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Shawn Michaels vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
WWF Championship
Wrestlemania XIV - 3/29/98
Shawn injured his back at Royal Rumble and he'd have to have injury and retire and he didn't wrestle again until Summerslam 2002(except for a TWA match with him and Venom on 4/4/00). Steve messed up his neck with a messed up Owen Hart piledriver(R.I.P). WWF went all out for this big match by bringing in Mike Tyson as enforcer. Tyson joined HBK's rebel group D Generation X which included Chyna and HHH. He feuded with Austin and it looked like Austin wouldn't be able to win. This was the match that helped WWF to beat WCW in the ratings game on Monday nights and helped them to buy WCW. And the match. Shawn had an interview before the match and right before his entrance, for some reason, HHH gave the cameraman the middle finger(for Austin, the fans, Boston, Mike Tyson, Vince McMahon who knows). Shawn comes down looking emotional and Austin comes down to an explosion. He stares down Tyson and double flips HBK. The match starts as HBK hits Austin with a couple of lefts only to get chased around by Austin. Austin hits a clothesline on him and tosses him into the turnbuckles. HBK tried running but Austin caught him by the tights and they fell down exposing Shawns bare ass. Hes shocked and goes outside to fix them and regroup. Back in, Shawn was quickly backdropped onto HHH outside the ring. Austin pursued HBK but got clotheslined from behind by HHH and slammed into the guardrail. Chyna and HHH are forced out of the arena. Michaels hits a double axehandle off the apron.Michaels clotheslines Austin from behind into the entrance aisle. HBK uses the bands symbals to nail Austin in the face with and taunts the camera. Austin is able to come back with rights but is thrown head first into the dumpster from earlier in the show. They fight to the ring and Shawn goes up top. On the way down, he catches a good right hand. Austin tosses HBK and HBK does his Flair Flip and is Manhattan Dropped for 2. Austin attempts a Stunner but HBK got out. He was thrown over the top rope and HBK went headfirst into the announce table(no way to fake this, could of gotten a concussion.) Elbow and clothesline by Stone Cold and then 2 diving elbows for 2. Austin locks in a side headlock but gets a jawbreaker. HBK tries slamming Austins knee into the turnbuckle but gets pulled into it. Austin throws HBK into the guardrail and pummels him. HBK backdrops Austin onto the concrete in the ground and then hit him in the head with the ring bell. Double axe handle from up high and a series of right hands by HBK keeps him in control. Snapmare and HBK holds his back in pain. He kicks Austin in the ribs to ground him. He then flips off the Boston crowd to get huge heel heat. Austin tackles him and throws him out again but is slammed into the turnbuckle. HBK sends the Rattlesnake in and slams his knee around the post 3 times, slammed it into the canvas and brutal kicks to the knee. Shawn tries a Figure 4 but gets sent off the ropes and Small Packaged for 2. Shawn jumps onto Austins knee.Austin rolls out but is baseball slided by Shawn into the table. Austin gets sent in by Tyson and when he turns to attack, Shawn clips the knee.Figure 4 is applied and Shawn uses the ropes and gets a 2. Austin is almost out but rolls Shawn over. Shawn is in pain but escapes. Austin punches at Shawn and catapaults him for 2. Shawn applies a Sleeper but Austin backed Shawn into the corner where the ref is and they crushed him. Shawns back is in pain again and he holds his back. Stone Cold hits rights, kicks and a back body drop. Shawns back is killing him. HBK fighting with everything left in him came off the ropes and hit a flying forearm. He climbs to the top and delivers his beautiful elbow drop to Austins ribs. HBK winces in pain and holds his back in the corner as he prepares to give Austin some Sweet Chin Music. Austin struggles to his feet in the opposite corner and Shawn charges with the kick but Austin ducks and goes for a Stunner but is pushed off the ropes and almost Superkicked but he spun him around and delivered a Stunner and quickly rolls to Shawn. Mike Tyson rushed in and made the quick 3 count and we had a new WWF Champion. Steve gives Tyson an Austin 3:16 shirt and Shawn rises. He argues with Tyson but gets a right hand and Tyson throws another Austin 3:16 shirt on Shawn. Great match by both men with both their injuries. You couldn't tell Austin had nearly broken his neck(maybe because HBK never used any neck situated moves) but on moves where Shawn took some killer bumps, he would hold his back and his face would be contorted in pain which was sad to see. Shawn would get surgery and come back in Commissioner and DX and Corporation roles as Austin led the WWF to its highest since the Hulkamania era and helped overthrow WCW. This match if not excellent or used to Shawn and Steves standards was at least one of the most memorable matches in Wrestlemania history.

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