17 Reasons WrestleMania 17 Is The Greatest Wrestling PPV Ever

2. The Match

Austin/Rock II is one of the greatest matches of all time. It was two men at the peak of their popularity and the prime of their careers going at it in the main event in front of 70,000 people, and they worked a main event-style match. They kicked out of their opponent€™s finishers. They kicked out of their own finishers used by their opponents. There were callbacks to previous Steve Austin matches. Rock used the Million Dollar Dream counter by walking the ropes and pushing back, a move that Bret Hart used to beat Austin at the 1996 Survivor Series. They even re-did the Sharpshooter spot with Austin bleeding, only once again Rock took Bret Hart€™s place. By that point, the match was already close to being one of the best. What really put it over the top, however, was€
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Justin has been writing about professional wrestling for more than 15 years. A lifelong WWE fan, he also is a big fan of Ring of Honor.