Steve Austin has opened up on some of his favorite rising Superstars as well as dealing with WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.
The WWE Hall of Famer recently appeared on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia to talk about various topics. When asked about some of his favorite Superstars that are currently in the WWE, Austin noted that he always preaches that you need to learn how to work, but its intensity, it’s a mean streak as a heel or babyface, and its fire. He pointed out that he likes Ronda Rousey, Bayley, and Sasha Banks.
“Ronda Rousey has that fire to no end, she has that intensity to no end. Bailey, this absolute sweetheart, I love Bayley. All of a sudden she shows this damn fire and this mean streak. Her and Sasha have such great chemistry and I love Sasha as a heel more. I love both those women.”
Throughout the years, Austin has always shown respect to Vince McMahon even though they may not see eye to eye on everything including creative. Austin discussed this in this interview and brought up the fact that since he was young, he was never afraid to ask a question.
He mentioned that he and Vince got to be very very good friends but that Vince is a very intimidating person when you first walk in there to talk.
“Like I told him, my response to him was, “Vince, you got guys here 6’10, 7 feet tall, 300 to 330 pounds,” I said, “I’m 6’2, 250, black trunks, black boots. If you take my personality, from me, I can’t compete. If you give me my personality, I can compete with anyone you got.” And he says, “Okay Steve.” And then he stopped editing me and that’s when we starting flying.”
Austin added that wrestlers have to control their destiny and that you can’t have the mindset to sit back and say that creative has nothing for you.
Austin also talked about the story of how he came up with Austin 3:16, staying humble, why he didn’t want the ECW Championship in the beginning and more. You can listen to the entire podcast here.
What are your thoughts on Austin’s comments? Sound off in the comment section.
