>>10493013Vince went to Japan, saw how much stupid shit the bug people were willing to buy (arcade games, toys, records, shirts, posters, etc.) and went "Hot damn! Why is no one doing this in America?" So he looked high and he looked low and after 2 years of searching, he found the man to put on those toys, posters, video games, records, lunchboxes, cake pans, board games, etc., etc. Ironically enough, it was the guy his dad fired for going to become a bigger star who was now lining Gagne and Inoki's pockets with gold dust. So Vince bought, marketed and merchandised the ever loving shit out of Hulk Hogan. Then Hogan left and no one else that he could scrounge up held a candle to him. But then around Steve Austin, he decided that it's the WWF itself that draws. People will say Austin was the biggest star, others will say the Rock was, but you had to watch WWF to see both of them as well as DX, Mankind, Kane, the Undertaker, and all your favorite WWF Superstars. It wasn't Steve Austin and friends like it was Hulk Hogan and friends, it was WWF featuring Austin etc etc
