[1999-03-15-WWF-Raw] Steve Austin & Mankind vs The Rock & Big Show

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This has a hot crowd plus we get Austin and Rock hooking it up, making it a really good WM snapshot. Really hot tag match - not great, but an amazing crowd and a fun ride.

[tim]

I really liked this match. Good tag structure, lots of star power, lots of heat and they kept the action moving and did come cool stuff. Mankind's FIP was good as was Austin's hot tag and they degeneration into chaos at the end was well done with a big table spot. This is one match I really wanted to have a real finish but hey it's 1999. In a very weak in-ring year for WWF this could be one of my favorite matches from them this year.

[Tim Evans]

Was this Show's first match? He looks more impressive here than he ever did in WCW. Crowd was going nuts for Austin and Rock. They looked like they were gonna riot when Austin and Rock went on the table. Good match.

[soup23]

Look at that, put four big time workers into a main event and let them do their thing and you have a fun match and it does more for Mania than anything else so far. This showed some of the chemistry Austin and Rock would have with each other and the pairings for Mania do feel fresh. This gave me a slither of hope after being letdown with the last two weeks of WWF programming. Cole getting in a potshot on Uncensored was kind of weird. **3/4

[PeteF3]

This was pretty good, but hey, another segment with no ending. I wish they could have taken the time to just ring the damn bell since the match was a clear no-contest, but that's probably too wrasslin' for everyone. Okay, okay, I'll stop bitching--this was a fun tag match, especially the Rock-Austin interactions and counters to finishers. Show was well-protected with only a minimum of a physical altercation with Austin, keeping that match fresh for what's sure to be a big-money showdown when they finally face each other *cough*.