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Austin’s Run On Top

By Scott Keith on 13 July 2013

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Hi Scott,
Daily blog reader and long time fan.
When you look back on Austin's run on top (April 1998-November 2000) are you surprised how FEW wrestlers he worked feuds with? For about 2.5 years he basically worked PPV matches with:
Foley, Kane, Taker, McMahon, Rock, HHH and one PPV match against Rikishi.
Two Questions:
1-Had Pillman been alive (and not had the ankle issue) do you think Austin would have convinced management to let them work an attitude era Hollywood Blondes fued for the title?
2-Are you surprised he worked with essentially 6 guys for 2 years? If Cena only worked with the same 6 guys for the past 2 years he would be killed on the Internet. Can you think of any guys who deserved and could have used a quick feud with Austin in that 1998-2000 golden days of the attitude era.
Thanks as always

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1. Austin was the reason why crippled Pillman was featured as much as he was, so yeah it's safe to say that Austin would have pushed for him to get a program on top.
2. Yeah, Austin was notoriously picky about who he would work with, due to safety concerns with his neck and not wanting to dilute his drawing power. See Jarrett, Jeff. I think maybe Austin could have had a fun brawling feud with Bradshaw or a motivated Windham, but really he worked with the top guys who deserved to be there and made millions doing it.