10 Wrestlers You Can Tell HATED Working For WWE
5. Steve Austin
Steve Austin didn't quite think his grand plan to avoid Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 through.
Yes, he wasn't out-politicked by the Hulkster on the Grandest Stage, at which Hogan turned himself face at the Rock's expense - but Rock wasn't cast as a heel forevermore. The match lives on simply as a legendary moment on a legendary CV. Meanwhile, Austin's consolation prize does not reach those heights in retrospect. His match with Scott Hall, who by then was a mess of personal problems, was a 10 minute embodiment of two men failing themselves and their audience. It was a real shame; both had performed to the full ***** level at previous incarnations of the Show of Shows. 2002 was a different, sadder, and far more tedious match than 1994 or 1997. Hall was struggling to contain his excesses to the hotel bar.
Austin, simply, did not care; this was a cold performance removed entirely from the fiery babyface displays of old. It was 4PM on a day at the office in which he'd already hit the wall.
This was the last tea round when everybody was okay for now, thank you.