Shawn Michaels was the number one guy for 94-97 WWF = WWF nearly

>>2899695
Because there's more to being the GOAT than how much money he made some dude you don't know.

>>2899703
what other measurements can you use in a "sport" that men pretend to fight each other?

>>2899695
Do they? Shawn was great but he was no Stone Cold.

>>2899695
What do you mean by smark? A fan that's smart to the business, or a super mark who is basically just a superfan?

Becase anyone smart to the business cannot rate HBK highly, despite his mic and ring talent. His politicking and tantrums caused problems and ruined matches and angles. So nobody who understands wrestling can put him in the top ten.

>>2899715
Look, screen presence, charisma, character, in-ring ability, cultural relevance. Look at it like the art form it is. They don't award Oscars to the cast and crew of the most profitable movie of the year, there is such a thing as merit, even in professional wrestling.

I do think Austin is GOAT but I can definitely see the argument for HBK, only a fucking retard could deny it.

>Austin was alone at the top of the card from 98-01

>>2899726

Hi Bret!

>>2899734
Austin was unironcally 90% of the reason people watches WWF until Rock turned babyface in 4-5 months into 99

>>2899695
Smarks were watching WCW at the time Shawn was the main guy. Only marks liked and still like Shawn.

>>2899695
Bret Hart was #1 guy in 1994.
Diesel was #1 guy in 1995.
HBK was #1 guy in 1996.
Bret/HBK/Undertaker/Austin shared being #1 guy in 1997.

Contrary to popular belief WWF turned profit when Diesel was on top. WWF biggest loses were in 1996-1997 fiscal year.

Financial Period Total Revenue Profit/Loss
May 1 1994 - April 30 1995 $87,352,000 -$4,431,000
May 1 1995 - April 30 1996 $85,815,000 $3,319,000
May 1 1996 - April 30 1997 $81,863,000 -$6,505,000
May 1 1997 - April 30 1998 $126,231,000 $8,446,000

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>>2899789
Go away Wolfcuck, go build a new gay Shrine to chicken leg man with the chicken leg quads

>>2899695

Steve said HBK is the GOAT.

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>>2899888
I see you're still clinging on to your lame Nash insults that have failed to catch on I see. Time Wolfpac spends thinking about you? zero. Time you spend getting annoyed by Wolfpac? a lot I'm guessing. RENT FREE.

>>2899789
>Bret/HBK/Undertaker/Austin shared being #1 guy in 1997.

I would put Vader into that mix, almost at the expense of Shawn. I think it'd be fair to say there were 5 top guys, though.

Put Austin as the main guy during the 94-97 era and it would have done just as shit. The whole company changed when Austin became no. 1, he had way more help making the WWF successful than Shawn did.

>majority of audience at the time are rednecks and teenage boys
>redneck character who drinks beer, flips people off and beats up the boss was more popular than the cocky pretty boy who would strip as he came down to the ring

Shocking

>>2899931
I wouldn't personally. Bret was formerly THE GUY. HBK had recently just been THE GUY. Undertaker was THE GUY. Austin was verge of being THE GUY.

Vader was just a upper tier guy in mix like Sid. I don't think management viewed him the same was they did as Bret, HBK, Taker, Austin.

>>2899695
Shawn was carrying the company while NWO was the hottest thing in wrestling. Austin got lucky in that the booking started to get shitty around 98, so millions of households from WCW tuned into Raw instead. If Austin had been pushed back in 96, he'd have had just as bad ratings as Shawn, which weren't bad, since they were about 4 million, and thanks to DX had even beated WCW a few weeks.

>>2899742
>Literally dozens of signs for Rock, Mankind, and Triple H every episode of Raw

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>>2900011
Millions of households didn't tune from Nitro to RAW in 1998. Both WCW and WWF audiences grew in 1998 and they traded rating victories throughout the year. Nitro beat RAW throughout August and September 1998. WCW audiences didn't decrease until Spring of 1999.

Mike Tyson helped Austin a lot.

>>2899896
Steve always says Flair is

>>2899972
>The whole company changed when Austin became no. 1

the whole company changed BECAUSE of Austin

with no Austin there would be no attitude era

>>2900029
Correction. Without nWo they'd be no Attitude Era.

>>2900039
go outside Wolfcuck

you live inside any thread discussing 90s wrestling

>>2900042
Wolfpac always on your mind.....

Nothing more sad than a guy who obsesses about a nobody on YouTube

>>2900055
>even wulfcuc is ashamed to be called wulfcuc
Don't blame you tbch

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>>2899913
>Deleted my reply and gave me a warning

So I guess Wolfcuck or Carter is a janny or mod here now

>the shantytown of /asp/etty

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