How come Austin is Superman?

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

You know I was wondering something. Why does Austin get to be superman? Sure he's a tremendous wrestler but ight now he seems to be Superman. During the Alliance angle he was definetly superman(need I remind you all of when he cleared the ring of like 30 guys?)

But what I mean is with the nWo they all run to the ring to beat on him at No Way Out and he won't sell anything for them. He just keeps fighting back. And the nWo is bumping like mad men. Taking a huge dive every time Austin lays a finger on them. And then Hall stuns him and he sells it like he's dead. Ok so he's only going to work with Hall....ok I guess, should be a really good match.

Then on SmackDown! the nWo runs from him. Yes he chases them all thorughout the show. And they cower from him.

How come they can beat the hell out of the Rock but when Austin attacks they act like they're all going to die?

Why is Austin booked as this superman?

[Guest RickyB]

A) because Austin said that he wouldn't sell for the nWo and on No Way Out he proved who the real egotistical bastard in the WWF is.

 

B) Because the WWF is too scared to have Austin sell for the nWo because they are trying to protect him because Hogan will probably retire in 2-3 years, Nash has about 3-4 years left in him and Hall is nothing on his own.  But Austin has at least 5 years left in him (as long as he doesn't get injured).

[Guest The Fett]

Austin apparently despises all three of their guts and is very hesitant to work a program with Hall so I guess booking him as superman is way to persuade him into it.

[Guest Maurizio C... Version 2]

I think it's the same "Hall factor" that comes into play. How could Austin sell for hall or the rest of the nwo, knowing scott will sell like crazy for x pac and their friends just to make him look bad?

[Guest The Shockmaster!]

I think it's the same "Hall factor" that comes into play. How could Austin sell for hall or the rest of the nwo, knowing scott will sell like crazy for x pac and their friends just to make him look bad?

Huh?

[Guest RickyB]

I think it's the same "Hall factor" that comes into play. How could Austin sell for hall or the rest of the nwo, knowing scott will sell like crazy for x pac and their friends just to make him look bad?

Huh?

That's what I was thinking!

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

As good a wrestler as Austin is, he should know that you can't have a huge ego if you want an extended career, be it in-ring or behind the scenes. Wait...

 

Hogan...Flair...

 

GOD DAMMIT!

[Guest Brian]

Because he's Stone Cold. Stone Cold has always fought against the odds. It's his character.

[Guest dreamer420]

He got his ass kicked at No Way Out remember.  This is typical Austin because now he is pissed and looking to kill someone.

[Guest old_mort_wwfe]

well...it would get pretty repeatitive if every show the NWO beat up there victims in one sided ass kickings..oh wait...that was Nitro for almost 2 years! sorry

 

Austin fights back becuase hes Austin and its in his character..and like i said..maybe someone attempting to fight back isn't that bad either

[Guest jedisrm]

wrestlemania is going to suck

[Guest The Shockmaster!]

wrestlemania is going to suck

Thank you, Miss Cleo.

[Guest Choken One]

No it won't everybody expects 8 **** matches...Seriously...Look back at all the "great" Mania's...Most had 2 ***3/4-***** matches...4 ** matches and a couple dud-* matches.

 

Look at WM8 (considered a great Mania)-One ****3/4, a ***3/4, 3 *3/4, 1 ** and a pair of duds.

 

WM3-one ****3/4, a series of *3/4 and  many *-**.

 

WM10-Two ***** and the rest were *-**.

 

WM6-One **** and bunch of **.

 

...only Two Manias had no matches below *3/4...(WM17 and WM14)

 

So expect a WM8/10 type of show...Couple great shpws and a bunch of nothing.

[Guest molestomp]

Stone Cold acts like Superman because that is his character. He is a bad ass, that takes no shit from nobody. It isn't like he doesn't want to sell to them, but he has ALWAYS done that. Look at times that SCSA was getting his ass beat, he always got up like that.

[Guest erotic jesus]

Okay, I am just curious, because this is news to me:

 

Who ever said that a) Austin would not sell for the nWo, or b) Austin "hates their guts"?

 

The most I have read is that he is not thrilled about facing Hall at WM, because he is afraid he won't even be in the company then...

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Austin won't sell for the NWO?

 

I guess that must have been someone else getting pinned by Jericho at No Way Out...

[Guest goodhelmet]

Personally, I think Austin deserves alot more than being stucjk in a program with a bunch of dinosaurs who can't work. People are critical of Angle having to work with someone beneath them. Hall is NOT a main eventer. He is a high mid carder at his peak and he has declined since 97. Why should Austin, the biggest star in the last 5 years have to resort to fighting a meaningless match with a subpar competitor?

[Guest NoCalMike]

Well maybe during the nWo storyline we can just call Austin.....STEVE AU-STING~!  I remember when Sting was basically booked as superman, but that gimmick was, what, a year in the making?

 

-Mike

[Guest goodhelmet]

"Well maybe during the nWo storyline we can just call Austin.....STEVE AU-STING~!  I remember when Sting was basically booked as superman, but that gimmick was, what, a year in the making?"

 

Man, I have been saying the same thing in reference to the unoriginal booking of this angle. Sub the name Austin for Sting and the name Rock for (DDP, Luger, etc.) and it's the same damn thing.

[Guest RickyB]

As good a wrestler as Austin is, he should know that you can't have a huge ego if you want an extended career, be it in-ring or behind the scenes. Wait...

 

Hogan...Flair...

 

GOD DAMMIT!

Ric Flair never had an ego, if he had an ego then he would have went over Hogan when he was in the WWF, he would never have took the shit he got in the NWA from Dusty and he would never have been treat like shit from Bischoff either.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

He didn't really take that much shit from Dusty.

 

He spent the latter part of the 80's refusing to put Luger over.

[Guest The Shockmaster!]

All superstar wrestlers have/had big egos but that doesn't necessarilly make them the Anti-Christ.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

I for one say that if Austin doesn't want to work with the NWO, he shouldn't have to.

 

If Vince needs Austin to make the NWO work, and Austin says NO...he should take that as a hint that he shouldn't have hired them.

 

Turnabout's fair play says I.

 

I don't blame Austin for hating Hogan.

 

 

That's what getting fucked in the ass by someone who only cares about themselves SHOULD lead to.

 

Blind hatred.

[Guest RickyB]

Well maybe during the nWo storyline we can just call Austin.....STEVE AU-STING~!  I remember when Sting was basically booked as superman, but that gimmick was, what, a year in the making?

 

Yeah, Vince hasn't got a clue anymore.  Bischoff must be sitting at home somewhere laughing his ass off that the only ideas that Vince McMahon can come up with are copied off Eric Bischoff.

 

BTW - Vince McMahon's decision to bring the nWo in was a very good one.  IMO Hogan is a bigger draw than Austin ever was and the fact is that Steve Austin's popularity has been dwindling since the end of the Attitude era, he's only known for the "WHAT?" catchphrase now and as soon as that dies down "bye bye Austin, enjoy life in the mid card" and I, for one, will be very happy.  I have nothing against Austin as a person but I hate his character.  And if he's so arrogant that he thinks he's bigger than the guy (Hulk Hogan) who helped build the company that he works for then he deserves to spend life in the mid card.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

You realize that Austin outsold and outpopped Hogan until he got injured??? Austin is the most popular man in the history of our sport. He far surpasses Hogan.

[Guest RickyB]

You realize that Austin outsold and outpopped Hogan until he got injured??? Austin is the most popular man in the history of our sport. He far surpasses Hogan.

He outsold and outpoped Hogan IN 1997.  Compare how popular Austin was in 97 and how popular Hogan was between 85 and 92.  Hogan was so popular that anyone who feuded with him (whether it was a monster heel or a jobber) was suddenly hated by the fans, Austin was never that over.  

 

The WWF have never sold out arenas as big as the ones that they sold out before Hulk Hogan left (72,000 for Wrestlemania 3 - Hulk Hogan Vs Aundre the Giant, 67,000 for Wrestlemania 6 - Hulk Hogan Vs The Warropr, 62,000 for Wrestlemania 8 - Hulk Hogan Vs Sid Justice).

 

The only thing Austin outsold Hogan in was merchandise and that's because Hulk Hogan was around in a time when Merchandise was only sold in the USA, Merchandise is now sold around the world.  Hogan made that possible.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

He outsold and outpoped Hogan IN 1997.  Compare how popular Austin was in 97 and how popular Hogan was between 85 and 92.  Hogan was so popular that anyone who feuded with him (whether it was a monster heel or a jobber) was suddenly hated by the fans, Austin was never that over.

 

Personally, I'd say 85 to 92 is stretching it. Maybe 85 to 90 and maybe some of 91 with the Slaughter feud, but that's pretty much it. He feuded with taker in late 91 and Taker was getting cheered and then there's the infamous 92 Rumble where the fans turned on him when he cheated to get rid of Sid.

[Guest RickyB]

Personally, I'd say 85 to 92 is stretching it. Maybe 85 to 90 and maybe some of 91 with the Slaughter feud, but that's pretty much it. He feuded with taker in late 91 and Taker was getting cheered and then there's the infamous 92 Rumble where the fans turned on him when he cheated to get rid of Sid.

Yeah, 92 is stretching it.  But I think up to about Wrestlemania 91 is about right.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Hey Austin/Rock sold out WM17. And it wasn't just Hogan and Sid at WM8...it was the intrigue of the world title match.

Plus Austin's monster pops make Hogan's look like Edge getting cheered......well I wouldn't go that far but you know what I mean.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

I don't like Hogan at all, but the man has gotten some insane pops over the years. I can at least give him credit for that and would say that he and Austin are pretty much tied or close to it.