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Stone Cold was one that really surprised me at the time. Around 1996 I stopped watching wrestling for a short time. When I had last watched it, Austin had just been re-named Stone Cold (from Ringmaster), and I thought he was still boring. When I came back, he was fucking HUGE, and had this insane following (3:16 and all that). I actually never got the 3:16 reference until I watched KotR '96 on VHS a year or two later.
Matt Hardy's V1 push was deserved as well, where he had this on-screen following (Crash, Moore) and new catchy theme song (where he can slap/slam a tornado).
I didn't really think they'd push RVD properly either. I mean, his push wasn't what it could have been, but it was more than I thought it would be.
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