>>12751269Numbers back up what we're saying, anon. Go look at them yourself. Shawn was a pillhead so he was unreliable, and he wasn't accepted as a babyface for long. He was just too obnoxious while Vince tried to book him as a white meat babyface. The crowd literally shit all over Shawn and cheered on Sycho Sid, the heel who assaulted an elderly man among other hellish acts, just because they didn't like Shawn as babyface. And Diesel is renowned for how much of a shitty draw he was as champ.
The above, coupled with Bret's appeal with international fans, is Vince kept going back to Bret despite wanting to move away from him. Vince had to.
And then Austin came along and it Bret that advocated for him and put Austin over as a mega star. Shawn, on the other hand, tried to hold Austin down and it took threats from Taker to agree to do the job for him at WrestleMania 14. It took Austin to dethrone Bret as the top guy. HBK and Diesel failed.
