How Adam Would Book... Steve Austin's Heel Turn
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"Created a huge problem by fixing a problem that didn't exist" may be the best single sentence summary I've heard for WWE's creative decisions of the past ~15 years.
not 15 years.. may be since 2010..
Bro I’m
Bro I’m p
@@nisargkasturiwale3877 bro not since 2010 I say since 2007
@@vampirascoffin870 2001 perhaps?
So here is an idea: A two part fantasy booking, in the middle of which the audience votes on what goes wrong (ie. a key wrestler get's injured in a dark match, the audience turns on the babyface from an unrelated tweet etc.). In part two Adam has to continue the booking in a way that tries to salvage the story line. All with a limited time frame of course.
It would be a fun, different type of challenge with added viewer interaction (which we all know the algorithm loves).
Love it, awesome idea.
That is a great change to it
I hope they see this.
Good idea.
I agree, but maybe the next fantasy booking warefare? Like maybe Adam hosts again, and as host he also gives each contestant a MAJOR issue they have to deal with (can be voted on by fans for interaction purposes). Different issues means every story must be different, which wasn’t a problem really in season 1 but is something that’s worrisome
Living in the Adam Multiverse is a lot of fun. It was a... what you'd call pants decision to turn him heel. Yet somehow in this booking he turned heel, it was done cohesively and with good reason, and it leads right into a WhatCulture booking from 5+ years ago. Chef's kiss to you, sir.
And then HHH turns heal in that match
Pants on head moronic
This is the most Reddit comment I've ever seen
Tbf, if WWE booked a story all at one time and stuck to it, their stories would be 10x better. Doing things week by week and constantly changing things makes for a less cohesive story.
And all those positives are exactly why wwe will NEVER HIRE ADAM
"fired him via fax machine"
Thank you for telling it correctly, nobody talks about how Eric Bischoff threw a fax machine through Steve Austins living room window with the pink slip attached.
no way, he didn't do all that did he. That's a lot, just to fire someone
@@OfficiallyBlind Oh, dear God. I'm starting to realise why some people think the Earth is flat or that Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
@@vapeymcvape5000 it was a question, you'll be okay.
I didn't know Eric was so strong
Well its not actually true that austin was fired via fax it was a phone call by what some people have said but it was also due to him being injury prone and having a bad attitude too which Stone Cold has admitted Bischoff was right in firing him.
Love the fact that all your “fantasy booking” videos that take place from 2001-2003 always have bischoff as the ultimate heel figure. Giving props to dad always.
To be honest, the heel turn probably doesn’t get talked about that much because the lackluster Invasion angle overshadowed it and Austin played a background role in the second half of the angle. That and it’s just impossible for wrestling fans to boo Stone Cold.
The heel turn gets talked about tons, it was literally the end of WWE's run of ratings dominance on TV. Fans left WWE like they left the Macarena.
The turn itself gets talked about tons, the heel run doesn't
@@mikepagebrand That's down to Austin himself claiming it was terrible. In fact: it was brilliantly creative (eventually), I'm sure he's just soured on the whole "sent the company into a spiral" outcome.
Huh? It gets talked about religiously lol like people literally say it’s the root beginning of the fall off of the wrestling industry especially in the United States the numbers legit show they’ve never recovered from this decision it’s been all downhill since
I liked the turn with Austin shaking McMahon's hand. People tend to forget that the Stone Cold character is an unscrupulous asshole and that he's only a face because fans cheer for him. It's totally in character for him to use McMahon to get his way. It would've also been in character for him to stun McMahon the next night, remind everyone that he doesn't trust anybody, and state that nobody should trust him. They should've turned him into a tweener and have him feud with the Rock.
I will say this. Stone Cold in early 2001 made the WWF Championship feel like it was the biggest thing in the whole world. He said to The Rock “I need to beat you Rock, more then anything in the world” and joined forces with Vince McMahon and “sold his sole to satan himself” just so he could become WWF Champion. That is the levels he wanted to go to just so he could be world champion one more time. Say what you want about the run after that but the actual initial stuff leading up to it was genuinely fantastic. I just wish they kept that character consistent afterwards because it got confusing as in why is Stone Cold now friends with Vince and sucking up to him after initially hating him and wanting to ruin his life? It didn’t add up honestly
@@lostalone9320 I agree, I think Austin shaking hands with Vince is the greatest image in WWE history. And it’s setup so well. Does he hate Vince? Yes. However, he wants that title more than he hates Vince and that’s what makes it work.
@MicoMedia Universe i think the way wwe portrayed austin's character was not good..the same guy who passed out without submitting few years ago is now tapping and giving up even before the submission is perfectly locked in..
following vince orders was also something ironic for me..
apart from that the biggest blunder was that they teamed him up with hhh with whom austin had a 3 stages of hell match few months back..
@@lostalone9320 I say lean into it. Go deeper into what it means for Austin to “sell his sole”. He is more successful and on top at a high level and having the longest title run of his career but at what cost? I love the segment with Jim Ross in his hometown but make that more conflicted. Austin screaming at Jim that he needs to do this as he destroys him as he can’t let JR get in his way because he needs to lead the company and hold the world title, if you don’t like Austin’s vision as world champion. You get hurt. Vince likes the vision so he is safe.
Then when the Invasion comes around bring in Eric and he leads WCW and bring up the history of him firing Austin and everything which leads to us answering the cheesy question of what is Steve Austin’s “sole”. The WWF, the company that gave him the opportunity to become STONE COLD. He initially stays out of the Invasion more focused on his world title but then he looks at the ring from a monitor backstage and sees the WCW guys beating down team WWF and they bring JR in the ring to make it more “chaotic” and they are about to attack him and the glass shatters and Austin walks down with a chair and destroys team WCW and turns face.
Then after Survivor Series Austin turns on Vince because he is sick of his manipulative ways and he sees through what Vince is trying to do and that’s keep Steve Austin under his thumb.
This was some pretty damn good booking! I particularly like that the reasons for Austin turning heel are so close to Bret Hart's reason for turning heel in '97, a turn that helped cement Austin as a star
I'll always say: The ease with which Adam re-books these by adding "psychological realism" and "a little bit of planning" really does expose how much better WWE could have been across the years.
It's incredibly sad that the lesson they learnt from turning Austin heel is: "NEVER EVER TURN THE TOP BABYFACE HEEL! EVER!" as opposed to "maybe have a plan" or "build your roster from the midcard up" or even "have a top 4 built up rather than 1."
Its partially because booking wrestling is complicated but also super easy, just give us matches we want to see with a fun storyline along the ways. The rebookings are easier because you have hindsight and can see exactly what went wrong in order to fix it but idk why WWE is so obsessed with their being A guy like you look nowadays and sure they could build up someone to beat Roman but who could beat him right now? The only answers I could see would be Seth and NXT UK Walter, maybe Mcintyre
@@DustyMill who's Walter? There's only Gunther now... Yet another stupid ass decision by WWE "creative"
@@lostalone9320 It's just like SRS says: "Isn't it funny how there's ALWAYS something else to blame besides Vince, despite Vince being the ONLY constant across the decades?"
He is pathologically INCAPABLE from learning from his mistakes, because "HE" never "makes mistakes," someone ELSE does. Often by following his instructions exactly.
if WWE booked a story all at one time and stuck to every beat, like Adam does, then their stories would be much better. Instead, they fly by the seat of their pants booking week to week and even day to day all while having a senile dementia patient poking holes and creating problems along the way lol
Video idea: How Adam would book Chris Jericho’s WWF debut run.
Apart from the actual debut itself, I feel like they massively dropped the ball on Jericho during the year 2000, he was insanely over, close to Rock Austin levels, but they never really capitalised on this and it just kinda fizzled out by 2001.
I disagree, by late 2000 to 2001 he was back on top I’d argue. He was putting on belter matches with Benoit, Regal, Angle and others. Hell, by the end of 2001 he was Undisputed Champion.
Jericho heel champion run up to and possibly beyond WM18 would be a good one
@@KingKhanate1997 Oh yeah don’t get me wrong he was definitely still over in early to mid 2001 and was putting on great matches, ladder match at the Rumble against Benoit comes to mind.
However, instead of capitalising on his popularity, they decided to turn him heel mid 2001, randomly put the Undisputed title on him, booked him awfully as champion- having one of worst title reigns, it was pretty much Triple H vs Stephanie in the main event of Mania with Jericho acting as the vehicle to wrestle Triple H and get the title on him. It was so poor it took years for Jericho to be properly considered as a maineventer again.
Jericho never won a world title as a babyface despite being one of the most popular wrestlers of the early 2000’s. I’d say they didn’t capitalise…
Dropped the ball? He beat Austin and Rock on the same night. First ever undisputed champ.
@@robertlawrence4719 if memory serves it was after he beat them both that jericho got thrown in a toilet until mania to lose to HHH right?
I personally would have debuted Booker T to feud with Austin after The Rock left. Instant massive babyface, feuding for the belt that he never rightfully lost, and you could have built a Booker/Bischoff secondary rivalry out of it if the goal was to turn Austin face later. It also would have made for a good prelude to the Invasion, you could slowly start debuting the WCW guys avaliable over the course of 2001, then in 02 turn it into a full blown proper Invasion angle with Flair, Steiner, the nWo, etc.
Wouldn’t have worked or mattered would have ran to the same issue WCW folks ran into in WWE that audience had been conditioned WCW people are the enemy it would have resulted in Austin just getting cheered
@@jaywilliams4770 If WWE actually did it, yeah. Because they wouldn't book it well. You could easily frame Booker T as being anti-WCW BECAUSE of Bischoff and Shane, the on-screen avatars of the company, essentially stripping him of the title he earned. Maybe even make it a part of the angle that he's signed with the WWF because Vince promised him his title back if he would help him defeat Austin. There are a lot of ways you could make it work.
Great idea, i remember that booker t was so over that time
This is a banger of a storyline
I love how Adam has to clarify the type of bad decisions WWE makes in the intro of this video. The implication is hilarious.
A'lot of wrestling journalists and historians peg Austin's heel turn as one of, if not THE moment that turned off thousands of fans in waves and brought forth the end of the Attitude Era. (The other two being Austin's SECOND heel turn during the Invasion storyline for obvious reasons and the Chris Benoit incident because things got 'too real')
Looking back on it though, Austin's heel turn was actually pretty entertaining and a great character arc. You just see Austin losing it more and more and becoming more psychotic as he loses his grip on his identity through the Invasion. There's times where he comes off legitimately frightening.
@@jkmusingss Taker was face that entire time.
@@jkmusingss I meant you are right. 😅 Sorry if I confused you.
These booking videos genuinely make my month. Would love to see Miz’s title run.
Biggest problem with the Austin heel turn was The Rock immediately leaving for Hollywood, they suddenly had neither of their uber-ratings winners. I always felt the turn did make broad storyline sense; after nearly having his career ended, a year off with neck surgery and falling short in one title match after another, for the first time Austin was insecure about his abilities, especially if it came to beating Rock for the title.
I think the babyface vacuum could have served a purpose: a good opportunity for the Alliance to take over. Then when all seems lost... Stone Cold snaps and turns face to defend the Federation!
Pretty excellent telling of what should've happened way back.
Would like to see how a 'How Adam Would Book' on Ted DiBiase and what his planned run with the WWF Championship would look like.
Adam: "what do you want me to do"
Also Adam: writes an amazing story that utilizes all the available material at the time
Something I've never quite understood when it comes to discussions about the heel turn is that Kane (or anyone else) was a midcarder at the time. Practically every main eventer was a midcarder before they got pushed. I can understand that maybe there wasn't enough time before the Invasion, but I haven't heard that.
Well you have to keep in mind Kane was likely a midcarer by choice. He wasn't a fan of being in the main event, he'd rather other people get pushes.
I honestly would love to see Adam do a rebooking of The Authority, if he hasn’t done so already.
Adam’s Booking is the best part of the month!
This is a fantastic booking. It might actually have made business sense too since this might have been able to win over more WCW viewers into becoming WWF regulars.
They did need to bring those fans in, cuz, as a WCW fan back then, yeah we stopped watching... I mean... Stalker DDP??? wut?
@@nextgreatmedia3552 I didn't get to see DDP when he was hot in WCW (too young), but after I got older and came to the realization he was the first person to turn down a recruitment to the NWO...JESUS! They dropped the ball so hard on him.
@@nextgreatmedia3552 I've read the story and seeing RUclipsrs who told about it, and I was like: "WHY DO THAT?! ESPECIALLY TO ONE OF THE GUYS WHO IS OVER AS A HERO IN WCW?!!!"
@@JaimeD. I think it was an ego thing. Nobody in WWF in that time wanted to give a spot to WCW guys. There's interviews out there where this moment taught DDP not to negotiate.
@@nextgreatmedia3552 I saw the buildup by Brian Zane and I thought the "Make Me Famous" thing worked. IMO they should have kept that storyline, then when DDP debuted, he shoots down the whole gimmick, saying he only did it to get air time and insults the WWE fans for eating up trashy soap opera SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT storylines, because in WCW it's all about the wrasslin'. Boo, shout the audience!
I continue to unabashedly, unironically love Stone Cold's heel turn. It was so much fun.
He saved it by going comedy heel. That was a lot better than the desperate attempts to get heat by attacking Lita and JR. It was like he realised he’d have to compromise.
Idea, a redux of the invasion angle videos, but this time in the Adam Blampied Extended Universe, based on this booking of Austin's Heel Turn. And have Brian Zayne, Grimm, and...... well He Who Must Not Be Named In Adam's Comment Section, could possibly be interested in a cameo as well.
I think Raw going to 3 hours would actually qualify as a cumulative negative. If Raw was generally 2 hours and then we occasionally got a 3 hour show I think that would actually rock.
The Bischoff "I sent you Austin out of pity" angle is so hype it hurts because it didn't happen.
I know how much Adam loves to book tournament's so maybe he could rebook one of WWE's biggest tournament blunders, the WWE World Cup. After all he does have experience with world cups, in fact if I recall correctly, he booked one just a year earlier before WWE's.
Was the world Cup the one shane won?
@@calum2324 Yes
Since adam has never done a TNA/Impact angle I'd like to see him try his hand at Aces and Eights
The problem with the Steve Austin heal turn, and it sounds cliche at this point, but the WWF/WWE didn’t listen to their audience when they made the decision to turn Steve Austin heal.
To be faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaair, they were listening to Austin himself. He knew he only had a few years left and had never been a "top heel," their problem was, as Adam said: they did it the most bass-ackwards way possible, having NO face to stand up to him. Rocky was gone, Triple H was stapled to Austin, Foley wasn't there either, Undertaker has always been overrated, and probably would've actively stopped Kane from leaving his lazy ass to get a push. They had NO ONE except Steve Austin.
Heel*
@@Alucard-A-La-Carte taker is not overrated imo. hes a fantastic wrestler for big events but regular, everyday matches nah
@@munchenonyou3774 And I think that makes him incredibly overrated. He has excellent matches with people who generally have excellent matches (HBK, Triple H, Mich Foley, Steve Austin), but his bouts against Kane, Kronik (WHO HE INSISTED BE HIRED), everything pre-1998 was a joke, the Ministry is an amazing storyline with not a single great match to show for it...I'm sorry, but if you can point to massive swaths where he was the drizzling shits, that's "overrated" to me. He has the pomp and swagger and "ga-ga" down pat, but show me a great match that HE led before 2003.
Worst decisions made by WWE? The reign of terror that was Triple H comes to mind instantly.
Again, a cumulative decision. While it caused so many careers to stumble and in some cases never recover. While it gave us Katy Vick and...sigh "People like you don't get to be champion, Booker". The ending of the reign of terror at the hands of Batista ALMOST made it worth it.
I liked it. It fills that awkward space where the invasion was and kinda allows the fun kumbaya stuff to happen.
I'd also have a running story where we see Booker T in the crowd glaring at Austin and then at Summerslam he slides in after Austin loses and grabs the big gold belt.
He attacks Shane on RAW and says he's the WCW champ, and he never lost the belt. Shane bought the company and sold him a lot of bull, took his belt and paraded it on Austins shoulder with Bischoff. Now he's got it back and he's got something to prove.
loving your back doing these and over the troubles of your past keep it up !
"I'm a senator, Anakin!"
Star Wars references are always a win!
Adam, so glad to see another 'How Adam Would Book'
You’re so good at this. Been watching you do this since 2015. Love all of them. Thanks for coming back to the internet.
20:45 It really wasn't as easy as "just buying out their contracts" because they would've had to agree to come to work instead of being paid to stay at home (I doubt any of them, let alone all of them would've agreed to that).
Amazing video though. I'm working on my own and you were a huge inspiration.
Adam, you do such a great job. I listen to your booking again and again often. You are a master of story telling. I loved your booking, I missed you and your bookings, and I continue to enjoy you and your bookings.
THANK YOU
Adam’s work on these is absolutely ridiculous. Phenomenal work.
Always love these! How about trying to book Judgement Day and a final Edge world title run?
I feel like Stone Cold's heel turn could work had Vince turned face as Mania 17 would have a double turn alongwith TripleH turningface due to Stone Cold being heel. Which would continue the Vince vs Stone Cold storyline but instead the sides would be switched. I get they probably didn't want to do Vince vs Stone Cold as a major storyline anymore but due to the popularity of the feud they had to do the double turn.
I feel like the one who would’ve been the catalyst for Austin turning heel was either Debra or Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman especially. Have him be the one who reminded Austin of who he used to be.
@@coolinwithq2405 Austin and Heyman would be incredible! But I don’t think it would’ve worked having Vince turn face, he was way too far gone as a heel by that point and it would be very difficult to build babyface sympathy for the egotistical billionaire owner of WWF.
Keep in mind that leading up to Mania, Vince publicly asked for a divorce that put Linda in a state of catatonic shock, while having an affair with Trish Stratus (also making her bark like a dog), so Vince was basically speedrunning the “scumbag heel” gimmick there.
Loved it! Agreed it shouldn't have happened, but thank you for making these! I love your fantasy bookings
"How Adam Would Book" expanded cinematic universe confirmed.
Okay, I absolutely love this one out of all your booking videos.
I asked for a rebooking from back in the day a while back, so glad to see this on my homepage today
I'm a senator Anakin gets me every time
I gotta be honest this is pretty perfect. Well done. Missed this guy when he was gone.
YOOOOOO THIS IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA FOR A VIDEO I POPPED OFF WHEN I SAW THIS ON KY HOME PAGE
Love the call back to the Invasion re-book video (a couple of my favorites)
This was a solid booking Adam... I remember watching all these Attitude Era story lines and hearing different and (granted with hindsight) many times much better versions. This one was excellent!
A Adam Booking video for the weekend?
I'M HERE FOR IT 🔥
The fact that every time he's referencing The Scorpion King movie there's a picture from the Mummy returns instead is great 🤣
I would watch the hell out of your WM X7-18 storylines. Excellent stuff.
Yooo. Was not expecting this today! What a lovely surprise!
Adam made the NWO the pro wrestling equivalent of Thanos. Well played.
Every night before I go to bed, I pray to the wrestling gods that Adam becomes WWE head writer
The heel turn during the match itself at WX7 with the Rock I will defend to my dying dies. The match was amazing and the story they weaved was amazing with Austin essentially going through a slideshow of his career with Rock and his mind breaking as he was unable to put away the Great One with only so many stunners…
Yeah keep the Match as is but have Austin nail Vince with a stunner at the end
i've been trying for weeks to figure out how i 'd re-write the invasion. thank you so much for the templet.
Terrific video Adam ^^ may I request a rebooking/fix for AEW‘s women’s division?
This is the most inspiring rebooking yet. Now I *_HAVE_* to see what, if anything, you could do with the video game storylines. SvR 2009-2011, WWE '12, 2K19/20 MyCareer, just please do at least one game rebooking!
Wow this was awesome. Adam's booking videos are spectacular. This and the combination of the Invasion video would have been the greatest year in wrestling had it happened.
Intro Big Gold Belt!………… chef kiss.
First one of these I've seen in years (since Whatculture WWE days)
You. Are. Still. Awesome. Adam.
You know what would be a bad idea? PartsFUNknown leting Adam go :)
I can’t be the only one that actually loved Austin’s Alliance theme right? I thought it was one of the best versions of his theme!
Absolutely amazing video as always!
How would Adam book the Hardcore triple threat at WrestleMania 17 😂
The first ad might be the best ad placement of all time.
small addition to 20:32 after austin stunners Bischoff, he catches 2 beers then the rock goes for a peoples elbow on bischoff.
"Mc-Ma-HON" got me good --- nice one, Adam! xD
I really badly want to see How Adam Would Book WCW 2000.
Basically, if Adam took over Nitro/Thunder when Vince Russo entered the company and had to steer it back to a healthier point, post-Fingerpoke Of Doom.
I feel like it would have had roughly the same cold open as his Katie Vick video, where he's just traumatized among empty handles of liquor.
Perfect video for a smoke session after finishing finals 🤙🏾
For all it's flaws there was some great stuff about Austin's heel run. The Vince and Angle skits were fantastic and his brief friendship with Tajiri was top stuff.
TIE-JIRI
I’m just glad to hear Adam’s Austin impression is getting better
The word Bishoffigans honestly made my day 😂🤣
The only relief in this exam season- Living Adam's fantasy booking
That’s phenomenal, the Bischoff twist makes sense
This is probably my favourite one of these
Adam stays undefeated when the booking videos come out been watching since the first video on what culture appreciate you Adam!
*Adam holds up an imaginary world heavyweight championship.
Me: “ITS RIGHT BEHIND YOU!”
yes i noticed how much better this looks now... i know your glad we noticeded i would appreciate it too
Hey, I loved the Disturbed Austin theme. Lol
The adam multiverse is the best. Was not expecting the connection to the invasion booking that was amazing.
Booking suggestion ; Balors heel run in NXT.
Side note: This is a God damn masterpiece.
5:45 … … … “How Adam Would Book Undertaker in 2000”
Loved this!
It’s kind of amazing that ego really played a hand in a lot of WWE’s worst storylines. Vince wanting to basically take his competition that almost destroyed his company and have it brought out and told to say it’s not as good as wwe before being executed but like, you own both companies Vince you didn’t have to go on a one man power trip out of spite once you absorbed your competition. To be fair with the benefit of time it’s quite clear that it’s something Vince loves to do
I didn't expect a Cirque de Freak reference in my fantasy booking video. 👏
I've got to give credit where credit is do... That was f@$kin great!!! My only question do we still get the "WHAT?" Catchphrase
My favourite series on youtube 👏
I enjoyed this one. My favorite in a while.
Interesting about The Undertaker in 2000. The pops were huge but we all wanted the old Undertaker I guess.
Good stuff!
I just love how he added Evra Von Britow in this video for shits and giggles
I really enjoyed this video alot PLUS adds to the Invasion Rebooking Video BUT I would like to see *How Adam would book Austins FINAL year in wwe* so The night after WM18 to the night after WM19 with the rule you have to keep Austin in for that whole year
I always wanted to go to WWF new York, sounds like a dream place for a wrestling fan!!
As soon as you gave the explanation the next night on Raw it was already better than what they did lol
Ah, i see Adam's taken the M. Knight Shamalyan route of making a surprise sequel to a fan-favorite project years later. nice
I would love for you to do a current booking, how would you book either the Mens, Womens, or both, Owen Hart Tournaments in AEW.
Find that a really cool booking for the heel turn which does make more sense than him teaming with his biggest rival of the era but also putting Austin in a better character (The old school heel Stone Cold rather than the weird comedy one) plus setting up the Invasion storyline in a really cool way with the biggest WCW stars at the time. Man that six man tag would've been an absolute epic!!!
This was his best booking yet. That was brilliant. Fixes 2 huge angles.
How Adam Would Book Legacy would be nice
Thay was great Adam can you do a fantasy booking on Lita's retirement match and the higher power storyline too.