 What's good y'all is your boy Ross back again with another video So I'm gonna check out how the Rock vs. Stone Cold saved the WWE by WWE fanatic man This is gonna be one of those videos is just gonna bring me back down memory lane Stone Cold the Rock their rivalry was wrestling Without these two guys and the rivalry that they built WWE Definitely wouldn't have been the same Wrestling as a whole wouldn't have been the same So I'm looking forward to checking this out man Just just for nostalgia purposes just so I can just sit back and remember the good old days when Robberies like this were just a There were some good ones, but this one was just a pinnacle at that time It was just stone cold in the rock. What else is there to say, you know, I can't get mad if someone says I choose stone cold over the rock. I can't get mad if someone says I choose the rock over stone cold They're both goats. They're both legends. Let's check this out. This video should be great. Let's do this damn thing What it's a rivalry that's synonymous with the WWE itself At the perfect time the company was in a bit of a rough patch back then the steroid scandal had left a bad taste in fans Mounts and the rise of WCW had left Vince McMahon scrambling to keep up But these two larger than life wrestlers burst onto the scene and set the whole wrestling world on fire They're feud defined an era of pro wrestling and is without a doubt the greatest rivalry the business has ever seen Some could argue that the seeds for this epic rivalry were planted long before these two even crossed paths Based on how they each broke into the business and the WWE Steve Austin was already a seasoned pro by the time he arrived in the WWE coming up in the territories and eventually making it big at WCW But he was creatively stifled and underused so he took a risk and left the safety of his job to spend time in ECW before finally getting his chance to shine in the WWE Meanwhile, the Rock was a failed football player who turned to wrestling to pay his bills He used his father's influence in the business to get a tryout with the WWE and was quickly signed as a hot prospect The earliest version of the Rock known as a Rocky Maya Via didn't exactly scream Megastar in But the Rock knew he had what it took to be a superstar and was determined to make it happen By late 97 Steve Austin had managed to escape the clutches of the million-dollar corporation And was making waves with his brand new persona stone coal His breakout moment came after his King of the Ring victory in 96 and the following Austin 316 promo catapulted him to level of stardom To win over fans with his wholesome Rocky Maya Via persona fell flat But he found new life as a member of the villainous nation of domination Rock and Austin's paths collided when they both set their sights on the intercontinental Championship after capturing the strap for a second time from Owen Hart at Survivor Series 97 Austin was ambushed by the Rock and his nation of domination crew leading to the Brahma Bowl Stealing the title from the rattlesnake just eight days later But their paths were destined to cross again, and it all came to a head at the generation X in your house where Austin emerged victorious Reclaiming his intercontinental title during this time Austin's now legendary rivalry with Vince McMahon was just starting to heat up And Stone Cold knew he had bigger fish to fry than the intercontinental championship So in a moment that has gone down and Through the belt into the new Fitting the title and setting his sights on his boss I don't give a damn about this I got bigger fish to fry I got bigger fish to fry While the great one was climbing the ranks of becoming a force to be reckoned with he became Intercontinental champion for the second time and held on to the belt for over eight months The longest reign with the title for nearly a decade all the while Austin continued his ascent to becoming the biggest star in the industry facing Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 14 to win the WWF Championship for much of 98 Austin would further his feud with mr. McMahon and the corporation in September 1998 both the undertaker and Kane pinned Stone Cold Simultaneously in a triple threat match leading the title vacant so at Survivor Series that year A tournament was held to climb the champion Austin was eliminated from the tournament in the semi-finals by mankind After Shane McMahon refused to count the three this led to mankind facing off against the Rock in the finals McMahon called for the bell as the great one held his opponent in the sharpshooter despite mankind never tapping out and Just like that the Rock captured his first-ever WWF Championship while also turning heel in the process Aligning with the corporation as Vince McMahon's corporate champion and this worked so well When he became the corporate champion it just it He he fed into that role it worked so Good and Stone Cold got screwed and now you have these these larger-than-life Personalities they're now firing on all cylinders one on opposite side of the spectrum The guy that's going against the boss that's going against the corporate You know the corporate regime and then the Rock just doing what he has to do to stay the champ Because this is what bits once as the champ. Oh, man, it writes itself I became the company's top heel and went on to trade the belt back and forth in a memorable feud with mankind And his path was inevitably going to cross with the Rocks Austin aimed to reign the WWF championship by winning the Royal Rumble But McMahon had other plans as the last two men standing the Rock distracted Austin To eliminate him and steal the victory putting the opportunity for a WWF championship match at WrestleMania on the line Austin and McMahon faced off in a steel cage match But interference from a debuting big show led to Austin's victory the Rock and Austin met in the main event of WrestleMania 15 after a hard-hitting bout Heat and interference Stone Cold finally dethroned the Rock with a little help from mankind The Rock failed to reclaim the title at the following month's backlash event This would be the last time the two men would cross paths for nearly two years then came the 2001 Royal Rumble once again merging their paths Stone Cold won the Royal Rumble and guaranteed him a shot at then WWF champion Kurt Angle However in February at no way out the Rock defeated the To win the belt for a record sixth time setting up a WrestleMania Austin's wife as the Rock's manager in the lead-up to the showcase of the Immortals on the March 12th episode of Raw Debra entered the ring to tend to the Rock who was trapped in Angle's ankle lock during a rematch between the two Angle then placed her in the ankle lock which caused Austin to storm to the ring And then dish out a stunner to the Rock the great one Retaliated the following week when Austin made his way to the ring during the Rock's match He found himself on the end of a rock bottom with the stakes more personal than ever and the WWF championship on the line Anticipation was at a fever pitch leading up to the April 1st rematch on the grandest stage of them all as the bell rang Stone Cold and the Rock locked up in a classic baby face versus baby face With neither man able to put the other away the intense brawl was expertly laid out keeping fans on the edge of their seats However, the match took an unexpected turn Yeah, when Vince McMahon to the ring and handed Austin a chair the rattlesnake Who had always been known to go against the grain sold out to McMahon to beat his longtime rival and reclaim the title It was a shocking moment that left fans stunned and divided the Rock refused to lie down and fought back with everything But in the end he was pinned by Austin after the match the rattlesnake and the chairman shook hands The first thing is people were if you go back and watch the video people were still they were cheering They knew some weird stuff was going on But they still cheer because people just love stone cold that much It didn't really work like they wanted it to and shared a beer something that fans never thought they would see after WrestleMania 17 Austin and the Rock met again on the next night's Raw in a steel cage match Which Austin won with some help of his new ally Triple H after this match The two rivals then went their separate ways with the Rock taking a break from wrestling to pursue a career in Hollywood Meanwhile, Austin went through a turbulent period that included a heel turn and joining the ill-fated Wcw invasion before eventually storming out of the company in 2002 after a disagreement with McMahon. However, both legends would return to the WWE in February 2003 the Rock is now an entitled movie star who claimed he had only come back to beat stone cold In the weeks leading up to the match the Rock played the cowardly heel while Austin was once again The badass redneck after collapsing at a hotel the night before WrestleMania Steve Austin was rushed to the hospital and it became clear that this would be the rattlesnakes last Of course, that's still crazy, bro He still went out there, but he knew that was it, but this was still a good match. Oh my god, bro This is how you do multiple matches at WrestleMania. They all were damn near great Fantastic matches on Mania night Austin entered the ring with OMR stitched onto his iconic vest to mean one more round As the two went toe-to-toe for the final time in Seattle The match itself was a classic and potentially the best wrestling match of the trilogy The Rock finally pinned Austin after delivering three rock bottoms Before leading the ring to let Austin savor the moment Yeah, and just like that along with the era of wrestling that it helped usher in Fantastic, bro Mara subscribed definitely giving this video a like if you haven't go subscribe to WWE Fanatic this was a great video. Give him some more subscriptions. He's at 922 Subscribers man, y'all go get him to over a thousand. He deserves it. That video was great brought me back down memory lane, man This is fantastic. This is fantastic. It's one of the best rivalries in WWE history Simple as that Honestly, it's my favorite It is it's literally my favorite rival of all time in WWE It is the next good rivalry for me. I love that triple HBK rivalry when Triple H when HBK came back But yeah, man, this was great love to see videos like this once again subscribe to WWE Fanatic let him know I sent you check out his other videos I definitely will be checking out some more from him as well, man. Definitely love this, but uh, come it up a little. Let me know What's your favorite? Rock and stone cold match Let me know Doesn't matter which match they have what's your favorite one of all time from these guys from the goats from the legends But I appreciate all love and support wrote 250k and I'm still getting speedy you to rest in check with the world Appreciate your kicking me see y'all next one. Peace