10 Worst WWE Pay-Per-Views Ever
2. Survivor Series 1999
In ugly old-fashioned form ahead of a creative and commercial peak in 2000, the cynical write-out of Stone Cold Steve Austin shortly before the main event triple threat match with The Rock and Triple H was amongst some of the worst audience manipulation in WWE history.
'The Rattlesnake' had been counted out by doctors weeks earlier, but the company at no point let slip that they'd not be delivering on lofty promises before he was mowed down in the arena car park. A wretched card surprisingly didn't fill the hole left by the absence of one of the biggest stars in industry history, with Survivor Series elimination matches seemingly drafted on hotel napkins a week earlier and Chyna and Chris Jericho not yet finding the passable form they'd later find together.
Diamond In The Rough: Kurt Angle's debut with Shawn Stasiak is a nuanced and brilliant counter-play by Vince McMahon. Clearly a man still with a masterful grasp on the emotive nerve-ending of his audience, an intentionally drab match allows for a moment of dislikable distain from the Olympian during a period in which he was destined to be booed. McMahon bravely crafting a hero-to-zero arc for the flag-adorned gold medallist was ballsy and brilliant.