8 Seriously Underrated Stone Cold Steve Austin WWE Matches

Obviously, you're not going to get a technical masterpiece or anything here, but you will get an immensely fun Attitude Era match that furthered one of, if not the, biggest/best feud of all time. Austin clashed with Mr McMahon and his son Shane in a handicap ladder match in the closer of the notoriously awful 1999 King of the Ring, with control of the company on the line/suspended above the ring.

This was just a crazy, uncoordinated brawl, with Austin dishing out a lot of punishment much to the glee of the fans in attendance. He started by throwing both McMahons into the ladders that made up the show's set, before pulling a chord and causing them all to topple on top of them in a novel spot.

Stone Cold had things in control and looked like he was having the time of his life as he nailed Shane with an elbow off a ladder through the Spanish announce table and stomped a mudhole in Vince. From then on it was a case of who could get the briefcase first, with Shane and Vince resorting to an alley-oop and a chicken fight stance to no avail.

A pair of Stunners seemed to signal certain victory for The Texas Rattlesnake when - SHOCK HORROR MUCH TO MY SURPRISE - the briefcase magically rose into the air and out of his reach! This allowed Shane the opportunity to dump Austin off the ladder and retrieve the briefcase (which was now back to its rightful place) for the McMahons.

It was a good swerve ending that, unfortunately, was never followed-up on. The action wasn't blow-away amazing, by any means, but it was a lot of fun and provides a perfect snapshot for the era. All three worked hard to get the match over and it ended up being the best thing on the show (not much of a compliment, true, but it is what it is).