I go back to the old school days of that Attitude Era stuff. Everybody knows when I speak of the Attitude Era, my favorite stuff is of the mid-’80s, all that NWA stuff, the World Class stuff, the stuff that Bill Watts was doing.
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People go into that arena, and they know the fix is in. They know what pro wrestling or sports entertainment is. That being said, they want it executed to the highest level so that they can suspend their disbelief and buy in, and so, in a world of make believe, you make people believe in you. It’s as real as it can be.
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On ‘Redneck Island,’ a show I love, there was a lot of drama and storylines going on because someone’s always voted off the island through process of elimination.
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I don’t live as ‘Stone Cold.’ I live as Steve Austin. I was ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin back in 2003, then I rode off into the sunset.
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When you look back on anything in life, hindsight being 20/20, some things you’d like to have done a little differently.
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If it’s the morning, and I had a late night, the worst thing in the world is a bright light.
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I’ll tell you what, the chemistry that I had with Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart in the ring, and the respect and the trust we had for each other, was unbelievable.
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When that glass broke and ‘Stone Cold’ was making an entrance, and that roof blew off that building, that sends you higher than life or anything that I know of. It’s an adrenaline rush you can’t explain.
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Wrestling is a very serious subject for me.
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I own a ranch in Texas, so there’s always something to do as far as work goes, whether it’s tractor stuff or tearing down fence.
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A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn’t work. It comes down to talent.
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I have so many great memories of the wrestling business. I’ve worked real hard to get to the top, and how many flukes and breaks to have happened that had allowed me to have the success that I did.
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I was a Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes guy. Ric Flair continues to be my favorite wrestler of all time. I loved Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel and all of those guys, but I’m a big Flair guy.
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I enjoy reality television.
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Man, it was a great ride back in the day. Obviously, I started out in WCW, and I was a good mechanic back in the day. Got fired from that gig, made a turn for ECW.
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You know how much money I could have made playing professional football as a tight end? But I can’t jump, and I can’t run fast. That was my problem.
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Shoot, man, I loved being a damn heel. Something about that, just going out there and being the most despicable person you could ever be, was a real turn-on for me. And I grew up a real shy kid in south Texas, and it was something for me to lean on and have fun with.
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Probably the greatest match in my career, and really put me on the match as a main event guy and paved the way for what I was to become, was Wrestlemania 13, with the one and only, Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart.
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We didn’t roll credits after ‘Monday Night Raw.’ You know, it didn’t say, ‘Stone Cold Steve Austin played by Steve Austin,’ so all of a sudden people think that’s who and what you are 24/7, you know, 365 days a year.
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I made a good living being a tough guy on TV, but I’d rather laugh and joke all day long than try to be a tough guy.
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I’m for same-sex marriage.
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I’m telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real.
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My favoirte wrestler is ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair.
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There’s so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want to keep paying the bills and I want to get better. That’s about it. I enjoy what I do. I’ll stay busy. I’ve been lucky.
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My exit strategy from pro wrestling wasn’t carved in stone. I retired because of a few neck issues, some neurological issues.
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When you wrestle for 15 years, you don’t want to go back to driving that forklift.
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Based on the name value I had, I went to L.A. and got involved in independent movies.
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I’m pro-WWE, but also I maintain my independence and speak my true thoughts, never bashing the product. But yes, I can be critical. I’ve earned the right to be critical.
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Cancer has affected my family; my mother and father have battled cancer. I know how tough it is.
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John Cena has done well for himself.
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I used to love Andre The Giant. I could sit around all day and listen to Andre stories. He was such a wonderful, unique guy who everyone loved being around. The thing about Andre, he just had this magical mystique about him.
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I’m not wrestling anymore. I’m out of that part of my career.
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That final match I had at WrestleMania with The Rock was my last match.
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Don’t look forward to me putting on the trunks and knee braces to get back in the ring and stomp a mudhole in somebody and walking it dry.
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There’s no reason to go back in the ring and prove anything.
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Earl Hebner should definitely be in the WWE Hall of Fame.
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I appreciate everyone that had supported my career.
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Vince McMahon is a workaholic; he sleeps 4 hours a night. The last thing that you want to tell the old man is that you are burned out – you need a break.
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I’ve got a chance to host a show called ‘Redneck Island’ on CMT. I love doing that show.
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WWE dropped the ball with ‘Tough Enough.’
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Diamond Dallas Page is one of my best friends.
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I am not a coward.
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A lot of people say, ‘What set the Attitude Era up?’ or, ‘What started the Attitude Era?’ To me – and I was allegedly the leader of it – sports entertainment, pro wrestling, whatever you want to call it has always had an attitude. So, why that particular generation got labeled, I don’t know.
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You’re in there, you’re having a match, and you’re feeding off that crowd. That’s the gasoline that fuels the match, and that’s how you make your decisions. If you’re not listening to that crowd when you’re working, you’re missing the biggest part of what working is all about.
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When you see me on TV as Stone Cold Steve Austin, that’s definitely a part of my personality.
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In the ring, if someone hits you too hard, you can only take so many of those, and you have to send back a receipt, meaning ‘Hey, settle down.’ If a guy has a bad night at the office and catches you in the chin, you pop him so he knows what’s going on.
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I didn’t do choreographed fighting for a living. I was a professional wrestler for 15 years; there’s a big difference.
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Say the average arena is 20,000 people. You’re in the very center of that arena, and you’re playing to the worst seat in the house up there. So everything is very big, very large. It’s like a very violent form of Broadway in a 20×20 ring.
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You cannot put Paul Heyman with Roman Reigns. People would know you’re putting Paul Heyman with him because there is a problem.
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Paul Heyman works with Brock. The magic works between Brock and Paul because of their dynamic and their chemistry.
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I think they’ve got to give Kevin Owens a run with the belt. He’s a veteran, and he’s really clicking on the mic, and the kid is super talented.
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In the wrestling world, you had WWE, WCW, and smaller promotions that were like the independents. I look at it as craft beer being the independent beer makers. It’s the indie scene.
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