He gets a lot of hate because WWF was doing really bad in terms of business at the time. But is it really fair to blame it all on Diesel?
There weren't really many big draws in WWF for him to work with. Hogan had massive stars like Andre, Macho Man and Slaughter in really big heated rivalries. Austin had McMahon and Rock to work with later on. So how come Big Daddy Cool is called an anti draw when there's literally nobody big enough for him to work with?