>>18375655Not really, Stone Cold became the Golden Boy of the company since early 1997, Austin REALLY put WWF back on the spotlight as later The Rock would do.
Bret was the one putting a damn rock in the middle of it when all of their bickering as simply who was going to job to him in 1998, it took Vince, JR, Corny and Heyman to go up and say NO for both with shawn accepting it because he was literally fucked and in need of a rehab, and Bret being such a huge mark for himself that when Owen injured Austin, he didn't gave a fuck about force him to say sorry mainly to vince, and what led to owen's humiliation ritual punishment.
>>18375807Shawn came to respect Austin, plus austin wasn't on his prime anymore thanks to fucking Owen Hart the unsafe botcher who almost crippled Dan Severn too before his death.
