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>"the guy" at the height of wrestling's popularity
>highest ratings
>most merchandise sales
>massive pop every time he entered
>everyone else that has been "the guy" in modern history ended up with the fans crying out for a heel turn, but Austin was the opposite - the fans refused to boo him no matter what Vince tried, even having him betray WWF to lead WCW
>no one else in history could cause 100% of the audience to wildly cheer for him whether he was a heel or face - not Rock, Hogan, Cena, or Reigns
>beats Debra
>still gets by far the biggest pops of the night literal decades after his retirement and half of the audience weren't even watching when he was active
>being a guest on the KO Show without a promoted match main-evented Night 1 of a WrestleMania
Thank you GOAT
>highest ratings
>most merchandise sales
>massive pop every time he entered
>everyone else that has been "the guy" in modern history ended up with the fans crying out for a heel turn, but Austin was the opposite - the fans refused to boo him no matter what Vince tried, even having him betray WWF to lead WCW
>no one else in history could cause 100% of the audience to wildly cheer for him whether he was a heel or face - not Rock, Hogan, Cena, or Reigns
>beats Debra
>still gets by far the biggest pops of the night literal decades after his retirement and half of the audience weren't even watching when he was active
>being a guest on the KO Show without a promoted match main-evented Night 1 of a WrestleMania
Thank you GOAT
