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  1. InSaNe

    John Cena was a bigger PPV and ratings draw than Steve Austin in 1998

    I also remember him saying something about the Stallone films and Cobra. But whatever. His then-wife came up with the name. EDIT: More research helped me recall some of my memories... Not saying I was right, but also not saying you're wrong, either... Source: EWrestling Here's more...
  2. InSaNe

    John Cena was a bigger PPV and ratings draw than Steve Austin in 1998

    I remember someone mentioning that Austin's gimmick was white collar vs blue collar. For example, Stone Cold's rivalry with McMahon was modeled after stories of David vs Goliath (little guy vs Corporate C.E.O in this case.) Austin looked at the Stallone films, and pointed at cobra as stone...
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    John Cena was a bigger PPV and ratings draw than Steve Austin in 1998

    The stats was only 20k to 30k difference. I think the post itself makes it seem like Cena was a ratings draw and a PPV draw. Well, yeah, but Austin was retiring in 2000 or something. I forgot when. Let me look it up in a sec here... EDIT: Yeah, around 2003, 2004. WrestleMania XIX was his last...
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