The Outlaw's Opinion

To me this match perfectly exemplifies everything going on in that period of professional wrestling… a period which I happen to believe was the most exciting and the most engaging as a viewer. I like to relate a lot of what was going on in this period to Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' or Guy Ritchie's 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' for the reasons that, at this time in wrestling, whilst everyone had their own agenda, their agendas were intertwined, creating a very unified as opposed to segmented feel about the industry. For example, DX had problems with the Corporation, the Corporation in turn had problems with Mankind and at the time, the Undertaker who also had problems with Stone Cold Steve Austin, the man who just happened to be #1 on the corporate hit list. This allowed us as viewers to never know what was coming next, that was the beauty of both the Attitude era and the Monday Night Wars, as they bred uncertainty which allowed for the notion that 'anything can happen'. No one expected Stone Cold to help Mankind in this match, for all we knew he wanted to kick some Corporation ass and regain his WWF Title. That's what made this match special… both Mankind and Stone Cold had their own separate agendas with the McMahons and the Corporation. However, their agendas intertwined allowing them to both get what they wanted. In Mankind's case, the World Title and in Austin's… pissing off Vinnie Mac!

'The Outlaw' Alex Brennan