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Playaz Eyez said:
Such a goofy idea that had a lasting impact.

Here's a post kind of related to that. Was made back in 2002 off a different site that was reviewing WM 17. Puts stuff in perspective as far as Austin's character:

Since I related it to Austin/Attitude Era in the first place, I guess I should focus on that and not extraneous stuff. Since he first broke out in mid-1996, Austin was always an anti-establishment character. First he took on Bret Hart who (besides the Undertaker) was everything the WWF stood for. He was the most identifiable face when you thought WWF. In fact, if you look at all of Austin’s major feuds from 1996-1998 you see that they were in some way icons of the WWF. Bret was a wrestling stalwart and their most loyal superstar. HBK represented the new “attitude” of the WWF. Then came Vince himself. Vince, of course, was the embodiment of every boss that ever gave you orders you didn’t like, every Enron exec that stole money, every politician that ever got caught with his hand in the cookie jar (or the intern). And here was Austin who would not sell out to him no matter the cost. That all changed when Austin came back from surgery (in storylines from being hit by a car). Triple H went over Austin cleanly at No Way Out and that was no small part of the storyline. No longer could Austin kick ass like he once did. Triple H and Rock did just fine business-wise without him and now they were surpassing him in the ring. There was only one recourse for Austin the character to take and that was to “sell his soul to Satan himself!” Thus ended the character arc for Stone Cold Steve Austin. Everything after that was just epilogue and not a continuation of the original story. That’s why it stopped working for him. In Die Hard, after all the terrorists were dead, did they follow John and Holly McClane back to their house, and where they went to eat that night, and sat there while John paid his taxes? No, because the story ended in a particular place and time and that was the end of that. And if you’re wondering where the sequels fit into this…you’ll just have to figure that out on your own.
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This makes a lot of sense. Austin felt out of place during the invasion, and hey had no clue what to do with him afterwards until he went home. Then it's return for one match against the rock before hanging them up. From a storytelling arc, Austin selling out kinda makes sense then. They needed to explore his mortality in the ring more though to really flesh that narrative out though. I never thought about his injuries and his loss at no way out playing into it. Great find.


Edit: heel Austin gave us "what?!" So I'm glad it happened :ahh:. I use this whenever someone gets under my skin still :lolbron:
 
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Playaz Eyez said:
Such a goofy idea that had a lasting impact.

Here's a post kind of related to that. Was made back in 2002 off a different site that was reviewing WM 17. Puts stuff in perspective as far as Austin's character:

Since I related it to Austin/Attitude Era in the first place, I guess I should focus on that and not extraneous stuff. Since he first broke out in mid-1996, Austin was always an anti-establishment character. First he took on Bret Hart who (besides the Undertaker) was everything the WWF stood for. He was the most identifiable face when you thought WWF. In fact, if you look at all of Austin’s major feuds from 1996-1998 you see that they were in some way icons of the WWF. Bret was a wrestling stalwart and their most loyal superstar. HBK represented the new “attitude” of the WWF. Then came Vince himself. Vince, of course, was the embodiment of every boss that ever gave you orders you didn’t like, every Enron exec that stole money, every politician that ever got caught with his hand in the cookie jar (or the intern). And here was Austin who would not sell out to him no matter the cost. That all changed when Austin came back from surgery (in storylines from being hit by a car). Triple H went over Austin cleanly at No Way Out and that was no small part of the storyline. No longer could Austin kick ass like he once did. Triple H and Rock did just fine business-wise without him and now they were surpassing him in the ring. There was only one recourse for Austin the character to take and that was to “sell his soul to Satan himself!” Thus ended the character arc for Stone Cold Steve Austin. Everything after that was just epilogue and not a continuation of the original story. That’s why it stopped working for him. In Die Hard, after all the terrorists were dead, did they follow John and Holly McClane back to their house, and where they went to eat that night, and sat there while John paid his taxes? No, because the story ended in a particular place and time and that was the end of that. And if you’re wondering where the sequels fit into this…you’ll just have to figure that out on your own.
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that explains why he turned into a comedy heel and cursed us all with "What" chants
 
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