10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE In 1999

9. TWO 30,000+ Monday Night Raw Attendances

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Running the Georgia Dome was as much a very loud and very public statement from Vince McMahon that WWE sat atop the wrestling tree in North America once again as it was an attempt to draw a big house and make money at the gate.

The 30,000+ squashed in for a mere television taping was a nice bonus for atmosphere and vibes, and there's every chance the whole crew had been wanting another taste of that after a sensational edition of Monday Night Raw at Toronto's SkyDome earlier in the year. That night, an eye-watering 41,432 got a slice of the good stuff.

Once a place fit for a historic Hulk Hogan-powered WrestleMania in 1990 (and then, in 2002, fit for yet another one), the iconic venue was home to the flagship and the hottest story in pro wrestling. Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin at long last faced off ahead of finally going one-one-on-one in a steel cage match at St Valentine's Day Massacre, and the image of the boss screaming in 'The Rattlesnake's face became one of the defining ones of their entire multi-year story.

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