I think you should go since it's the only one of the big PPV that you haven't attended.  I find the Royal Rumble the most entertaining of all the big PPV.

Regarding another Austin match, if they can't get Hogan would Jericho be a logical second choice?  He's red hot as a heel, cuts insane promos and could probably guide Austin towards a good match.  Currently, Jericho is not involved in any specific program.  I'm discounting both HBK and Undertaker since those two are slated to face each other at WM (at least according to rumors).  There's no one else on the roster worth who would fit the specific criteria for Austin's final match anyway.

I forget how this feud started--didn't this orignially involve Doink the evil clown beating up on Crush.  Then Savage saved Crush from another beating and eventually Crush turned on Savage, claiming he was a bad friend.  I think he ended up injuring Savage's throat after press slamming him on a guard rail.

And yes the match at WM X was excellent.

Same vote as last time--Street of Dreams.

They're already doing it.  Anyone catch the new Pepsi commercial on tv?  The logo was altered from the traditional logo.

Is that when that dammed What? catchphrase became popular?  Anyway, which wrestler would be best for him to face in one match where Austin can have a great match?  Just curious about the answer since I have no idea.  Jericho maybe?

You're wrong here--she is responsible for the booking.  This is what her wikipedia page says: She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Creative Writing in 2006.[2] She oversees the hiring of scriptwriters, supervises the writing team, and is involved in the long-term booking of WWE.   I believe that Dusty Rhodes used to book for ECW before heading to FCW (WWE affiliate in Florida).  I don't think Jim Ross was ever involved in WWE booking.  His job (aside for commentating) was hiring people not writing. 

I think I read somewhere where SMH prefers the soap opera style storylines.  Last year's epic feud with Jericho and Michaels were primarily written with extensive input from both men.  The strange part about the crackpot WWE booking is that sometimes I find the over the top  storylines entertaining.  Anybody remember the time when the evil Undertaker( with the ministry) tried to embalm Stone Cold?  I think they knocked him out with for formaldehyde and dragged him to a dark cemetary.  Luckily, Austin woke up in time and fended them off. Another off the top storyline that made very little sense was the entire Undertaker vs Kane storyline and who actually set fire to their home.  What kind of balance should they take with their booking strategy?  Old school no frills booking or the soap opera stuff.  Ideally you'd like a balance between the two.

Yeah but he tried to keep up most of the time and I think he understood match psychology a lot better than Cena.  He even carried Warrior in the previously mentioned WM 6 main event.  I get annoyed by Cena because 1)he isn't very entertaining--sorry those juvenille jokes don't entertain me 2) his matches just don't flow very well.  I think it was at last month's PPV where he was getting beat down by Jericho.  He escapes the Walls of Jericho and applies his STFU submission move and wins just like that. I will say this about Cena I think he might be a victim of "WWE style" wrestling.  I remember reading that he was a pretty good wrestler in OVW and then when he comes up those skills disappear.  I guess he got smart and realized he didn't need to wrestle a lot to get over.

Since we're discussing post 1993 WWF, here's a couple of things I think were important towards WCW's dominance of WWF(1995-early 1998).  WCW basically hit a home run with the nwo angle(at least in 1996 before it became lame later).  When Scott Hall and Kevin Nash first appeared on WCW in spring 1996, it was implied that WWF was invading WCW. (note: it was eventually clarified that neither man was working for WWF at that time)  The booking was absolutely brilliant as this kinda became a mystery as to who would be the third guy as everyone was being mentioned--Bret Hart, Sting etc.   No one suspected it would be Hogan as he was a babyface for the majority of his career.  That was a giant SWERVE that was perfectly booked since Hogan was getting stale at the time.  FYI, Bobby Heenan almost blew the surprise with his commentary after Hogan starts running out.

Isn't WWF attitude greatly infleunced by classic ECW?  So in that regard some credit must be given to Paul Heyman's wrestling organization.  I mean the classic Hart-Austin WM XIII I Quit Match has ECW written all over it.  Plus the Austin's fuck it all attitude originated in 1995 with an ECW promo where he wears a bandana and starts shooting on a whole bunch of people--Bischoff and Hogan included.  Remember the hardcore title, and the increase of blood on WWE tv, those were all ECW style things in which they incorporated into their product.

While WCW made a lot of boneheaded personnel moves as outlined by AxlinO8, you can't omit the stupidity of their booking decisions.  David Arquette as WCW champion, Dennis Rodman wrestling (and clearly in it for the money), and that bad Megadeth/Curt Hennig angle are some examples.  On top of that giving Kevin Nash the booking responsibilities in the late 90s led to their decline as well.  Fingerpoke of doom anyone remember that bad angle--hyped main event only to end in a disappointing swerve.  The misuse of Bret Hart also counts as a strike against WCW creative.

I think Vince kinda got lucky when the "Mr. McMahon" character took off.  Lucky in the sense that most of the fans still sided with Bret Hart in the Montreal screwjob dispute.  It gave Vince instant heat with the fans and he just played off being an arrogant jerk which he probably is in real life.