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Was he ever actually the guy?

Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:14:19 No.9298655 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>9298667 >>9298671 >>9298676 >>9298680 >>9299049 >>9299458 >>9300056 >>9300092 >>9300664 >>9300693

Never had a long and dominant run as champ

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:16:23 No.9298667 Report

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>>9298655
>doesn’t need the belt to be the biggest star in the company
>was he ever the guy
u tell me

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:16:34 No.9298671 Report

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>>9298655
rock was so over that he didn't need a belt to legitimize him. he had the crowd in the palms of his racially ambiguous hands.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:17:54 No.9298675 Report

Quoted By: >>9298690

yes, of course he was

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:18:07 No.9298676 Report

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>>9298655
I remember never liking him as a child

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Batowl Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:18:51 No.9298680 Report

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>>9298655
He was the guy after stone cold. They spamned him on smackdown games boxes.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:19:07 No.9298681 Report

Quoted By: >>9298684 >>9298690

He's the only guy people recognize besides Hogan.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:19:59 No.9298684 Report

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>>9298681
Nah, they recognize stone cold and john cena too.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:21:10 No.9298690 Report

Quoted By: >>9298733 >>9300949

>>9298667
>>9298671
>>9298675
>>9298680
>>9298681
>couldn't main event Mania with Steve or Cena carrying him

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:28:04 No.9298733 Report

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>>9298690
literally main evented the biggest wrestlemania ever during the peak of pro wrestling

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:28:56 No.9298734 Report

Quoted By: >>9298745 >>9299028

>>9298733
Austin main evented; Rock had the privilege of working with him

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:30:28 No.9298745 Report

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>>9298734
They both main evented, you idiot.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:45:38 No.9298858 Report

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Over as fuck in 99

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:51:19 No.9298913 Report

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Rock never had a wrestlemania moment

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:53:41 No.9298949 Report

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>>9298913

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 15:56:47 No.9298980 Report

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>>9298949
That was Hogan's moment.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 16:02:32 No.9299028 Report

Quoted By: >>9300911 >>9303597

>>9298734
Both Rock and Austin drew huge numbers without each other. They were roughly equal in terms of drawing power. Austin did better with merch. Rock had more longevity. They are both 1a 1b at the top.

Vince only says Austin was the undisputed top guy because Austin is still tied to McMahon and WWE. Its an ego thing with McMahon.

Hogan and Rock were huge stars outside of WWE.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 16:03:43 No.9299036 Report

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>>9298980
this copetard coping hard itt

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 16:05:26 No.9299049 Report

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>>9298655
Being the guy is having your face all over everything and getting long segments consistently as well as doing media tours. This is why Rock was the guy and Sami and Punk could never be the guy.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 16:50:39 No.9299458 Report

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>>9298655
His backstage promos alone drew more viewers than a whole average 2 hr Smackdown card.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 17:40:03 No.9299899 Report

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>>9299458
So, normies were more willing to watch a five minute promo than invest two hours into a tv show? Shocking.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 17:48:10 No.9299972 Report

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He was the guy in 2000.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 17:57:08 No.9300056 Report

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>>9298655
Yeah my Man Dwayne get hard politicked by the big egos of Austin and Triple Nose

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:01:25 No.9300092 Report

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>>9298655

To be fair, only Gaytch and JAYGAYL got long runs during that time.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:02:42 No.9300106 Report

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I legitimately got upset when Benoit was constantly harassing him and even cried in front of my mom once

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:04:21 No.9300121 Report

Quoted By: >>9300505 >>9300899 >>9300964 >>9301006 >>9303659

>Largest non-PPV gates for WWF from 1998-2001
$1,134,813 - Steve Austin vs The Corporation
$686,200 - Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Kane vs Triple H, William Regal & The Big Show
$658,415 - Chris Benoit vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
$653,945 - Chris Benoit vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
$595,606 - The Rock & Steve Austin vs Kurt Angle & Triple H
$572,856 - The Rock & Steve Austin vs Chris Benoit & Triple H

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:42:21 No.9300505 Report

Quoted By: >>9300926 >>9300958

>>9300121
>Benoit wasn't a dr-

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:45:33 No.9300532 Report

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>>9299899
How is it shocking?

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:56:36 No.9300664 Report

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>>9298655
Rock was an attraction, Stone Cold was the guy.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 18:59:13 No.9300693 Report

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>>9298655
He had meme catchphrases and was popular, but never really the guy outside of a sliver of 2000. Just like me. As a kid, you knew if he ever stepped to Austin, he’d get his ass beat.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:09:48 No.9300798 Report

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>>9300664
>>9300693
Austin was never this popular after 99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdyB1wIBqd8&ab_channel=OneOfTheMillions

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:15:39 No.9300872 Report

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>>9298949
>one of the numerous moments dwaynetty got exposed in front of an actual star
nice self-own

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:19:29 No.9300899 Report

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>>9300121
>$658,415 - Chris Benoit vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
>$653,945 - Chris Benoit vs Stone Cold Steve Austin

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:19:57 No.9300911 Report

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>>9299028
Fuck off Ojama

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:21:20 No.9300922 Report

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>>9300911
Bitchtits coping over his boogeyman

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:21:59 No.9300926 Report

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>>9300505
Anyone who thinks Benoit wasn’t a dimes machine is delusional. Often imitated never duplicated

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:23:14 No.9300949 Report

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>>9298690
Yet Rock gave Cena his highest ppv buyrate ever by alot

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:24:12 No.9300958 Report

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>>9300505
Jericho Benoit Austin, which was built with Benoit & Jericho as the top babyfaces did a gate of 1.32 million. So the experiment to push Benoit as a top face worked

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:24:54 No.9300964 Report

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>>9300121
>>9300899
>Benoit vs Austin draws huge
>Add Triple H to the mix and gate drops by nearly 100,000
Interesting is it not?

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:28:21 No.9301006 Report

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>>9300121
So basically if they just made Austin a lone wolf asshole heel, instead of pairing him with Vince and Triple H his heel turn would have worked?

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:30:31 No.9301031 Report

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>>9300949
>Yet Rock gave Cena his highest ppv buyrate ever by alot
Thats because Rock became a bigger star after he left the WWF, Zoomers always forget this.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:31:26 No.9301046 Report

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>>9301006
Probably, stunning Vince the next night on Raw post WM17 would have salvaged it for sure.

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:33:10 No.9301064 Report

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>>9300922
Your bitchtits forced meme will never get over Ojamq

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 19:33:54 No.9301072 Report

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>>9301064
>seethes when he's called bitchtits
lol you outed yourself

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 20:16:03 No.9301469 Report

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>>9301006
Honestly i think if he managed to just fuck everyone over people would have loved it even more. It would have been him returning to his ‘96-‘97 character

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 21:49:49 No.9302471 Report

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>>9298671
You are absolutely correct

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 22:37:53 No.9303049 Report

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>>9298913
Him and Hogan literally invented the "Wrestlemania moment"

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 23:18:53 No.9303597 Report

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>>9299028
Great analysis

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 23:23:16 No.9303659 Report

Quoted By: >>9303678

>>9300121
Wasn’t the Rock part of the Corporation at the time?

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 23:24:52 No.9303678 Report

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>>9303659
Yes, The Rock was apart of the Corporation match

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 23:27:53 No.9303704 Report

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>>9301006
Having him turn heel wasn't the problem, it was the handshake with Vince. In 1997 he was both a heel and anti-authority and everyone loved it. They could have done that and made the McMahons babyfaces

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Anonymous Sun 12 Mar 2023 23:31:54 No.9303753 Report

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>>9300798
Popularity =/= being the guy
Rock was getting ready for Hollywood by that point and had a short wrestling career.

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