What would his legacy be if he had not come back in 2002? He started off as part of a great tag team but never officially won the belts. He moves on and has some great feuds for the IC belt with Razor, Janetty, Diesel and a few others then wins the belt from Bret and is the greatest wrestler in the world IMO from 96-98. Clearly he would be viewed as a legend, but since coming back he's put on 4 and 5 star matches consistently and has has some of the greatest matches of all time.