Why Stone Cold did the right thing not to job to Part-timer Brock Lesnar
In 2002 all of you IWC hating on Stone Cold because he left WWE (I've read on several other wrestling forums and Stone Cold get a lot of hate of unfold politics who's now coming forward)
And they are all bitching about Stone Cold leaved and never did the job to Brock Lesnar. While everyone else did, Undertaker, Hulk, Kurt Angle and The Rock.
But Steve Austin did the right thing becuase Brock Lesnar was nothing then a cocky new rookie and I can say seeing a part-timer being WWE champion is a disgrace.
Brock Lesnar didn't deserve it and Brock Lesnar is a part-timer who just finally got over because he beat John Cena.
Brock Lesnar doesn't respect this business at all.
That's why Steve Austin the Stone Cold character did the right thing not job to the ungrateful Brock Lesnar.
You can hate all you want, you jerks.
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First, Lesnar wasn't a part timer...he was wrestling FULL TIME, and looked like the next truly big thing for the company. The Rock put him over at SummerSlam andmade him World Champ that year.
Austin at the time claimed the match shouldn't be given away on free TV (It was a hot shot angle). Austin by his own admission wasn't in a good place at the time personally. That said, Vince McMahon did the right thing by letting Austin walk - you cant run a business if you let the inmates run the aslylum, here we are less than a year from WCW's demise and Austin is trying to bully Vince & WWE into who he does (and doesn't) wrestle and decide match finishes. Vince hit the nail o the head with Austin, you want to be a jerk and not be team player then o home.
Keep in mind Austin had victories over HBK, HHH, Taker, twice vs Rock at W-Mania and was touring the country beating Ric Flair in cage matches when this happened. No one could accuse Austin of being treated poorly by WWE in terms of his presentation, certainly not his won-lost record. He had already been allowed to nix a potential W-Mania match vs Hogan because of his dislike for him personally (where as he didn't mind wrestling Flair since they were good friends). Austin a few years earlier when asked to lose the IC Title on RAW refused and Vince allowed him to vacate the title by tossing it in the river in the storyline. This was a time where Austin was asked to give something and he flatly refused. Im all for wrestlers sticking up for their characters and how they are portrayed in storylines but this one time match wasn't going harm Austin in the least and he had been treated VERY WELL for several years, almost never being asked to put over top talent despite the number of jobs HHH & Rock did during this time.
In recent years Austin has taken some of the blame for his 2002 departure and admitted at least in part he was wrong - Again, his "head wasn't in a good place" - Even still, walking out on the company over one televised match when you've been catered too almost non stop for years with considerable say in your character and storylines ??? That was unprofessional.
I can understand Austin to bit because when he was in WCW he was the epitome of hard working and dedicated, almost selfless, and appeared headed for great things until Hogan arrived. Austin, though he wasn't one to dispute match finishes per se, was according to Flair one who would speak his mind about creative direction, even though he was clearly a team player. His willingness to be involved and contribute ideas made him a favorite in the pre Hogan WCW when Flair & Sting were the top stars under Bischoff but it made him a target of the Hogan/Bischoff regime, unfairly it would seem, and he was fired for no good reason while rehabbing a minor injury. Wrestling is tough business, no guaranteed contracts, forced to make other stars look good at your own expense, no collective bargaining, no Unions, no health care or retirement, often your ability to draw money & value depend on how other non wrestlers write stories for you and portray you. Austin felt like he was a team guy and was let go because of it. Once he became a star in WWE he was uber protective of his brand, and most of the time Vince & WWE allowed him to be with little problems (there were rumors in 1998 that Vince purposely had Austin drop the title t0 Taker so soon after W-Mania because he was getting "a big head" and he didn't want another "Hogan Situation" on his hands).
In any event given how well he was treated and portrayed on TV and how much influence he had in his opponents and storylines I think Austin was out of line RE: Lesnar in 2002, personal problems or not it wasn't cool. I understand it, but I think it was wrong