20 WWE matches that should be rated 5 stars (10-1)

#3 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin vs. Triple H (Three Stages of Hell, No Way Out 2001)

Austin & Helmsley condensed three matches into one

Stemming from a feud going back to SummerSlam 1999, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and Triple H were ready to bathe each other in blood by early 2001. Austin, furious over being attacked by by Hunter during his entrance at the Royal Rumble, nonetheless won the 30-man battle royal and faced 'The Game' on the Road to WrestleMania, at the secondary pay-per-view No Way Out.

Eager to up the stakes involving the angle, Vince McMahon booked Helmsley and Austin's collision course as the first ever Three Stages of Hell match, where a normal matchup, a Street Fight and a Cage Match would all be placed into one, under 2/3 falls rules.

Austin, despite his reputation as a brawler, managed to snag the win in the pure wrestling match, but Triple H returned the favor, winning the Street Fight with a sledge hammer straight to the face, followed by a pedigree. Both Superstars bloodied up and fatigued, they teased multiple false finishes until finally nailing each other with a sledgehammer and a board covered in barbed wire, with Triple H landing on top of Austin and earning the 1-2-3 at the end of this amazing performance.