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I'm not sure if there is a show I hate more in WCW history than Starrcade 97. If you could write everything you should have done on a piece of paper, then write the exact opposite on another piece of paper, that's the one they went with.
It's always about context with political issues, but they captivate me. Everybody does it in their own interest, but sometimes that happens to coincide with what is best for the company. Case in point, Steve Austin probably shouldn't have been wasting his time with midcarders like Billy Gunn and Jeff Jarrett as they wanted him to, and probably shouldn't have been booked to lose to Brock with no build up for no reason as a punishment for burying creative on WWE.Com.
Should HHH have put somebody over during that big long reign in 02-03? Absolutely, and the numbers bear that out.
But in almost everybody's case, it's a mix of good and bad. I think that's why Rock deserves even more credit, you never hear stories about him refusing to lose or refusing to work with guys, he lost far more than any other top guy, and he still went on to be one of the biggest stars in the whole world.
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