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#6 Stone Cold Steve Austin willingly dropped his first title for Kane

Steve Austin always rooted for Kane in WWE

Kane is one of the most lovable superstars backstage in WWE. Even Stone Cold Steve Austin had a lot of admiration for The Big Red Machine. In fact, Austin wanted Kane to get the push so badly that he willingly dropped his world title for the latter. Kane was quick to repay the debt as he lost the title to Austin the next night.

“Actually, winning my first world championship in the First Blood match at King Of The Ring 1998, of course, that was overshadowed by the Hell In A Cell match between Taker and Mick Foley, but that was my first world championship, and it was against Austin. I lost the WWF Title the next night in Cleveland, and I will never forget the atmosphere at what was then the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. You want to talk about electric; the excitement was tangible. I’d never been in front of a crowd like that.”

“So as exciting as it was to win the World Championship, it was even more exciting to lose it the next day because you realize you’re in the middle or a part of something so special and so amazing, which is what that was. And that segment, up until that time, was the highest-rated segment on RAW ever, and from there, the show just went straight up, and, of course, Austin went straight up too.”

Kane appreciated the gesture from Steve Austin, who took a huge step to establish Kane’s dominance in WWE. The two superstars worked hard to make RAW entertaining for the fans. Kane wasn’t even bothered about losing his gold in less than a day as he felt that he needed to deliver what the fans wanted.

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Edited by Kaushik Das