Stone Cold Steve Austin (with Ric Flair as the special guest referee) – Backlash, 2002
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The two were huge rivals during the late 90’s and early 2000’s and have faced each other quite a few times. But this match stands out amongst all those encounters. Plus, Stone Cold left the WWE not long after Backlash 2002.
When you pit one of the biggest icons of the Attitude Era against a legend and to top it all, you send in the Nature Boy to referee the match, what could go wrong? Well, Austin would have an interesting answer for that question.Again, not the greatest of the two wrestler’s matches. Nothing out of the ordinary here, manoeuvers from the arsenals here. Lots of stalling and sluggish moves. The crowd was excited, until a few minutes into the match and it was evident. X-Pac and Scott Hall walked out one point, you’d think they were there to do something, but they were just talking to each other.
Also, someone should have given Ric Flair a lesson in refereeing before that match as he failed to count them out while they were out of the ring for several minutes, and because of the way the match ended.
Steve Austin attempted to hit The Undertaker with a steel chair but The Deadman kicked it onto his face, making him fall flat on his back. Note that they were near the turnbuckles when it happened, and Austin fell near the ropes.
Undertaker proceeded to pin him and Stone Cold immediately put his foot on the rope. Flair probably didn’t see this and counted to three, handing the Deadman a dirty victory. After the match, Jonathan Coachman confronted the Nature Boy and showed him the replay. “Oh sh*t” was his reply before he walked away.
