Vince has changed major Mania matches at the last minute
#3 Steve Austin vs Scott Hall, WrestleMania 18
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Austin flat out refused to lose the match
Stone Cold was slated to face off against Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 18, but Austin's refusal forced Vince McMahon to change it to The Rock vs Hulk Hogan. Austin supposedly didn't want to share a stage with Hogan, fearing that he would get booed out of the building.
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Austin was booked in a match against Scott Hall and the original plans were for Scott Hall to defeat Austin using some nefarious tactics. Vince wanted the feud to continue after WrestleMania and Scott Hall needed to win the bout in order to build it further.
Austin again flat out refused to do as he was told, and this forced McMahon to change the finish to Austin winning the match with a thunderous stunner on Scott Hall. The match wasn't great either, but it's famous for Hall's incredible selling of the Stone Cold Stunner.
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