10 WWE Dream Matches That Only Happened Once
These are 10 WWE dream matches that only took place once
6. Steve Austin vs. Mr Perfect
When interviewing the rapidly-rising Stone Cold for an episode of Wrestling Challenge in 1996, Curt Hennig lamented that the two couldn’t wrestle as he was sure they’d have a hell of a match.
That was true at the time, with Mr Perfect in enforced in-ring retirement due to an insurance payout he received because of a crippling back injury, but the situation had changed some six years later.
Hennig – who had since come back to action for WCW – returned to WWE as an entrant in the 2002 Royal Rumble and, a month or so later, found himself standing across the ring from The Texas Rattlesnake on Raw.
While the novelty of seeing the two throw down is certainly there, the match itself was, sadly, nothing to write to Dave Meltzer about.
This was down to multiple factors, like Hennig still hurting from his old back injury and Austin running pretty damn close to full-on burnout.
At a fraction under five minutes long, the match didn’t really have much time to get going before the inevitable Stunner to finish.
If they had been at 100% and were given additional time to play with, you’d bet a six-pack of Steveweisers on them achieving greatness.
