It is honestly funny how - despite being in the main event for almost all the PPVs between WrestleMania and SummerSlam, Taker really felt like the second banana. He really never felt like the main attraction of the company.>IYH: Taker's RevengeMain draw of the PPV was the Bret Hart/Stone Cold rematch>IYH: Cold Day in HellMain draw of the PPV was Austin's feud with the Hart Foundation>King of the RingMain draw of the PPV was the feud between tag champs Austin and Shawn>IYH: Canadian StampedeMain draw of the PPV was the USA-Canada feud between Bret's team and Austin's team (Taker wasn't even the main event of this PPV)>SummerSlamMain draw of the PPV was the angle of Bret vs Shawn and the prospect neither may be allowed to compete in the US ever againTaker only started feeling like the main event after Shawn turned heel and the two feuded after the summer.
>>18847588Taker was never "The Guy" at any point in his career. He's been retconned that way due to the longevity of his career, but he's never been the top guy at the top of the company
>>18847588This title reign wasn't even supposed to happen until the last minute. Four out five of those PPV matches are really good but Paul Bearer's antics carried this nigga hard on TV in 97
>>18847658that part
>>18847658>>18847684That is fair. Taker was also like Vince defaulting to his next best option because Shawn had his injury, Bret was about to turn heel and Austin wasn't ready for the world title yet. And yeah, Bearer's feud with Taker really carried Taker through 1997.
>>18847658https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/53g0og/meltzers_top_draws_decadebydecade/Meltzer has Taker in at 7 in the 90s, this is worldwide so he is no3 US drawhttp://wrestlingclassics.com/cgi-bin/.ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=000454;p=0Taker is 6 in all time WWE drawshttp://www.wrestlingforum.com/general-wwe/509605-top-wrestling-draws-year-year.htmlTaker 2 for 1997 (actually 1 not counting Japan)
>18847767>Posts like this are now the norm on /pw/dditWhat 4chan staff did to /asp/ is a fucking crime
1. Triple H: 134 PPVs ( 50,144,576 buys )2. the Undertaker: 138 PPVs ( 48,644,127 buys )3. Glen Jacobs: 122 PPVs ( 44,919,863 buys )4. Edge: 105 PPVs ( 41,790,052 buys )5. Chris Jericho: 99 PPVs ( 39,272,757 buys )6. the Big Show: 102 PPVs ( 37,552,306 buys )7. Shawn Michaels: 100 PPVs ( 34,018,741 buys )8. John Cena: 101 PPVs ( 32,801,000 buys )9. Randy Orton: 93 PPVs ( 30,408,000 buys )10. Kurt Angle: 66 PPVs ( 29,350,070 buys )11. Christian: 73 PPVs ( 28,640,432 buys )12. The Rock: 60 PPVs ( 26,532,584 buys )13. Rey Mysterio Jr: 78 PPVs ( 25,984,000 buys )14. Matt Hardy: 68 PPVs ( 25,540,671 buys )15. John Bradshaw Layfield: 61 PPVs ( 25,513,335 buys )
>>18847767>Taker>in 1997>the guy that headlined the lowest-drawing pre-Network WrestleMania of all time>a drawLMFAO
>>18847801Facts don't care about your feelings.
>>18847588So he's just the Jon Moxley of that era both fake tough guys as well KWAB
This wasn't even talking about his drawing power, this was just talking about how much Taker didn't look like the top guy during his second world title run and just sucked story-wise while Bret, Shawn and Austin had more interesting things going on.
