10 biggest matches that were given away on free television

#1 Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock (RAW, 2001)

Six days before the white-hot Icon vs. Icon match at WrestleMania X8, Hulk Hogan wrestled Stone Cold Steve Austin in the middle of a WWE ring. This fact is often overshadowed by Hogan's match against The Rock that stole the show at WrestleMania, but the ever-elusive Hogan/Austin in-ring showdown actually took place less than a week earlier as part of a gigantic tag-team match.

In a tag match that could've headlined WrestleMania, much less any other Pay-Per-View in 2002, the founding fathers of the NWO battled the two biggest icons of WWE's Attitude Era. And it was given away for free on the March 11, 2002, episode of Monday Night RAW. The combination of major superstars that were in this match felt surreal and, just one year prior, like a match that would never happen.

This match was the closest thing fans would get to ever witnessing Stone Cold vs. Hulk Hogan, not to mention the first in-ring clash between Hogan and The Rock, and it was easily the biggest "free TV" match in WWE history.

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