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Didn't they do something else with Austin/Tazz (the birth of "What?") when Tazz was disrespecting Austin, Austin started beating on Tazz and The Alliance just walked off disgusted with Austin?
Another missed boat was nWo. They came into the WWF with all the momentum in the world, then at their 1st PPV they lose both matches (Hall to Austin, Hogan to Rock).
If nWo really was this poison, wouldn't the logical thing be nWo victories? Fair enough, with Hogan's face pops, they wanted him out, so what they did wit Hogan/Rock was good.
But Hall and Nash? Now, I'm a HUGE Austin fan, maybe a Mark to some extent, but Hall should have beaten Austin at WMX8. I mean, Nash was interfering, so if Austin lost, there would have been controversy so Austin had claim to a rematch.
Then nWo would still be beating on people and seeming like a threat, I mean, beating Austin isn't easy. Then anytime Austin looked like he was FINALLY going to beat Hall or whoever, they go all WCW and throw someone out (X-Pac, Big Show), have Them cost Austin the match, new nWo member and MORE controversy.
And at the end of nWo as it was (this is a part that no-one seems to remember) Nash and Michaels issued an ultimatum to Triple H. " Leave SmackDown, come to RAW and join nWo, or there'll be Hell to pay". Next week, Vince announces he has killed the nWo because they couldn't get the job done that he hired them for. Later, Triple H is on RAW. Would he have joined nWo or feuded with them?
A golden missed opportunity. And the legacy of possibly WCW's greatest product killed in the process. Hell, that might be the only reason they were brought in in the first place.
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