When Stone Cold Quit WWE (wrestling documentary)

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Stone Cold Steve Austin shockingly quit WWE in 2002. Vince McMahon was no longer treating Austin like his top superstar, and the WWF Attitude Era was officially over. In this wrestling documentarym we see how Stone Cold quit WWE twice in 2002, and almost ruined the twilight of his wrestling career. Austin's actions were a lesson in wrestling history: Nobody is bigger than WWE.
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@les-chouans Жыл бұрын

when Austin turned heel wrestling died. And nothing was ever the same again. 9 out of 10 people i knew stoped watching around that time.

@ii9714 Жыл бұрын

Vincent was smart he knew wcw was going out of business So he let his biggest money maker turn heel

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

I was one of them. WM 17 was, at the same time, the pinnacle but the beginning of the end of the Attitude Era. Austin turned into a weird, comedic, chicken-shit heel, Rock went off to Hollywood, Triple H got hurt and there was no really big time up-and-coming star to pass the torch to (Jericho was not it).

@Ngamer834 8 ай бұрын

Yeah it never made any sense Austin's gimmick was the anti hero you cheer. The final nail for me with wrestling was Chris Jericho beating both the Rock and Austin on the same night.

@shotzcapalot 2 ай бұрын

@@Ngamer834UNDISPUTED CHAMPION

@edman1357 Жыл бұрын

Wanna know how over Austin was? He was popular in the evangelical church that I grew up in lol

@mikeroagreschen5350 Жыл бұрын

Must have made reading John chapter 3 very interesting.

@thebelgiansurvivor7398 Жыл бұрын

Austin was right, he carried the company on his back and as soon as Hogan, Nash etc walked in Vince wanted to go straight back to those guys. And not to mention he wanted to throw Austin under the bus by letting hem loose to Lesnar in a qualifying match of all things. Brock vs Austin should have meant something.

@BLACKSTA361 10 ай бұрын

At that point stone cold didn't carry the company in years. It was the rock

@Roy3.16 3 ай бұрын

@@BLACKSTA361 still Austin was the workhorse for the company at that time

@petersonofleo11 3 ай бұрын

@@Roy3.16Austin is my favorite but he fucked up badly by turning heel on Wrestlemania 17. He also fucked up when he joined the Alliance. Hell after Survivor Series 2001 was over it felt weird how he became a face out of nowhere like the last 6 months never happened. Austin didn't feel the same like he did on 98/99 and late September 2000/April 2001. Austin turning heel and the death of WCW did a lot of damage to pro wrestling.

@Roy3.16 3 ай бұрын

@@petersonofleo11 we all know that, so? after WrestleMania 2001 when wwf bought wcw it was the non official end of the attitude era (officially ended in may 2002 when wwf become wwe) and most importantly Austin knew that his wrestling days were numbered because of those injuries and he wanted to play the heel character himself and it was quite funny but fans were not prepared to boo him and that's why his heel turn was doomed but he never su*ked

@pushon10 Жыл бұрын

I agree with his decision to quit. The booking in 2002 was crap.

@stevegallo8483 11 ай бұрын

WWE had no real competition at that point, so they weren't pushing themselves for better booking.

@bradleywilson5641 7 ай бұрын

Prime wwf was 99-01

@have_a_good_day420 Жыл бұрын

Stone Cold turning heel was the worst thing ever to happen to professional wrestling.

@YT-Trenton 4 ай бұрын

I disagree. I never liked Austin but the heel turn revitalized his character and he was good at it.

@SONOFPEARL315 4 ай бұрын

Exaggerating just a little bit aren't ya? 😂😂😂

@701delbronx8 Ай бұрын

You’re ridiculous

@stevegallo8483 11 ай бұрын

Austin had a valid point. Having him job to Brock Lesnar in a throwaway match on free TV made no sense, not to mention it was a qualifier for a tournament Austin has previously won. They should have booked a proper feud between them leading up to a match at a pay per view and then Austin would have put over Lesnar. That would have made it a passing of the torch moment. Regarding the proposed match between Hogan and Austin, Hogan was still a draw but was breaking down physically. Same can be said about Austin with his knees and his neck. Austin was also right about WWE creative at the time. They had no competition pushing them to be better creatively.

@Hillthugsta 10 ай бұрын

While Austin was right about the situation, how he acted was where I believed he went wrong. Instead of walking out, he should have used his influence and politiced his way to a better match.

@h445 2 ай бұрын

nah, Austin just used that as an excuse. it really just had to do with his ego and not wanting to give the rub to a young, up and coming superstar. guy was just as politicky as Hogan or HBK in their time.

@calebbonds4632 Ай бұрын

@@h445yea right, u can say ego all u want, but unlike Shawn and hogan Austin has put others over when it makes sense, he won’t wen it doesn’t make sense it’s simple as that. Austin could’ve easily buried the rock, angle, triple h, or mankind like hogan and Shawn did if he REALLY wanted to.

@mikehunt4986 Жыл бұрын

2002 also happens to be the year I stopped watching WWE and it was because of the brand split. Interesting how much my feelings towards WWE at the time (and to this day) mirror Austin's.

@mikehunt4986 11 ай бұрын

@@caidendaniel24 "Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16, 'Austin 3:16' says I just whipped your ass!"

@michaelsinger4638 Жыл бұрын

Austin did not having an issue losing to Brock. He has always said that. But the way they wanted to do it was so dumb. Even Brock himself has said he understood where Steve was coming from.

@MoostachedSaiyanPrince Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree with Austin too. A match between Lesnar and Austin where Austin put Lesnar over SHOULD have been a big deal, one that was hyped up and set for a venue where they can make some real money off of it. Setting it to happen at a free show as just an early match in a tournament would have been a colossal waste. It should've been a dream match with a ton of buildup, but they wanted it to be a forgettable stepping stone. What a freaking misstep by WWE.

@RG-lr4pk Жыл бұрын

Nice excuse. That must be why he never put anyone other than Angle (for 2 weeks) over.

@garyslackjaw Жыл бұрын

@@RG-lr4pkhe wasn't supposed to put anyone over, he was the man. What this video doesn't go into is that the end of the attitude era, meaning the end of Austin was when the viewing figures started falling off a cliff. I personally didn't watch regularly again until CM Punk was shaking things up.

@Linkonpark100 Жыл бұрын

WWE dropped the ball by not building up the potential PPV match between them.

@Jameslawz 11 ай бұрын

I think Vince wanted to put Brock over fast because he knew how difficult Austin was becoming and his neck and knee injuries were also getting worse. He was battered and beaten and his gimmick of the Rattle Snake was wearing thin, since he's achieved everything by then and just became a "What?" meme. Austin leaving signified the end of the extended Attitude Era and The Rock and Taker were the last guards standing, bleeding into this new era that was yet undefined.

@jessechaos132 Жыл бұрын

Austin deserved to go out however he wanted for everything he did for the WWF

@suckit0069 Жыл бұрын

if their was no AUSTIN THERE WOULD BE NO WWE NOW

@matthewlane518 Жыл бұрын

Can I get a hell yeah!

@thevoid99 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewlane518 HELL YEAH!!!!!

@natsusatsujinki8342 Жыл бұрын

Cmon Man. Be for real. Maybe he could have helped the competition but dude ain't Hogan. Dude ain't Warrior. Dude ain't Cena. He ain't Triple H. He's in my top 10 but there aren't too many wrestlers WWE needed.

@dereckcameron6685 Жыл бұрын

Thats probably pretty accurate, it'd be Nitro we'd all be watching on Monday nights.

@BrandNew777 Жыл бұрын

If it wasn't for Austin we'd all be speaking German. Come on man HHH ain't even in the same league as Austin/Rock/Taker/Foley in the attitude era, nor compares afterwards

@Honeycomblife Жыл бұрын

I stopped warching in 2001 but i was a big fan and regular watcher between 1995-2000!

@deckarobinson7675 Жыл бұрын

The match with Scott Hall did mean nothing But you've got to admit Nobody takes a STUNNER like Scott Hall

@darkpsychoelf1701 Жыл бұрын

The Rock

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

@@agent3976 Bret Hart took a nice one. IMO I think Kurt Angle and Sgt. Slaughter, especially, took the best Stunner. Slaughter's was a risky bump (not landing on his knees but rather his neck) but it looked brutal.

@themantheycallme 11 ай бұрын

I love the big floaty bump but the stagger sell to set up another one used to bother me. I could forgive Big Show but I thought it made the move look weak. Saying that it was fun to spam in SYM.

@bohbruvinnit Жыл бұрын

This is quickly becoming my favorite KZfaq channel for wrestling stories. Thank you! 👏👏👏

@chadnelson1777 11 ай бұрын

Stone Cold is the very person who built what WWE is today. I was blessed to have witnessed it all. I loved it all 🔥💪🏻

@Armbarmitzvah 11 ай бұрын

I disagree with your statement. Stone cold Steve Austin was bigger than the machine “wwe” It’s all about timing. Had he walked out few years before let’s say in 1998 it would have hurt wwe big time. In 2002 there was little to no real competition. However back in the Monday night wars it would have been a completely different story. Same goes for Sean Michaels, the Undertaker and the Rock. and Bret hart had he gone to wcw a year prior. Stone cold was easily the biggest star out of everyone in a time that was arguably a new golden era for wrestling. His popularity was unmatched and essentially saved WWE along with other wrestlers that I mentioned above.

@thevoid99 Жыл бұрын

austin & guerrero with a proper build could've been a great feud. if they had done a build up for austin and lesner, the match would've been good but having it as a king of the ring qualifier with no build was stupid. i don't blame austin for walking out. plus, i'm sure he was going through a lot of bad things at that time. what he did to debra didn't put him in a good light but he's owned up to it and blamed himself for their divorce.

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

That and his body was betraying him (neck/knee issues). There was no such thing as "part-time" in those days as he was a big-time workhorse.

@bharathumesh Жыл бұрын

It was stone cold who killed the monday night wars.. deserved more respect.. when a shitty Kevin Nash can take character controls.. why not austin.. he is the greatest after undertaker

@amyhill9127 Жыл бұрын

McMahon was the little boy taking his ball back. I mean with confidential and making Steve pay cash. I have more respect for Steve Austin then ever before. He gave the bird to WCW and lives his life the way he wants to.

@elleni-41 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel.. shawn Michaels was my favorite before Austin came, then he became my favorite..the business goes on even if Austin left..

@thedappercook Жыл бұрын

The biggest draw card in the history of the business. No one sells more merch or makes vince more money to this day than this man. The GOAT of GOATs. You young new generation just won't get it. The golden days

@zacharythomason7359 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

@Gammaknife97 Жыл бұрын

I mean you dont have to have been there to see how much of an impact someone made but I cant argue it sucks to have not been old enough to properly experience it. Was born in 97 so completely missed Austins prime

@natsusatsujinki8342 Жыл бұрын

Cena? New Day if we're comparing best year?

@jjohnson4013 Жыл бұрын

@@natsusatsujinki8342even they couldent sell t shrit they way stone cold did until this day his stuff is still the 1 saling in wwe

@RG-lr4pk 11 ай бұрын

That's not true at all but okay 😂

@dadoffour Жыл бұрын

The show goes on regardless of anyone’s ego

@schadinow16 Жыл бұрын

Great Video. 👍 Greetings from Germany

@twalker191 11 ай бұрын

WWE carried on, but 2002 was a bad business year for the company. Attendance and ratings really went down from their peak.

@roninmarketing4048 Жыл бұрын

Great video from your friends at the Humor Hole

@WrestlingCompilations Жыл бұрын

Maybe there could be a video done on CM Punk's WWE walkout in 2014

@rodrickrichard9121 Жыл бұрын

I heard Vince wanted to be a squash match!!?🤔

@user-du5ed7oh6t 11 ай бұрын

He gave us What.......and its still relevant till this day❤❤❤❤

@eli4nations 11 ай бұрын

Gotta disagree with your comments on Austin’s heel turn- that was pure gold 😂 He was perhaps at best an antihero

@johnnymorningstar2855 Жыл бұрын

Austin, Rock, Cena, Flair Batista, and even CM Punk have shown to be better off without the WWE machine. Sure it gave them their first exposure to television but that's like saying Johnny Depp should've stuck to 21 Jump Street instead of doing the critically acclaimed movies he did. I've been a WWE fan my whole life, and I still like them, but since the birth of AEW and the internet providing me other platforms of wrestling, I can honestly say they are not always number one. Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. But that illusion of "the best wrestling promotion on the planet" died even before I discovered other wrestling promotions around 2015

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

Pro-wrestling died a while ago. WWE is just soap-opera skits with athletes and AEW is mostly a bunch of idiotic, Indy misfits trying to impress Meltzer for star-ratings by doing dumbass matches with dangerous spots and meaningless moves.

@bradleywilson5641 7 ай бұрын

But they all made fame with wwe until they become big

@truewarrior2847 Жыл бұрын

Cause Stone Cold Said So

@BrianBarrettWilson Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

@jstappin 9 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that while it’s true, the WWE will go on, that statement is true because of Austin. Had Austin done this when WCW was at its peak WWE would have been buried. Austin was right about the direction of WWE because it’s been a crap product and only started getting better once Vince was out the picture, but now he’s back so here we are again.

@Anime_Lover_PHX_SAC_ABQ 11 ай бұрын

As much as I agree with Austin’s rationale for leaving in WWE, what did he expect? Of course, you’re gonna move down the card. You can’t main event WM every single year. Did Austin wanna have a career like Hogan’s? Always main event Mania until he was in his late 40’s. It sounds like Austin simply didn’t like the idea of guys like Angle, Lesnar, HHH, and Jericho having their time in the spotlight, at his own expense.

@JakobIsOkay Жыл бұрын

He was in the right

@AllAmericanWoman1390 6 ай бұрын

That's crazy, Steve Austin basically bitched out.

@rdh9475 11 ай бұрын

Between being wasted and just have what we got I taken his decision as the better choice .

@pushon10 Жыл бұрын

4:00 Austin was right imo

@Jackbotty88 Жыл бұрын

Was all a shoot

@cathallynch8269 Жыл бұрын

I don't agree with him. Lesnar was on a warpath to take out the likes of Hogan, Big Show, and Taker. It wouldn't have hurt Austin to lose on free TV. It's not like he needed the money by then.

@ajk Жыл бұрын

I get that...hell Hogan lost on free TV to Brock himself that summer in the build-up to Brock's showdown with Rock for the Undisputed Title, but why have it be in a King of the Ring qualifier? What point does Austin have being in it? It made zero sense. If anything, maybe have him challenge Brock to a match wherein if he (Brock) lost, he was out of the tournament, but without him being involved directly in it himself, or....have him face him on the way to the aforementioned SummerSlam match, since he and Rock were 1 and 2 in this era as the top guys. Either one woulda made loads more sense than that.

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

Hindsight 20/20. No one knew who TF Lesnar was. Him stampeding through the entire roster clean with no build doesn't do anyone any favors or draw money.

@RG-lr4pk 11 ай бұрын

@@apostolostvable everyone knew.

@shaunsantos3140 9 ай бұрын

Very sad day austin quit💯💯💯

@robdoom1986 3 ай бұрын

No-one ever questioned why the f stone cold was in a king of the ring qualifier in 2002

@Ngamer834 10 ай бұрын

When the competition WCW fell it was downhill from there I got bored and switched off around this time period. Austin was my favourite throughout the attitude era he was the biggest star since hogan I can see why he took those issues.

@BLACKSTA361 10 ай бұрын

Acting like the rock didn't exist

@albundy5992 8 ай бұрын

"Nobody is bigger than the machine." A true statement when looked at from a purely financial perspective. However, for those who have principles, this is much lower on the totem pole.

@michaelbull4344 4 ай бұрын

I think the problem was austin had a great 3 to 5 almost 6 year run with the stone cold Steve Austin character. Yet at this time Vince was transitioning from attitude era to ruthless aggression and superstars like the rock Austin nash hall x pac we re phasing out… this is when other future icons like Rey mysterio cena Orton Shelton lesnar and Batista emerged so Austin would’ve went from being the top guy to a jobber to younger guys in a matter of less than a year

@RG-lr4pk Жыл бұрын

Austin gets a free pass for his politics again.

@MrHavoc1001 3 ай бұрын

I guarantee if all of them walk out there is no machine....

@karmatakeshomeyou 3 ай бұрын

It is true fans stayed loyal to WWE rather than the superstars but Austin was right. I think Austin could have wrestled till the dawn of PG TV.

@user-be1ds6pl1x 6 ай бұрын

Yeah after 2000-2001 the WWF was never the same at all it was a shit show. And I think with all that talent an they completely dropped the ball. How is it that they had some many different major stars an did nothing with it is just insanity they could of been so damn big but no they did absolutely nothing with it. An Stone Cold use to be one of my favorite Wrestlers he should of stayed with his gimmick.

@DanielDeLeon69 Жыл бұрын

What Was The Reason Stone Cold Walked out On The WWF???

@gqsmoove87 Жыл бұрын

He didn't want to job on free tv to a rookie Brock Lesnar

@DJICECOOL69 Жыл бұрын

Austin was willing to job to Lesnar just not in a pointless match on free TV. Also creative input in story lines were awful in 2002 just look at the Kane Triple H and Katie Vick story that was horrible.

@perry3770 Жыл бұрын

It makes sense why Austin was pissed, they spent years in a war with WCW and then now Vince wanted him to job to Scott Hall. And why would they want him to lose for free to Brock when they could have at least done it on a PPV with a build up?

@emperortrevornorton3119 11 ай бұрын

There are so many amazing things he did mostly because of mic talent dude name one other guy that you would be happy listening to him yell and scream and still make you say I should buy his hat, shirt, or whatever merchandise he has available stone cold pretty much played himself but turned up to an ungodly amount and breaking the knob off

@ii9714 Жыл бұрын

Washed jerbonis is harsh

@kickflipdemon Жыл бұрын

and stone cold wasnet going to tna to work for the Jarretts again

@rdh9475 11 ай бұрын

And is been around 2002 that I stopped watching Austin for me was my Hulk Hogan so when he left so I did .

@user-be1ds6pl1x 6 ай бұрын

Hulk Hogan an the other old ass stars ! Made no sense at all. Who wants to see no talent wrestler's like HBK an Scott Hall. I mean they had so many other options to work with. I miss the ol days

@catchcan221 11 ай бұрын

2002 was the year the WWF lost a ton of fans. Ratings went down the toilet.

@utley Жыл бұрын

I quit watching WWE after what they did to Austin. It wasnt the same afterwards, and from the looks of it...thank god because Im already sick of John Cena and Ive never really seen him wrestle.

@nicksoapdish157 10 ай бұрын

I disliked this, as most of the people in the comment section would tell you Stone Cold had the good idea to leave because a pay-per-view match between Brock Lesnar and Stone Cold would have been off the chart even if Stone Cold lost.

@gime1945 10 ай бұрын

As soon as Austin left, around 2002, I stopped watching. I never realized why I stopped watching but looking back now, it all makes sense. Crap bookings, people trying to cater to certain coming talent, etc. Austin foresaw all this imo, and left before things went down.

@BLACKSTA361 10 ай бұрын

The rock left too

@sagepirotess6312 6 ай бұрын

Both sub par, short lived, broken washed up wrestlers. Austin couldn't keep up because of injuries and walked away.... rock, small, no real character.... now undertaker he is bigger than the wwe and has a track record.

@constablekennedy7705 Жыл бұрын

Stone Cold Steve Austin does not get as much HEAT as he deserves for his Diva Antics in the WWF/E …

@gqsmoove87 Жыл бұрын

Exfuckingactly, not only that but him being a woman beater as well

@ThunderTHR Жыл бұрын

Probably because unlike many of his other peers, Austin has been completely vocal and honest about how much he could be a pain back during his peak years, and how he regrets much of his actions over the course of those years, especially during the events of 2002.

@captainjaber5610 10 ай бұрын

Stone Cold left for a few reasons, 1. Creative 2. Domestic problems 3. Injuries 4. nWo; in no particular order but everything was to much for Stone Cold to take in. Vince seemed to forgot what Austin accomplished since WWF purchased WCW, and it was not a coincidence, Vince didn't need Austin anymore. Austin was only used to catapult WWF to victory in the MNW and that was it, but Vince was and always will be a piece of dog turd.

@davidbreen6335 11 ай бұрын

Austin was totally right. 2002 signaled the begining of the end of WWE's success there were some good moments in the company but by 2004 WWE's product was in the toilet and honestly with the exception of Paige and The Wyatt Family the product is terrible.

@BLACKSTA361 10 ай бұрын

Rip bray wyatt

@Ganbarizer 11 ай бұрын

WWE is all business. They're definitely not a company that sees their employees and talent as family.

@stanlibuda5786 11 ай бұрын

Stone Cold Steve Austin is bigger than the WWE. At least for me. I am watching all the vids with SCSA I can find her on YT. Actual stuff is ..... bs. Keep the WWE.

@killpeople6788 Жыл бұрын

Ok we already know that he left because of the Brock Lesnar qualifying match. This is old news

@StunnedByWrestling Жыл бұрын

Did I promise some kind of revelation in the title?

@jaceofspades. Жыл бұрын

Nah Vince McMahon is given power by the consumer. We don’t give him that, he’s nothing.

@sagepirotess6312 6 ай бұрын

Austin was ok I guess, but overhyped, short lived, sub par record. Now the undertaker well he is the real #1

@luisrizo8813 9 ай бұрын

He has still avoided being publicly drug through the mud for SA akin to Hogan's controversy with his leaked tape in 2015.

@jimk5447 Жыл бұрын

Wwe sucks anymore. Vince ran it into the ground. Glad it got sold to someone else

@grumpywolfgaming Жыл бұрын

Scott Hall did have substance abuse issues, but to call him washed up is arrogant. Hall was a great performer and a legend.

@apostolostvable 11 ай бұрын

He was not good by 2002.

@bigdaddytrips6197 11 ай бұрын

Like most wrestlers Austin is a narcissist

@rylandduffield5419 11 ай бұрын

Stone cold and the Rock era was the golden age. Brock Lesnar was a terrible headliner, nobody a big meathead with limited ability

@BLACKSTA361 10 ай бұрын

Limited ability? He's an ncaa wrestling champ and technically better than 99%

@Josh_J9 11 ай бұрын

Love this guys English accent

@viperstriker01 Жыл бұрын

Stone Cold Steve Austin is the GOAT

@greenbay006 10 ай бұрын

Actually I thought it was Vince who wanted him to turn heel and that Austin wanted the main event with Hogan but the rock was the bigger draw at the time. Think you got your facts mixed up

@viperstriker01 Жыл бұрын

Stone cold is WWF