Guest IB2BLACK Report post Posted January 30, 2003 How do you think Vince will keep Stone Cold happy? By immediately making him the focus of RAW, and putting him into an instant with HHH for the title. Or do you think, he should start at the bottom, and work his way back to the top, since he left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 30, 2003 No way in fuck this guy should start at the bottom. They were already fucking him over and forcing him out of the company, so he should be REWARDED for coming back to this shit hole by humiliating H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook_Hing_Ho Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Of course he's going to be in the main event. Does anyone really want to see Austin come back only to feud with Tommy Dreamer for two months? I say he beats HHH at Mania for the belt so he can feud with all the HHHorsemen till June or so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetterberg is God 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2003 He better come in and be an immediate challenger to Triple H. There are no other serious face challengers left for HHH besides Booker T, and we all know he's got no chance in hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest candie45 Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Starting from the bottom?? Riiighhtt Vince: (afer long discussion) So you'll come back? Austin: Yeah. Vince: Great! You'll be fighting Maven on Heat next week. Be there no later then 1pm sharp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IB2BLACK Report post Posted January 30, 2003 How fair is that? He leaves, and comes back with no punishment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted January 30, 2003 it wouldn't be a very smart move, but i can actually see austin going to eric bischoff at the pay-per-view, giving him a stunner, & signing with smackdown. that would keep him pretty happy, i think. it would keep me happy too. and, as we all know, the only people whose happiness is important are stone cold steve austin and me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook_Hing_Ho Report post Posted January 30, 2003 If you were quite arguably the biggest star in the history of the industry, would you agree to come back only to feud with total jobbers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Angle-plex Report post Posted January 30, 2003 -If WWE is unable to sign Goldberg, the top 3 matches for WrestleMania will likely be the Rock vs. Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon, and Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar. It is still somewhat in the air how Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner will be involved in the show. Credit: 1wrestling.com He'll most likely be signing with Smackdown if that is true. EDIT: A Stone Cold/Tommy Dreamer feud kind of interests me, by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 30, 2003 How fair is that? He leaves, and comes back with no punishment. Because he was punished before he left. They went out of their way to force him out of that company. I firmly believe that SOMEONE did not want Austin around, and after Mania, realized that if they piss him the fuck off enough, he'll do it again. From there, that person (or people) basically convinced Vince that Austin was not needed, and Vince then decided to try and get Steve to quit. Since then, Vince has realized that the original guy was wrong. Whether or not he realizes what that person was doing, I have no idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IB2BLACK Report post Posted January 30, 2003 If he goes against Rock at WM 19, hopefully Rock can get the victory, cause he's never beaten Austin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IB2BLACK Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Anglesault, how did they force him out of the company? He was headlining every show, plus he came out on top of every feud, totally buried his opponents, and he never looked bad. What more could they have done for him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted January 30, 2003 I'm so glad Austin is coming back- We can never get enough Austin v. Taker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kahran Ramsus Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Smackdown has a top heavy main event scene as it is. Austin would destroy everything that has been built up for the past 6 months, plus he would immediately overshadow Lesnar. They have enough problems with Rock & Hogan coming back. RAW on the other hand has HHH, Jericho, and the contender of the month that can main event. Austin would immediately have an impact on that show and at the very least bring a credible challenger to HHH for the first time since Undertaker & Brock joined Smackdown. If Austin doesn't go to RAW, there is no point in bringing him back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetterberg is God 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Anglesault, how did they force him out of the company? He was headlining every show, plus he came out on top of every feud, totally buried his opponents, and he never looked bad. What more could they have done for him? Well let's see: 1. He was feuding with the Undertaker again 2. He had to feud with an off the wagon again Scott Hall 3. He was going to job to Brock Lesnar on Raw in the KOTR tournament, with no build-up at all Sounds like he had plenty of reasons to stay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 30, 2003 He was headlining every show Like Mania? No, he was in the midcard facing AlkaHall. Ooh, way to keep him happy, folks. And then there was the Big Show feud. Lord knows if my main eventers are bombing and I want to keep the top draw and man who carried the company on it's back for a year happy, I feud him in the lower mindcard with the Big Show. Meanwhile, HHH, Hogan, and Undertaker main event. And why don't we job our top star to a the guy who we want to make big, but currently has ZERO heat in a King of the Ring match with 45 minutes of build up? Wow, what awesome writing. Someone knew that Austin was fuming, and acted upon it. You don't accidently make that many stupid-assed mistakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted January 30, 2003 He wanted to feud with Taker btw. Austin v. Brock was going to be used to build up the Austin v. Eddy feud- I had no problem with it. Austin walked out twice, I'm already sick of the hype for his return and I do NOT want him back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Austin v. Brock was going to be used to build up the Austin v. Eddy feud- I had no problem with it. Bullshit. They were trying to get Brock over with that shit. Austin v. and Over Brock should be a first encounter at a major PPV with huge build up. That was half assed written on a napkin 20 minutes before the show SHIT. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OSIcon Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Austin v. Brock was going to be used to build up the Austin v. Eddy feud- I had no problem with it. Why would you blow a potential big PPV match on RAW with basically no build up? That was the whole point of Austin's blow up. Jobbing to a guy like Brock Lesnar - not a huge deal. Jobbing to him on RAW with no build up, in a KOTR Qualifier (why would Austin be in the KOTR to begin with?) makes no sense. People make Austin's walking out into an issue of jobbing, when it was an issue of his character being given no direction. If you look at what he was doing from WM to his walk out, its clear to see that he was right. His character had no direction and was being misued. Why should he stick around while his career is being messed around with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Edwin MacPhisto Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Why should he stick around while his career is being messed around with? Because he makes more money than anybody else on the payroll? Because he has a job with a guaranteed contract? I don't want to get into the debate of "Did Austin do the right thing" again, but I won't care much about this return unless he starts doing some decent work and showing that he's not going to dog it or run out again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted January 30, 2003 If they keep him happy I'm sure he'll be having the great matches again. He won't dog it if they don't treat him like a dog. I mean how would you like it if you were the biggest star ever and you were pushed aside at WM for yesterday's news and a flash in the pan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Super Pissed Smark Report post Posted January 30, 2003 I think Austin's demand was to be placed on SmackDown, and I'd much rather see him with Angle, Benoit, Rey and Los Guereros, than wasting his time with Triple-H, Batista and Steiner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Regardless Austin shouldn't have walked out the way he did. He wasn't pushed aside for WM either. His feud with Hall got tons of TV time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Yeah but he shouldn't have been feuding with Hall in the first place. He didn't want to feud with some drunk that could obviously hurt him in the ring. Hell he knew Hall wouldn't stick around long either as evidenced by Hall getting the boot a month and a half later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Why should WWE's main concern be keeping Austin happy? I am not excited about his return at all. We'll see how everyone feels about Austin return when he is on TV for an hour every show and, if he's on Smackdown, overshadowing Angle, Benoit, Eddy and so on. I think he will go to smackdown so he can be with the talented workers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Austin wasn't being buried at the time, but he wasn't in the position that someone like Austin should've been. It's kinda odd that all of sudden Austin was in a secondary role. It was even stranger when you consider the fact that Vince will ride a proven money maker until he's made every cent he can make off the person. Throwing his top proven money maker in meaningless midcard feuds is just not something Vince does. There was a "Bret Hart screwjob" vibe surrounding Austin before he was pushed over the edge and left. I didn't believe that Vince would actually be foolish enough to legitally screw Austin, but i could see it building before he left. I don't usaully like tossing around HHH conspiracies. However he's who Austin had problems with and it isn't that crazy to believe that HHH would've been giving self serving advice to Vince about Austin. Believe what you want, but something stunk about the whole Austin situation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jester Report post Posted January 30, 2003 It is still somewhat in the air how Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Scott Steiner will be involved in the show. They can pass out programs. Steiner might be able to do that without getting winded, and Nash might be able to do that without injuring himself. Maybe. As for Austin's return, I do think he should go to Raw and then assrape the whhhorsemen. Politically he's the only one who stands a chance of doing it, plus HHH could really use a reality check. He desperately needs some post-MSG incident punishment. It won't hurt Flair much since he already looks like a bitch, Batista few people care about, the only one who will be damaged is Orton. Which is a shame, but they've probably sacrificed an interesting heel to make him HHH errand boy anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Mighty Damaramu Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Exactly Jester. We're talking full on nWo shitty no-selling for them to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Invictus 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2003 Speaking of Austin, WWE now has the February issue of the magazine in shopzone and on it's publications heading. When does it hit newstands, or has it already? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChick Report post Posted January 30, 2003 For everyone saying that Austin can take out HHH politically: 1) HHH was doing the same thing when Austin was still here, just not to the same extent 2) So instead of HHH taking up a lot of time on Raw, Austin does? Yeah, that will help elavate new talent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
