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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 5:47:49 GMT -5
I’d be excited to see austin again but I’d rather him face anyone else on the roster
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Post by stoptheclocks on Jan 24, 2023 5:56:48 GMT -5
Like...this is basically the equivalent of if in the Attitude Era, the only major star the WWE had was Steve Austin so WrestleMania was built around Stone Cold vs. Bruno Sammartino. I'm expecting it to not happen because I can't imagine it'd work for either Austin or Roman and Cody/Sami are just better options but still. I just don't think that is an apt comparison at all. But if they could have sold out a stadium with Bruno vs Austin in 1999 they obviously would have.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 24, 2023 7:40:00 GMT -5
Meltzer says Austin was offered a match against Brock, not Roman, so someone’s wrong. I guess it comes down to if you trust Meltz or SRS more.
Austin/Brock seems like a bad idea too though. What moves would Brock even do in that match? Austin isn’t taking German suplexes and even F5s wouldn’t be good for his neck.
The highest person on the card I can see working a match with Austin is Rollins. Austin/Roman and Austin/Brock just don’t seem realistic/doable.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jan 24, 2023 7:44:44 GMT -5
Meltzer says Austin was offered a match against Brock, not Roman, so someone’s wrong. I guess it comes down to if you trust Meltz or SRS more. I could buy the idea he was offered both, potentially. Like, one for 'Mania and one for a Saudi show. They'd both be bad ideas for many reasons but I mean, that's just the state of things right now I guess.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jan 24, 2023 7:46:39 GMT -5
You could proooobably pull off a Brock match if you kept it short and centered it around Brock going for the Kimura instead, maybe add an element into the build about Brock wanting to make him give up to justify it, but I still doubt it'd be particularly good.
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Post by SneakMan on Jan 24, 2023 8:44:41 GMT -5
The prospect of Steve Austin, at his age and with his bad neck, taking a German Suplex is goddamn terrifying.
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 24, 2023 9:30:27 GMT -5
Surely there is absolutely nothing appealing about this for Steve $$$$$
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Post by polarbearpete on Jan 24, 2023 9:34:58 GMT -5
Meltzer says Austin was offered a match against Brock, not Roman, so someone’s wrong. I guess it comes down to if you trust Meltz or SRS more. Austin/Brock seems like a bad idea too though. What moves would Brock even do in that match? Austin isn’t taking German suplexes and even F5s wouldn’t be good for his neck. The highest person on the card I can see working a match with Austin is Rollins. Austin/Roman and Austin/Brock just don’t seem realistic/doable. SRS’s report was also that a lesser money offer was made for a different program over the summer. That could have been the Brock pitch and now that Rock is out, Roman might be the current pitch. Men’s side of the card could be: Universal: Roman vs. Austin WWE: Rollins vs. Cody Tag: Usos vs. Sami/KO Brock vs. Lashley US: Theory vs. Cena IC: Gunther vs. Drew HIAC: Edge vs. Balor Priest/Dom vs. Rey/Bunny
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 24, 2023 10:09:45 GMT -5
Surely there is absolutely nothing appealing about this for Steve $$$$$ They have been offering him huge money for years and he came back once at all to wrestle Owens. And he wouldn't even commit to calling it a match. They had to get a lot right to get him interested. He doesn't seem to be as much of a money mark as many of his contemporaries
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 24, 2023 11:24:18 GMT -5
They have been offering him huge money for years and he came back once at all to wrestle Owens. And he wouldn't even commit to calling it a match. They had to get a lot right to get him interested. He doesn't seem to be as much of a money mark as many of his contemporaries I think Steve will leave it there now. He made a successful comeback and did not embarass himself. Best to leave it
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Post by XIII on Jan 24, 2023 11:35:02 GMT -5
If they’re offering Austin stupid money he’s likely going to take it. It could he his last huge payday he’d kind of be foolish not to.
That said, there’s no way that he’s coming back to wrestle Brock. Brock’s entire offense is a bunch of suplexes, a kimura, and an F5 at this point.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Jan 24, 2023 11:45:16 GMT -5
I feel Roman really needs this. He hasn't been put over and.....*Looks at notes* I see he actually doesn't need this match in any way shape or form.
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Post by mcstoklasa on Jan 24, 2023 11:47:53 GMT -5
The one match I would want Austin to do would be a street fight with Brock where they just brawl around outside the ring and Brock doesn't get to German suplex him
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Post by stoptheclocks on Jan 24, 2023 12:21:58 GMT -5
Surely there is absolutely nothing appealing about this for Steve $$$$$ Even taking the millions of dollars out of it... Austin is a performer. This would be wrestling in the main event of WrestleMania in one of the biggest matches of all time against the biggest star in the industry. He may decide he's physically not quite up to it. But there's no way the offer would be totally unappealing to anyone who's ever wrestled.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 24, 2023 12:25:19 GMT -5
Truth is they pitched Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn as the main event of Wrestlemania but Mr. T is busy that weekend and Hogan won't work without him. So now they're settling on the wrestler/celebrity team of Steve Austin and Dwayne Johnson.
Sorry, now I'm being told it wasn't "truth is" but that Truth (as in the R kind) pitched those matches. Triple H was only curious as to how R-Truth got in his office.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 24, 2023 12:26:19 GMT -5
Roman vs. Austin feels more like a Saudi “attraction match” imo. It’d be a hell of a Summerslam main event.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 24, 2023 12:43:06 GMT -5
If they’re offering Austin stupid money he’s likely going to take it. It could he his last huge payday he’d kind of be foolish not to. That said, there’s no way that he’s coming back to wrestle Brock. Brock’s entire offense is a bunch of suplexes, a kimura, and an F5 at this point. People have said this about countless manias over the years and it took until last year for him to finally do it once Also 100% don't give him to Brock, the man has no neck
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 24, 2023 12:48:18 GMT -5
They have been offering him huge money for years and he came back once at all to wrestle Owens. And he wouldn't even commit to calling it a match. They had to get a lot right to get him interested. He doesn't seem to be as much of a money mark as many of his contemporaries Austin was never interested back then though. He was probably offered millions and millions over the years to return and face Cena/Brock/Punk/Orton but he didn't have the desire. There were reports that he got the wrestling bug again though after last year. That combined with him going crazy with all the workout videos recently makes me think there's a realistic chance he has another match. I just don't think it would be against Roman or Brock.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 24, 2023 12:50:31 GMT -5
They have been offering him huge money for years and he came back once at all to wrestle Owens. And he wouldn't even commit to calling it a match. They had to get a lot right to get him interested. He doesn't seem to be as much of a money mark as many of his contemporaries Austin was never interested back then though. He was probably offered millions and millions over the years to return and face Cena/Brock/Punk/Orton but he didn't have the desire. There were reports that he got the wrestling bug again though after last year. That combined with him going crazy with all the workout videos recently makes me think there's a realistic chance he has another match. I just don't think it would be against Roman or Brock. Austin vs. Seth Rollins would rock. Give me that.
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Post by msc on Jan 24, 2023 13:09:27 GMT -5
Austin/Brock would be genuinely terrifying.
Incidentally, someone was very suspiciously not on RAW with the Rumble 4 days away.
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