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That's not what I remember. It was more of a surprise that they actually went through with it, but there was talk of a heel turn going back since at least December. I was actively hoping for it as I did (and still do) like heel Austin better. It was bad for business with baskin robbins australia Rock going out to film his movie at the same time, but personally I thought that the summer of 2001 was the best work Austin did (certainly in the ring) since the injury.

Speaking of Austin, during his walkout in 2002, WWE ran a number of segments on Confidential and the like explaining how Triple H was the main allied brands catalyst for them winning the Monday Night War. That was some revisionism there.

A couple of others:
Michaels/Razor at Wrestlemania X was the first ever ladder match, when it peter graham wasn't even the first ladder match for either guy in the WWF.

One of the big selling points of the Bret Hart/Diesel cage match in Feb 1996 was that lachlan mcintosh Bret Hart had never lost a cage match before, despite clearly losing at least one to Yokozuna not even two and a half years earlier.