McMahon also announced that he would strip Alliance leader Steve Austin of his WWF Championship and award it to Kurt Angle, who had portrayed himself as the hero of Survivor Series the entire night and bragged about his actions in an egotistical matter to other face wrestlers, to which they all gave him negative reactions. This led to an upset Angle telling McMahon that nobody thanked him and appreciated him for his actions, which then McMahon told Angle that he would award him the WWF Championship. In doing so, McMahon completed a slow heel turn he had begun at the beginning of the night.