Replace Warrior with Austin...
Is The Warrior, Bret Hart, Sting or Shawn Michaels really top 5 All Time Great.
- Thread starter Truth200
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I replaced Warrior with the Rock.
If Austin isn't in your top 5 then I take issue with your list. Austin was better than Savage, and it's hard for me to say that because neither WWE nor WCW used him to his potential.
Austin was so good that he superseded the booking.
WCW never wanted to push him yet he put on fantastic matches as a tag wrestler and US Title holder.
In WWE they held back his push as long as possible. That's one thing that people forget. He feuded with most of the top guys before he got the strap. Nowadays they try to "protect" their future stars.
I'd build my list around Hogan, Flair and Ausitn.
And as much as I appreciate Bret, Savage and Shawn, they are relative greats.
Austin was so good that he superseded the booking.
WCW never wanted to push him yet he put on fantastic matches as a tag wrestler and US Title holder.
In WWE they held back his push as long as possible. That's one thing that people forget. He feuded with most of the top guys before he got the strap. Nowadays they try to "protect" their future stars.
I'd build my list around Hogan, Flair and Ausitn.
And as much as I appreciate Bret, Savage and Shawn, they are relative greats.
I'm not sure this is fair and accurate.
Saying that WCW never wanted to push Austin is not true.
And how could you say WWF held back his push when he debuted as the million dollar champion.
WaveMolecules
Superstar
never saw that promo 
1. HBK for sure lock as GOAT
2. Austin
3. Rock
4. Angle
5. HHH or Taker or Punk
2. Austin
3. Rock
4. Angle
5. HHH or Taker or Punk
King P
Legends Never Die
Bret
Rock
Austin
Taker
Macho
Rock
Austin
Taker
Macho
They viewed him as a mid-carder, particularly after the Outsiders invasion. At the time the World Title was laced up between Flair, Sting, Steamboat and Van Vader.
WCW didn't groom any of the younger talent for the belt.
WCW didn't groom any of the younger talent for the belt.
DoubleJ13
Smooth sailing from here on out...
There is really a thread in TSC asking if Austin is top 5 all time... 
GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
That's not fair to Flair
BodeineBrazy
hehehehehehehehehe
NEG... Austin wasnt even in WCW when The Outsiders got there.
Stone Cold is the GOAT. It's not even debatable.
Jim Ross - "Nobody touches Austin. He did more financially – box office bottom line – than anybody in the annals of the business thus far. And certainly, others like The Rock have taken it to another level after the business, but inside the business, inside the squared circle – that 20 foot square – no-one generated more cash in the length of their WWE career."
Vince McMahon - "He [Austin] surpassed all of [Hulk] Hogan's records... in terms of merchandising and licensing, and pay-per-view and live events. Without question the most popular performer we've ever had."
John Cena - "'The Texas Rattlesnake' [Steve Austin], he certainly is the biggest name in the history of our business. [Asked if Austin is 'bigger than Hulk Hogan'] Austin 3:16 is the biggest marquee in the history of the WWE."
CM Punk - "Austin [is] the biggest star in the wrestling business, period. Bigger than Hulk Hogan, by a landslide."
Ric Flair - "Austin is the biggest star in the history of the WWE. I'm so tired of saying [Hulk] Hogan's the biggest star of all time – it ends tonight."
How is the biggest star/draw in the histroy of the sport being questioned? HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS fukkING THREAD!?!?!?!? Ima NEG your non wrestling watching ass to the moon.
Austin was everything, he was a GOD. nikkas will NEVER hear those Attitude Era POPS again. nikkas NEVER even heard them before him, and they won't hear them after him...
My Top Fiznive
1. Austin (Biggest Draw in the Biggest Era, and Casts the biggest Shadow over wrestling to this very day.)
2. Hogan (He paved the road, and is the 2nd biggest star. When you say wrestling most people know him, Rock & SCSA)
3. Flair (Longevity and Contribution, he drew alot of money in different era(s), he's like the LL Cool J of wrestling)
4. Rock (Biggest transitional star, can't deny his place)
5. Michaels (Greatest In Ring Worker of All Time, Drew like shyt tho and everyone knows it.)
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6. John Cena (I personally dont like him, but he's over. I know people like to make every excuse in the book as to why. But SOMEBODY love's him. He has classic's, he has the numbers, longevity, I mean...
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I hate to break it to some of you but Hogan is and was WAY bigger than Austin. Could you put Austin as the greatest of all time ahead of Hogan? Sure. But to say Austin was bigger? The fukk are y'all on. Hulk Hogan is virtually a pop culture icon. This nikkas name is synonymous with Michael Jordan, Nike, McDonalds, etc. He is one of the most famous humans of all time and it damn sure wasn't because of Thunder in pAradise or 3 ninjas. You ask your grandparents who hulk hogan is and they're going to know. You ask a 10 year old who he is, they're going to know.
WaveMolecules
Superstar
that is the greatest post ive ever seen.
this thread is over. cant argue with anything he said. that is my top 5 now.
this thread is over. cant argue with anything he said. that is my top 5 now.