>>18350720Austin vs Hogan in 1998 would had drawn dimes to oblivion, but by the time of WM X8 austin's body was giving up on him due to stress, and Hogan wasn't in full shape due to WCW's shenanigans and staying 1 year at home due to the AOL contract
Both knew they would work into a shoot, and even Austin would go through the emotional rollercoaster HBK went during flair's retirement match, and not even hogan's politics would save him either and deliver a terrible and sour result.
Austin put over The Rock because not only it was the safest choice seeing that Austin got heat during the invasion, but mainly because Hogan would return as a face, and Dwayne was willing to help him, Austin on the other hand, managed to help Scott Hall, through scott himself began having problems again, and the flight of hell was the last straw.
Hogan ended up being the last WWF champion, and also the first True WWE champion.
