Paco
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Post by Paco on Feb 8, 2013 4:57:19 GMT -5
I agreed with Austin's mentality. Maybe Austin went about it in an extreme way BUT I had no sympathy for WWE at the time. WWE had done a lot of stupid booking decisions for like a whole year ('01-'02) prior to Austin's walkout. They needed to be called out on that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2013 10:27:49 GMT -5
What's funny is that had Austin just lost to Lesnar, absolutely no one would ever been talking about it by this point. Now it will always be a black mark on his career...No, I think most people would say that it was just smart business sense on Steve's part. Putting such a big money match on free tv with no build-up whatsoever would've been pretty damn stupid. Also, on that DVD, it's not like they were burying Lesnar. The argument was that this was a guy they were promoting and creating the next big superstar out of, and Austin's mentality was that Austin/Lesnar could've been a moneymaker for the company. Jericho stated that having this as a match without any hype basically threw away half a year's worth of a storyline and potential windfall.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 8, 2013 16:39:27 GMT -5
I think that the points Austin has raised since - about it being really dumb booking, etc. - were legitimate.
On the other hand, I don't for a second think they are the reason he walked. I think he walked because he didn't want to job.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 8, 2013 20:04:55 GMT -5
It was like 10-15 minutes long. The match was fairly decent, with really good outside brawling. Lesnar defeated Austin after Heyman distracted him with his beer cooler. So where did this come from?
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Post by zeez on Feb 8, 2013 20:37:08 GMT -5
It was like 10-15 minutes long. The match was fairly decent, with really good outside brawling. Lesnar defeated Austin after Heyman distracted him with his beer cooler. So where did this come from? His ass?
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Evil Homer
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Post by Evil Homer on Feb 8, 2013 20:40:06 GMT -5
Closest we will ever get
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