WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006 (PS2) Hidden Wrestlers (3/12): Stone Cold Steve Austin gameplay скачать в хорошем качестве

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006 (PS2) Hidden Wrestlers (3/12): Stone Cold Steve Austin gameplay

Gameplay of the hidden character/wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in Yuke’s/THQ’s WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006. I think Stone Cold may be the wrestler with the biggest pops in wrestling history. I reckon it’s mostly down to that theme song of his, particularly the glass shattering; there’s almost something Pavlovian about it which instinctively induces excitement in people. Pretty interesting really, and you can tell they tried to have the same effect with quite a few future themes for wrestlers too (The Shield’s theme being a pretty good example). One of the things I always forget about Austin (and that the Dubya Dubya Eee isn’t too prone to remembering either) is that he actually essentially got fired in 2002, no-showing a number of events due to being fed up with what he saw as shitty storylines. Apart from the many things which pissed Vince off (sneezing, smiling, losing to his daughter at pool, getting sued for being a pos, having to respect women and minorities), no-showing seems to have been one of his absolute most detested, nearly always rather brutally punishing wrestler for even one or two no-shows, and it often being the reason for firings or changed storylines as a result. After all, Butch Reed was originally intended to succeed Ricky Steamboat as Intercontinental Champion, until he no-showed one event and the storyline was promptly dropped. Hogan then suggested the Honky Tonk Man (what a shock, given they were good friends) win instead, and the rest as they say is history. Likewise, Austin, a guy who was essentially THE guy to bring the WWE to new and greater heights, was dropped and all but fired for a couple of no-showings. As has been made particularly apparent by Tony Khan's ineptitude, a boss still has to be a boss and put their foot down, and not allow themselves to be manipulated by the hot-headed prima donna that is the average top card wrestlers. At the same time though, there is such a thing as being too harsh and essentially throwing someone under the bus just to teach them (and by extension, the rest of the locker room) a lesson. And indeed, Vince and JR went on to bury Austin on live TV, because it’s Vince's show and you’re going to be reminded of it at every turn. Austin did eventually come back, but unfortunately by this point (02/03), he was incredibly injured and close to retirement. That said, he entered into a feud with the infamous 2003 heel Hollywood Rock, which lead to that iconic match at Wrestlemania XIX where The Rock finally got his win over Austin. Kind of a shame he had to end his career on a loss, but Vince clearly wasn’t against making anyone do a job when he felt like it (as Bret and many others found out). He’s made various sporadic appearances since, including at the infamous Goldberg v Lesnar match that we don’t talk about, and even recently with a match against Kevin Owens of all people. Lastly, apparently Stone Cold regrets inventing the “What?” chant just because of how overused and insufferable it’s become, which is just hilarious to me. Up next, Stone Cold’s greatest rival.