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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nuclear Platypus" data-source="post: 3614148" data-attributes="member: 17507">Jim Fullington aka The Sandman was originally supposed to be a sort of surfer dude but he wanted to put more of himself into the character thus the cigarette smoking, beer drinking antisocial brawler around 1994 I guess (his feud with Tommy Dreamer). Stone Cold wasn't "born" til around 1997, when he coined the "Austin 3:16" catchphrase mocking Jake the Snake's then gimmick.As for Vince McMahon:From Wikipedia:The McMahons' feud with Michaels took a religious turn after WrestleMania 22 (where Michaels defeated Vince McMahon) when Vince McMahon claimed that Michaels' victory was a result of "divine intervention", booked himself and his son in a match at Backlash against Shawn Michaels and his tag team partner "God". Around this time, Vince McMahon began to act strangely and at one point considered himself a God. Shane, who at this time was referred by Vince McMahon as "the product of his semen", teamed with Vince McMahon and defeat Shawn Michaels and God at Backlash, due to help from the Spirit Squad.This is all in 2006, well past the Attitude Era, which ended about the same time as the Monday Night Wars (ECW went bankrupt and WCW was sold).Now who's the heel is obvious since Mr. McMahon has been a heel since at least Stone Cold's "birth". Ditto for Shane McMahon, who often interfered on his dad's behalf or at least against the fan favorite. Shawn Michaels has pretty much -always- been a face, from the Rockers to the Heartbreak Kid to D-Generation X. The only time is if his opponent is more of a face like against Rey Mysterio during the Eddie Guerrero Memorial. They once tried another religious angle involving the Undertaker (the marriage of Stephanie McMahon that ended with Stone Cold being "crucified") while later newcomer Mordecai (aka Kevin Thorn) was a religious zealot who saw sin everywhere. On a related note, Raven got a lot of flak over a crucifixion (involving the Sandman) back in ECW.</blockquote>

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