2. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Drops Triple H From 50 Feet In The Air And Triple H Appears One Night Later (Relatively) Unscathed - Survivor Series 2000
By the year 2000, the WWF's budget for everything was through the roof. Speaking of roofs (of cars), the finish to the main event of the pay-per-view involved a moment that certainly showcased the WWF's increased budget for stunts, too. The card's main event was built around Triple H being revealed as the wheel man in the vehicular assault of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Triple H assaulted Austin with his trademark sledgehammer just prior to the revelation, claiming that he did so to protect his WWF Championship. Thus, the match was booked by then commissioner Mick Foley to be No Holds Barred. As the match wore down to its conclusion, Hunter and Austin ventured backstage and the newly signed from WCW crew known as the Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko) interfered in the match attacking Austin. This allowed Triple H to of all things, briefly escape in a car. Eventually, just Chris Benoit met up with Triple H and the two set upon driving around to find Austin. Unable to locate him, Triple H sent Benoit to find Austin by foot. At that very moment, Austin appeared as the driver of a forklift, picking up Triple H's car and dropping it from 30 feet in the air. Survivor Series 2000 went off the air with Triple H trapped inside of his flattened automobile as Austin celebrated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uTj5wMtyLM Of course, the next night on Raw, Triple H appeared on camera without a scratch. Insofar as moments that made for epic spectacles, there's really not much that's better than this.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
