Was there one moment this year that you think was

[Guest Brian]

Even with the finish to Mania, they made bad decisions afterward and failed to build up a new contender in the background, so it goes further back then just that match.

 

Same old Triple H. He never left he's the same guy now.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Yes I remember that. And there were rumors that Austin could never return from his injury and that his career was over.

But I saw no problem with Austin going over Rock. It was just the way it happened. It was Austin's comeback story and he did go on to have some great matches after he won it to prove to everyone he deserved it. But I don't think McMahon should've been involved.

[Guest BillyTheStud]

2001 was an awsome year because of heel Austin.

[Guest Brian]

It was. But they established no one, groomed anyone to take the title off him. Putting the title on him was the right move in that story; Austin making the comeback only finding himself short, throws everything at him, and needs to cheat to win and align with his arch enemy.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

I think Angle should've been the guy to take it and elevate himself. Wait that's what happened but the fans balked for some reason. Oh right they tried to push Angle as superman. Well he was getting over huge and I was enjoying it.

[Guest caboose]

That was something I never understood.

The fans loved every moment of Angle's push against Austin in the summer of 2001. Yet the second Angle got the title, the fans lost all interest and Angle was labeled a lame duck.

Angle winning the title also added to the somewhat non-delibrate semi-burial of The Rock.

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

The first moment that got me down on the WWF/E was the Smackdown before Unforgiven 2000, when Angle laid out HHH with the Sledgehammer and forced himself on Steph because right there I knew that HHH ws going to win and that there was no way Steph was going to end up with Angle. It kills me till this day because Steph and Angle are my two favorite people in the WWE and it was my dream as a wrestling fan to see them together.

 

The second was when they didn't turn HHH face after Wrestlemania X-7..

 

This is reason I hate HHH so much, because if he would have turned face in either of these situations not only would have he benefitted form it but so would have the WWF. Instead these moments turned out to be the start of WWF/E's downfall.

 

Also IMO Summerslam 2001 was what killed the Invasion. After seeing X-Pac beat Tajiri, Undertaker and Kane kill Page and Kanyon, And both Austin and Rock walk out as champions I knew the Invasion was going to fail. I turned to my friend right after the show was over and said " The WWF is in big trouble now" and unfortunately I was right.

[Guest Downhome]

The moment that Austin and Rocky left, the show seemed to loose ALL dirrection.

[Guest The Hamburglar]

The funny thing about the love triangle was that HHH didn't even go over Angle clean - it just sort of ended. HHH couldn't win cleanly at Unforgiven against Angle, he needed a Steph nut shot. Strangely enough, that match was Angle's most dominant up to that point in his career. He absolutely destroyed HHH the entire match, working his ribs over like a mofo, including that sweet belly to belly suplex from one announce table to the other. Course in 2000, although he still won a lot Trips seemed to take some perverse pleasure in getting the crap kicked out of him, which was what made his matches so fun. Anyways, although Fully Loaded 2000 should have been a stepping stone, things were still salvageable after that. I reckon it was HHH not turning face after X-7 that did it. The pop he got when he came out during the Austin-Rock cage match was absolutely phenomenal. If he'd properly turned right there HHH might have been able to join Austin and Rock as unidisputedly great draws.

[Mrnoitaull 0]

With this abumdance of "new talent" this year, I'd figure that more than just onw would be in the main event status( talkin about Brock). I kinda figured such John Cena was going nowhere fast when he had that bland push early in his debut. And Batista is one of our best talent that will be wasted if he doesnt progress fast. Smearing lightweights all over the ring will get you no where ask Bill Demott.. and that's no laughing matter!

[Guest TheGame2705]

For me it was when HHH got injured. I was a big mark for him at the time (not anymore though) and him leaving and watching a guy I really hate get involved in the main event (Jericho) made me not interested anymore as much. That was bearable though. The Flair/Vince really killed it for me.