10 Wrestling Matches Better Than The One Thing You Remember Them For

2. Scott Steiner Vs. Diamond Dallas Page (WCW Greed 2001)

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Known for: Being the last main event ever presented by WCW.

Why it's better than that: Far more than just a historical footnote from an awful organisation in its death throes, this is an awesome and intense match which casts shame on the subsequent ECWCW invasion. Even if it was just an ember, there was still life in the WCW brand, and the WWF should have bought out Scott Steiner's contract and pushed him hard on this evidence. Then again, such talk is futile. Vince McMahon would have killed WCW even if Goldberg had offered to work the angle for free.

The atmosphere at the opening bell is tense, knowing the real life history between the two men. Page begins the match by spitting in Steiner's face, before Big Poppa Pump cuts off his opening shine by hurtling him roughly through the ropes and calling him a "b*tch", proceeding to smash him into the guardrail and shouting, "There's your DDP! There's your white trash!" Lost among Steiner's all-round meme-ness is that, pre-2003, he was an absolutely blinding and totally believable in-ring performer.

This is also a match in which Steiner steals a crutch from a young fan and smacks Page across the back with it. Surely, it should be more iconic for that alone?

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