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Slayer, I think that was one thing Hogan complained about when he had teamed up with Lesnar in his last run. He stated the guys weren't responding to how the crowd was acting and going off the planned match. I think they have tried to make the wrestlers do this lately according to some "reports". It's having the right instincts and timing to get the audience into the match. I agree that I don't like how the wrestlers act like they are in a studio. I think that goes back to my earlier post about the 80's and the presentation that took things as a sporting event.

 

Austin's run was tremondous in 1998 and 1999 because the angle was new for the most part. After WM 15 it has been rehashed too much. Austin won the title fairly defeating Vince's "boy" HBK(remember the screwjob that got him the title). Vince did not want Austin as champion because of PR reasons. Austin was robbed of the title at KOR. He won it back and dropped the title to UT/Kane in a master plan by Vince. His only way to get another title shot was winning the Royal Rumble. He did and went on to face another one of Vince's "boys" in The Rock. The buy-rate was through the roof. In 2000, they flipped the script with Rock getting screwed in the main event of Mania and the heel winning. In 2001, Austin returned and became a heel too in their match-up. However, since 2002 the same old has happened with Triple H, Lesnar, and Benoit getting the similar push. The problem was that all these men did not get the strong face push heading into Royal Rumble that captivated the masses like Austin in 1998 and 1999. I actually liked Benoit's storyline for this year though. Triple H and Lesnar's copycat storyline of Austin's was weak though.