Thought of the Day: Many Steps Back, Huge Jump Forward
Over the last few months, you hear a lot of people complaining about Dean Ambrose losing his PPV matches. My response is Steve Austin.Let’s take a look at Austin’s performance on PPV starting with his breakout performance at Survivor Series 1996.
Survivor Series 1996 – Loss
In Your House 12 – Not on the PPV
Royal Rumble – Cheated to win
In Your House 13 – Loss
Wrestlemania 13 – Loss
In Your House 14 – Won by DQ
In Your House 15 – Loss
King of the Ring 1997 – Double DQ
In Your House 16 – Loss
It wasn’t until Summerslam 1997 that Austin started consistently winning. In other words, he went nine months without a PPV pinfall victory. However, he was so over the top and intense that he kept getting hotter and hotter. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Perhaps a lot of wrestlers that we swear is done because he loses here or there?
I mentioned something along these lines before, but it’s not so much that Ambrose is losing, but fans are worried as hell that this means he’s getting pushed down the card. It didn’t help that Wyatt was on fire earlier this year, and he arguably STILL hasn’t recovered from his feud with Cena.
The booking in general is what’s worrisome not because Ambrose is losing his PPV matches. When Austin was losing it worked for alot of reasons and it felt more logical and you knew his day was coming. Watching Ambrose lose is like watching a guy slip because he didn’t read the “slippery when wet” sign, it feels a lot more buffoonish and silly where Austin never came off that way.
The booking in general is what’s worrisome not because Ambrose is losing his PPV matches. When Austin was losing it worked for alot of reasons and it felt more logical and you knew his day was coming. Watching Ambrose lose is like watching a guy slip because he didn’t read the “slippery when wet” sign, it feels a lot more buffoonish and silly where Austin never came off that way.
I think people notice because WWE clearly just wants him for filler right now plus the very silly ending to his matches as of late.