I as watching this which has a match of austin in ecw and his gimmick is "superstar" steve austin but he really seems like a little more controlled version of stone cold or less vioolent shown in the vid. plus he has hair for part of it when as wrathful said right after he departed wcw. But to me it looks like stone cold is more advance version of his ecw gimmick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoYzFz_BP8g
Ive never been a wrestling fan, but dont all wrestlers steal gimmicks from the personalities of other wrestlers?
Either way, no one remembers the sandman today. I doubt Wrestlers have much say over their in stage personality anyway. Im sure just like every other wrestler, Stone Cold was told who he was going to be and how he was going to act.
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Think is that the wrestler has to have the ability to sell the talent or it reflects on their personality. Like when the undertaker had the biker gimmick he was able to sell it because that reflects on his real life personality and love for motorcycles.
Admittedly when The Rock said he'd always be WWF, then took off for Hollywood, I felt a bit baffled. It seemed a bit like selling out.
Then he came back as something more than a moderately funny catchphrase machine, and became an actually hilarious performer. It's only then did we all (Or most of us) realise just how much the WWE needed him AND Austin, because without them it was real name people in their generic ring get up with shitty personas.
Austin, like him or not, had people glued to the TV, new AND old fans, because him and McMahon has an amazing, long time feud that made great shows. It was never a question of "Hmm, do I wanna bother with the PPV?". It was "F*ck! I have to get the PPV!". You HAD to see what happened next. It was the soap opera part of professional wrestling, at its peak.
I'm not seeing as many unified generations of wrestling fans supporting Cena or Orton.
I will say it as I always have; the downfall of WWE was set in motion when The Rock and Austin started leaving, then when WWE decided Eddie and Chavo were worthy of belts. As soon as those two mid-card stereotypes were allowed into the top flight, everyone was.
There was no hype of "Ooo! Intercontinental division has some great talent, wonder who'll be next champ!". Then the next thing you know, Wrestlemania is Batista Vs Rey Mysterio for the title.
The Rock and Austin made it the best, and the other guys who go largely uncredited? Mick Foley and yes, Triple H.
When Triple H was feuding with The Rock, it was the like the I.C. equal of McMahon Vs Austin (Which, at the time, started as Austin Vs Taker, legendary Summerslam '98 match, check it out). Then him and Foley took it to new levels, then he got lazy.
It's all about Vince now, it sucks.
That said, people need to stop complaining AND watching. Either watch and stop moaning or don't watch and complain.
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Sep 24th, 2007 08:40 AM
