who doesn't love sports entertainment, specifically WWE wrestling? well, a lot. ok, a lot of women to be more specific. they see it to be pointless and just brutal. but what can i say, it is entertainment and i enjoy it. as a kid, i remember being a fan of Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior, well, more of the Ultimate Warrior. Hogan was just popular. Next to The Ultimate Warrior, is The Undertaker, and incredibly, not only is he still around, he recently became world heavyweight champion (too bad its a shortlived title reign but he is a five time champ). then came Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Attitude Era. i didnt like this wrestler at first because i remember him as The Ringmaster, Ted DiBiase's puppet, but his bad-ass personality really rocks. and he really is good in playing his role as the lawless Texas Rattlesnake. i never get tired of his rowdy antics. unfortunately, he's no longer wrestling like the Undertaker. that's why its really nice that he comes visit WWE from time to time, doing a couple of Stone Cold stunners to anyone any time he feels like to do some ass-kicking. he even "stunned" Donald Trump. now that's classic Stone Cold Steve Austin (watch it on YouTube, click here. its a lame stunner but hey, that's still Donald Trump receiving a stunner, and besides, Trump cant act or fake a stunner's impact). after Austin, i never really liked the wrestlers. ok, they're still good, they do riskier stunts, more of them bleed and they still get the crowd pumped. John Cena is ok, and so is Batista but they really aren't like the Phenom or Stone Cold or the wrestlers of the 90s. maybe im just old and miss the Federation and Attitude Era. i mean, when Cena started, i thought his rapping was crappy and his character wont sell (maybe im just not into the hiphop culture...do people even call it hiphop?). look at Cena now, still throwing rhymes and already a WWE superstar. Batista had potential when he was a part of Evolution. He did become a superstar eventually but im not sure for how long compared to Austin and Taker who are now legends/likely hall of famers. anyway, all wrestlers dont start out as superstars and it takes time before they reach that level. and unfortunately only a handful reach the superstar level and be on the same league as HBK, Bret Hart (ok, putting their names together just reminds people of the Montreal Screw Job), Hogan, Warrior, The Rock, Triple H, Austin, Undertaker, etc. Even Austin and Taker started out as "loser", crappy wrestlers. here's a video of the two of them, wrestling with each other way before they reached the superstar status they have now. who would have thought back then that Austin and Taker would be very big WWE superstars.
Steve Williams (Stone Cold) vs. The Punisher (The Undertaker)
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