30 Greatest EVER WWE Survivor Series Moments

2. Holy Ground (1996)

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In 1997, Bret Hart and Stone Cold Steve Austin had the most important match in company history on a WrestleMania the fewest number of customers in the show's history bought - but most of those punters were surely ones that had ordered the Survivor Series six months earlier.

Bret may have called Austin "the best wrestler today" just to throw shade at Shawn Michaels, but he shone an enormous spotlight on 'The Rattlesnake' when he still desperately needed it. Few performers were on the elite level of 'The Hitman' and 'HBK', but Austin proved that night just how much he belonged amongst them.

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