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Remember how everyone was agitated when Austin walked out on the WWE?I found an article which features remarks of WWE management and superstars on this 'unprofessional' act of Austin.Personally I find Linda's and Undertaker's remarks more intriguing.
http://www.mikemooneyham.com/2002/06/29/bret-hart-recovering-from-stroke/
Linda Mcmhaon
http://www.mikemooneyham.com/2002/06/29/bret-hart-recovering-from-stroke/
Linda Mcmhaon
UndertakerLinda McMahon publicly acknowledged last week that Brock Lesnar will be taking the spot formerly occupied by Steve Austin. The WWE Chief Executive Officer, comparing her company to a football team putting in a new quarterback, reassured investors that “Stone Cold had a short-term impact, not a long-term impact,” and that ratings had not been affected by his absence.
She claimed ratings had fallen due to increased competition on television, citing shows such as “The Osbournes,” “Survivor” and “Spongebob Squarepants,” and alternatives like video games, which she said took a piece of the WWE’s demographic.
Triple H“More unexpected, however, was the reaction of longtime locker-room leader The Undertaker, who told the WWE Web site that his relationship with Austin never extended beyond a “working” one and that Austin had “squashed” any respect he might have had for him.I’m very disappointed in his decision. He let a lot of people down. You know, when you have the position of a Stone Cold Steve Austin or a Rock or an Undertaker or a Triple H, your decisions aren’t based solely on your personal interests. You have other families that you have to worry about, because you’re helping to feed other people’s families. And those people that helped you get to the point that you are, it’s your obligation to do the right thing for these people’s families. I don’t think that he was concerned about anybody other than Steve Austin. And that’s a shame because it took a lot of people to create Stone Cold Steve Austin. It wasn’t just him. It was the creative staff. It was all the wrestlers in the dressing room. And I think somewhere in the process he forgot that, and he put himself above everything else.”
However Vince seemed to defend Austin.“The business will not stop because one person leaves,” said Triple H, who has become one of McMahon’s closest confidants as well as the boss’s daughter’s love interest, but has failed to be an effective draw since his return early this year. “Business will continue on no matter who leaves, no matter what happens. It’ll continue to be what it is, whether that’s good or bad …. The one thing is, I think most of our guys realize we’re fairly privileged. We get to do something most people would kill to do everyday of our lives. That’s pretty much an honor. It’s like Rock said in that promo – and that was pretty much the truth – the guys in our locker room are there because they want to be there; because that’s what they want to do. If somebody doesn’t want to be there, that’s fine. Move on.”
This article once again points out the hypocrisy of the Mcmahon family.If a big star makes them loads of $$$$$,they will praise him as the greatest man to ever live on earth but sometime when in future they happen to have a disagreement with him they'll pretend as if he never existed.:hogan is the example.Some have applauded Vince McMahon’s resolve to stand up to one of his two biggest stars.