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A year after Owen broke Austin's neck, they had a storyline where Owen broke Dan Severn's neck and he felt bad and retired. The Blue Blazer gimmick then returned. So the Summerslam incident sort of led to the Blue Blazer.
Also, Austin and Shawn Michaels didn't want to work with Owen.
Firstly, it is not true that Shawn didn't want to work with Owen. He worked with him in January 1998. In fact, he only had 3 matches between his last match with Owen & the WM14 match with Steve Austin, so Owen was his 4th last match.
In terms of the Austin injury leading to the Blue Blazer, it is completely tangential. By that logic we should hold whoever booked Sting to do the stunt responsible since it gave WWE the idea to parody. How far are we going back and how wide are we spreading the net here? It's silly.
In terms of Austin, I like Steve and think he's generally a straight shooter, but his version of the Owen story has never held water with me.
Owen had performed the tombstone many times and always dropped to his knees:
https://youtu.be/gb8D5JZvdnk?t=70
In fact, the only person I ever saw doing the tombstone by dropping to their ass was...Steve Austin himself:
https://streamable.com/ch3ww
So we are to believe that Austin told Owen NOT to do it the way he himself did it, and Owen responded to this by ignoring Austin and performing the move in a manner he personally had never done it before?
It doesn't make any sense, does it? Austin gets himself confused and he himself says he has a terrible memory. It's entirely possible he asked Owen to drop to his ass. 0 -
Well you can understand why Austin didn't want to work with Owen and Shawn Michaels didn't want to work with anybody except his crew and it's acknowledged he was a prick to work with in late 90s WWF so that's hardly on Owen.
And I think I'm in the majority here but one accident doesnt justify him doing that stupid entrance 21 years ago tonight.Firstly, it is not true that Shawn didn't want to work with Owen. He worked with him in January 1998. In fact, he only had 3 matches between his last match with Owen & the WM14 match with Steve Austin, so Owen was his 4th last match.
In terms of the Austin injury leading to the Blue Blazer, it is completely tangential. By that logic we should hold whoever booked Sting to do the stunt responsible since it gave WWE the idea to parody. How far are we going back and how wide are we spreading the net here? It's silly.
In terms of Austin, I like Steve and think he's generally a straight shooter, but his version of the Owen story has never held water with me.
Owen had performed the tombstone many times and always dropped to his knees:
https://youtu.be/gb8D5JZvdnk?t=70
In fact, the only person I ever saw doing the tombstone by dropping to their ass was...Steve Austin himself:
https://streamable.com/ch3ww
So we are to believe that Austin told Owen NOT to do it the way he himself did it, and Owen responded to this by ignoring Austin and performing the move in a manner he personally had never done it before? It doesn't make any sense, does it? Austin gets himself confused and he himself says he has a terrible memory. It's entirely possible he asked Owen to drop to his ass.
The Austin incident is a big part of Owen's history as a wrestler so it should have been in the episode.
Do you prefer Martha Hart's version of the Austin's injury?Although Owen got along with pretty much all of his colleagues, he disliked Austin on a personal level. Owen thought he just wasn't a very nice person. Besides, he was one of those wrestlers that started believing he really was a world champion.
Their relationship soured even more during a match in August 1997. Owen administered a routine "tombstone piledriver" - a move that is made by picking up an opponent, flipping him upside down and placing his head near your lower thighs before dropping to your knees.
It was suggested that Owen placed Austin's head too low before dropping him. As a result, Austin was left on lying on the canvas claiming to be temporarily paralyzed.
The incident kept Austin out of action for an extended period of time and Owen took a lot of heat from the fans.
Being a seasoned, extremely cautious wrestler, Owen told me he executed the move properly. He would have felt horrible if he had hurt anyone, but he would have owned up if he'd done something wrong. In this case he suspected Austin was being dishonest. He even told me weeks beforehand he thought Austin might fake an injury. Either Austin was using the incident as an excuse for some time off or, if he truly injured his neck, which surgery would indicate, Owen figured the damage had been done prior to their routine match.0 -
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