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Originally Posted by redoneja
Most significant feud in the History of WWE?
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From a money standpoint: Hulk Hogan v. Andre The Giant in the '80s because that took the WWF to a whole new level as far as a company and a household name. Hogan's name was already big, but when that legendary fued came about, the WWF just sat back in the driver's seat and watched the money pile up.
From a ratings standpoint: Bret Hart v. Shawn Michaels. Just hear me out. During this fued, there was much speculation as to what was going to happen to Bret Hart. When Montreal was over, the WWF was predicted to finally financially lose to WCW. But alas, though the crowd didn't enjoy that following Monday, ratings were alot higher than they were for the WWF at that time. People then began to see the "realism" of it, rather than the comedy, circus aspect. This brought newer fans in who thought that they could pretty much "predict" what would happen next, ala the "you'll never know what will happen in the WWF." This also leads into the next answer i am going to post.
From a(n) entertaining standpoint: Stone Cold Steve Austin v. Vince McMahon. Of course after Bret lost the title, it was inevitable that SCSA was going to become champion some time soon. Though Michaels at first resented the idea, he could not escape the becoming of the Austin era. People just liked Austin. White people, black people, jews, WCW fans, ECW fans, Bill Clinton, you name it. Vince and the writers made it clear and from then on, the rest is history. This fued really sealed the deal as far as WWF being the more entertaining company than WCW. The actually fued itself, well, you guys know what happened. Sheer gold.