10 Times Wrestlers Got Standing Ovations In Defeat
6. Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWE WrestleMania XIX)
It was easier to figure out what was going on watching on pay-per-view than it was inside Safeco Field when Stone Cold Steve Austin took longer than average leaving the ring following his loss to The Rock in what proved to be the final chapter of their epic WrestleMania rivalry.
The match was a fair distance from being their best, but it wasn't what the extended ovation was for.
With Jim Ross putting 'The Rattlesnake' over as one of the greatest of all time and the crowd being given ample opportunity to show their love, it became evident that this wasn't just goodbye for now.
It'd be 24 hours until it was folded into a storyline with Eric Bischoff, and longer still that the full extent of Austin's hospital dash the night before was fleshed out by documentary makers, but the fans in attendance didn't need any of that to give the biggest star of the rapidly bygone era one last chance to remember the glory years.