Neil Young is awesome for sure but that doesn't excuse all the other great talent America has ignored only to expose the world to Canada's jokes

Celin Dion
Justin Bieber
Avril Lavigne
Barenaked Ladies
Drake
Nickleback

Just to name a few.

I should actually say I don't think Van Halen sucks. I get Eddie is a great guitarist an DLR was a great frontman but their music does absolutely nothing or me though I don't chnage the station when they come on the radio. I wouldn't rank them in my top 100 bands.

Rush on the other hand I do think suck. Great musicians sure but the music they make is really terrible in my opinion. They remind me of what Jack Black would be like if he weren't joking around and had their talent.

Your perspective is all you perspective. Nobody here where I lived ever gave two shits about WCW or nWo. FACT. In that whole era WWF ruled where I lived and DX was ten times more popular than NWO then and even more so now. 

You're dellusional Axlin by saying it wasn't  a group effort. Austin's character is never possible if it weren't for HBK and the way he developed his character.  Talk about drugs and train wrecks and off camera drama all you want HBK was still the best in ring performer and promo cutter on a  nightly basis of either organization. His attitude, his bravado, his defiance were all things that paved the way for Austin's character. That's just a fact. HBK was turning RAW into an almost R rated show. It allowed Austin to be who he was and in reality Austin's character was tame compared to HBK's. Hell yeah people loved Austin's character but he's not flipping the bird and swilling beer without HBK first becoming what he had become. Without HBK, Austin's character never fully developes or even begins in the first place.  And news flash Taker's character during attitude era was way more sinister than anything he had done before. To say he had no traction before that is a fuckin joke. To say his attitude era character wasn't controversial at the time would also be a  joke.

As for it taking guys like you pounding the pavement with Stone Cold shirts........   Ummmm... Ok. You make it sound like Austin was some underground up and coming talent. How hipster of you You sure you aren't/weren't a little too emotionally attached to your Austin fandom? Around here everyone knew who he was and we didn't need street teams to do it.  We all knew him well as the Ringmaster so yeah it didn't take people on the street shouting who Austin 3:16 was for us to care. Nobody was watching WCW up here and yes we had it on regular tv just like WWF and airing at the same time. DX crotch chops were the norm around here from the get go. Canada as a fanbase has always been ahead of the curve compared to the States  it seems(something that has even been acnowldged by wrestlers over the years)  and we all watched and stuck with WWF cause it was a better and more interesting product with better entertainers. HBK was the guy who spearheaded the Attidtude era and then others shared the ball and ran with it. THAT is the truth. Had HBK gone to WCW Stone Cold never happens,  DX never happens and WWF is in serious trouble.  I give Austin credit big time for the roll he payed but he and he alone wasn't responsible fo WWF not going under. Far, far from it.

Saying Austin is only reason the WWF survived is like saying Nirvana(Austin) is the only reason hair metal(PG wrestling) died and not acknowldging the other bands of that time like Soundgarden(HHH), Pearl Jam(the Rock), Alice in Chains(Taker) etc etc and then ignoring the impact Guns N' Roses(HBK) had on Hair metal(PG wrestling)

Now can you dig that..... SUCKA!!!!