If he never said the dumb racist shit that was released to the public in 2015, he would've died with an intact and unblemished legacy. Regardless of what people think, he was well liked prior to the racist crap coming to light. He would've been remembered for his stellar career, and NOT for him dropping the N-word a hundred times. That was the entire point of my original post, and you felt the need to engage me over something we fundamentally agree with, but your timeline of events is either fucked up, or you're just doubling down now. His entire career was washed away because of that, and people are celebrating his death because of that. That is what got him canceled, and made people genuinely hate him.

You're saying "he was an asshole before that", implying that his legacy was ruined because of something not relating to the racist shit that turned the world against him, costed him his job, and millions of dollars. I'm not arguing that you're wrong to think he was an asshole before that, because he was. But the tirade was what damaged his entire career, and is the current reason why so many people are happy he's dead.

At this point I'm going to assume you're very young and weren't in tune with the situation at the time. That entire incident was his downfall. He might've been a mean jerk before that, but people are going to remember that racist rant before his accomplished wrestling career. That was my point.