10 Top WWE brawls

Somewhere beneath Undertaker and the splintered remnants of a table is Rob Van Dam.
Somewhere beneath Undertaker and the splintered remnants of a table is Rob Van Dam.

#7 Shane McMahon vs. The Big Show -- Backlash 2001 Last Man Standing match

Shane smashes Big Show's skull with a folded steel chair.
Shane smashes Big Show's skull with a folded steel chair.

Back in 2001, Shane McMahon became something akin to a full-time wrestler. While he didn't hold many titles during his run, he did engage in some of the most memorable matches of the era.

A lot of people talk about Shane's death-defying leap at Summerslam of the same year, but they tend to forget that he did the same thing during this brawl some nine months earlier. Despite giving up a lot when it came to his size, Shane didn't back down an inch from the Big Show and displayed his usual daredevil streak by leaping off of high places to come crashing down on Big Show.

This is an instant classic and is one of the better matches which Big Show was involved in. Both men were many years younger than today, and it shows in the polish and swiftness of this match.

J.R would ideally describe this as a 'bonfide slobberknocker'.

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Edited by Anirban Banerjee