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

10 ай бұрын

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

@apostolostvable

10 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

7 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

12 күн бұрын

@@Ngamer834UNDISPUTED CHAMPION

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

@mikeroagreschen5350

10 ай бұрын

Must have made reading John chapter 3 very interesting.

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

@YT-Trenton

2 ай бұрын

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

@SONOFPEARL315

2 ай бұрын

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

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

8 ай бұрын

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

@Roy3.16

Ай бұрын

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

@petersonofleo11

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

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

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

@stevegallo8483

10 ай бұрын

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

@bradleywilson5641

6 ай бұрын

Prime wwf was 99-01

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

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@garyslackjaw

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@Jameslawz

10 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.

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

9 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

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

10 күн 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.

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

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

@darkpsychoelf1701

10 ай бұрын

The Rock

@apostolostvable

10 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

9 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.

if their was no AUSTIN THERE WOULD BE NO WWE NOW

@matthewlane518

10 ай бұрын

Can I get a hell yeah!

@thevoid99

10 ай бұрын

@@matthewlane518 HELL YEAH!!!!!

@natsusatsujinki8342

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@BrandNew777

10 ай 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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

10 ай бұрын

Totally agree.

@Gammaknife97

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

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

@jjohnson4013

10 ай 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

10 ай бұрын

That's not true at all but okay 😂

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

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

10 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.

The show goes on regardless of anyone’s ego

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

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

10 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

6 ай бұрын

But they all made fame with wwe until they become big

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

Great Video. 👍 Greetings from Germany

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

Great video from your friends at the Humor Hole

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.

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.

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

Hell yeah!

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

4:00 Austin was right imo

Cause Stone Cold Said So

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

10 ай 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

10 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

10 ай бұрын

@@apostolostvable everyone knew.

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

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

That's crazy, Steve Austin basically bitched out.

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

@gqsmoove87

10 ай бұрын

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

@ThunderTHR

10 ай 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.

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.

"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.

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

8 ай бұрын

Acting like the rock didn't exist

Austin gets a free pass for his politics again.

Very sad day austin quit💯💯💯

He was in the right

Was all a shoot

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

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?

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

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

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

@gqsmoove87

10 ай бұрын

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

@DJICECOOL69

10 ай 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.

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

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

Washed jerbonis is harsh

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.

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.

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

8 ай бұрын

The rock left too

@sagepirotess6312

4 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

8 ай бұрын

Rip bray wyatt

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

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

@StunnedByWrestling

10 ай бұрын

Did I promise some kind of revelation in the title?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

@apostolostvable

10 ай бұрын

He was not good by 2002.

Like most wrestlers Austin is a narcissist

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

@BLACKSTA361

8 ай бұрын

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

Love this guys English accent

Stone Cold Steve Austin is the GOAT

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

Stone cold is WWF

this channel is way better than that silly wrestlingbios channel

@AngelBamba-he2lo

6 ай бұрын

How

@h445

Ай бұрын

how dare you lmao. go away

Nobody is bigger than Vince, basically.