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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 14:46:10 GMT -5
He hasn't been showing up nearly as much? Why not? You'd figure with all the nostalgia acts the one that actually stuck around the WWE pretty consistently well into the 2000s would show up?
I can't remember the last time WWE did anything remarkable with him or anything at all with him really. Did he show up for one of the recent Raw anniversary shows? I thought he did but was wicked tired when I watched it and meant to watch it again, but never got around to it.
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Post by Red Impact on Feb 3, 2013 14:48:41 GMT -5
Didn't he say he had surgery and didn't want to come out until he was healed completely?
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Post by The Wick on Feb 3, 2013 14:49:41 GMT -5
I hope he's thinking about doing the RAW after Wrestlemania 29 where there's the dream match of him vs. Punk at Wrestlemania 30. He couldn't do RAW 1000 due to knee surgery and the 20th Anniversary didn't seem like a big enough thing for that much nostalgia at all.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Feb 3, 2013 14:51:17 GMT -5
Also, can he have access to a time machine upon his return?
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Post by JCBaggee on Feb 3, 2013 14:51:30 GMT -5
At home, washing his monster truck.
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Post by arrx on Feb 3, 2013 14:55:35 GMT -5
At home, washing the blood off of his girlfriend he just beat. Fixed.  |
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Post by bob on Feb 3, 2013 14:56:13 GMT -5
suffering anal bleeding
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Feb 3, 2013 14:59:01 GMT -5
At home, washing the blood off of his girlfriend he just beat. Fixed. Well, that's...dark.  |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 3, 2013 15:09:19 GMT -5
What I'm hoping is that they are deliberately keeping Austin off TV because:
1. The Rock is around, and between the two of them they'd take up too much attention and TV time
2. They're trying to make absence make the heart grow fonder, because Austin has said he could have one more short run, so they're trying to make us forget about him in time for the big reveal.
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Post by PKO on Feb 3, 2013 15:14:01 GMT -5
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2013 15:35:03 GMT -5
Austin is done. I will never understand the people that want to see Punk/Austin. Do they want Punk to eat a stunner and be doused in beer that badly?
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Post by mike2789 on Feb 3, 2013 15:37:09 GMT -5
Austin was around in October. He didn't appear on Raw or any of the shows, but whole advertising campaign for WWE 13 was focused on him (and Punk). While he is my favorite of all time, I do not miss him at all
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 3, 2013 15:48:39 GMT -5
From his Twitter account, he seems to be genuinely enjoying a well-earned retirement.
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Post by Celgress on Feb 3, 2013 15:51:53 GMT -5
Austin is done. I will never understand the people that want to see Punk/Austin. Do they want Punk to eat a stunner and be doused in beer that badly? sure do ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2013 16:00:00 GMT -5
I'm glad he doesn't show up every other month like the Jim Duggan's and the Roddy Piper's do. It means more when he does eventually appear.
I hope he never wrestles again. He's almost 50 years old. He had the most perfect last match anyone could ever ask for. Leave it as it is, Steve.
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Post by molson5 on Feb 3, 2013 22:12:50 GMT -5
I'm sure the WWE would love to do Punk/Austin but Austin has all the leverage and I bet he's a pain in the ass to deal with. The best hope (and it's a slim hope) for the WWE to get that match is to keep Austin off TV, maybe see if his money dries up a bit, let him see how much fun Rock is having in his return, and MAYBE, just maybe, he'll come around and want another short run and some time in the spotlight. There's no reason to placate him and let him come out for quick segment where he stunners everyone and takes no bumps. Those segments don't move the needle anymore.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Feb 3, 2013 22:19:27 GMT -5
For those who want to see Punk vs Austin, do you really think Punk has a chance in hell of winning? If Austin comes back, I want to see him win no matter who he faces
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Post by mizerable on Feb 3, 2013 23:31:59 GMT -5
The less he comes back, the more anticipating his return is. Seriously, I got SO sick of Austin between 2003 through 2005 that I can only handle a return every couple of years...if that. Besides, he doesn't need to wrestle one last match. He went out in a stellar performance with Rock. We shouldn't be asking for any more. Let the man be. Austin is done. I will never understand the people that want to see Punk/Austin. Do they want Punk to eat a stunner and be doused in beer that badly? Or better yet, what's the point of coming back to lose to Punk? What does he get out of it. The fact that he can "still go"? Big deal. Austin has been retired for going on 10 years. I don't need to see anything out of him, the same way I didn't need to see anything out of Bret Hart, the same way I didn't need to see anything out of Ricky Steamboat. People bitch about not making new stars and that's one of the reasons...you rely too heavily on the old ones. Oh, and Austin giving Punk a win does not do Punk any favors. Punk is already a LEGEND IN THE MAKING, and it would be nothing more than a footnote, especially after MITB 2011 and his 400 day+ title reign. If someone needs a "rub" after that, then they must really suck. The whole straight edge vs. beer drinker crap is SO overdone. Punk is beyond that, that it's ridiculous to keep going back to the straight edge nonsense in order to garner a response. Hell, by that logic, I guess we should have had Mordecai vs. Undertaker...I mean why not? It's dark vs. light. Come on! Punk already had the advocate vs. abuser feud with Jeff Hardy...and that was much better than Austin could ever be. |
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Feb 3, 2013 23:34:26 GMT -5
1. The Rock is around, and between the two of them they'd take up too much attention and TV time I think this is why, although WWE could just have them NOT take up too much TV time Also, both Rock and Austin are such big stars that they don't want either one of them playing second fiddle to the other. |
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Post by JCBaggee on Feb 4, 2013 0:23:22 GMT -5
1. The Rock is around, and between the two of them they'd take up too much attention and TV time I think this is why, although WWE could just have them NOT take up too much TV time Also, both Rock and Austin are such big stars that they don't want either one of them playing second fiddle to the other. It doesn't matter how little time they're on TV, if Rock AND Austin are around, all that's going to be talked about is Rock and Austin. |
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