Thursday, August 23, 2007

1998 Match of the Year

1. Steve Austin defeated Dude Love (w/Vince McMahon as Special Guest Referee) to retain the WWF Championship(22:28)
Austin pinned Love after a Stone Cold Stunner and making the 3 count with McMahon's unconscious hand.
Gerald Brisco was Guest Timekeeper and Pat Patterson was Guest Ring Announcer.
****1/4

2. Triple H (w/Chyna) defeated The Rock (w/Mark Henry) in a Ladder match to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (26:01)
Triple H won by grabbing the belt after Chyna gave a low blow to The Rock.
****

3. Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to retain the WWF Championship (20:52)
Austin pinned Undertaker after a Stone Cold Stunner.
During the match, Kane came out to interfere. However, The Undertaker told Kane to go back into the locker room, wanting no help in the match.
***3/4

Honorable Mention:

Steve Austin, Owen Hart, Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie defeated Triple H, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and Savio Vega in a No Disqualification Match (17:41)
Austin pinned Road Dogg.
Vega was a last-minute replacement for Shawn Michaels, who was pulled out of the match due to injuries from his match with the Undertaker at Royal Rumble.
***1/2

Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels (w/Mike Tyson as Special Outside Enforcer) to win the WWF Championship (20:02)
Austin pinned Michaels after a Stone Cold Stunner. With the referee down, Mike Tyson, who was thought to be siding with Michaels, turned on him and counted Austin's pin himself, giving Stone Cold the win.
After the match Tyson knocked out Michaels, whom he'd been friendly with leading up to the event, with a right hook and accepted an Austin 3:16 t-shirt to drape over his downed body.
Chris Warren performed D-Generation X's entrance music live.
***1/2

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