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Next was a No Holds Barred match between Rikishi and Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin initially did not appear for the match and was nowhere to be seen in the arena. Rikishi demanded that the Commissioner Mick Foley declare him the winner by forfeit but Austin entered the arena in his truck and drove it to the ring and entered the ring to start ...
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Triple H in a no disqualification match: December 2 Rebellion: Sheffield Arena: Sheffield, England: 11,077 Kurt Angle (c) vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock vs. Rikishi in a fatal four-way match for the WWF Championship: Aired exclusively in the United Kingdom December 10 Armageddon: Birmingham–Jefferson ...
Meanwhile, Stone Cold Steve Austin was written out of WWF storylines so he could have neck surgery. [29] On-screen, his absence was attributed to being hit by a car. [29] When he returned to television a year later, it was revealed that Rikishi had hit him with a car to allow The Rock to become champion. [29]
On the October 9, 2000 episode of Raw Is War, Rikishi finally admitted to being the driver because "he did it for The Rock." [5] At the following pay-per-view, No Mercy, Austin made his in-ring return to face Rikishi in a No Holds Barred Match. During the match, Austin attempted to drive his truck into Rikishi, who by that time was a bloody mess.
When Foley confronted Rikishi about it, he admitted to running down Stone Cold. Rikishi then said he attacked Austin in order to allow his cousin The Rock an opportunity for stardom, insisting that Buddy Rogers, Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and Austin – "The Great White Hope" – had always been pushed, at the expense of Samoan ...
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After the match, Austin gave another Stone Cold Stunner to Owens and one to Byron Saxton before celebrating with his brother, Kevin. [126] The match received positive reviews from critics, with Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania and John Canton of TJR Wrestling giving the match a rating of 3.5/5 and 3/5 stars, respectively.
The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four", [2] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring. [3]