The difference between Austin and Axl (they and the GN'R situation have eerie parallels), is that Austin was a far hard worker than Axl. Vince might not be able to trust Austin's opinion on how to a work an angle, but Vince could absolutely trust that Austin when he worked, stayed on the road and busted his ass, even if he had to down every Steveweiser and Vicodin to be there, something Axl is erratic at doing.

Austin only started pulling shit on Vince, when Vince had him working dumb ass angles that were burying his character. I don't blame him. HE and NOT WWE creative, HE worked very hard to create the Stone Cold character and no one else. I thought it was bullshit when Vince pulled the "I own the Stone Cold character" card on him, because that was solely Austin's creation. He practically wrote his own material for years, because he absolutely hated WWE creative, and still hates them, and thinks most wrestlers have better ideas for a work than the actual writers (and usually he's right).

The fact alone that Vince had Austin working with Scott Hall when Vince bought WCW was the bullshit moment of the century. Literally, like what the fuck. Everyone knew even then that there was only one card in the house everyone wanted to see that that was Heel Hogan ("Hollywood") vs. babyface WWF Austin 3:16. The fact that it didn't happen when Hogan could still do a decent work, Austin was still in shape and in his prime, I blame solely on Vince leaving too many creative moves in the hands of his kids. Just a MASSIVE missed opportunity. People are gonna blame Hogan and/or Austin for neither wanting to job to the other, but I blame Vince for not wanting to job to the fans. Everyone wanted that card. You could see Austin's frustration with the company at that point bleeding over into the material how much he hated working with Scott Hall. Not the man, but the character. He knew it was a dumb play. But he did it.

I don't blame him for working after that. It was entirely mishandled. And the fact that to this day, Vince, HHH, JR, Steph, etc. all think Austin made the wrong move walking away, I always saw it as the only move he could make to voice his displeasure. He'd been complaining for months, and no one really stepped in. The only card he had left to play was to just "take his ball and go home".

Axl has no quality about him like that. He'll take his ball and go home, before he ever even attempts to work. Austin will at least attempt to roll up his sleeves and come to a compromise.

That's kinda how I see it. When you're cold, you can get warmed up fairly easily just by additional clothing. But when you're hot -- it's hot. You mentioned running the heat in the winter, but running the AC in the middle of July in the south can be just as bad. It literally has to run 24/7, and even fans don't help, because all fans are doing is just stirring the hot. There's nothing worse than a fan blowing 95-degree heat. Alot of people say, "well it's worse in the Southwest". No it's not. I'd take 114 degree DRY heat any day (which is actually quite relaxing to the muscles), than 90 degree heat with 100% humidity in Florida, which literally feels like spending all day inside a running hot shower.

It's just miserable. Yes 80 degrees isn't that bad, when it's May or September. But when it's January? Come on.

As for when you came down to the see the Dolphins/Pats game, i've been in that stadium in the middle of the summer watching Marlins baseball back when they were still there. That place is ALWAYS unforgiveable. It's just a dead bowl. The wind doesn't circulate in there, and actually the upper deck is far more comfortable. If you try to sit in the lower terrace, forget it. It's hotter in that pocket than it is anywhere outside the stadium. The uncomfortability of that stadium is a large reason the Marlins pushed for a rectractable roof doom with their current Marlins park.

I'd blast on it. And i'm usually pretty critical.

You know I hear this all the time, and think it's complete garbage. I see 20-25 year olds marrying 50 year old men all the time, both in Hollywood and in my own personal life.

I think there's certain men who get more 25 year old pussy at 50 than they did at 25. I have no clue what it is with broads and older men, but they LOVE old cock. I think it's because when they drop load 2 on 'em, they cuddle and talk about love, while the 25 year old guys light up a joint and play XBox or flirt with some other whore on Facebook.

But he's NOT rocking it Neemo. That's kinda the point. If the guy pulled it off, i'd say he was. To me, I never ever thought he looked AS bad in the jerseys n' Predator braids 10 years ago. I thought he found a way to make it -- "him".

This look, no.

I don't think celebrities have an addiction to plastic surgery, but an almost flat out requirement. Megan Fox got her start because of her amazingly flawless looks that blended girl next door, with high school bad girl, with mature jailbait with femme fatale. But because of her looks, it only takes a year for you to be old news. So you start doing work, based on the pressures of those who say, "well you look great, BUT sweetheart you'd get more mature roles if you did this to your lips, or that to your cheeks or removed some tat's". And suddenly you do it.

Nicole Eggert and Alexandra Paul were two actresses who appeared on and were fan-favorites on the 90's syndicated action series, "Baywatch". They were also two of the ONLY actresses on the show that resisted plastic surgery. The reason this is significant is because the series was filmed in LA, primarily featured LA beach hotties as the series' heroines, and a flat out requirement to look perfect, YEARS before Hollywood caved into requiring it almost in every facet of the business. Eggert, who was a natural California beauty, basically was pressured into getting a boob job (and did). Paul was another athletic-type, but beautiful and was told "you look good, but you'd look better with a pair of these" and a producer threw down a Playboy in front of her, to try to encourage her to go get a major boob job (she was near flat chested). Paul refused, and was eventually written off the show.

Now this was a show that had constant hot chicks, running around in fake Blonde hair extensions, fake Double D boobs, and if you can't cover it up in makeup anymore, you go get work.

That (from what i'm told) is pretty much the LA game. That's how it is. And Axl might not be any different. When you live in a place, where EVERYONE YOU KNOW "gets work done all the time", you start thinking "what's the big deal? Everybody gets work done". Axl might've just been trying to keep up.

I'm a regular everyday person, far away from Hollywood and can easily say -- I need work done. Bono doesn't understand with someone "who looks fine", and granted Axl was a 'fit and skinny decent looking guy', so maybe Bono's argument works. But I think the thought process comes from when you look into the mirror and think mother nature made mistakes, and you want man to correct them. People tell me all the time, my chin looks fine. My chin looks fine. But I don't believe them. Because it does NOT look fine TO ME. I grow my beard out and do the goatee mixed with beard look (think Kim Thayil mixed with Opie on Sons of Anarchy) to cover up what I don't like, but ultimately if anyone ever has an interest in seeing me again without a beard, I feel I need work. But I keep getting told, I don't.

Now the other stuff I feel I need work on, most people are in agreement, but the one mentioned above is a nice example, because it's my thought process.

That might be how Axl felt, when everyone else was saying "what the fuck are you DOING?". I want the work done, but I don't want to turn out looking like Michael Jackson either.

Hogan's former friend Bubba The Love Sponge pretty much said it all about Hogan when Hogan sued Bubba recently... "when he's broke or irrelevant -- he sues". That simply sums it all up about Terry. The man literally sues for AN-Y-THING.

As for Austin, it's a real shame how much time McMahon squandared with him. He pretty much said 3-4 years ago he was ready to go to give a major push to Randy Orton or CM Punk or both, if and when they were ready. Austin wanted to do it, just wanted to only come back to push a younger guy.

Then

*crickets*

I have no clue why it was left to absolutely nothing. Austin said full well he'd job to them if that's what it took. Maybe Vince thought the Austin brand would stay stronger if Austin just stayed retired.

I agree the Austin comeback moment has been lost at this point. He's too old. There's no way I could see him coming back for the 2 year run he hinted at 3 years ago.