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00:00316 Day Bully.
00:01As you know, we've been celebrating
00:03with some Broken Skull IPAs all morning.
00:05It's the perfect drink to start your day on a Monday.
00:08So to celebrate
00:09and continue the celebration,
00:11let's bring in the man himself,
00:14the legend,
00:15Mr. Stone Cold, Steve Austin.
00:17Sir, how are you?
00:18And thank you so much for the time.
00:21Good morning, guys.
00:21Thanks for having me on the show.
00:23What do you say, kid?
00:25You doing all right?
00:26How are you?
00:27And I know damn well
00:29y'all ain't drinking no beer
00:31over there at 12 o'clock y'all's time
00:33or whatever time it is.
00:34You'll even drink beer,
00:36much less an IPA.
00:38But it sounded good.
00:40But listen, don't kill the gimmick.
00:42I'm trying to sell you some beers here
00:45for crying out loud.
00:46Don't go against your character.
00:49You're not drinking beer.
00:52Last time I saw you, Steve,
00:53I broke out a bottle of Jack
00:55and I got one sitting right over here.
00:58So I'll do a shot for you this morning.
01:00Next time I'll see you in person,
01:02we'll have one together.
01:03Sounds great.
01:04It's 316 day.
01:05We're all celebrating.
01:06I got my Stone Cold t-shirt on.
01:08Like for us fans,
01:11for pro wrestling fans,
01:12this is a national holiday.
01:13like for somebody who grew up
01:16being a pro wrestling fan
01:17for everything you've done
01:18in your career,
01:19that people still speak your name.
01:21Like you're a legend.
01:22One of the greatest of all time.
01:24How does that make you feel
01:25knowing that fans have such a place
01:28in their heart for you?
01:30I don't know.
01:31I mean, yes,
01:31it's just,
01:32I'm truly humbled and honored.
01:35But, you know,
01:36like the 316 thing,
01:38I was telling a guy the other day,
01:40it's like,
01:40you can't just pick up,
01:41you can't pick out
01:42a cool nickname for yourself
01:44and say,
01:44hey man,
01:45call me this,
01:45have this badass nickname.
01:47You know,
01:47people come up with a nickname
01:49and then they stick that on you.
01:51So the wrestling fans
01:53stuck this on me
01:54and I'm proud to accept it.
01:56So like it's an unofficial,
01:58official holiday,
02:01certainly created
02:02and, you know,
02:03by wrestling fans.
02:04So I'm truly grateful for it.
02:06You know,
02:06I got an opportunity
02:07to cut a promo,
02:08came up with it
02:09and it turned into something.
02:10I mean,
02:10God dang us.
02:11I don't keep track
02:13of the time anymore
02:13but that was over 30 years ago.
02:15So the fact that
02:16it's still around
02:17and still a thing
02:18and it's pretty awesome.
02:23You know,
02:23Steve,
02:24you talked about
02:24you got an opportunity
02:25to cut a promo
02:27and we use you
02:29as a reference
02:30a lot here on the show,
02:31not to blow smoke up your ass
02:33but you're the barometer.
02:35You're the measuring stick
02:36for certain things
02:37when it comes to
02:38organic moments
02:40like the promo
02:41or the crimson mask
02:43or the pop.
02:45When we talk,
02:46when we watch
02:47modern wrestling
02:47we always wonder
02:49is there going to be
02:50an opportunity
02:51for another
02:51Austin 316 moment?
02:54Like,
02:55just,
02:55we've heard the story before
02:57but just take us back.
02:58like,
02:58that literally
02:59just kind of
03:00popped into your head
03:02on the spot
03:03at the last minute,
03:04right?
03:05Yeah,
03:06it did
03:06just because,
03:06you know,
03:06I jumped out
03:07out of ambulance
03:08from being stitched up
03:09over the hospital
03:09because Mark Merrill
03:10kicked me in the mouth
03:11and thank God he did.
03:13And,
03:13you know,
03:13there was Doc Hendricks
03:14to tell me what happened
03:15and,
03:16you know,
03:17thank God for Jake
03:17for setting,
03:18you know,
03:19what was,
03:20you know,
03:20the background
03:20for what was about
03:21to happen.
03:22So,
03:22you know,
03:22I just went out there
03:23and took a chance
03:25and,
03:25and I was,
03:26that was one of the things
03:27that I was,
03:28I don't blow smoke
03:30up my own ass
03:31but I will say
03:32that that was one
03:33of the things
03:34that I was good at
03:35was ad-libbing
03:36anytime I got a chance
03:37to do something
03:38that wasn't scripted
03:39that's when I thrived
03:40because I always
03:42ain't following a script
03:43or trying to memorize anything
03:44so it just popped
03:45into my head
03:46I was able to do it
03:47I pulled it off
03:48and,
03:49you know,
03:49I put the button
03:50on the back end
03:51of that promo
03:51because I could hear Vince
03:52trying to wrap up
03:53and build the next match
03:54and I said
03:54and that's the bottom line
03:55because don't go set so
03:56so,
03:57you know,
03:57I went out there
03:58and took a chance
03:58and did it
03:59and,
04:00you know,
04:01it's a,
04:01it's a different world
04:02right now,
04:03you know,
04:03that was kind of,
04:04you know,
04:04really the last
04:05of the outlaw days,
04:06Bully,
04:07where you could kind of,
04:08because I remember
04:08when I came back
04:09from getting my neck fused
04:10I remember that
04:11someone handed me
04:12a piece of paper
04:13and I'd been gone
04:14for,
04:14you know,
04:14what,
04:15about a year
04:15and I said,
04:16man,
04:16what's this?
04:17They said,
04:17that's your promo.
04:19I said,
04:19man,
04:20what the,
04:20what the F is,
04:21I don't,
04:22I don't do this
04:23and so that's
04:24when that started
04:24so it kind of
04:26just phased out
04:27and the business
04:27has changed
04:28to where it is
04:29today
04:30so,
04:30you know,
04:30I took a chance
04:31it was outlaw days
04:32you could still
04:33get away with a lot
04:33and,
04:34you know,
04:34freelance
04:35and go for it
04:36and go out
04:37on a limb
04:37and push envelope
04:39and,
04:40you know,
04:40you would,
04:41you know,
04:43go out there
04:43and do it
04:44and don't be
04:45afraid to do it.
04:46Could you have
04:47survived
04:48in the modern
04:49day,
04:50in the modern
04:51era,
04:51as over
04:52as you were
04:54but as
04:55scripted
04:56as everything
04:57is today,
04:58could you have
04:59navigated these
05:00waters?
05:00Well,
05:01I would have had to
05:02and,
05:02you know,
05:03it's kind of like
05:03when you see,
05:04you know,
05:06old footage
05:07of Jim Brown,
05:08the great running
05:09back,
05:09you know,
05:10it looks like
05:11he wasn't
05:11that fast
05:12but he was
05:13and he was
05:14big and he was
05:15just running
05:15over everybody
05:16so I'd be like,
05:17hey,
05:17could Jim Brown
05:18thrive in today's
05:19NFL?
05:20Yes,
05:20he could.
05:21He was that
05:22damn good.
05:22So,
05:23yeah,
05:23of course,
05:24I think I could
05:24navigate the waters
05:27because the talent
05:28is what it is
05:29and it's a high level
05:30but,
05:31you know,
05:31if you can make
05:32it in any era,
05:33I think you can
05:33make it in today's
05:34era.
05:36You know,
05:36you talk about
05:37that 316 promo
05:38and as a fan,
05:39Steve,
05:40like,
05:40to me,
05:41pro wrestling
05:41is always about
05:42moments and memories.
05:44My all-time favorite
05:46territory was
05:47world-class championship
05:48wrestling.
05:48I know that was
05:49something that meant
05:50a lot to you
05:51and here you are
05:52cutting the promo
05:53that we're talking
05:54about in 2026.
05:56It's a holiday
05:57for wrestling fans
05:58and you're cutting
05:59that promo next
06:00to one of the best
06:00talkers in Michael
06:02Hayes who did it
06:03for years in world-class
06:04championship wrestling.
06:05What is that like
06:07for you?
06:07Because that's a
06:08moment that will
06:09be remembered forever.
06:10Yeah,
06:11it was really cool
06:13but the coolest
06:14thing was the fact
06:15that he smartened
06:16me up about it
06:17when I stepped
06:18out of that
06:19ambulance,
06:20you know,
06:20from getting
06:20them stitches
06:21in my mouth
06:22and,
06:22man,
06:22I was playing
06:23college football
06:24in 86 and 87
06:26in Denton,
06:27Texas,
06:2730 miles
06:28from the Sportatorium.
06:30Man,
06:30I paid money.
06:31I bought tickets
06:32to see the Freebirds
06:34and the Von Ericsson
06:35and everybody else
06:36that they had
06:37coming through there.
06:38I believe Brody
06:38was still going.
06:39I can't remember
06:40but,
06:41man,
06:41I paid money
06:42to see the Freebirds
06:42and Michael Hayes,
06:44his career got cut short
06:45and he's very underrated
06:48or the Freebirds
06:49are very underrated.
06:50If you don't know,
06:51you don't know
06:51but,
06:52man,
06:52those guys were on fire
06:53and Michael P.S. Hayes
06:55is one of the best
06:56trash talkers
06:57of all time
06:58and hell,
06:59man,
06:59when he come down there
07:00and made his entrance,
07:02it was worth
07:03the price of admission
07:04to see him get on
07:04my second turnbuckle
07:05and start gyrating
07:07and doing the Michael Hayes thing
07:09so I give that guy
07:10a lot of credit,
07:11man.
07:12He's a freaking legend.
07:14Steve,
07:15you come from a time
07:15where,
07:16you know,
07:16storytelling and characters
07:17meant everything
07:18and,
07:19you know,
07:19the moves
07:19didn't really mean so much.
07:22Wrestling today,
07:23you know,
07:23a little bit different.
07:24I don't know
07:24if you get to keep up
07:25on the product at all
07:26but two stories
07:27that are going on
07:28right now
07:29are Roman Reigns
07:30and CM Punk
07:31who have gotten it
07:32done on the stick
07:33and Cody Rhodes
07:34and Randy Orton
07:35who,
07:36you know,
07:37got it done
07:37last Friday night
07:38with some good
07:38old physicality
07:39and red means green.
07:41Have you been able
07:42to see any of this stuff?
07:44No,
07:45I haven't.
07:45I don't really watch
07:46hardly any TV whatsoever.
07:48I follow WWE on IG
07:50so I'll stay current
07:52with just the clips
07:53that I do.
07:54I did watch,
07:55I think I'm about
07:57maybe one or two episodes
07:59from finishing season
08:00two of Unreal
08:01so I'm not,
08:03I don't know
08:04the current storylines
08:05but you,
08:06you know,
08:06you just mentioned
08:07four top guys
08:08and that's about all I know.
08:09Thoughts on Unreal
08:10so far?
08:12Man,
08:12I was prepared
08:13to hate it
08:14because,
08:14you know,
08:15everybody's from K-Fabe,
08:16you know,
08:17what year did you start?
08:1991.
08:20Okay,
08:21I was back in the 89
08:22I was a 90 rookie
08:24of the year
08:24so you and me
08:25are almost right there
08:25together,
08:26right?
08:26So,
08:26it was still K-Fabe
08:28and you just didn't,
08:30you didn't give
08:30the business away
08:31and hell if you work
08:32for Bill Watts,
08:33you know,
08:33you get fired
08:34for breaking K-Fabe
08:35or if you got in a fight
08:37with a mark
08:37you better kick his ass
08:39or you don't get fired
08:39for getting beat up
08:40by a mark.
08:41So,
08:42I was prepared
08:42to really dislike it
08:46and I do think,
08:48I really do think
08:50they give away too much
08:51but you can't,
08:53but the show is good
08:54because the WWE superstars
08:56are so goddamn
08:57likable.
08:58I got to find out
09:00more about the talent
09:01and it was almost,
09:02I mean,
09:03it's a good show.
09:04It gives away too much
09:06but just because
09:07the talent sheds so much,
09:08you can't help
09:09but like everybody
09:10on the damn screen.
09:12Do you think
09:13you would have been able
09:14to be a part
09:15of a show like Unreal
09:18in 99,
09:192000
09:20if Vince would have said,
09:22hey,
09:23this is what we need to do?
09:25man,
09:25that's a really good question
09:27that I can't answer,
09:28man.
09:29I was so,
09:30you know,
09:31into what we were doing
09:32that that wasn't a part
09:33of my agenda
09:35or my headspace.
09:37I don't know if I could
09:38wrap my head around it.
09:40Can you remember
09:42a time
09:43when a camera
09:44was put in front
09:46of you
09:46where you did have
09:47to pull the curtain
09:48back a little bit
09:49and didn't have much
09:50to say about it
09:51and how you felt
09:52about doing it?
09:55No,
09:56hell,
09:56I remember
09:56they were doing
09:57a documentary one time
09:58and they were talking
10:00about CTE
10:01at the time
10:02and this was,
10:03Jesus,
10:0415,
10:0420 years ago.
10:05I think you and me
10:06had this conversation
10:07on a telephone
10:07a long time ago,
10:08a couple years ago
10:10and I said
10:11that,
10:11hey,
10:11man,
10:12I don't think,
10:13you know,
10:14if you work
10:16in the business
10:16of pro wrestling,
10:17you should have
10:17a whole lot
10:18of concussions
10:18and maybe you're
10:20doing it wrong
10:20and I was thinking
10:21from like a classical,
10:23you know,
10:24Ric Flair type
10:24style of wrestling
10:25that,
10:26you know,
10:26you shouldn't be
10:27having a bunch
10:28of things
10:28and man,
10:28all of a sudden,
10:30I'm not really
10:31answering your question
10:32but I just remember
10:33my Twitter timeline
10:34started blowing up
10:35and people got mad
10:36as hell at me
10:37and they said,
10:38oh,
10:38you don't believe
10:39in CTE
10:40and I was like,
10:42God dang.
10:43I said,
10:43no,
10:43I believe in CTE
10:44just not as it
10:45really kind of applies
10:46technically to pro wrestling
10:49so,
10:50no,
10:50I don't know
10:51if I've been able
10:51to do that bully
10:52but I just remember,
10:53yeah,
10:54is CTE a real thing?
10:56Yeah,
10:56it is
10:56but I just figured
10:57as our conversation
10:58wasn't,
10:59you remember that day
10:59on the phone
11:00I was driving
11:00in my pickup truck
11:01back from Reno,
11:02so I digress.
11:06I don't know,
11:07buddy.
11:08You know,
11:09Steve,
11:09you mentioned
11:10Jim Brown earlier
11:11and I could kind of
11:12compare you
11:13to Jim Brown,
11:14somebody that,
11:15like Jim Brown
11:15was the greatest
11:16in my opinion,
11:17the greatest running back
11:18of all time
11:19in the period
11:19that he played
11:20and for how long
11:21he played.
11:21I'm sure you wanted
11:22to have your career
11:23much longer.
11:24You went on
11:24just like Jim Brown
11:25into acting,
11:26into other things
11:27but it feels like
11:28when it comes
11:29to you
11:30and pro wrestling
11:30people still
11:31at your age
11:33is he coming back
11:35putting up
11:36fantasy matches
11:37like fans
11:38have not been
11:38able to let go.
11:41Hey,
11:42well,
11:42it's interesting
11:42and talking about
11:43great running backs
11:44my favorite
11:45running back
11:45of all time
11:46was Barry Sanders
11:48and then
11:48I was just
11:50of all time
11:50and then
11:51if I had to
11:52compare my career
11:53to a running back
11:55it would have been
11:55Gale Sayers
11:56because he wasn't
11:57around very long
11:57what seven seasons
11:58maybe
11:59and at my hottest
12:01point
12:01I didn't stay
12:02around that long
12:04but I still get
12:06asked about having
12:06a match every
12:07year and there
12:08and I wish
12:08when I had that
12:09match with Kevin
12:10Owens a couple
12:10years ago
12:11that they would
12:12have sent me
12:13down a ring
12:13so I could have
12:14got some timing
12:15and some wind
12:15and a lot of things
12:17so I could have
12:17had a better match
12:18with Kevin Owens
12:18but yeah
12:20and I'm done
12:21I mean I could go
12:22out and do something
12:23I'm not lobbying
12:23to do that
12:24but I guess
12:30I guess
12:30it's cool
12:31that people
12:31would still
12:32and there's
12:32a lot of people
12:33that don't
12:33so the fact
12:35that people
12:35are still like
12:36hey man
12:36it would be cool
12:37to see him
12:38do something
12:38I guess
12:39it's an honor
12:40I'm just
12:41happy that people
12:43you know
12:43I was never
12:44the chosen one
12:45if you lined me
12:46up against the wall
12:47with all the other
12:48WWE superstars
12:49at the time
12:49you know
12:50at 6'1
12:52before I got 6'2
12:54before I got dropped
12:55over head a bunch
12:56you know
12:57with that scraggly
12:57ass blonde hair
12:58I had
12:59you know
12:59I was never
13:00the chosen one
13:00that was
13:02hey man
13:02this guy's
13:03going to lead
13:03the industry
13:04one of these days
13:04you know
13:05I cut off my hair
13:06and you know
13:07grew a goatee
13:08and it turned
13:09into something
13:09so man
13:10I was just
13:10happy the way
13:11it happened
13:11and you know
13:12glad that people
13:13can remember me
13:14Steve I gotta
13:15ask you this
13:15and there's a lot
13:16of questions
13:16and I thank you
13:17for your time
13:17but you know
13:18it's rare
13:19we get this
13:19opportunity
13:20so when I'm
13:21hearing you talk
13:22okay
13:24and you're
13:25never the chosen
13:26one
13:26and excuse
13:27my language
13:28but was there
13:29like a lot
13:29of fuck you
13:30to what you did
13:31like alright
13:32I was never
13:33the chosen one
13:33but watch
13:34and you fucking
13:35made yourself
13:36the fucking guy
13:37you were never
13:38like
13:38like in WCW
13:40when you came
13:40into WWF
13:41you were never
13:42the chosen guy
13:43but you became
13:44the guy
13:44did you kind
13:45of have that
13:45like fuck you
13:46attitude about it
13:47yeah yeah
13:49because I've
13:49said it before
13:50you know
13:51when you've been
13:51in the business
13:52for seven years
13:53you're like
13:53hell of a savage
13:55before he came
13:56into WWF
13:57where was the IPW
13:58or whatever
13:59the ICW
14:00whatever it was
14:01the federation
14:01they started
14:02you know
14:03savage has been
14:04around for
14:04for a minute
14:05wrestled a lot
14:06down there
14:07Tennessee
14:07you know
14:08with Lawler
14:09and great
14:09programs
14:10and then
14:10all of a sudden
14:11he's just
14:11you know
14:12this global
14:12superstar
14:13and one
14:13of the all-time
14:14greats
14:15so you know
14:15by the time
14:16you know
14:16I finally
14:17got to shove
14:17and it started
14:19feeling the momentum
14:20and getting over
14:21yeah there was
14:23there was a lot
14:24of that
14:24and then
14:24you know
14:25when someone
14:26told me
14:27you know
14:27to my face
14:28you know
14:28or on the phone
14:29whatever it was
14:30that I wasn't
14:31marketable
14:32you know
14:32to a point
14:33I guess
14:34it was right
14:34with that current
14:35gimmick
14:35but when I
14:36was marketable
14:37yeah
14:37it was a big
14:38fuck you
14:39and I did
14:39have a chip
14:40on my shoulder
14:40and when you've
14:42been fighting
14:42through bureaucratic
14:43red tape
14:44and bullshit
14:44to try to get a shove
14:46you know
14:46once you start
14:47getting it
14:48you don't want
14:48to let it go
14:49you know
14:50I showed up early
14:51I stayed late
14:52I worked through
14:53injuries
14:54you know
14:54I was always
14:55I considered myself
14:56a workhorse
14:57and you know
14:59I wanted to do
15:00my job
15:00but yeah man
15:01I did have a grudge
15:03because
15:04you know
15:05when you're trying
15:06to get somewhere
15:07and they're making
15:09it hard for you
15:09to get there
15:10and you get there
15:11yeah
15:12it's fuck you
15:12to everybody
15:14Dave
15:14Steve was so
15:15fuck you
15:16and had such
15:17a chip
15:17on his shoulder
15:18that I couldn't
15:19get a hello
15:20and a handshake
15:21out of him
15:22in my first year
15:23in the locker room
15:24for a year
15:27we had earned it
15:28is that true
15:32you me
15:33and Jericho
15:34used to kill time
15:36before every show
15:37drinking coffee
15:39and fucking Jericho
15:40would be sitting there
15:41eating that stupid apple
15:42the only guy
15:44in the character
15:45that would walk around
15:47backstage
15:48just eating his apple
15:49like it was
15:49you know
15:50a thing to do
15:51and we would talk
15:52rock and roll
15:53and kill time
15:54before we had our matches
15:56no but I
15:57that is true
15:58and once we
15:58we found that common ground
15:59we got along great
16:01but you
16:02you know
16:02when Dave talks about
16:04you know
16:04the fuck you
16:04or you talk about
16:05the chip
16:06like
16:06you
16:07paid your dues
16:09so hard
16:10you worked so hard
16:11to get where you were
16:13that you were in such
16:14as
16:14and I
16:14I don't think
16:15I've seen this
16:16in any other
16:16any one of the
16:17other of the boys
16:18Steve
16:19you were so in a zone
16:21that you were
16:22unapproachable
16:23but I did
16:24I didn't understand it
16:26until I matured
16:27into business
16:27and I got older
16:28where
16:29the boys
16:30are the boys
16:31and you're not
16:32gonna let anybody
16:33ride your coattails
16:34or get too friendly
16:35with you
16:36because you worked
16:36too hard
16:37to get to this spot
16:38and if they get
16:39too close to you
16:39they can stick
16:40that knife in your back
16:41or cut your throat
16:42from behind
16:43and I see you
16:44smirking right now
16:45because you know
16:45what I'm talking about
16:46you weren't gonna
16:47let the boys
16:48get close enough
16:48and you had to be
16:50a bit standoffish
16:51with everybody else
16:52yes
16:53well you know
16:54it's funny
16:55that you just
16:56say it like you did
16:57because it takes me
16:58right back to when
16:59I started in Dallas
17:01I was there for about
17:01two months
17:02Jared bought the territory
17:03from Fritz
17:05I go to Jared
17:06I'm still driving
17:06a forklift
17:07on a freight dock
17:08working 40 hours a week
17:09I said hey man
17:10when can I start
17:11working full time
17:12I think you're ready
17:13now we'll send you
17:14to Tennessee
17:15in two weeks
17:15I show up down there
17:17man
17:17that was man
17:18that was a real
17:19interesting territory
17:20bully because it's
17:21a weekly territory
17:21you work in the same
17:23towns every single week
17:24so you gotta change
17:25your shit up
17:26and you get your
17:26reps in so you get
17:27good you know
17:28as fast as you can
17:29because you're getting
17:30so much reps
17:31but man
17:32there's guys there
17:33that almost virtually
17:34the whole card
17:35the veterans got
17:3710-15 years
17:39minimum experience
17:40yeah there were
17:40some younger guys
17:41Jared who was
17:43a little bit older
17:43than me
17:44but man
17:46when you got in there
17:48you realize that
17:49these guys
17:50consider you a threat
17:52you know
17:52and man
17:53you're green
17:54as grass
17:54so you don't know
17:55where to shed
17:55or wind your watch
17:56you're like
17:57man why is everybody
17:59so kind of
18:00unapproachable
18:00and then you'll get
18:01that one veteran
18:02that will take you
18:03under his wing
18:03Bronco
18:04Lubitsch and Skandar
18:05Akbar did that
18:06for me in Dallas
18:07I rode in the back
18:08of Bronco's car
18:09to all those shows
18:10in Louisiana
18:11and stuff like that
18:12but yeah man
18:13you wonder like
18:14what the fuck's
18:15wrong with these guys
18:16you know
18:16I'm just trying to learn
18:17but they're protecting
18:19themselves
18:21and that's just
18:22the way it was
18:23because you know
18:24you see a young buck
18:25coming along
18:26not a bad physique
18:27long hair
18:29the shits
18:30but a future threat
18:32so yeah
18:32you protect yourself
18:34you have to
18:35for I
18:36so and I'm
18:37the only reason
18:38why I'm bringing this up
18:39because as we're
18:40doing this interview
18:40I'm hearing the ATVs
18:42going by my house
18:43these off-road racers
18:44because right at the end
18:45of my block
18:46is just woods
18:46so you're talking
18:47about rock and roll
18:48so you got your
18:49Kawasaki off the road race
18:50like what are you
18:51listening to
18:52when you're
18:53when you're riding
18:55man
18:57when I'm riding
18:59it's the same
19:00old stuff
19:00that I used to
19:02god dang
19:03I've been listening
19:04I've been listening
19:05to a shit load
19:06of Eddie Money
19:07the last week
19:09and I was always
19:11Eddie Money fan
19:12his hits
19:13not his filler material
19:15but it's just
19:16the same old stuff
19:17that I've always
19:17listened to
19:18a lot of that
19:19they call them
19:20hair bands
19:21rock and roll
19:23and I remember
19:24as I was watching
19:25my mom and dad
19:25grow up
19:27and they always
19:28listened to the
19:29same stuff
19:29that they listened
19:30to when they
19:30was a kid
19:31and I was like
19:31man why aren't
19:32they kind of
19:32worth the time
19:33to listen to
19:35the current music
19:36and I'm doing
19:37exactly what they did
19:38I'm listening to
19:39the shit I grew up
19:40listening to
19:41my whole life
19:41so nothing
19:42nothing new
19:43has really popped
19:44into my musical
19:46selection of material
19:47Steve I gotta tell you
19:49in all the times
19:50that we've got
19:51to speak
19:51whether it was
19:52the last time
19:53you were on
19:53Busted Open
19:54and the exterminator
19:55came to your house
19:56or whether it was
19:57visiting you
19:57on the Broken Skull
19:58sessions
19:59you always seem
20:01you know
20:01you're always lively
20:02and upbeat
20:03and you know
20:03and raring to go
20:04and this is the most
20:05relaxed
20:06and subdued
20:08I've ever heard you
20:09is this what
20:11owning cats
20:11has done
20:12to Stone Cold
20:13Steve Austin
20:14well you know
20:15it's like
20:17this is
20:18you know
20:20it's funny
20:21because people
20:22just expect you
20:22to be loud
20:23and rambunctious
20:24and talking shit
20:25and I mean
20:27don't get me wrong
20:28we're working
20:29on a race car
20:30right now
20:30I started
20:31Desert Off
20:32Road Racing
20:32a couple years back
20:33we're building
20:34a brand new car
20:35the first race
20:36is next Saturday
20:37we're been
20:38hoping to try
20:39to get to
20:42the starting line
20:42of this race
20:43and so like
20:45when I'm hanging out
20:46with my buddies
20:46and I'm not being
20:47stunking with Steve Austin
20:48but I mean
20:49we start messing around
20:50and you know
20:51I'll still talk shit
20:52and get on a
20:53get on a roll
20:54and man
20:55I enjoy it
20:56but me just
20:58me just being
20:59by myself
21:00you know
21:00this is the way
21:01I am
21:02I don't
21:03I don't always
21:03talk
21:04like I did
21:05and this is
21:07Steve Austin
21:08you know
21:08and I made 11
21:09being stone cold
21:10but the solid ass
21:12cats have been
21:13a blessing
21:14I love to watch
21:15them
21:16I sit here
21:16in my kitchen
21:17windows over there
21:18and as we cook
21:19breakfast
21:19my wife and I
21:20cook breakfast
21:20every morning
21:21and when she
21:22puts the horses
21:23out
21:24Poncho
21:25we've got a lawn
21:26chair out there
21:26in the riding arena
21:27and he loves
21:28that horse
21:29Abby so much
21:30he'll go out there
21:31and sit in that
21:31lawn chair
21:32and then Macho
21:33will come out
21:34there so he
21:34can be a part
21:35of the gang
21:35so being a
21:36cat dad
21:37hasn't mellowed
21:38me out
21:38but she is
21:39fun to watch
21:40but you know
21:41in my normal
21:42life
21:43this is who
21:44I am
21:46listen
21:47it's funny
21:48because we
21:48were just
21:48talking about
21:49people wanting
21:50you back
21:50we asked
21:50our nation
21:51to come up
21:52with some
21:52questions for
21:53you for the
21:53interview
21:54and the one
21:55that came up
21:56was like
21:56which
21:57Wrestlemania
21:57is he going
21:58to wrestle
21:59night one
21:59or night two
22:00in Vegas
22:00for Wrestlemania
22:0142
22:01so the fans
22:02still want
22:02you
22:02so you know
22:04that's the
22:04most frequent
22:06question we got
22:07is which night
22:08are we going
22:08to see Stone Cold
22:09night one
22:09or night two
22:10in Vegas
22:11you know
22:11it's funny
22:12because like
22:13you'll sit there
22:14or they'll put
22:15something on
22:15the gram
22:16and people say
22:18oh no no
22:19man he's too old
22:21let the current
22:23talent have the
22:24spotlight
22:24and well
22:27let the current
22:28talent have the
22:29spotlight of course
22:31but you know
22:31if I can go
22:32out there
22:32and do
22:32something
22:33that'd be
22:33fine
22:34but god damn
22:35when I crashed
22:36that four-wheeler
22:37last year
22:37up there
22:38against that
22:38wall
22:39man you talk
22:40about shit
22:41in the bed
22:41big time
22:42I was so pissed
22:43off about that
22:44and because I
22:45was looking forward
22:46to you know
22:46going out there
22:47announcing the
22:47attendance
22:48and then you
22:49know watching
22:49the show
22:50and seeing what
22:50kind of show
22:51the superstar
22:52was going to
22:52put on
22:54and man I
22:55shed the bed
22:55on the big
22:56stage so
22:56we'll see if
22:57they have me
22:58back if they do
22:58that's cool
22:59but you know
23:01I always say
23:03man I like
23:04they got a
23:05hell of a
23:05they got a
23:06pretty good
23:06roster
23:07you know
23:07so I think
23:08I think those
23:08guys you know
23:09and gals
23:10they need all
23:11the time
23:13Steve one of
23:14the conversations
23:15that we've had
23:15in the past
23:16couple weeks
23:16is about AJ
23:17Styles
23:18AJ recently
23:19losing to
23:21Gunther
23:21having to retire
23:22had his final
23:23match at the
23:24Royal Rumble
23:25and AJ is
23:26young I think
23:27he's 48-49
23:29he's still in
23:29phenomenal condition
23:31there's no doubt
23:32that AJ Styles
23:33has at least
23:34one match
23:35left in him
23:36if he ever
23:36decided he
23:37wanted to do
23:37it
23:38but what I
23:38was trying to
23:39describe to
23:40LaGreca
23:40and to our
23:41fans who
23:41listen is
23:42the itch
23:44the wrestling
23:45itch
23:46the wrestling
23:47bug
23:47or the drug
23:48that pro
23:49wrestling can
23:49be
23:50and yeah
23:51it's nice
23:51when you're
23:52home for that
23:52first month
23:53with mama
23:54and the babies
23:55and then the
23:55second month
23:56and then maybe
23:56month six
23:57or that
23:58first year
23:58but eventually
23:59you're sitting
23:59there and
24:00you're watching
24:01something and
24:02that itch starts
24:03to happen again
24:04has it ever
24:05happened to
24:06you and
24:07do you still
24:08get the itch
24:11no it'd be
24:12to go back
24:13for one of
24:14those moments
24:15not not not
24:16not a match
24:18itch right
24:19because you
24:20know
24:21with with
24:22a yeah I got
24:23a left knee
24:24replacement a little
24:25over a year
24:26ago
24:26and god
24:27dang my
24:27leg feels
24:28good I'm
24:28glad I got
24:28it done
24:29but yeah I
24:30get to itch
24:31for certain
24:32moments but
24:33to try to
24:34do a match
24:34no but I'm
24:35glad to hear
24:36you say
24:37that at 48
24:38whatever he
24:39is years
24:40old that
24:40AJ Styles
24:41is young
24:42because he
24:43is in a
24:44sense he's
24:45post prime
24:45and he's
24:46going to get
24:46older but
24:48god dang so
24:49many people
24:49don't understand
24:50that you
24:51really don't
24:52hit your
24:52peak years
24:53until and
24:54like I say
24:54he's post prime
24:55but what a
24:56monster career
24:57he's had
24:58one of the
24:59best workers
25:00ever that
25:00I've seen
25:01and I just
25:02love the guy
25:03I don't know
25:04him real well
25:04personally we
25:05speak every now
25:06and then but
25:07he's had a
25:07phenomenal run
25:08I'm glad he's
25:09going into the
25:09hall of fame
25:11he'll have one
25:12more he'll get
25:12the itch
25:14but I'm glad
25:15you said that
25:16yeah he's still
25:17young and I
25:18retired at 30
25:19not to go back
25:20about my
25:20retirement but
25:21I retired at
25:2138 shit man
25:23that that's when
25:25you really put
25:25it all together
25:26here and
25:28physically but
25:29I mean you
25:31would be
25:32post prime
25:33but your mind
25:34that's when
25:35your mind is
25:35at its best
25:37because you've
25:37done so much
25:38and you've
25:39soaked in so
25:40much and you
25:40can apply it
25:41all so yeah
25:42rambling around
25:44there but I
25:44love AJ Styles
25:46he'll get the
25:46itch I get
25:47itch the itch
25:49for moments
25:49but not an
25:50itch that'd
25:50be like if
25:51they contacted
25:52me with the
25:52right scenario
25:54so it's
25:55interesting you
25:56said you get
25:56the itch for
25:57the moments
25:57and I'm not
25:58trying to harp
25:59on whatever
25:59you would
26:00you ever come
26:01back but we
26:01are talking
26:02about AJ
26:02and there was
26:03an interesting
26:03situation where
26:05AJ just picked
26:07up the phone
26:07and he called
26:09the dead man
26:09and he said
26:10listen I have
26:12this idea
26:13and this whole
26:14thing came
26:14together with a
26:15cinematic match
26:17where taker
26:18could go out
26:19there and they
26:20can do something
26:21different unique
26:22and you didn't
26:24have to go back
26:24and work a
26:25full-blown match
26:26in the middle
26:26of a ring where
26:27maybe you
26:28weren't at a
26:29hundred he
26:29wasn't at a
26:30hundred percent
26:30and could still
26:31be the taker
26:32that he wanted
26:32to be if an
26:34AJ Styles or a
26:35young over talent
26:37ever decided to
26:38pick up the phone
26:38and call Steve
26:39Austin and do a
26:41cinematic style
26:42match which the
26:43WWE has a pretty
26:44good track record
26:45with at first
26:47listen does that
26:48sound like
26:49anything that
26:50would be enticing
26:50to you
26:53no yes and
26:55no because it
26:56could be done
26:57but man and I
26:58remember that
26:58match and it
26:59was it was the
27:00right time for
27:02that match to
27:03keep doing those
27:04I don't think so
27:06but I remember
27:07watching that I
27:08enjoyed the hell
27:09out of that I
27:10thought they
27:10man okay go
27:12five star okay
27:14whatever the
27:15scale is I
27:16loved it I
27:17love both guys
27:18as talents as
27:19human beings so
27:21it was badass but
27:23they did it I
27:24don't know that I
27:25want to see a
27:25whole lot more of
27:26it but as I
27:28was almost like a
27:28mini movie almost
27:29like the Michael
27:30Jackson thriller
27:31video right so
27:33it longer but I
27:35don't I don't
27:36think so I think
27:37I'm good so but
27:39if you could have
27:40like that one
27:41moment because you
27:42talked about moments
27:42who would you
27:43want to share
27:43the ring with
27:44for one more
27:45moment
27:47oh shit line
27:48them up and
27:48let me stun
27:49them
27:54all those guys
27:55that are selling
27:56the tickets now
27:56put them in a
27:57line fuck
27:58them
28:01stunners for
28:02everybody
28:05I don't know
28:06it's not
28:07something that I
28:07think about
28:08I'm so far
28:10gone I'm happy
28:11at 316 day is
28:13here and it
28:14lasts with
28:14wrestling fans
28:16I'm happy for
28:17the career I
28:17had but you
28:18know I don't I
28:19don't in my
28:21current life I
28:21just I don't
28:22think about me
28:24as god bless
28:25god bless man
28:27I live out here
28:28in the middle of
28:28nowhere in
28:29Nevada and
28:30people treat me
28:31as a local
28:32because I'm
28:32around town
28:34and they don't
28:35make a big deal
28:36out of it so
28:36I'm just I'm
28:38doing the
28:39Steve Austin
28:40thing and I'm
28:41not really doing
28:41the Stone Cold
28:42Steve Austin
28:43if someone
28:44sees me and
28:46you know they're
28:46not local or
28:47whatever then I
28:48am Stone Cold
28:49Steve Austin
28:50again and I'm
28:50happy to sign an
28:51autograph and be
28:53the guy that they
28:53grew up watching
28:54and the ultimate
28:54compliment bully
28:56is when someone
28:58says god dang
28:59man I used to
29:00watch you with
29:01my dad years
29:03ago I used to
29:04watch you with my
29:04grandpa or my
29:05whole family would
29:06gather together
29:07that's the ultimate
29:08compliment that you
29:09can get that when
29:10you you were one
29:11of the guys in our
29:12crew that we had
29:13that brought families
29:14together to watch
29:15fucking pro wrestling
29:16you know that that
29:17that's what means a
29:18lot to me but hell
29:19I'm just Steve
29:20anymore two last
29:21questions one is a
29:23hot take but the
29:25other one is I
29:26loved you as an
29:27interviewer I thought
29:27you were a fabulous
29:29interviewer you had
29:30a talent of having a
29:32conversation not an
29:33interview with
29:34somebody I think
29:35you were the best
29:35that I've heard do
29:37it do you miss
29:39doing it because I
29:40thought you were
29:40phenomenal man I
29:42thought about trying
29:42to get back into it
29:43but I got a lot of
29:45stuff going on on
29:45the side I mean
29:47the hell I found
29:48out I mean I
29:49retired for a minute
29:50and I'm still
29:51retired but I'm
29:52going to retire from
29:53from a WWF or
29:54from wrestling but
29:56man I'm as I'm as
29:58busy now as I've
30:00ever been just just
30:01doing stuff that I'm
30:02trying to do so to
30:04try to put in the
30:06time and effort to
30:07do an interview and
30:08do research it's just
30:10you know my there's
30:14phases in your life
30:15where you do things
30:16and there was a phase
30:17in my life where I
30:18lived in LA for 19
30:19years hell I can't
30:21believe I made it over
30:22there for 19 years
30:23but I did it so at
30:25this phase in my life
30:26I'm focused on racing
30:28I'm focused on the
30:29beer business I'm
30:30focused on the solid
30:31ass cats and hunting
30:34with my brother-in-law
30:35I just I have a lot
30:36of things going on
30:37that if that that's
30:39not where I'm at
30:40right now okay I
30:42understood I I can
30:44hear I would imagine
30:46people out there would
30:48be shocked but I also
30:51think it's commendable
30:52that you're able to
30:54be Steve Austin and
30:56put Stone Cold either
30:58behind you or to the
31:00side because you are
31:02the other than Hulk
31:04let's be honest you're
31:05the be-all and end it
31:06all and Rick how about
31:07we say that let's say
31:08Steve Rick and Hulk
31:09good company you guys
31:12are the be-all and end
31:13it all and you know
31:15and and Rick can't put
31:17it behind him and Hulk
31:18was always Hulk but you
31:20you know sitting here
31:21talking to you and you
31:22know hey like you
31:24talked about LA for
31:2519 years which just
31:26list just knowing you
31:27and you dealing with
31:29LA just sounds crazy
31:31but you did it but and
31:33you know this was the
31:34Stone Cold era of my
31:36life and now I'm on to
31:38the Steve Austin who
31:39wants to hang out with
31:40my cats and race dune
31:42buggies or you know
31:43whatever whatever it is
31:44you're doing I think
31:45that's really commendable
31:46because you did it you
31:48did it your way you beat
31:49it you conquered it and
31:51you know now it's time
31:53for the next phase so I
31:54just wanted to put you
31:54over for that because
31:55it sounds like you're in
31:56a great peaceful spot in
31:58your life yeah don't get
32:00wrong man they make all
32:01these memes on IG and I'll
32:04put one on my stories or
32:05whatever so I get an I get
32:08a chance to relive that
32:09shit every here and there
32:11and I don't do it to be an
32:13egomaniac but shit that
32:15people are making them you
32:16know and that's what I was
32:17known for I'll post them on
32:19on my Instagram so it's
32:21cool to see that stuff and
32:24remember the good times and
32:26the pops and the camaraderie
32:29and just just the lifestyle
32:32man that was the best job I
32:34ever had and you know it's
32:36over and it's been over for a
32:38long time so I have moved on
32:39but it's cool to see some of
32:42the shit that they put
32:43together and I'll post it and
32:44I'm like god dang those are
32:46some good times but right
32:48now I'm doing good times in
32:50a different fashion love it
32:52first of all I haven't heard
32:53doom buggy bully since wacky
32:55races when I was a kid
32:57what's your wacky races do
32:59buggy pop all right last
33:00thing hot take I'll get by
33:02greatest Eddie money song in
33:04my opinion I'll get by
33:05ballad 1992 amazing
33:11walk on water no control
33:13awesome we should be
33:15sleeping you know of course
33:17the the the most popular
33:19ones were the ones who don't
33:20hate me to mention which one
33:22did you say I'm gonna go back
33:23and listen to that I'll get
33:24by it's a ballad I'll get
33:26by if you haven't heard it
33:27you got you got to put it on
33:29your list I'll get by any
33:31money because look do it I'm
33:33telling you you're gonna hear
33:35it and it's becoming your
33:36favorite song there you go
33:37first so yeah so you know the
33:39take take me home tonight yeah
33:40that's that's almost a cliche
33:42two tickets but we all heard it
33:45shaking make them in love I
33:47want to go back it's good give
33:49me some water it's good walk on
33:50water awesome no control but but
33:53so I've been really digging any
33:55money lately and then what else
33:56was my search I made a I was big
34:01big into the interstate love song
34:04stone temple pilot sound garden
34:06these are some of my list and then
34:09I was in when I made some of my
34:11oh yeah I love it that you have
34:15the time to make these playlists
34:16that's awesome I was a big cult fan
34:19okay uh you might were y'all ever
34:23into Y&T yes I just I saw Y&T right
34:27before the pandemic hit at BB King's
34:30in New York City one of the most
34:32underrated bands of all time never
34:34got the big break they opened up for
34:36every big band that there ever was
34:38and and and all of those big bands
34:40uh liked them uh and they got the
34:43headliners so man I was a huge Y&T
34:46fan from back into the day and then
34:49on the like songs like man I still
34:51got on my like songs forget me not
34:54from Patrice Rush and Strawberry
34:56Letter 23 Brothers Johnson Quentin
34:58Time Keith Whitley this is how back and
35:00forth my my my stuff goes uh give me
35:03water any money big star from Kenny
35:06Chesney bang your head from
35:08orgasm have you heard that song
35:10bully I have not orgasm no it sounds
35:14like my first marriage
35:21a bunch of little skinny songs I'm
35:23not gonna top that one because it
35:25can't be topped all right listen
35:28happy 316 day it's been a pleasure
35:30talking to you my friend and thank you
35:32so much appreciate you I appreciate
35:34you guys for having me on uh thank
35:36you to all wrestling fans for 316
35:38day uh I always tell everybody if you
35:41had fun watching uh me or us doing the
35:45the Monday Night Raw or all of our
35:46wrestling shit uh we had twice as much
35:49fun as you did because it was the best
35:51time of my life and I'm in a good time
35:53of my life right now just being Steve
35:55Austin and that's the bottom line
35:57because I said so
35:59you
36:00you
36:01you
36:09you
36:10you
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