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[Rodimus Prime]

The official birth of the Austin era

I always thought that was the year before. That "I Quit" match with Bret made him. I mean, he was already accomplished in WCW and had talent, but that seriously cemented him as The Man.

Come to think of it, Bret "made" a lot of guys.

[chuckdawg1999]

The official birth of the Austin era

I always thought that was the year before. That "I Quit" match with Bret made him. I mean, he was already accomplished in WCW and had talent, but that seriously cemented him as The Man.

Come to think of it, Bret "made" a lot of guys.

I'm just following the company line. To me Austin was a star after his feud with Chris Adams in WCCW but that might just be me. You're right about Bret. I remember reading a story about WWF in the mid 80's about how Vince found the next Hogan in an Australian weight lifter. He had muscles and could do a back flip; that was all. His first match was with Bret who made him look so good Vince was sure he had a license to print money.

[Rodimus Prime]

I'm just following the company line. To me Austin was a star after his feud with Chris Adams in WCCW but that might just be me.

I agree, that did kick him off to be a big deal. But in WWE, he went through the Ringmaster, then even as Stone Cold he had DiBiase with him and he wasn't really let loose. When that feud with Bret came around in 1996, he played it right, (talked good on the mic, didn't get hurt) and milked the rub he got from Bret for all its worth. It culminated in "I Quit", and even if he actually did quit, he still would have been made.

You're right about Bret. I remember reading a story about WWF in the mid 80's about how Vince found the next Hogan in an Australian weight lifter. He had muscles and could do a back flip; that was all. His first match was with Bret who made him look so good Vince was sure he had a license to print money.

Hmm. Haven't heard that. I do own Bret's book from 2008, I've been planning on picking it up and reading it again. Maybe he'll mention it there.

WrestleMania XV. A huge improvement over 14. It was a lot of fun.

[Rodimus Prime]

WrestleMania 16. Also a disappointing event, with a crap finish to the main event. TLC stole the show, though.

[Darth Bombshell]

TLC stole the show, though.

It's sad when you consider that, of the six guys involved in that match, only Edge managed to make a career out of himself. (Christian did pretty OK, I guess, but not on Edge's level. The Dudleys are still currently puttering around in TNA, right? And we ALL know what happened to the Hardys...)

[Rodimus Prime]

TLC stole the show, though.

It's sad when you consider that, of the six guys involved in that match, only Edge managed to make a career out of himself. (Christian did pretty OK, I guess, but not on Edge's level. The Dudleys are still currently puttering around in TNA, right? And we ALL know what happened to the Hardys...)

Well, all that depends of a lot of things. Out of those guys, only Edge and Jeff Hardy were really charismatic. Christian as well, but as you said, not on Edge's level. The Dudleys are a package, they went a lot further as a tag team than they would have as individuals. I don't watch TNA (but I might start if Raw keeps going the way it is. WWE sucks now. They really dropped the ball with Lesnar.) so i don't know what they do. They Hardys? Yeah, that's a sad story. I think that even as a tag team or as individuals they had a lot of promise. They fulfilled some of them. But, they let the WWE abuse them and take advantage of them with all those TLC and Ladder matches and stuff, and now their bodies are paying the price. And the usual result is that they get hooked on painkillers and other stuff, and that's what happened to both of them. I think Jeff is worse off than Matt. I always thought that they could have turned Matt into a clean-cut Bret Hart-type character and wrestler. He even looks like a young Bret a little. But yeah, considering Edge, where he has been and that he ended up in the HOF, he definitely did the most with what he had. And a lot of people are begrudging him and the WWE the fact that he is in and a lot of other "deserving" old guys aren't. I think Edge deserves the HOF, and the other people are kept out by politics on both sides. It has nothing to do with recognition of talent.

[Rodimus Prime]

WrestleMania X-Seven. Much better than the previous, though I sometimes I still can't believe that finish to the main event. It effectively turned me off as a die-hard wrestling fan. After Austin's turn, I became more of a casual observer than a fan.

[Rodimus Prime]

WrestleMania X-8 was pretty good. I can't believe Rock vs. Hogan wasn't the main event. I know there weren't "titles" on the line, but it was much more anticipated and a higher-energy match than HHH vs. Jericho. Only thing that match had over Icon vs. Icon was Stephanie in that skintight jumpsuit. DAMN.

[chuckdawg1999]

WrestleMania X-8 was pretty good. I can't believe Rock vs. Hogan wasn't the main event. I know there weren't "titles" on the line, but it was much more anticipated and a higher-energy match than HHH vs. Jericho. Only thing that match had over Icon vs. Icon was Stephanie in that skintight jumpsuit. DAMN.

at the time no one knew that Hogan was going to get that kind of reaction or the match would be THAT good.

[Rodimus Prime]

WrestleMania X-8 was pretty good. I can't believe Rock vs. Hogan wasn't the main event. I know there weren't "titles" on the line, but it was much more anticipated and a higher-energy match than HHH vs. Jericho. Only thing that match had over Icon vs. Icon was Stephanie in that skintight jumpsuit. DAMN.

at the time no one knew that Hogan was going to get that kind of reaction or the match would be THAT good.

Yeah, but Hogan and Rock are still bigger names than HHH and Jericho.