NEWS: |SM| As reported by many wrestling sites already, former WWE writer Seth Mates recalls how Steve Austin took himself out of the WrestleMania 18 main event because he wanted to turn face. Thus, WrestleMania 18 was headlined by HHH vs Chris Jericho. Here’s Seth account of what went down backstage…
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– The main even of WrestleMania 18 in Toronto was supposed to be Triple H winning the title from Stone Cold Steve Austin. But coming off the Alliance storyline, Stone Cold insisted on being turned face again, effectively talking himself out of the main event of WrestleMania. It might have been a merchandise thing, I’m not sure, but the plan, as I understand it, would have seen Austin hold the title thru Mania (rather than lose it to Chris Jericho at Vengeance) and defend against HHH in a Battle of the Two-Man Power Trip. So instead, we get the HHH/Stephanie divorce storyline. Yuck.
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I love backstage stuff like this. What would have been huh? There would have been no Austin vs Scott Hall…no HHH vs Jericho and possibly no HHH/Stephanie divorce segments (though I think it would have happened either way). It’s very interesting how one decision by Steve Austin changes everything.
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