true I wish I was 39+ complaining about sh-t from the 90s and now
just because im not an ignorant dikkhead like yourself, it doesnt mean that im 40.
and next time, notify me when you want to hurl a corny insult. stop being a coward.
Flair's company literally went bankrupt because of how terribly it drew in the late 80's. If Flair's numbers vs Hulkamania is "success", then HBK's run on top was a veritable box office sensation. Not that it was Flair's fault they did shytty numbers, btw. JCP as a whole sucked almost as bad as mid 90's WWF.
LOL.
you guys get too caught up in numbers. JCP didnt suck. it was a horribly mismanaged company. thats 2 different things man.
Is the fact that the resurgence of WWF in the ratings war in 1998 coincided with a huge downturn in the quality of WCW programming (that's pretty much consensus) from the creative highs of 1996-97 nWo etc. purely a coincidence? It's all because they got rid of Shawn who was holding them back I guess.
What were Austin and The Rock competing with in terms of opposition that compares to the first 18 months of the nWo? In fact, when did any WWF main eveter EVER have to compete with something on the level of "the absolute peak of WCW"?
wcw's quality was still higher than the wwf's in 1998.
again, numbers dont correlate with quality. both the wcw & wwf went down in quality in 1998. the peak of wcw's success was in 1998 actually.
I mean fact of the matter is HBK keep that company afloat during their worst period. The numbers speak for themselves. HBK championship run was profitable compared to Nash/Hart in 95 and Taker/Sid in 97. He was the only thing worth watching at that time, esp when Nash/Hall left and Bret took his hiatus. And of course, his matches were better then any garbage WCW main event ever at that point.
people also get too caught up in acting like the main event is the be-all/end all.
when hbk had the belt, he wasnt even a top 3 most-over face alot of the time. he was just the guy with the belt. people acting like hbk was carrying the company is laughable. he was actually a channel-changer.
in '96, we had prime ahmed johnson, the return of the warrior, vader jumped over, mankind came thru late '95, farooq hit the wwf, camp cornette was dope.
Stop acting like only girls were cheering for HBK did you even watch during this period? HBK was getting the biggest pops in wrestling thru out 96. HBK also outdrew all those guys you mentioned so how was he not "good enough" to be a top guy during that period?
no he wasnt.
biggest face pops thru most of the year went to ahmed johnson. and of course warrior, razor & sid when they were active.
shawn tried to give bad advice to ahmed in order to kill his momentum.
