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One of the main reasons why WWE beat WCW in the Monday Night Wars was because they had two of the biggest stars of all time on their side. Arguably the two most popular Superstars of all time, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin were both main event stars at the same time. It is unlikely that any wrestling company will be so lucky to have that kind of star power ever again.
Steve Austin first became WWE Champion at WrestleMania 14 when he defeated Shawn Michaels in the main event. He was the biggest star in the history of the company until he retired at WrestleMania 19 after losing to The Rock.
The Rock first became WWE Champion at Survivor Series 1998, where he beat Mankind after turning heel and siding with the McMahons. He was a huge star until he left in 2004. He has, however, come back a few times and even became the WWE Champion in 2013. After leaving wrestling, he has gone on to become one of the most popular actors in the world.
Both men did amazing things in their careers but they have also lost to several Superstars along the way. These are 4 Superstars who beat The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
#4 The Undertaker
Beating The Undertaker is an accomplishment in and of itself. So it probably won't shock you too much that he has beaten both Austin and Rock.
The Undertaker actually defeated Austin for the WWE Championship at Over The Edge 1999 (the show where Owen Hart passed away). Austin had won the title from The Rock at WrestleMania 15 but Undertaker cut short his reign in just 56 days. Taker had help from heel referee Shane McMahon who did a fast count to end the match. It may not have been a clean win, but he beat Austin for the WWE Championship and that is a massive win.
Taker faced The Rock many times and even defeated him on Raw of all places. On the September 18, 2000, Taker pinned Rock after delivering The Last Ride. This was when he was in his American Badass gimmick. The Rock didn't lose often on Raw, but he did to Taker.
#3 Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle is on the elite list of wrestlers who have defeated Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, and John Cena. But, his accomplishments get even more impressive, given that he has beaten Rock and Austin as well.
Everyone will remember that Steve Austin turned heel to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania X-Seven, but do you remember who dethroned him? It was none other than the Olympic Gold Medalist. The match was at Unforgiven 2001 and not only did Angle beat Austin, but made the Rattlesnake tap out. After the match, Angle celebrated with his family and the entire locker room.
Angle lost to The Rock a couple of times in the lead up to WrestleMania X-Seven, but in 2000, he beat Rock to win his first-ever WWE Championship. At No Mercy 2000, the pair competed in the main event, which was a no disqualification match. Angle fought off interference from Rikishi and beat Rock for the title, courtesy the Angle slam.
#2 Triple H
Triple H also appeared on the list of people who beat Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, and John Cena. He has, unsurprisingly, beaten The Rock and Stone Cold.
At No Way Out 2001, Hunter faced Austin in a 3 Stages of Hell match. The first fall was a singles match which Austin won. The second fall was a Street Fight which Hunter won, and the last fall was a Steel Cage match. At the end of the match, Hunter hit Austin with a sledgehammer, at the same time that Austin hit him with a 2X4 wrapped in barbed wire. Hunter fell on top of Austin for the win. He beat him twice in the same night, but he beat Rock six times.
To the surprise of everyone at WrestleMania 2000, Triple H retained the title in the main event fatal four-way match. His reign ended soon after, however, when Rock defeated him at Backlash 2000 for the WWE Championship. But, Rock's reign only lasted 21 days because he faced Hunter in an Iron Man match at Judgment Day 2000, and Shawn Michaels was the referee. The match was tied at 5-5 until The Undertaker returned to help The Rock fight off the McMahon's and DX. However, it backfired as Rock was disqualified and therefore Hunter won the match 6-5. Even though some of the falls were not clean, he still beat Rock 6 times in an hour.
#1 Chris Jericho
Now all these names on the list did a great job to beat both Steve Austin and The Rock but none of them did what Chris Jericho did. At Vengeance on December 9th, 2001, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock and Steve Austin in the same night, to become the Undisputed WWE Champion.
At the show, WWE was to unify the WWE Championship and the World Championship and so they had a 4 man tournament. The 4 men were Austin, Rock, Jericho, and Kurt Angle. In the first match, the WWE Champion Steve Austin retain his belt against Kurt Angle. After that, Chris Jericho defeated The Rock to win the World Championship, with a little help from Vince McMahon. Then in the main event, after all kinds of chaos, Jericho finally pinned Steve Austin to become the first-ever Undisputed WWE Champion.
Beating either of these men at any time in their careers is impressive, but beating them in their prime and in the same night is something that will never be forgotten.
