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Originally Posted by mcaj22
Austin got the push that Triple H was going to get but was buried cause of the curtain call, Austin didnt get himself over.
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Sure he did. KOTR was a forgettable title. Mable won it the year before. That Austin 3:16 promo wasn't written by creative, and it made a huge difference immediately. He was just going to be a midcard to upper-midcard heel. He didn't pander to the crowd for months. He got bigger with the most awesomely badass heel segments of the decade against Pillman. Austin lost every major match he had against Hart and got bigger each time. He ate the pin at Canadian Stampede and it didn't hurt his momentum at all.
Sure, by mid-'97 they decided to build him as the next guy, but to that point, he got himself over and did it with little help.