Every WWE Backlash World Title Match Ranked From Worst To Best
5. Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Rock (1999)
A feast of Attitude Era treats, the WrestleMania 15 rematch between Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock was a breathless sequel to their 'Show of Shows' brawl.
Though 'The Rattlesnake' despatched 'The Great One' and Corporation overlord Vince McMahon a month earlier, the company squeezed one more monstrous pay-per-view buyrate out of the white hot pairing with the re-emergence of Austin's 'Smoking Skull' title belt.
Requesting return of his personalised strap in place of the standard title, Stone Cold met derision from Rock and an increasingly power-crazed Shane McMahon.
With Vince distracted by The Undertaker's unnerving attraction to his young daughter Stephanie, Shane had forcibly assumed control of the company, and was determined to screw Austin out of the title despite giving his word that he'd call the match down the middle.
As with most frenetic main events of the time, the opening salvo was fiercely entertaining fluff. Such was the excitement surrounding the product at the time, he 'gaga' drew responses as firey as the finishing sequence, allowing the charismatic duo to fight throughout the arena to the cheers and jeers of a baying crowd.
The climactic conclusion commenced when Shane inadvertently clocked his charge with a beltshot aimed for Austin's head. Losing control of the situation, Shane was flabbergasted to see his estranged father emerge with referee Earl Hebner to restore parity. Striking his son full in the face, Hebner registered Austin's eventual victory as longstanding rival Vince tersely returned the Smoking Skull title to it's rightful owner in a crowd-pleasing finale.