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I've stated how i judge things before but for the sake of the thread i'll give my 2¢:
for me the subject of better always has to start with who made the most money. Once you get onto the topic of guys who have drawn similar money over their career then things like workrate mic work etc etc etc come back into play.
With Taker vs Austin its not even close. Austin drew insane numbers... for about 2 years. Then he just got stale for the masses and people stopped paying for him like they had been. Taker however is a massive part of whyWRESTLE MANIA draws like it does. A large portion of its success is because of him EVERY YEAR. I would go as far to say that bulk of all revenue Mania has ever pulled in is thanks to practicaly only two people. The Undertaker and Hulk Hogan.
Taker is with out question the greatest special attractions of all time. Steve Austins GREAT 2 year run cant even come close to touching the money drawn by Taker, or many others. So work rate and such for me doesnt even come into play. Taker is better by making poeple spend more money on him.
Now if you want to go into stuff like work rate i would say Taker and Austin are on par when they're both at the top of their games. (Takers obviously improved with time while austin degraded.) Taker Prolly has a few more historic matches at this point but only by 3 or so. They both spin great promos and have two of the strongest gimmicks of all time. Neither guy ever really made any stars so i think that tally would be a wash. Taker made Kane....bewteeen the two of them thats really the one guy i can think that was established thanks to either man giving the rub. so if you took money out of it...i might have tp say its a draw.
Both are great, but Taker edges this out for me by a whole lot because money matters, if austin hadnt been a flash in the pan this MIGHT be a different story. MIGHT. Because Takers run in the buisness is truely elite. There are only a small number of people who have had success like he has had and steve austin is far and away not one of them.
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