>>9842678He never needed too, they knew he was leaving in 1999-00 for neck surgery and had 1 1/2 years to put over other stars so he had people to work with in 2001 as the babyface. Instead Vince buried the entire roster to try and get Triple H and D-Generation X over, and oversaturation lead to main event fatigue and Austin was forced to turn heel which killed his character and the company.
