During a recent appearance on the 2 Chairs And A Microphone podcast, WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin discussed being fired from WCW, “ring rats” in pro wrestling and more. Here are a few highlights:
On “ring rats” in pro wrestling: “Starting out on the road, I’m hanging out with guys who have been in the business 10, 15 years and we make our first stop, and, all of a sudden, all these women show up that are following the wrestling show from town to town or different towns have their different ones. I was like, ‘what in the hell is going on?’ because I was always in a relationship with my girlfriend or whatever. This was totally new to me and it wasn’t like I had a tremendous game either. I mean, I just always did my deal and did good, but it wasn’t like I had to go out there and be Laurence Olivier, dropping some smooth rap on somebody. But we get on the road and all that stuff happens. The higher up you are on that card, the stakes increase. The quality gets better.”
On being fired from WCW: “Do I hold any animosity towards Bischoff or anything like that? Getting fired was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, but Paul E. helped me harness all that energy and my competitive drive as an athlete and a performer and just focused all of that into one promo.”
