The House Down

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After Stone Cold Steve Austin had finally defeated The Rock at WrestleMania XV for the WWE Title, the company managed to get a bonus month from the warring headliners by having 'The Great One' steal Austin's 'Smoking Skull Title' and parade it around as his new trophy despite the loss.

The prop was re-introduced for the two to have an excuse to wrestle once more at April 1999's Backlash pay-per-view, but in the meantime, Rock's corporate ally Shane McMahon twisted the knife by placing an image of Austin's belt on the TitanTron during episodes of Monday Night Raw.

Austin promised to cause the McMahons thousands of dollars in damage if they didn't return his property, and delivered on his word shortly before Backlash after saving The Big Show from a four-on-one assault by Rock and his Corporate associates Triple H, Chyna and Shane McMahon.

Clearing the ring of the group, Austin and Show made their way to the TitanTron with the offending image still present, and tore the ginormous screen down.

Using some entertaining physical trickery, Show amazingly lowered the girders to the floor, and Austin ripped through the screen itself with a long pole.

A new TitanTron debuted the following week in the wake of 'The Rattlesnake's destruction.

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