>>15569108This was the first Austin vs Taker singles match for the world title since In Your House: Cold Day in Hell in 1997.
It's the first big challenger Austin has faced in his run as world champion.
Taker had hot momentum after his brutal HIAC match with Mankind at King of the Ring, being seen as much more of a terror for Austin to face.
The build-up to the match is phenomenal and one of the best promo packages the WWE ever made.
Could've been a kino match, but yeah, Austin got shoot KO'd and the match went off bad. I think Austin and Taker had just bad match synergy. I did like their In Your House: Cold Day in Hell match tho.
