I feel like he just got tired of the HBK vs Bret backstage shyt and chose HBK over Bret which is wild but yeah.Yeah, That not being able to afford Bret shyt still makes no sense to this day tbh.
He paid Shawn 750k a year even when he couldn't wrestle. Vince clearly just made his choice. It's not like Austin was on the level he would be a year later which would have made letting Bret walk make more sense, and he never had Bret put over Austin even knowing he was leaving.
I feel like he just got tired of the HBK vs Bret backstage shyt and chose HBK over Bret which is wild but yeah.
One of the best things in the doc is Bret, Vince and Taker discussing how Bret legit KO'd Vince from an uppercut. We've all heard the story but to hear it from those three who were in the room was hilarious lol
HitGOAT didn't pull any punches in the doc. If it was something Vince deserved to get shyt on, he'd shyt on him. If it was something where he didn't, Bret was just like "Nahh..." lol. All facts from Bret.
Not really wild, Shawn like 10 years younger than BretI feel like he just got tired of the HBK vs Bret backstage shyt and chose HBK over Bret which is wild but yeah.
Everybody (them and us) find out in real time while the tribute show was already airingAye Brehs, is it me or does the timing of the Benoit stuff (what Cokeboy & Co. found out what happened and when they found it out) not add up???
Not really wild, Shawn like 10 years younger than Bret
Bret wasn't Shawn breh.Shawn with more injuries. If Bret never got in the ring with a wcw powerplant product he easily gives you 5 more high quality years and can put over Rock, Angle etc.
Yeah we would've gotten some absolute BANGERS with him in WCW matchwise but yeah it's very likely he'd die by 02'HBK is 7 years younger, brought everything Bret brought to the table (on-screen anyway), fit better into the direction they were moving in and he was probably a little cheaper at the time. It ticks a lot of boxes.
That decision lowkey saved Shawn's life too. It kept him in a place where HHH could babysit him when necessary and the back injury at the Rumble got him off the road and gave him a chance to clean himself up and find God. Pilled up HBK running around with his bad influence friends and Turner money could have went south quickly.