I've had this conversation several times in the past couple years. Without a doubt he had a great career in WWE but he's more a top guy in the ilk of a Jericho or Edge and less than guys like Austin, Rock, HHH, etc. The problem was he saw himself in the later group and he clearly viewed his run as a disappointment because he didn't reach that level. I think he was on his way to becoming the company's primary mechanic and he wanted no part of that. He wanted to be a made guy that would headline manias and it just didn't happen