[1999-06-28-WWF-Raw] Steve Austin vs The Undertaker

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This drew an almost ridiculous 9.5 rating, making it the most watched wrestling match in the history of cable television. It is also a title change in front of a building of nearly 20,000 people who are red hot. This wasn't much more than decent, but it wasn't a disappointment for sure. Austin regains the title!

[tim]

Not a great match or anything but the crowd is on fire and they work a fine main event style match that is perfectly adequate. This is one of my big memories of my eariest days watching wrestling.

[Tim Evans]

I'm sure I've seen this before but I don't remember it. This wasn't very good but the crowd is just so molten hot. Paul Bearer looks like he's at his fattest here and Taker takes a crappy stunner in the finish.

[soup23]

I actually thought this may be one of their better matches together as it was basic brawling but everything was hit well and crowd was red hot. The tease on the first stunner was also well done as the camera doesn't show Bearer in the frame until he pulls the ref out. Austin regains the title to a huge pop. ***

[PeteF3]

Knowing now what Nitro was offering for its main event...this monster rating gets more and more explainable. The match is perfectly fine--more heated and quicker-paced than SummerSlam '98, in fact. Isn't it nice to get an actual feelgood moment on wrestling TV once in awhile?