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I've always said it should have been Tazz. He signed with the WWE right around that time, and it would have been a great fued/push for him.
Theres the choice of Jericho, since he was pickin up such huge steam as a star, but he was simply too popular to turn just yet.
One great option was Kurt Angle. I mean, he debuted at Survivor Series the very night Austin got hit. He had just broke into the main event and was the top heel. They could have put off his title win for a bit to get him over in a storyline with Austin.
Hell, even having it just be The Rock and turning him back into a superheel now that Austin was back would have been more than fine.
Basically, Rikishi was the worst choice ever. He was a rising star in 2000, but people didn't want to see Rikishi be a bad bad man as he claimed to be, they wanted to see the uppermidcard big man who danced and was a lot of fun as an IC champion.
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