This thread has probably been done before, but I haven't seen it and with the recent events involving these two, people's answers may have changed.
Now when the Rock returned, he got one of the biggest pops in the WWE history and held the entire audience, both in the arena and watching at home, in the palm of his hands.
When Austin returned, he got a pretty big pop as well, but not as big as the Rock's.
Now there are two obvious factors here. One, Austin's entrance was expected while the Rock's wasn't, and two, the Rock hadn't been in a WWE ring in 7 years while Austin makes an appearance pretty much every year.
As my user name suggests, I think the Rock is overall superior to Austin. But I'm not here to make that argument, I'm here to ask:
Is the Rock now bigger than Austin?
Have the recent weeks changed your mind?
If Austin had been the one away for 7 years, could he have done what the Rock has done as effectively?
20 years from now, who will be looked at as bigger?
Now when the Rock returned, he got one of the biggest pops in the WWE history and held the entire audience, both in the arena and watching at home, in the palm of his hands.
When Austin returned, he got a pretty big pop as well, but not as big as the Rock's.
Now there are two obvious factors here. One, Austin's entrance was expected while the Rock's wasn't, and two, the Rock hadn't been in a WWE ring in 7 years while Austin makes an appearance pretty much every year.
As my user name suggests, I think the Rock is overall superior to Austin. But I'm not here to make that argument, I'm here to ask:
Is the Rock now bigger than Austin?
Have the recent weeks changed your mind?
If Austin had been the one away for 7 years, could he have done what the Rock has done as effectively?
20 years from now, who will be looked at as bigger?