25 Greatest WWE Raw Moments Ever
4. Austin Stuns McMahon (September 22nd, 1997)
WWE's home base had already been shaken up by Stone Cold Steve Austin's unlawful attack on Owen Hart before he completed his collection of announce table attacks with a historic Stunner on Vince McMahon.
With the company now acknowledging McMahon as the boss without particularly using him to wield power, a disjointed discourse with the stifled Austin about working hurt following his devastating SummerSlam 1997 neck injury saw 'The Rattlesnake' direct his venom at just about anybody in an official capacity with the company.
The balmy New York night he took his frustrations out on top brass wrote an unforgettable first chapter to the story that would be credited with changing the company's fortunes forever. Austin was already a Hulk Hogan-level babyface in waiting. But with one unexpected assault, the man that programmed countless heels against the red-and-yellow hero in the 1980s was suddenly positioned as the force to embody all of those villainous traits himself.