7 WWE Attitude Era Memories That Aren’t As Good As You Remember

1. Stone Cold's Return

Aside from a few quick cameos, Steve Austin was out of action from the 1999 Survivor Series until No Mercy 2000. Fan anticipation was at fever pitch for Stone Cold's imminent return, because everyone wanted to see him get back to his ass-kicking ways. What nobody wanted to see was a botched heel turn for the comedic Rikishi.

Rikishi was said to be the one behind the wheel at Survivor Series, only for WWE to then shift blame onto Triple H as the true mastermind. The whole story was hard to believe; it became clear nobody had a clue how to explain Austin being run down the previous year, so Rikishi was picked out of a hat. Then, his heat was smothered by the significantly more evil Triple H.

Austin's comeback should have been epic, but it resulted in a poorly-executed angle that used an over babyface (Rikishi) as collateral. Then, Austin dropped Triple H's car from a great height at Survivor Series, only for both to act like nothing had happened and begin teaming mere months later.

At least Austin's match with The Rock at WrestleMania X-Seven was worthwhile.

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