>>12630982no he didn't
cornette has gone over this many times
hell, they were worried only about talent leaving to go to gayew that they offered higher packages to keep them
only to later find out what kind of show they were running over there and it was a very cursory look at how they operated
vince wasn't keeping track of that shit and he had people advising him on this or that only for him to take a person and assign gimmicks to them anyway
>the ringmasterhe had no idea who austin was
at best, he kept track of those who ran the territories, or owners of promotions like bischoff