The part of that bit that is truly funny is HHH's reaction to the announcement. It never fails to crack me up.
Also, Vince may be a dirtbag and stopped having a creative bone in his body at one point, but I think he was such a good heel character at times and I stand by that.
Yeah he was great because “
Mr. McMahon” was essentially like…. the living embodiment of “the big rich boss every working American hates/the big-bucks shitheel boss every average American working schmuck either had at the moment (or had had in the past) and that they would love to absolutely shit-stomp.
Take that rich, corporate, asshat character…proceed to have him
feud with, his plans repeatedly
foiled by, and have him get physically f***ed up by his own employee…who happens to be the ass kickin’, beer-guzzlin’, bird-flippin’, Texas-fried, workin’-man, hillbilly hellraiser known as “
Stone Cold Steve Austin”….and
you my friend, have a recipe for success every week.
The Austin/McMahon feud was great to watch growing up.