5. Bret Hitman Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania 13
A masterful match that led to a rare double-turn, Bret Hart and Steve Austin were feuding over the ending of the 1997 Royal Rumble, which Austin won after his elimination went unnoticed and he tossed Hart. The Hitman was the wronged babyface, while Stone Cold was the rattlesnake who would do anything to win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxowP-K1t4M Their WrestleMania 13 I Quit match was a vicious, brutal affair that saw Hart become increasingly violent, while Austin refused to give up. The scene of a blood-drenched Austin screaming in pain became an indelible image during the Attitude Era. The end result was Hart leaving to a chorus of boos, while fans chanted Austins name. That is the kind of match WWE wishes it could pull off today.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
