https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8 ySy3wxjM >that pop d

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Think it's clear Austin is the most over wrestler of all time.

In recent years, I can only think of that pop Ziggler got when he cashed in mitb on Del Rio and when Shane came back.

>>1171527
Also they turned him heel 6 days after that video.

LOL WWE

Hogan hulking up at WM 18

>>1171527
Baw gawd, could you imagine this booking today with Roman coming in to save everyone.

>>1171532
wasn't he already heel just before that? that hole story he was Vince's bitch if i remember right, then Vince was begging him to bring the old stone cold back

honestly tho even as a heel he still got huge pops and he always had to do a lot of shit to get any boos

>>1171538
That sounds horrible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbZllc-7sn8

>crowds like this will never come back

>>1171547
they would if they'd get some decent stories, decent wrestlers and drop the PG bull shit. i know i know i'm asking for too much

>>1171542

Yeah that's right, Vince was in the bar saying I need the old stone cold back and he wasn't interested then this was a face turn that he decided to save the WWF then went back to heel at invasion with the swerve which was when the angle fell apart, Booker T jobbed to The Rock at Summerslam and it became Austin vs WWF

>>1171553
They sure make some silly decisions sometimes

>>1171547
Every NXT or Lucha Underground crowd is that rowdy tho

>>1171547
In that era Internet didn't spoil everything like now. Now 50% of the crowd knows what's going to happen and who is going to comeback. They will mark, but not as hard if they wouldn't know anything.

Open warfare backstage and Austin fighting through it like a videogame looks awesome
Are there any matches/storylines/promotions that have done this sort of mass chaos well?

>>1171660
Internet ruined wrestling, really.

>>1171660
Austin returning here wasn't a surprise tho, because HBK name-dropped him in a promo earlier that night.

> that damned internets wrecked rasslin'

Go to bed Corny

>>1171660
People knew about Jericho's debut, and if anything they got more excited.

Because people only heard about rumours to have something to look forward to, not whine about something that hadn't happened yet.

>>1171660
It did. I specifically remember HBK and Flair's returns being spoiled. Also everyone know Austin was going to come back and fight for the WWF but marked anyway because it was great.

>>1171651
LU doesn't count, the crowd there gets free access to the show, it's kind of shitty not paying for something and then also not participating in the hype

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Best pops ever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGsBRImD0po

>>1171697
So does the iMPACT! Zone and you don't hear about great TNA crowds

>>1171697
LU literally hires the crowd (or at least they did early on)
Put out a casting call and everything

>>1171660
I don't know man, you do have a point yes, but the product has gotten so stale that it ain't a hard thing to do with or without internet.

Shit, just look at the royal rumble, literally whenever a big guy is returning it's a given he will win it.

>>1171547
I miss those times when the belt meant something.

>>1171547
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybuIy0wKXk

complete clip because it's worth watching on its own

>>1171739
That whole RAW is a pretty fun watch.

> Hardcore Title Match going into a river

>>1171547
was this or Austin at Backlash 2000 the bigger pop?

>>1171739
i swear every single fucking time that glass breaks it's a huge pop. even when he was a heel he always got big pops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DXn81fZf3w

even today he still gets huge pops. 3 fucking legends and the pop for Austin makes the others look like shit and that's even with everyone knowing he'd be there

>>1171547
goat poo

>>1171763
2000. Went on for longer, because Austin did more stuff, and it was a bigger win for Rock than Foley because HHH was such a great heel at the time and the McMahon-Helmsley thing was obnoxious.

Also Austin hadn't been seen for months.

>>1171717
They stopped doing that once the show actually got popular.

Now it's effectively free PWG (AKA hard as fuck to get into due to such high demand).