Author Topic: The latest to be fired from WWE- Stone Cold Steve Austin (Read 1479 times)

« **on:** June 13, 2002, 08:17:08 PM »

"Stone Cold Steve Austin walks

On March 18, 2002, the day after WrestleMania, without company approval and without notice, Stone Cold Steve Austin walked off the job and failed to appear at WWE’s Raw show in Montreal. Stone Cold Steve Austin was advised by WWE management that this was unprofessional and unacceptable. After a two week hiatus, Austin returned to work.

On Monday, June 10, 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin again failed to appear for the scheduled Raw event in Atlanta, instead choosing to return home to San Antonio without notice and without company approval.

Although Steve was unhappy with his character’s creative direction, Steve made the personal and unprofessional decision not to report to work to address his concerns.

Therefore, Stone Cold Steve Austin is no longer an active member of WWE’s talent roster."

Source: WWE.com

I\'m not sure how this will play out. I\'m not really much if a Stone Cold fan, so I don\'t care all that much.

« **Reply #1 on:** June 13, 2002, 08:19:45 PM »

wrestling is dead...

« **Reply #2 on:** June 13, 2002, 08:24:34 PM »

Austin = big bucks so I dont think he\'ll get fired anytime soon.

« **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2002, 08:43:44 PM »

Um, but he was.

« **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2002, 08:49:36 PM »

Meh? I thought he was just "suspended" or something, and it was gonna play out like what happened after wrestlemania. Well whatever.

« **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2002, 08:55:59 PM »

Basically, he didn\'t like what "directions" his character was going in. So he skipped work without telling anybody. Remember how he would usually dissapear after pay-per-views for a couple of weeks, and then show up again? Well, he did that on his own, and the company got sick of it and let him go. There is going to be a story about it on the next Confidential.

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:08:12 PM »

Austin may be one of the all time greats, but his character was dead..

*waits for Brock Lesnar vs. Rob Van Dam at some point in the future*

« **Reply #7 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:11:11 PM »

Yeah Stone Cold used to be my favorite wrestler 2 or 3 years ago. Back when he 0wned everyone. Ahh...good times. Then the Rock started to get most of the attention...wrestling started to fade from my interests. So who are the big dogs now?

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #8 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:15:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Fayded
Yeah Stone Cold used to be my favorite wrestler 2 or 3 years ago. Back when he 0wned everyone. Ahh...good times. Then the Rock started to get most of the attention...wrestling started to fade from my interests. So who are the big dogs now?

Ric Flair and Hogan :rolleyes: oh well.. at least they are slowly fading away..

actually, the title shot at King of the Ring is Undertaker defending it against HHH

HHH is probably the biggest of the big dogs... then Kurt Angle )although that Edge rivalry downgraded him i feel) and Undertaker..

Jericho is pretty high up as well, and Booker T will be there soon enough

BAH! and Kevin Nash and HBK\'s return..

« **Reply #9 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:24:39 PM »

HHH has been up there forever. He must have a good character.

I never liked Angle, bah, i might not if i watched it but i\'d probably get bored.

Does Kane still wrestle?

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #10 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:34:51 PM »

Kane is on a break, he\'s gonna come back with a new gimmick

And Angle is the best talent that the WWE has.. he has been consistantly in the best matches for pretty much every PPV recently (even though the last two he has been up against Edge), his storylines are always the best, hes hilarious, best in ring performer..

[rumour that im not 100% sure is true]
plus he recently beat Brock Lesnar in an inpromtu amateur wrestling match.. which prompted him to start amateur training again and try to win at the next Olympics.. which means WWE\'s best talent will be gone..

[rumour that im not 100% sure is true]

« **Reply #11 on:** June 13, 2002, 09:56:48 PM »

Good. I\'m a little shocked that they went through with it, but this is what I wanted.

Fire his slow, aging, unprofessional, ungrateful ass. He thinks he\'s better than the business? Thinks he\'s better than the other guys? Apparently he thinks he\'s even better than all those who pay to watch him.

Well guess what, Stone Cold. What? You\'re not.

What?

-Eik

« **Reply #12 on:** June 13, 2002, 10:03:59 PM »

I can understand why he did it. He\'s probably frustrated that what his character\'s doing doesn\'t make any sense. I don\'t think he should have been fired though.

You know Bob I\'m just not interested in Lesnar in the least. I guess I\'m tired of the "imperiously-tough-super-strong-guy-angle" b/c it\'s been played to death.

You want me to watch the next PPV? Put HBK and SCSA in the ring and you can have my $30.

Bobs_Hardware · « **Reply #13 on:** June 13, 2002, 10:36:36 PM »

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Originally posted by EmperorRob
You know Bob I\'m just not interested in Lesnar in the least. I guess I\'m tired of the "imperiously-tough-super-strong-guy-angle" b/c it\'s been played to death.

He hasnt done that since he was taking on the Hardyz, BBRay has been kicking his ass (

).. what i like about him is that he is talented, fast, big, and has a wide range of big moves.. which.. he has stopped doing (like most people)

« **Reply #14 on:** June 14, 2002, 01:14:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Bobs_Hardware

He hasnt done that since he was taking on the Hardyz, BBRay has been kicking his ass ().. what i like about him is that he is talented, fast, big, and has a wide range of big moves.. which.. he has stopped doing (like most people)

I like the fact that he doesn\'t hulk up, his character is tough but isn\'t impervious to pain. Also he usually breaks out a new move once a match.

also he performs simple moves with power, and athority.

Hello

Author Topic: The latest to be fired from WWE- Stone Cold Steve Austin (Read 1479 times)