Watching this timeline on the network right now and he was pretty over (July-October 1993). I can't speak on the numbers, but from an entertainment standpoint, the problem was that the product as a whole was kinda bland. Michaels/Razor was just coming up, Bret was feuding with Jerry Lawler and Macho was on the bench. They should have put the title on him just because of the amount of time/effort they had already put into him. I guess they expected another Hogan right out of the gate and didn't get the return they wanted.[DOUBLEPOST=1397438042][/DOUBLEPOST]
Might want to reexamine the HOF then, there are certified killers in already