Update on Stone Cold - No Beer maybe he can drink Milk

[Sir O]

Exactly what build-up did the Brock Hogan match have?

D'Oh...you're right. BUT...the match Hogan was a main event match, and was significant to the overall storyline, and Hogan was already on his way out anyway, so he really had nothing to lose. The planned Austin/Lesnar was an undercard match, and Austin would've still been around. His feeling (at least according to Meltzer) was that a match as potentially big as this should not be hotshotted, it should be saved for a big PPV buyrate. It was just another part of the poor direction of the company that he had been against for some time (witness his tirade on Byte This shortly before leaving), and this was the last straw.

If he was unwilling to put over one guy, what makes you think he will put over someone else? Austin is used to being at the top, having upwards of 15 minutes on each show, why would having a match with build-up suddenlly make him change his mind?

It's not even that he was unwilling to put over Lesnar, it's that it was the wrong time and the wrong context. Which would draw more money - Stone Cold vs. The Next Big Thing, for the first time EVER, main event of Survivor Series 2002 (or whatever), or Stone Cold vs. The Next Big Thing, tonight, to lead off Raw. Again, he wasn't protesting the simple fact that he was asked to job. It was the overall handling of the product and his character - partly selfish, sure, but it wasn't all "me me me" out of his mouth. He's been willing to put guys over before - Rock, Foley, HHH, and he did more for Angle and Benoit than anyone else ever did.

Again, who's to say Austin will do this?

If the product weren't total shit, he probably would. I'll just go by his track record, which overall is very good.

All he has proven is an unwillingness to job to a younger guy, no matter the circumstances.

Nah - he's historically been more willing than most main eventers to elevate new stars. He may not be Ric Flair when it comes to self sacrifice, but he's certainly no HHH or Kevin Nash either.

And the reason they are not viewed as threats is because of the morons on the writing staff. They need to start having these guys get clean wins, dominate matches rather than pull out cheap wins.

Of course. Which is why they're in such a bad situation right now. Because there's NOBODY left except HHH, and he won't give up his precious spot as "God". Funny how he hasn't been asked to job to Lesnar, despite being 1/1000th the talent Austin is. Hell, he even got his own belt.

Problem is that won't happen.

Then there won't be a WWF much longer. It's really that simple.