>Biggest drawing year in history for any wrestler was The Rock in 2000
>It was his last full time year in wrestling
Rock eclipsed Hogan and Austin. If Rock hadn't gone to Hollywood he would have shattered any records those guys had 2000-2004. The only thing that stopped him was that he literally became bigger than wrestling itself.
Ask yourself: If Hogan and Austin had Rock's level of drawing power why didn't they become Hollywood stars?
Ask yourself: Which would be a bigger draw right now. Hogan as a special ref, Austin as a special ref or The Rock as a special ref?
Neither Hogan or Austin can lay claim to being the GOAT draw, the can only lay claim to being the best draw that didn't graduate to Hollywood.
This
Rocks best year was 10 million and Austins was 13 million
At the end before Rocky left WWE he was being booed really badly not because he was a heel but because fans wanted lesnar/eddie/benoit/edge/y2j
he got the hogan treatment they were tired of his act. Austin would of suffered the same he did right and retired.
>>1947821
One of the biggest myths the IWC repeats over and over again
Rock got booed on two occasions. When he was feuding with Hogan, who anyone, even Austin would have gotten booed against at that point, and against Lesnar because everyone knew he was on his way out. If you watch the PPVs before WM18 and before Summerslam he is cheered just like he always was. Here's him winning the title right before Summerslam 2002 to a huge pop
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x14z7nd_vengeance-2002-the-rock-vs-kurt-angle-vs-undertaker-wwe-undisputed-championship-match_sport
>>1947828
edited audio, I remember boos
>>1947841
No you don't, you remember saying the same shit over and over again without actually checking your sources. Heres Rock getting a pop again right before 18
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3o7ljs_the-rock-vs-undertaker-no-way-out-2002-2-2_sport
Austin was the one who started the WWF boom not Rock. By the time Rock became the guy in late 99 WWF was already past its peak in terms of viewership.
Austin being offered the Hogan match before Rock shows who the number one guy was
Biggest draw is still the biggest regardless of one particular year or if they left to be in movies. You make valid points which may or may not be true, but austin still was a bigger dime drawer