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It was all over the dirtsheets so no. He was amazing, but unfortunately the product dipped and the kept making bad decisions so all his dance partners got their legs cut out from under them and his title loss kind of faded into obscurity when it could have been an epic passing of the torch. It's when Vince lost focus because he bought WCW.
I would say he had his best matches during this time because guys like Benoit, Jericho, Angle and HHH had upped the workrate (along with the Rock to be honest, he was "sloppy" in the sense that he wasn't technical, but still athletic as fuck, quick and hard working) in WWE main events and Steve adapted REALLY well and was an absolute machine in '01. It also coincides when he came back from neck surgery, so he was definitely refreshed.
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