10 Best WWE Matches Outside Of The United States

8. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin - Rebellion 2001

With the Invasion due to be wrapped up just a couple of weeks later at Survivor Series, WWE presented one of their last WWE versus WCW/ECW shows at the Manchester Arena with Rebellion 2001. 

Rather than the glorified house shows WWE's UK fans had been 'treated' to with UK-exclusive pay-per-views of the past, the company actually put the effort in and booked several major matches for the occasion. 

Superior action had been provided by Edge and Christian's steel cage battle over the Intercontinental Title, as well as Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle's scrap over the WCW Championship, before The Rock and Steve Austin fought over Stone Cold's WWE Title in the main event. 

A bout capable of headlining any show anywhere in the world, Austin and Rock were certainly familiar with each other at this point as they had their first major televised singles match since the post-WrestleMania X-Seven Raw. 

There were no signs on jetlag here, as both shot out of the gate, brawling in the ring and up the entrance ramp, before the Texas Rattlesnake sent the Brahma Bull into the ring post and took control. 

After that it was the typical frenetic back-and-forth Austin/Rock match, as the tide turned several times before the finisher fest at the end. 

Inevitably, the referee was bumped and Kurt Angle interfered to make sure Austin walked away with the strap still around his waist.