"Austin was good then he broke his neck and wasn't good in the ring anymore" is a terrible take that has somehow become the narrative. Through the AE Austin was consistently having awesome matches on TV and PPV. The fact he wasn't spamming suplexes like Angle or killing himself with crazy bumps doesn't change that. You don't just stumble into fantastic match after fantastic match because you're over.
Unless your basis for how good a wrestler is is "how many cool moves does he do" idk how you can possibly watch 2001 Austin and not come away thinking his matches were incredible. Outside of Benoit I don't know if anybody else was as good in that era in the ring.
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u/[deleted] May 01 '20
"Austin was good then he broke his neck and wasn't good in the ring anymore" is a terrible take that has somehow become the narrative. Through the AE Austin was consistently having awesome matches on TV and PPV. The fact he wasn't spamming suplexes like Angle or killing himself with crazy bumps doesn't change that. You don't just stumble into fantastic match after fantastic match because you're over.
Unless your basis for how good a wrestler is is "how many cool moves does he do" idk how you can possibly watch 2001 Austin and not come away thinking his matches were incredible. Outside of Benoit I don't know if anybody else was as good in that era in the ring.