They still rehash the Authority angle over and over and over. Austin did that best and it's not even close. He set the standard for that and nobody has even gotten close.
Why is stone cold steve austin above rock?
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Oh well.
They tried to turn Austin heel against the Rock at WM17 and he was still cheered, even against the Rock, really all you need to know 
Yeah, i hear you. It was a lot of politics and crap.
In Jericho's book he talks about a meeting he had with Hogan, Goldberg, & Bischoff about a match with Goldberg. Everybody was on board til Goldberg killed it saying it was his PPV off.
No he's been doing this shyt long before the network, he tremendousOr he been watching the network
Remembers oddly specific yet pointless details
I loved the "What?" chants back as a youngin...but little did I know what effect it would have on the WWEI liked him as a heel in 1996 until early 1997 then as a face from 1997 up until 1999. He lost me when he turned heel in 2001 and started the "What?" BS
Yeah, fakkits
Was never a fan of Austin as a kid. At least not a huge fan. I already had "my guys" and Rock was my guy as a heel as was Shawn. Shawn left and then it became all about Rock so the Austin thing never hit me in the same vein that it hit everyone else I knew. To have so many young black kids imitating a texas redneck is astonishing to me, even to this day. But anyway, the older I've gotten and learned more about this shyt, Austin was huge. Like we're not talking a little bit big, I mean huge. Like many have said, without him, Rock wouldnt have been able to find his character because they would've went out of business. Obviously he wasn't the only one doing great work at the time but he was definitely the driving force and the one selling the most merchandise ever and the one shattering records left and right. He might be a piece of crap for beating on his wife but his contributions to the business are unfukkwitdable. It's like 1a and 1b to me but I've got no problem with anyone making the case that Austin is 1a
He's right
Ok then post the proof
AquaCityBoy
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They tried to turn Austin heel against the Rock at WM17 and he was still cheered, even against the Rock, really all you need to know
thats because wrestlemania 17 was in texas.
THIS.
i rank the rock slightly higher on a wwf list.
but if we're talking overall wrestling careers, then you gotta give it to austin.
if we're talking pre-nitro 1990s wcw, austin can make a case for top 5 of that timeframe. definitely top 10.
nah.
bishoff & the NWO set the standard and did it better.
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richaveli83
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Yeah I thought it was funny at first but it started getting old. I loved how Undertaker and Mark Henry flipped it on the fans.I loved the "What?" chants back as a youngin...but little did I know what effect it would have on the WWE