This is perhaps the greatest rivalry in the history of WWE as it put the biggest face against the greatest heel of all time as Stone Cold Steve Austin went against the ruthless boss Vince McMahon and it was the Rivalry that kept WWE at the top for much of the Attitude Era. This was one of the few Rivalries where the fans knew which side they were on throughout and both played their roles to perfection.
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The Start of this feud happened in 1998 and that moment changed the Wrestling business forever because what they would go on to do would be the mark for all future feuds.
So, let’s look at this greatest rivalry:
The Start
It all started in 1998 just before WrestleMania 14 where commentator Vince McMahon said that he did not want Stone Cold Steve Austin to become WWE Champion. And this angered Austin and to make things worse Vince McMahon got the help of Mike Tyson to referee the match but Tyson double crossed Vince and Austin became champion.
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Vince McMahon became obsessed
After winning the title first Vince McMahon tried to be civil but Austin was smarter than Vince and then Vince booked Stone Cold in matches with special guest referees and still Stone Cold would win. This made Vince McMahon mad and finally Vince McMahon managed to get the title from Austin but it was only for one night as on Raw Austin again won the Championship. At last Vince McMahon put Stone Cold Steve Austin vs both Undertaker and Kane and he was pinned and then he was made the special guest referee for their one on one title match and he refused to count for anyone which resulted in Vince McMahon firing Stone Cold.
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Stone Cold gets his first revenge
Stone Cold Steve Austin was double crossed by Vince McMahon and his son and then he was put in the Royal Rumble as number 1 and Vince McMahon was number 2 and due to help from The Rock Vince McMahon won the Royal Rumble Match but he gave his title shot and this resulted in Austin getting the shit but he wanted a match against Vince McMahon and at that match he wanted to beat Vince McMahon but he was not allowed to hit Vince but Vince tried everything to get Austin fired but during the match Big Show debuted but still Stone Cold got his revenge as he beat the heck out of Vince McMahon
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The Heel Turn and then the closure
The most terrible heel turn happened at WrestleMania 17 and to the build to the match against The Rock Vince McMahon was always on the side of The Rock and the fans were behind Stone Cold Steve Austin but when the match happened then at the end Vince McMahon came to the ring and to the shock of everybody Store Cold Steve Austin turned heel and this was a bad move. Then a few years later Austin was the guest referee in 2007 for Vince McMahon vs Donald Trump. And to this day these 2 have been in the ring together a few times and it always ends the same way.
