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>Addressing his box office drawing power, McMahon and former WWE executives Jim Ross and Paul Heyman have declared Austin to be the most profitable wrestler in the history of the organization. Ross asserted: "Nobody touches Austin... No-one generated more cash in the length of their WWE career". Industry veterans and multiple-time WWE Champions Ric Flair, John Cena and CM Punk have each named Austin as the biggest star in WWE history, and, along with McMahon, have stressed that he surpassed the popularity of Hulk Hogan.
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>rewriting history because hogan said some racist shit
no one touches what hogan did in the 80s.
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>>1659586
Vince said Austin was the bigger draw in 2002 on off the record
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Stone Cold > Hulk Hogan > The Rock > Cena
Who would be the next six?
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>>1659594
Taker, Flair, Goldberg
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>>1659628
Throw in Sting, Andre, Lesnar and boom. List complete.
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>>1659586
>Hoganfag SEETHING
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>>1659636
only smarks like savage
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>>1659636
>savage
>not warrior
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>>1659634
>No HBK
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>>1659586
That's not true. It's been widely agreed Austin was the top draw long before Hogan became a train wreck. Austin's company also put Hogans company out of business.
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>>1659594
Stone Cold is on par with Cena in terms of mainstream appeal. The Rock and Hogan are household names, where Cena and Hogan are mostly just known to wrestling fans. I don't doubt that Austin drew the most though and was the most popular among fans at the height of his career.
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No one surpasses Hogan. Austin wouldn't have been that big without Vince. Towards the end of his career Stone Cold became stale and a drama queen. Hogan managed to reinvent himself in his late 40's and pushed WWF to the limit.
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>>1659771
>Austin wouldn't have been that big without Vince.
Bullshit. The WWE would have folded without Austin and Vince would now be a consultant on WCW. Austins one of the only guys in the history of the company to create and develop his own character.
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>>1659771
Begging you to lose weight
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>>1659771
Austin was already the most over guy in wrestling in 97 before the Vince feud
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>>1659776
Of course it would have. It was a partnership between Austin and Vince that made it work. Austin never evolved as a character past late 1997. His heel run was a disgrace. This is what saved the company and the fact WCW completely blew it.
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>>1659783
>being this retarded
Austin was one of the first major heels to get face reactions. Replace Vince with any authority figure and you'd achieve the same result.
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>>1659759
Never drew a dime. Just a bunch of housewives yelling and hollering because he did a striptease before every match.
Great wrestler though.
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>>1659664
> No Honky Tonk Man
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