2. The Rock
Steve Austin’s feud with The Rock is perhaps the only one of his wars to come close to the McMahon feud in terms of significance. Austin and The Rock headlined three WrestleMania’s, not to mention a few smaller Pay-Per-Views, Raw’s, SmackDown’s, and even house shows along the way. Although Austin and McMahon was the drawing force of The Attitude Era, The Rock started as McMahon’s wrestling avatar, and as such The Rock was thrust into the spotlight with Austin from the start of his career. Through dozens of matches and hundreds of incredible promos, The Rock and Steve Austin made each other the two biggest stars wrestling has ever seen, and neither of them has yet to stop thanking the other for doing so.
The final WrestleMania battle between Austin and The Rock took place at WrestleMania 19, and was the first of the three that Rocky was able to win. When the match was over, the referee tried to raise The Rock’s hand, but Rock pushed him away to instead grab Stone Cold, hug him, and thank him for everything he’s done for Rock’s career. It was a quick moment supplanted with a shove to keep kayfabe, but it said everything The Rock needed to say to Austin, and Austin has responded by always maintaining the friendship while Rock’s star continues shooting through the stratosphere.
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