Make no mistake about it, Steve Austin regrets turning heel at WrestleMania X-Seven. On his podcast years later, 'The Rattlesnake' still maintains he should have called an audible, hitting Vince McMahon with a Stunner instead of shaking his hand. This would have kept him babyface, because fans really didn't want to boo him in 2001. Nonetheless, the WWF plodded ahead with their plan to team him with Triple H. Shortly after 'Mania, Austin started aligning himself with the man he had just tried to kill at Survivor Series. Dropping Triple H's car from a great height didn't seem to sully their business relationship when it suited creative. Keep in mind, the 'Two-Man Power Trip' angle came about less than 6 months after both Austin and Triple H had started intensely feuding. In fact, at February's No Way Out, both men beat the hell out of one another in a '3 Stages Of Hell' encounter. Suddenly, fans were expected to believe they were the best of friends just because Austin turned on The Rock and shook McMahon's hand? The teaming just didn't make much sense, and there was little in the way of explanation on television. It was a bit arrogant to assume fans would just accept the storyline without any context.
Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.
