Robbie's Top 10 WrestleMania Video Packages Of All Time - 6. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs The Rock (WrestleMania 19)
It’s WrestleMania Season, folks, and I couldn’t be more excited. Pat McAfee and I are gonna be making content surrounding the “Showcase of the Immortals” all week long from the Heartland office, then we’re flying down to the Big Easy and taking over ‘Mania weekend like only Barstool can. Last year, I ran a countdown series of my 20 Favorite WrestleMania moments of all time, culminating in a 6000+ word blog on Daniel Bryan winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 30, so this year I decided I’d shake things up a bit and give you my Top 10 WrestleMania video packages of all time. If you’re a wrestling fan, you probably know that the pre-match promos WWE makes are bar-none the most hype shit of all time, so I’ve complied my favorite ones to share with you every day leading into April 8th.
6. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs The Rock (WrestleMania 19)
Now hold your horses, I know what you’re thinking, and I promise that this isn’t the only Stone Cold/Rock video package on this list. We’ll get to that another day. For now, though, let’s take a look at the video package for the final match of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s professional wrestling career. One of my favorite things about the Austin/Rock rivalry is how noticeably it evolved over the years. Look at the main events of WrestleMania 15, 17, and this match, and you’re working with three completely different gimmicks for The Rock, and three very different versions of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Shit was moving along quickly back then, as opposed to now, when we’re getting a WrestleMania 31 rematch this Sunday and neither Roman Reigns or Brock Lesnar have even slightly changed their characters in the past three years. Another Limp Bizkit song backs this package, this time it’s “Crack Addict”, an unreleased song from the group that wound up being the theme of WrestleMania 19, and it helps tell what has become the final story in Austin’s storied career…
Catch up on the rest of the list below!
10. Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair (WrestleMania 24)
9. The Undertaker vs CM Punk (WrestleMania 29)