not 15 years.. may be since 2010..

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@@nisargkasturiwale3877 bro not since 2010 I say since 2007

@@vampirascoffin870 2001 perhaps?

Love it, awesome idea.

That is a great change to it

I hope they see this.

Good idea.

I agree, but maybe the next fantasy booking warefare? Like maybe Adam hosts again, and as host he also gives each contestant a MAJOR issue they have to deal with (can be voted on by fans for interaction purposes). Different issues means every story must be different, which wasn’t a problem really in season 1 but is something that’s worrisome

And then HHH turns heal in that match

Pants on head moronic

This is the most Reddit comment I've ever seen

Tbf, if WWE booked a story all at one time and stuck to it, their stories would be 10x better. Doing things week by week and constantly changing things makes for a less cohesive story.

And all those positives are exactly why wwe will NEVER HIRE ADAM

no way, he didn't do all that did he. That's a lot, just to fire someone

@@OfficiallyBlind Oh, dear God. I'm starting to realise why some people think the Earth is flat or that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

@@vapeymcvape5000 it was a question, you'll be okay.

I didn't know Eric was so strong

Well its not actually true that austin was fired via fax it was a phone call by what some people have said but it was also due to him being injury prone and having a bad attitude too which Stone Cold has admitted Bischoff was right in firing him.

@@lostalone9320 I agree, I think Austin shaking hands with Vince is the greatest image in WWE history. And it’s setup so well. Does he hate Vince? Yes. However, he wants that title more than he hates Vince and that’s what makes it work.

@MicoMedia Universe i think the way wwe portrayed austin's character was not good..the same guy who passed out without submitting few years ago is now tapping and giving up even before the submission is perfectly locked in.. following vince orders was also something ironic for me.. apart from that the biggest blunder was that they teamed him up with hhh with whom austin had a 3 stages of hell match few months back..

@@lostalone9320 I say lean into it. Go deeper into what it means for Austin to “sell his sole”. He is more successful and on top at a high level and having the longest title run of his career but at what cost? I love the segment with Jim Ross in his hometown but make that more conflicted. Austin screaming at Jim that he needs to do this as he destroys him as he can’t let JR get in his way because he needs to lead the company and hold the world title, if you don’t like Austin’s vision as world champion. You get hurt. Vince likes the vision so he is safe. Then when the Invasion comes around bring in Eric and he leads WCW and bring up the history of him firing Austin and everything which leads to us answering the cheesy question of what is Steve Austin’s “sole”. The WWF, the company that gave him the opportunity to become STONE COLD. He initially stays out of the Invasion more focused on his world title but then he looks at the ring from a monitor backstage and sees the WCW guys beating down team WWF and they bring JR in the ring to make it more “chaotic” and they are about to attack him and the glass shatters and Austin walks down with a chair and destroys team WCW and turns face. Then after Survivor Series Austin turns on Vince because he is sick of his manipulative ways and he sees through what Vince is trying to do and that’s keep Steve Austin under his thumb.

The heel turn gets talked about tons, it was literally the end of WWE's run of ratings dominance on TV. Fans left WWE like they left the Macarena.

The turn itself gets talked about tons, the heel run doesn't

@@mikepagebrand That's down to Austin himself claiming it was terrible. In fact: it was brilliantly creative (eventually), I'm sure he's just soured on the whole "sent the company into a spiral" outcome.

Huh? It gets talked about religiously lol like people literally say it’s the root beginning of the fall off of the wrestling industry especially in the United States the numbers legit show they’ve never recovered from this decision it’s been all downhill since

I liked the turn with Austin shaking McMahon's hand. People tend to forget that the Stone Cold character is an unscrupulous asshole and that he's only a face because fans cheer for him. It's totally in character for him to use McMahon to get his way. It would've also been in character for him to stun McMahon the next night, remind everyone that he doesn't trust anybody, and state that nobody should trust him. They should've turned him into a tweener and have him feud with the Rock.

I disagree, by late 2000 to 2001 he was back on top I’d argue. He was putting on belter matches with Benoit, Regal, Angle and others. Hell, by the end of 2001 he was Undisputed Champion.

Jericho heel champion run up to and possibly beyond WM18 would be a good one

@@KingKhanate1997 Oh yeah don’t get me wrong he was definitely still over in early to mid 2001 and was putting on great matches, ladder match at the Rumble against Benoit comes to mind. However, instead of capitalising on his popularity, they decided to turn him heel mid 2001, randomly put the Undisputed title on him, booked him awfully as champion- having one of worst title reigns, it was pretty much Triple H vs Stephanie in the main event of Mania with Jericho acting as the vehicle to wrestle Triple H and get the title on him. It was so poor it took years for Jericho to be properly considered as a maineventer again. Jericho never won a world title as a babyface despite being one of the most popular wrestlers of the early 2000’s. I’d say they didn’t capitalise…

Dropped the ball? He beat Austin and Rock on the same night. First ever undisputed champ.

@@robertlawrence4719 if memory serves it was after he beat them both that jericho got thrown in a toilet until mania to lose to HHH right?

Wouldn’t have worked or mattered would have ran to the same issue WCW folks ran into in WWE that audience had been conditioned WCW people are the enemy it would have resulted in Austin just getting cheered

@@jaywilliams4770 If WWE actually did it, yeah. Because they wouldn't book it well. You could easily frame Booker T as being anti-WCW BECAUSE of Bischoff and Shane, the on-screen avatars of the company, essentially stripping him of the title he earned. Maybe even make it a part of the angle that he's signed with the WWF because Vince promised him his title back if he would help him defeat Austin. There are a lot of ways you could make it work.

Great idea, i remember that booker t was so over that time

This is a banger of a storyline

Its partially because booking wrestling is complicated but also super easy, just give us matches we want to see with a fun storyline along the ways. The rebookings are easier because you have hindsight and can see exactly what went wrong in order to fix it but idk why WWE is so obsessed with their being A guy like you look nowadays and sure they could build up someone to beat Roman but who could beat him right now? The only answers I could see would be Seth and NXT UK Walter, maybe Mcintyre

@@DustyMill who's Walter? There's only Gunther now... Yet another stupid ass decision by WWE "creative"

@@lostalone9320 It's just like SRS says: "Isn't it funny how there's ALWAYS something else to blame besides Vince, despite Vince being the ONLY constant across the decades?" He is pathologically INCAPABLE from learning from his mistakes, because "HE" never "makes mistakes," someone ELSE does. Often by following his instructions exactly.

if WWE booked a story all at one time and stuck to every beat, like Adam does, then their stories would be much better. Instead, they fly by the seat of their pants booking week to week and even day to day all while having a senile dementia patient poking holes and creating problems along the way lol

I think the babyface vacuum could have served a purpose: a good opportunity for the Alliance to take over. Then when all seems lost... Stone Cold snaps and turns face to defend the Federation!

He saved it by going comedy heel. That was a lot better than the desperate attempts to get heat by attacking Lita and JR. It was like he realised he’d have to compromise.

@@jkmusingss Taker was face that entire time.

@@jkmusingss I meant you are right. 😅 Sorry if I confused you.

They did need to bring those fans in, cuz, as a WCW fan back then, yeah we stopped watching... I mean... Stalker DDP??? wut?

@@nextgreatmedia3552 I didn't get to see DDP when he was hot in WCW (too young), but after I got older and came to the realization he was the first person to turn down a recruitment to the NWO...JESUS! They dropped the ball so hard on him.

@@nextgreatmedia3552 I've read the story and seeing KZfaqrs who told about it, and I was like: "WHY DO THAT?! ESPECIALLY TO ONE OF THE GUYS WHO IS OVER AS A HERO IN WCW?!!!"

@@JaimeD. I think it was an ego thing. Nobody in WWF in that time wanted to give a spot to WCW guys. There's interviews out there where this moment taught DDP not to negotiate.

@@nextgreatmedia3552 I saw the buildup by Brian Zane and I thought the "Make Me Famous" thing worked. IMO they should have kept that storyline, then when DDP debuted, he shoots down the whole gimmick, saying he only did it to get air time and insults the WWE fans for eating up trashy soap opera SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT storylines, because in WCW it's all about the wrasslin'. Boo, shout the audience!

Well you have to keep in mind Kane was likely a midcarer by choice. He wasn't a fan of being in the main event, he'd rather other people get pushes.

Was the world Cup the one shane won?

@@calum2324 Yes

Again, a cumulative decision. While it caused so many careers to stumble and in some cases never recover. While it gave us Katy Vick and...sigh "People like you don't get to be champion, Booker". The ending of the reign of terror at the hands of Batista ALMOST made it worth it.

To be faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaair, they were listening to Austin himself. He knew he only had a few years left and had never been a "top heel," their problem was, as Adam said: they did it the most bass-ackwards way possible, having NO face to stand up to him. Rocky was gone, Triple H was stapled to Austin, Foley wasn't there either, Undertaker has always been overrated, and probably would've actively stopped Kane from leaving his lazy ass to get a push. They had NO ONE except Steve Austin.

Heel*

@@Alucard-A-La-Carte taker is not overrated imo. hes a fantastic wrestler for big events but regular, everyday matches nah

@@munchenonyou3774 And I think that makes him incredibly overrated. He has excellent matches with people who generally have excellent matches (HBK, Triple H, Mich Foley, Steve Austin), but his bouts against Kane, Kronik (WHO HE INSISTED BE HIRED), everything pre-1998 was a joke, the Ministry is an amazing storyline with not a single great match to show for it...I'm sorry, but if you can point to massive swaths where he was the drizzling shits, that's "overrated" to me. He has the pomp and swagger and "ga-ga" down pat, but show me a great match that HE led before 2003.

I feel like the one who would’ve been the catalyst for Austin turning heel was either Debra or Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman especially. Have him be the one who reminded Austin of who he used to be.

@@coolinwithq2405 Austin and Heyman would be incredible! But I don’t think it would’ve worked having Vince turn face, he was way too far gone as a heel by that point and it would be very difficult to build babyface sympathy for the egotistical billionaire owner of WWF.

Keep in mind that leading up to Mania, Vince publicly asked for a divorce that put Linda in a state of catatonic shock, while having an affair with Trish Stratus (also making her bark like a dog), so Vince was basically speedrunning the “scumbag heel” gimmick there.

Yeah keep the Match as is but have Austin nail Vince with a stunner at the end

I feel like it would have had roughly the same cold open as his Katie Vick video, where he's just traumatized among empty handles of liquor.

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