Austin got hot but the Tyson stuff helped all of that. That's when everyone watched..it was ESPN and all of that. The momentum from the Tyson add on stayed with the WWF and fans stay attached to Austin afterwards.
LOL@some dude saying that they should of sent Barrett out at #30 and said "I got some bad news...my name is NOT Daniel Bryan". Craziness.
well the attachment to Austin welled the mainstream audience of former disgruntled fans to come back.
all because they first were drawn to wrasslin from another ringsport franchise in rocky.
so, Tyson coming into the fold.
created the ringsport association....that felt like home for past hulkamania fans.
that left watching the wwf, because of the low long term quality instilled from hogun = orange goblin.
it was one of the few times.
the wwf went back to the well.
or re-visited mechanisms that created the boom period.
in this instance, the wwf actually has a grassroots based phenom.
where their is no wwf based legacy template to follow.
which is why they are failing to capitalize on the boom.
as the wwf,..does not really understanding booking past attachment to blockbuster ringsport based mediums.
so, they are floundering like a fish caught out of water.
they think from their swelled egos.
the Austin boom happened from the connection to vkm as a heel.
when, in reality...
Austin giving vkm the stunner was just added frosting on the cake.
as, it created a little guy goes against the machine and wins moral victories.
that wcw alternatively was booked in the opposite.
where the little guy was demeaned by the machine.
when, the NWO was welled in hogun and bischoff.
with no real properly booked face to rally repel the machine/authority.
the wwf's main brass thinks the attitude era was solely based on their own self equated involvement.
so, they believe they only have to recreate their principle involvement in the boom.
when, they have to recreate a number of principles.
outside of their self equated inclusion, to recreate a boom.
Daniel bryan is building the type of draw.
that is unattached to an actual blockbuster drawing ringsport franchise outside of wrasslin.
which the wwf does not and will not really learn how to capitalize on.
as vkm sr,..already said vkm jr,..did not and will never understand.
how to properly book a wrasslin promotion from the grassroots.
to a create real superstars on his own actual merit.
devoid of attachment, to other larger drawing ringsport based machines.
art barr