Stone Cold Steve Austin's 5 Greatest Matches

#1 Stone Cold vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania 13)

Hart and Austin put on a masterful match at WrestleMania

It is matches like these which make pro-wrestling a form of art. Nothing good you could say about this match would ever be enough.

It is truly one of the greatest matches in professional wrestling history!

Going into Wrestlemania 13, Bret Hart was the babyface while Austin was the dastardly heel. However, the WWE managed to notice a change in the taste of the fans as boos had started creeping into Bret Hart's matches because his bland babyface character had grown stale.

On the contrary, Austin had been getting cheers all over the nation due to his charisma and devil-may-care attitude.

This led to the WWE performing the greatest double turn in history and by the end of the match Bret Hart had managed to become the dastardly heel while Austin was the sympathetic babyface.

The beating that Hart put on Austin that night was brutal to say the least and Austin's insistence to not give up instantly made the fans come over to his side. The match was a masterclass in in-ring storytelling and it is hard imagine anything will ever manage to outshine it.

Hart vs. Austin at Wrestlemania 13 also marked the beginning of the Attitude Era. Without this bout, the WWE probably would not have survived against the WCW in the Monday Night Wars.

The image of a profusely bleeding Austin screaming in agony yet not tapping out to Bret Hart's sharpshooter instead choosing to pass out in pain will live in the memories of wrestling fans forever.