The Rock vs. Austin

[Airfixx]

In response to the debate that has broken out about the workers being betterin the Autin-era, granted SCSA & Rock are 2 of the biggest/best in sporte entertainment, but look back to the Hogan-era of the WWF, even though the crowds were younger and tamer, they were still loud as hell...

What's missing now is guys that get a unanimous response from the crowd.

i.e. As faces, whether it be SCSA, Bret, Hogan, Rock, Savage or whoever coming out, the ENTIRE crowd go nuts cos the 99.99999% of them ARE fans of said guy...

Furthering the example, who's on top of the mountain now? ...John Cena, and he gets booed by many of the crowd during a large % of his matches.

 

[Great One]

^I'd say Jeff Hardy was on top of the mountain, tbh. Much more people love him, you never hear him get booed or anything. People will really do forget how over he really is and he's been in the WWE/business a long time, why shouldn't he be more over than Cena?

In a way CMS, but you said 'the game isn't worse, the players aren't as good as they once were' which is sorta hard to refute since it's just a semantic. But I'm saying I believe that those wrestlers should be at a certain level at least if they're main eventing, a level compared to that of the Attitude Era of course. And I was also stating that Foley is still leagues better than them if you watch him on TNA, so why is that..? Honestly, it means that the people in this day must suck.

 

[Wordlife]

though both wrestlers kicked so much ass way back when, having great title reigns, feuds, etc.... I still would have to go with The Rock

 

[Great One]

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[Great One]

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[Great One]

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[gatesoftanhauser]

Stone Cold Steve Austin for me. He had a bigger impact overall, and I credit him for completely changing the "rules of kayfabe" in terms of a wrestler's character. He was essentially the first "face that acted like a heel all the time". Before Austin, EVERY face was the typical "vanilla" face that did run ins, always competed in tag teams, got along with the other faces, etc. Austin changed all that by himself, IMO.

Austin had more of an angry, passionate intensity which was more memorable, at least in my opinion.

 

[NinoBrown]

Austin (like gates said) changed the rules of kayfabe, he was face but acted heel, he fought the man that made the company and we loved it.

The Rock made the microphone his, nobody has as many catchphrases, slogans or memorable interviews as him. Nobody since his departure has made the fans rephrase every word before he can say it.

But because he was black, I was a Rock fan.

 

[gatesoftanhauser]

Austin (like gates said) changed the rules of kayfabe, he was face but acted heel, he fought the man that made the company and we loved it.

The Rock made the microphone his, nobody has as many catchphrases, slogans or memorable interviews as him. Nobody since his departure has made the fans rephrase every word before he can say it.

But because he was black, I was a Rock fan.

That's probably the worst reason to like a wrestler.

"But because Mick Foley was Irish and White, I was a Mankind fan"

 

[Airfixx]

I only like green wrestlers.

 

[the dark knight]

aliens?

 

[Airfixx]

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S'a pun. (Although, in a sense, I s'pose you could cast Koslov as either.)

 

[Klide]

Poll finally up.

 

[Dan Contogiannis]

I've always enjoyed the Rock a lot more, so he's got my vote!

 

[LexDelicto]

The Rock was funnier, more versatile and not unreliable, as SCSA turned out to be. But Steve Austin was a better wrestler, as evidenced by his work in WCW and regional feds. Overall, I go with the Rock.