[1999-02-13-WWF-Saturday Night Raw] Steve Austin gauntlet

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. Chyna eats a Stunner and this comes down to Steve Austin and the Big Boss Man. Boss Man ends up destroying Austin with his nightstick while Vince cheers him on. Vince sends Boss Man out of the ring then decides to take on Austin himself, taking off his shirt then covering Austin for a three count and celebrating. I think he did this just so he'd have an excuse to show off his guns. Vince pours beer on Austin while The Corporation holds him at bay. Good last segment to build heat on the cage match.

[Tim Evans]

That is one huge crowd. The final shot is the famous one of Vince smack talking in Austin face.

[Dooley]

The off-air end to this show was even better, with Foley coming out to make the save but failing, then Taker coming out and finally turning the tide for the babyfaces. Then Austin, Foley and Taker had a beer bash together. Shame it never made air, although there's a shot of the three of them cheers-ing each other from this that they used in the Foley retirement video the next year.

[soup23]

Big Skydome crowd for this. Nice last minute heat segment with Vince strutting around and getting the pin. He really got over on Austin a lot in the first two months of 1999.

[PeteF3]

Overall this wasn't a particularly strong effort of a show considering the gigantic (41,000) crowd, easily the biggest in Raw history. Boss Man's offense is pretty terrible, but Vince's "victory" and the post-match are all done well. The closing image, of the whole Corporation holding Austin down in the corner and Vince talking trash at him, is terrific.