>>4998729Austin was treated like shit in 2002 before he walked out. While the neck pain was a contributing factor, he was booked like shit that year while HHH was booked like a god (till it failed and he dropped the belt to Hogan).
It was dumb. Austin should’ve been in a top program. Not booked against Hall and originally booked to lose that match, then booked to put over Lesnar on Raw.
This was HHH and Stephanie fucking with him. Austin was 100% right to walk.
The Rock had a potential Hollywood career, but he wasn’t shit at the time of the Scorpion King. He would’ve stuck around, and even came back multiple times, because he still loved the business. HHH and Stephanie killed all the fun of the attitude era with their backstage changes to how things work “because they were the future of the company” at the time.
Glad that’s over.
