On this date in WWF history: Stone Cold Steve Austin forfeits the Intercontinental belt and dumps it in a river

by Jesse Holland on Dec 8, 2011 10:00 AM EST in History

Hard to imagine there was a time when Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock were battling for the WWF Intercontinental title.

But battle they did, and "The Rattlesnake" defeated "The Great One" at the D-Generation X: In Your House pay-per-view, leading to the above moment on Monday Night Raw the very next evening (Dec. 8, 1997).

Austin forfeited the title to the "Brahma Bull," then promptly delivered a stunner before declaring "DTA: Don't Trust Anybody!" Not content to just humiliate The Rock (and Vince McMahon) Stone Cold then took the IC belt and threw it into a nearby river.

Legend says it's still there...wrapped around the waist of little Jason Voorhees.

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The way that the did that was great. You couldn’t really move SCSA into the main event level with a lose, so have him vacate it in a very Stone Cold, screw the boss kind of way.

Watching this made me think of something. I feel like they are trying to use the same templete, basically, for CM Punk. To pull it off, they need to give him a little more edge and attitude.

by davidhamilton83 on Dec 8, 2011 10:33 AM EST reply actions