Remember when Austin Took his ball and went home.......

[Tryna Makit]

Because he thought he was too big a star to lose to Brock Lesnar.

Ive heard his reasons were
It wasn't a big storyline
It had very little build up
It was on Raw...aka free TV..not PPV

Yet...the actual biggest star in Wrestling history did that very same job that Steve refused to, the result was a great match with a classic finish IMO
That had little to no Build-up
On even free-er TV lol( Smackdown wasnt even on cable)
And Hoegan wasnt the main focus of the story...but a footnote to make Lesnar look unstoppable...

Say what ya want about Hoegan but he put Brock over heavy here and makes Austin's reasons seem like some bullshyt

 

[THE 101]

No one remembers that Hogan match.

Just like no one would remember Brock v Austin from a random Raw

Also Hoegan in 2002 is a lot different to Austin in 2002.

It was a dumb match to give away on TV. I'd understand if they were still in a ratings war but they weren't. WWE had the GOAT roster at this time but they did so much dumb shyt with their booking. Such a waste.

 

[RammerJammer]

Austin was still tied for the top star in the business at the time, Hogan was there for a nostalgia run

 

[MushroomX]

I don't honestly remember this match happening.

But you know if this was in WCW though... things would be different.

 

[Breh the HitMang]

Hoegan put over Goldberg on a Nitro for the championship and it was a mistake
Austin was right, why throw away that match on a random raw

 

[Peter Parker]

He was also severely injured and pissed off at WWE anyways, having the highest box office attraction ever in wrestling do the job on a random Raw to a new monster heel at the time was just the straw that broke the camels back

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Hogan vs Brock coulda been a PPV match and at that point they werent competing for ratings so it was a waste of money

 

[DaylitoJames]

Austin saw the bullshyt booking direction Vince and co. was heading down and wanted no parts of it, chucked the deuce and was

 

[TheBigBopper]

No one remembers that Hogan match.

Just like no one would remember Brock v Austin from a random Raw

Also Hoegan in 2002 is a lot different to Austin in 2002.

It was a dumb match to give away on TV. I'd understand if they were still in a ratings war but they weren't. WWE had the GOAT roster at this time but they did so much dumb shyt with their booking. Such a waste.

This. While hogan has more mainstream appeal, given where they were at the time regarding the timeline of their relative careers, Austin was a much more credible opponent than hogan, with the latter being 10+ years after his prime

 

[Threnody]

That whole Brock build up was fukking stupid as in there was no real build up and Cokeboy was like "just look at him" ....nothing against Brock either just the way they did that shyt was moronic the Austin shyt was the final straw

A ton of people say they stopped watching WWE around summer 2002 for a reason

 

[Silkk]

This was a few weeks before Summerslam after he was already built up to challenge The Rock. The Austin shyt would've made no damn sense to do.

 

[Heelish]

Austin stays apologizing for this shyt when he was in the right to leave.

 

[richaveli83]

Thread backfire.

 

[Diondon]

Except that the Ruthless Aggression Era went on to be amazing

 

[Paper Boi]

Hogan was promised a rematch where he'd get his win back at Survivor Series 2002 in order to agree to this iirc, but then Vince was like sorry pal, which led to his return getting delayed until 2003.

they just wanted to beat Austin on Raw in a king of the ring qualifying match. no later program or anything, cold. unadvertised ahead of time. Austin was right to say fukk yall and your hotshotting.