I read that Austin would pick and choose his opponents despite what Creative said at the time. I read that they wanted Billy Gunn pushed and Austin said no, same with Brock, and that whole Hogan thing that went down when Austin no showed for both those Raws in 2 months. Austin did his fair share of holding niggas back.
Taker didn't really hold people back but he was known to no sell certain wrestlers when he wasn't getting his way.
But like I stated to you, I wasn't there so it could be a fabrication.
Austin completely killed Jeff Jarrett's heel run by refusing to work with him. Jarrett was so hot and it just looked like a natural he would go after Austin but he didn't and he ended up leaving for WCW.
In the grand scheme, it worked out because all of that leads to the creation of TNA and having another significant wrestling company.
The only names that I've heard in relation to Austin were Marc Mero who Austin refused to wrestle because a week before on Raw Mero had gotten powerbombed by Sable. So for Austin it made no sense to wrestle or feud with a guy who they just buried that badly. And I heard that he refused to feud with Jarrett for some reason.
As for Brock he refused to job to him on Raw with no buildup which he was right about. That would have generated money and the company wanted to give it away for free with not even a weeks worth of buildup.
We'll never know even the half of what happened but he, Sting and Rock get less criticism than other main event guys in terms of backstage politics.
He handled it wrong but he was right.
Those guys are the guys with the best reps among their generation.
Sting had a rep of being a prima donna when he was younger but I've never heard anyone say he didn't do business, even if he had to look bad. In fact, him and Ric Flair are two guys that if they played politics a little better wouldn't have had half the shit pulled on them over the years that happened.
Nope. Taker's record is spotless & he actually mentors a lot of the younger talent, the Hardy Boyz & Lita always talked about Taker giving them advice whenever they asked for it.
Austin basically paid Jarrett back for how shitty Jarrett treated him in the past so i have no problem with that, my issue with Austin was the whole walking out deal because he could've just said injuries were forcing him to quit and people would've been fine with that. As for Rock & Sting they're just examples of guys who knew they were too popular for politics, plus they were just smarter than everyone else when it came to the business.
Taker's record is not spotless. He was the reason the DDP feud sucked so bad because he refused to sell the Diamond Cutter and not only didn't put DDP over, didn't even let him get much in in their singles or tag matches.
I have a big problem with the way he did Jarrett because Jeff never did anything to him. He was mad because he was starving working for Jerry Jarrett, Jeff's dad. But fuck, that's the business for new guys in small territories.
Selfish moves like that and Taker burying DDP aren't just bad business, they're bad for business. Both of those feuds, DDP vs Taker and Austin/Jarrett would have been big moneymakers but they killed them before they could get going and robbed fans of all four of great matches and promos.
Raw's structure was the main problem because everyone seemed out of place, how do you not have Rock & Cena close the show leading into the biggest ppv of the year?
Vince has been exposed as not really knowing what he's doing because Drew could've been a great heel, Kofi could've been a ME by now, the PTP'ers could've been a solid & enjoyable team and Cena could've had a monster heel run.
Now as for the 4 horsemen that group & the Freebirds are a great example of heel 101, the Von Erichs would've have never been as popular as they were if it weren't for Michael Hayes & the Horsemen were literally causing riots
All true. I don't think Cena needs a big heel run but he could be a better face than he is. He needs a Freebirds or a Horsemen to bounce off of but every time they get some heels like they, he kills them (Nexxus, Awesome Truth).
The only person who's gotten any real heat on him is the Rock and that's not good enough for one match a year.
Living Colour is gonna play CM Punk live to the ring (and posibly from the ring) for WM
That's going to be great.
I still say WrestleMania is looking to be the weakest ppv/ippv of the weekend.
