>>10960673Paul's own fault, he was scheduled to come back earlier. He was even on the damn poster for Vengeance. He could have come back for Vengeance, he could have been in the mini tournament for the Undisputed Title. But no turned that down because he wanted to win the Rumble and win it at Mania instead. So it was his choice. He thought it would make him look better. Instead it backfired spectacularly.
>Jericho beating Austin and Rock on the same night is still talked about in wrestling kayfabe more than 2 decades later, from WWE to AEW to NJPW. No one talks about Gaytch beating Jericho for the title at WM 18.>the match was boring and shit too, totally flat after Hogan-Rock. Everyone talks about Hogan-Rock, no one remembers or cares about Gaytch beating Jericho.>hs father in law made him drop the title to Hogan just one month later on PPV, something he seethed about in his autobiog. He never even got a proper title run after that Mania win.>the entire babyface run fell flat, he turned back to his natural heel role just 5 months later, confirming he was never good enough to be the top babyface, he could never be an austin or a rock>lived in smackdown's and lesnar's and shadow, despite taking the 'A' show and hogging the 'A' show's title for himselfgetting major KWAB vibes here desu
