They made him the top guy again in wrestling but Rock was way more popular than Austin universally. Rock was on everything from tv shows MTV and that damn Wyclef song
Stop hatin'.
All that counts is wrestling. Austin was out, Rock was able to elevate and remain in the top spot. I felt when Austin came back, they were sharing it instead of it just being Austin as the main guy.
Austin was a guest star on a few tv shows during that time. Being a WWF star was hot at the time.
I liked that song
at that shitI had to highlight this whole statement to point out how much you proved my point. Austin became the top guy again because Rock left to film and the Invasion angle was one of the worst ideas they've ever had. It could've been great but without Sting, Goldberg, Hogan, Nash, Hall and Flair it was DOA. Austin/Angle was a good but not great feud mainly because of the shit match at Unforgiven(which also had the infamous B.O.D vs Kronik match), Rock & Booker T had a decent feud that had what i though was a damn good Summerslam match. Rock didn't pass Austin in 02 because both were winding down anyway and that was really the year of Lesnar/Angle and the return of HBK, but come on Dave you know im right in saying Rock was the man in 2000 and in my opinion Taker was #2. BTW off topic but am i the only one that remembers Taker's choice of clothing at Fully Loaded 2000, my whole family
)I'm glad Taker had gotten away from the "Dead Man" gimmick for a while but I was never a big fan of "Booger Red" (remember that nickname?
2000 was Rock's year but he was sharing it with HHH and to a lesser extent with Taker. But as soon as Austin was ready to go, he was put back in the top spot.
Yes big evil was a much better nickname and his theme song was great(The instrumental version)also "The Deadman" to me became corny when i turned 13 and i thought when he became "99 Ministry Taker" that's when he really took off, but it sucked that he got injured though.
HHH was the top heel but i've always felt he needed Foley Rock Austin way more than they needed him.
Yep, "We have nothing for you" translates into "My job is more important than yours even though i fucked up"
Bill Watts fired Ernie Ladd, after years of success as booker and talent, because he couldn't come up with something for Terry Allen-Magnum TA but now Vince fires the wrestlers when his writers can't find something for them, even though he has hours and hours of tv time to fill.
Beth Phoenix is getting another shot? There are two Divas of Doom, why not give a shot to Natalya and come back to Beth?
I've always been a fan of Ernie Ladd although i had to look at old vhs tapes my uncle kept to watch him. Guys like him a Brody were favorites of mine because they came off real and they were legit badass unlike so called badasses like Orton & HHH. Vince will fire a wrestler if he can't make a gimmick like Assy McAss work because he thought it was a million dollar idea
Beth may be getting another shot because of Punk idk, but they might be setting up for a storyline with Beth and Nattie.
So we can add that to the Orton Thesz Press and the Cena STF (damn, can nobody pull off a Thesz move anymore, that's two right there).Yep.
Amen on that Vince shit.
Maybe on Beth and Nattie but it would be crazy to break them up any time soon.
Yep. Same with Angle, though he can be batshit at times too.
I will partially take back what I said about WWE not being able to elevate guys. They have done good jobs with Miz and Mark Henry in the last year and they seem to be working something out with Cody Rhodes but the list of failures is much longer than the list of successes: Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Kofi Kingston, Jack Swagger, Tyson Kidd, John Morrison (he's partly to blame for his shit), Chris Masters, Luke Gallows, and on and on. Everyone doesnt have to be world champ but Tito Santana, Greg Valentine, Rick Steamboat, HonkyTonk Man, Magnificent Muraco are all HoFers and none of them were world champs. Can you see any of the guys in the midcard now being thought of on the same level?
Just like this never happened...
This is the WWE we're talking about. Those events you posted never happened
This is the WWE we're talking about. Those events you posted never happened
. I forgot how bad that was.I thought the Miz' push was great. They gave him a feud with Lawler, a guy who could bring him along and get him over without sacificing anyone, and he got all the heat on Cena going into Mania and still won. Miz is awesome.
That's enough hating on Shockmaster, the shit is historic!
Now Davey Boy's "We're cooking!" promo had me
I use to call Rock's Sharpshooter the "Ankle Shooter"
This song reminds me of the good old days back when Smackdown was killing Raw
Taker-HBK, and Taker-Brock
That Brock HIAC was brutal and Taker gushing blood made it even more sick
