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Welcome to the Busted Open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca, and today, myself and Bully Ray

celebrate three sixteen day. And what better way to celebrate? Then with the man himself,

Stone Cold Steve Austin. So break open, pop open, when a broken skull IPA, as we sit down and we

talk to Stone Cold Steve Austin right here on the Busted Open podcast. This is the Busted Open

podcast. The man himself, the legend. Mr. Stone Cold Steve Austin, sir, how are you? And thank

you so much for the time. Good morning guys. Thanks for having me on the show. Where you say, kid?

You did all right. How are you? I know I know damn well y'all ain't drinking no beer.

Oh, they're at 12 o'clock y'all's time or whatever time it is. You'll even drink beer. Much less

than IPA. But it sounds good. Listen, don't kill the gimmick. What do you, I'm trying, I'm trying

to sell you some beers here for crying out loud. And I'm going, no, don't go against your character.

Last time I saw you Steve, I broke out a bottle of Jack and I got one sitting right over here. So

I'll do a shot for you this morning. Next time I'll see you in person, we'll have one together.

Sounds great. All right. We played Scorpion's blackout. I really wanted to play Kiss Mr. Speed

as a song to start the interview. But I want to, you know, I wanted to put it on a good note for you.

I know you're going to say that. I knew that you were going to bring up a reference to Mr.

Speed and for anybody that doesn't know, we're all huge kiss fans. And for some reason,

you think that's the best song I ever did. And there's about 20 better than that one.

Okay, we all have our bit. One thing we can agree on is the greatness of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

It's three, 16 day. We're all celebrating. I got my Stone Cold T-shirt on. Like for us fans,

for pro wrestling fans, this is a national holiday. Like for somebody who grew up being a pro wrestling

fan, for everything you've done in your career, that people still speak your name. Like you're a legend.

One of the greatest of all time. How does that make you feel knowing that fans have such a place in

their heart for you? I don't know. I mean, yes, it's just, I'm truly humbled and honored.

But you know, like the through 16 thing, I was telling the guy the other day. It's like, you can't

just pick up. You can't pick out a cool nickname for yourself and say, hey man, call me this.

I have his badass nickname. You know, people come up with a nickname and then they stick that on

you. So the wrestling fans stuck this on me. And I'm proud to accept it. So it's an unofficial official

holiday, certainly created by wrestling fans. So I'm truly grateful for it. You know, I got an

opportunity to cut a promo, came up with it, and it turned into something. I mean, God Dangis,

I don't know, I'll keep track of the time anymore. That was over 30 years ago. So the fact that

it's still around, still a thing, and it's, it's pretty, it's pretty awesome.

You know, Steve, you talked about you got an opportunity to cut a promo. And we use you as a

reference a lot here on the show, not to blow smoke up your ass, but you're, you're the barometer.

You're the measuring stick for certain things when it comes to organic moments like the promo,

or the crimson mask, or the pop. When we talk, when we watch modern wrestling, we always wonder,

is there going to be an opportunity for another Austin 316 moment? Like just, we've heard the story

before, but just take us back. Like that literally just kind of popped into your head on the spot

at the last minute, right? Yeah, I did just because you know, I jumped out at 8 minutes,

been stood up over the hospital because Mark Merrill kicked me in the mouth and thank God he did.

You know, there was Doc Hendrix to tell me what happened. And, you know, thank God for

Jake for setting, you know, what was, you know, the background for what was about to happen.

So, you know, I just went out there and took a chance. And, and I was, that was one of the things

that I was, I don't blow smoke up my, my own ass, but I will say that that was one of the things

that I was good at was ad living. Anytime I got a chance to do something that there wasn't

scripted, that's when I thrive because I was eight following a script or trying to memorize

anything. So, it just popped into my head. I was able to do it. I pulled it off and, you know,

I put the button on the, on the back end of that promo because I could hear Vince trying to wrap

up and build the next match. And I said, and that's bottom line just don't go set. So, so, you know,

I went out there took a chance and did it. You know, it's, it's a double world right now. You know,

that was kind of, you know, really the last of the Outlaw Days bully where you could kind of,

because I remember when I came back from getting my neck fused. I remember that someone had me a

piece of paper and I'd been gone for, you know, what about a year. And I said, man, what's this?

And I said, it's your promo. I said, man, what the, what the, I don't, I don't do this. And so,

that's when that started. So, you know, it kind of just phased out in the business of change

to where it is today. So, you know, I took a chance. It was Outlaw Days. You could still get

away with a lot and, and you know, freelance and go for it and go out on a limb and push him

below. And, you know, you, you would, you know, go under and do it. And don't be afraid to do it.

Could you have survived in the modern day in the modern era as over as you were,

but as scripted as everything is today, could you have navigated these waters?

Well, I would have had to. And, and you know, it was kind of like when you see, you know,

old footage of Jim Brown, the great running back. You know, it looks like he wasn't that fast,

but he was. And he was big and he was just running over everybody. So, he'd be like, hey,

could Jim Brown thrive in today's NFL? Yes, he good. He was that damn good. So, yeah,

of course, I think I could navigate the waters because the town is what it is. And it's a high

level. But, you know, if you, if you can make it in any era, I think you could make it in today's

era. You know, you talk about that 316 promo. And, and as a fan, Steve, like to me pro wrestling is

always about moments and memories. My, my all time favorite territory was world-class championship

wrestling. I know that was something that meant a lot to you. And here you are cutting the promo

that we're talking about in 2026. It's a holiday for wrestling fans. And you're cutting that promo

next to one of the best talkers and Michael Hayes who did it for years in world-class championship

wrestling. Like, what is that like for you? Because that's a moment that would be remembered forever.

Yeah, it was, it was really cool. But the coolest thing was the fact that he smartened me up about it

when I stepped out of that, uh, aim-latch, you know, for getting him stitches in my mouth. And man,

I, I was playing college football in 86 and 87 in Denton, Texas, 30 miles from the

sportatorium. Man, I wouldn't, I paid money. I bought tickets to see the freebirds and the

Von Erickson. Everybody else that they had coming through there. I mean, Brody was still going.

I can't remember, uh, but man, I paid money to see the freebirds. And Michael Hayes, his career got

cut short. And, uh, he's very underrated or the freebirds are very underrated. If you, if you don't

know, you don't know. But man, those guys won't fire. And Michael PSAs is one of the best trash talkers

of all time. And hell, man, when he come down there and made his entrance, uh, it was worth the price

of admission to see and get on my second turnbuckle and start gyrating and doing the, the, the, the Michael

Hayes thing. So I get that guy a lot of credit. Man, he, he's flicking legend.

Steve, you come from a time where, you know, storytelling and characters meant everything. And,

you know, the moves that didn't really mean so much wrestling today, you know, a little bit

different. I don't know if you get to keep up on the product at all, but two stories that are

going on right now are Roman Reigns and CM Punk, who have gotten it done on the stick and Cody

Rhodes and Randy Orton, who, uh, you know, got it done last Friday night with some good old

physicality and red means green. Have you been able to see any of this stuff?

No, I haven't. I don't really watch hardly any TV whatsoever. I followed WWE on IG. So I'll stay

current with this clip that I do. I did watch, I think I'm about, um, maybe one or two episodes from

finishing season two on Unreal. So I'm not, I don't know the current storylines, but, but you,

you know, do you just mention four top guys? That's about all I know.

Thoughts on Unreal so far?

What's that? What are your thoughts on Unreal so far?

Man, I was prepared to hate it because, you know, I'm, you know, everybody's from K-Fade.

Well, you know, you're, you're, you're, what time, what year did you start now?

91. Okay. I was back in 1989. I was in 90 real few of the years. You know,

me almost right there together, right? So it was still K-Fade and you just didn't, you didn't

give the business the way. And hell, if you work for Bill Watts, you know, you get fired for

breaking K-Fade more. If you got in the fight with a Mark, you better kick his ass or you

don't get fired for getting beat up by a Mark. So I was prepared to really dislike it.

Um, and I do think I really do think the giveaway too much, but you can't, but the show is good

because the WWE superstarsers have got name likeable. I got to find out more about the talent.

And it was almost, I mean, it's a good show. It gives away too much, but just because the talent

sheds so much, you, you can't help but like everybody on the damn screen. Do you think you would

have been able to be a part of a show like Unreal in 99 2000 if Vince would have said, hey,

this is what we need to do. Man, that's, that's a really good question that I can't answer. Man,

I was so, you know, into what we were doing that that wasn't a part of my agenda or my head space.

I don't know if I could wrap my head around it.

Well, did you, can you remember a time when a camera was put in front of you where you did have

to pull the curtain back a little bit and didn't have much to say about it and how you felt about

doing it? No, I, hell, I remember they were doing a document at one time and they were talking

about CTE at the time. And this was Jesus 15, 20 years ago. I think you and me had this conversation

on a telephone a long time ago, a couple of years ago. And I said today, man, I don't think,

if you work in the business of pro wrestling, you should have a whole lot of concussions and

maybe you're doing it wrong. And, and I was thinking from like a classical, you know,

a rick flair type style of wrestling that, you know, you shouldn't be having a bunch of names

and men all of a sudden. I'm not really answering your question, but I just remember my Twitter

timeline started blowing up and people got mad as hell at me and they said, oh, you don't believe

in CTE. And I was like, God dang, I said, no, I believe in CTE just not as it really kind of applies

technically to pro wrestling. So no, I don't know if I've been able to do that bully,

but I just remember, yeah, the CTE and real thing, yeah, it is, but I just figured as our conversation

would, you remember that day on the phone? I was driving in my pickup truck back from Reno.

I beg your ass. I don't know, buddy. It's, it's crazy because I have a very specific opinion

about CTE. I, yes, I agree it exists, but the way they describe it happens in pro wrestling,

if you understand the science behind concussions, I'm just not on board and I've never found anybody

that, that shared my same point of view on it. And then all of a sudden, I'm watching this

documentary and there you are basically verbatim saying everything that I thought. Now, you know,

I picked up the phone and I was like, damn, you know, and I would, I would love to be able to talk to

you one day just about this because I think people just look at CTE and you know,

chair shots to the head and this and they just assume, you know, that, oh yeah, that's how it

happens. But like you said, if you've been taught the right way to do what we do, you should not

be experiencing full-blown CTE. That's just what I figured. It's going to be a hot button

that everybody's going to start sad enough. So I'll get out of it. But I guess that was,

that was just kind of being put on the spot about about it and I answered accordingly. So,

shit, I don't know, bully. That's your CTE kickin' in. Yeah, I'm not a scientist, I'm not a doctor.

You know, I had a pretty, you know, quick bump in style and I think a lot of bumps and you know,

it took some shots but do I forget things every now and then? Yeah, I'm 61. I think that kind of

comes with the territory. But, you know, I've seen most of the guys that I know are pretty cool.

You know, Steve, what you mentioned Jim Brown earlier and I could kind of compare you

to Jim Brown. Somebody like Jim Brown was the greatest, in my opinion, the greatest running back

of all time in the period that he played and for how long he played. I'm sure you wanted to have

your career much longer. You went on just like Jim Brown into acting into other things. But it feels

like when it comes to you in pro wrestling, people still at your age, is he coming back?

Putting up fantasy matches like fans have not been able to let go.

Hey, it was interesting and talking about great running backs. My favorite running back

of all time was Barry Sanders. And then I was just of all time. And then if I had to compare my

career to a running back with him in the DL series because he wasn't around very long. What's

seven seasons maybe, you know, and at my hottest point, you know, I didn't stay around that long.

But, you know, I still get asked about having a match every year and there. And I wish, you know,

when I had that match with Kevin Owens a couple of years ago that they would have sent me down

to ring. So I could have got some timing and some wind and a lot of things. So I could have had

a better match with Kevin Owens. But yeah, you know, and I'm done. I mean, I could go out and do

something. I'm not lobbying to do that. But, you know, I guess it's, I guess it's cool that people

would still, and there's a lot of people that don't. So the fact that people are still like,

it would be cool to see and do something. I guess it's an honor. I'm just happy that people,

you know, I was never the chosen one. And if you lied to me up against the wall with all the other

W Superstars at the time, you know, a six one before I got six two before I got dropped on

my head a bunch, you know, with that scraggly ass blonde hair I had, you know, I was never the chosen one

that was, you know, hey man, this guy's going to lead the industry one of these days, you know,

cut off my hair and, you know, grew a goatee and it turned into something. So I was just happy

the way that happened. And, you know, glad that people can remember me. Steve, go Dave. No,

because I got, I got to ask, Steve, I got to ask you this. And there's a lot of questions. And

I thank you for your time. But, you know, it's rare we get this opportunity. So when I'm here and

you talk, okay? And you're never the chosen one. And, and, and, and excuse my language. But

was there like a lot of fuck you to what you did? Like, all right, I was never the chosen one,

but watch. And you fucking made yourself the fucking guy. You were never like in WCW when you came

into WWF, you were never the chosen guy, but you became the guy. Did you kind of have that like

fuck you attitude about it? Yeah, yeah, because I've said it before, you know, when you've been in

the business for seven years, you know, like, he'll look at Savage. Before he came into WWF,

where was it? Happy W whatever the ICW, whatever it was, the Federation, they started, you know,

Savage has been around for a minute. Russell a lot down here in Tennessee, you know, with

Lawler and great programs. And then I said, he's just, you know, this global superstar and one of

the all-time greats. So, you know, by the time, you know, I finally got to shove and it started

feeling the momentum and getting over, yeah, there was, there was a lot of that. And then, you know,

when someone told me, you know, to my face, or on the phone, whatever it was, that I wasn't

marketable, you know, to a point, I guess it was right with that current gimmick, but when I was

marketable, yeah, it was a big fuck you. And I did have a chip on my shoulder. And when you've been

fighting through bureaucratic red tape and bullshit to try to get a shove, you know, once you start

getting it, you don't want to let it go. You know, I showed up early, I stayed late, I worked

your injuries. You know, I was always, I considered myself a workhorse, you know, I wanted to do my

job. But yeah, man, I did have a grudge because, you know, when you're trying to get somewhere and

they're making it hard for you to get there and you get there, yeah, it's fuck you to everybody.

Dave, Steve was so fuck you and had such a chip on his shoulder that I couldn't get a hello

and a handshake out of him in my first year in the locker room for a year. We had to earn it.

And then, you, me and Jericho used to kill time before every show, Drinking coffee,

and fucking Jericho would be sitting there eating that stupid apple. You know what I'm saying?

Jericho, they would walk around backstage just eating his apple, like it was a thing to do.

And we would talk rock and roll and kill time before we had our matches.

No, but that is true. And once we found that common ground, we got along great. But you know,

when Dave talks about, you know, the fuck you, or you talk about the chip, like,

you paid your dues so hard. You worked so hard to get where you were that you were in such as,

and I don't think I've seen this in any other, any one of the other of the boys, Steve,

you were so in a zone that you were unapproachable, but I did understand it until I matured into

business and I got older where the boys are the boys. And you're not going to let anybody ride

your coattails or get too friendly with you because you worked too hard to get to this spot.

And if they get too close to you, they can stick that knife in your back or cut your throat from

behind. And I see you smirking right now because you know what I'm talking about. You weren't going

to let the boys get close enough. And you had to be a bit standoffish with everybody else. Yes?

Well, you know, it's funny that you just say it like you did because it takes me right back to when

I started in Dallas. I was there for about two months. Jared bought the territory from

France. I go to Jared. I'm still driving to Forklift on a freight dock working 40 hours a week.

I said, Hey, man, when can I start working full time? I think you're ready. Now we'll send you

to Tennessee in two weeks. I show up down there, man. That was, man, that was a real interesting

territory. But because it's a weekly territory, you're working the same town every single week. So

you've got to change your shit up and you get your reps in so you get good, you know, as fast as

you can because you're getting so much reps. But man, there's guys there. They're almost virtually

the whole card. The veterans got 10, 15 years minimum experience. Yeah, there were some younger guys.

Jared, who was a little bit older than me. But man, when you got in there, you realized that these

guys can consider you a threat. You know, I mean, you're green is grass. So you don't know where

the shit I wind you watch. You're like, man, why is everybody so kind of unapproachable? And then

you'll get that one better and it will take you under his wing. Bronco, Lubitson, Skandar,

Akbar, did that for me? And Dallas, I rode in the back of Bronco's card, all those shows and

Louisiana and stuff like that. But yeah, man, you wonder like, what the fuck's wrong with these guys?

You know, I'm just trying to learn, but they're protecting themselves. And that's just the way

it was, because you know, you see a young bump coming along, not a bad physique, long hair,

the hits, but a future threat. So yeah, you protect yourself. You have to.

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details. The only reason why I'm bringing this up because as we're doing this interview I'm here

in the ATVs going by my house. He's off road racers because right at the end of my block

is just woods. So you're talking about rock and roll. So you've got your Kawasaki off the road

race. Like what are you listening to when you're when you're riding? Man when I'm riding it's the

same old stuff that I used to god dang I've been listening. I've been listening to a shit load

of any money the last week and I was always any money fan. His hits not his filler material

but it's just the same old stuff that I've always listened to that a lot of that they call him

hair man's rock and roll and I remember as I was watching my mom and dad grow up and they always

listen to the same stuff that they listen to when they was a kid and I was like man why don't they

kind of with the times and listen to the current music and I'm done exactly what they did I'm

listening to the shit I grew up listening to my whole life so nothing nothing new has really

popped into my musical selection of material. Steve I got to tell you in all the times that we've

got to speak whether it was the last time you're on busted open and the exterminator came to your

house or whether it was visiting you on the broken skull sessions you always seem you know you're

always lively and upbeat and you know and and rare to go and this is the most relaxed and subdued

I've ever heard you. Is this what owning cats has done to Stone Cold Steve Austin?

Well you know it's like this is you know it's funny because people just expect you to be

loud and ran punctious and talking shit and and I mean don't get around when we're we're going to

race car right now I started desert off road racing a couple of years back we're building a brand new

car the first race is next Saturday we're been a competent tip to try to get to the starting line

of this race and so like when I'm hanging out with my buddies and I'm not being Stone Cold Steve Austin

but I mean we start messing around and you know I still talk shit and you know you don't a

role in men I enjoy it but me just me me just being by myself you know that this is the way I am

I don't I don't always talk but like I did and then this is Steve Austin you know and I made

11 being Stone Cold but the solid-ass cats have been a blessing I love to watch them I sit here

in my kitchen windows over there and as we cook breakfast my wife and I cook breakfast

every morning and when she puts the horses out poncho we've got a lawn chair out there in a

ride and we're gonna and he loves that horse Abby so much they have got there to sit in that

lawn chair and then my children come out there so he can be a part of the gang so being a cat

dad hasn't mellowed me out but she has fun to watch but you know I in my normal life this is who

I know listen it's funny because we're just talking about people wanting to back we asked our

nation to come up with some questions for you for the interview and and the one that came up was

like which WrestleMania is he gonna wrestle a night one or night two in Vegas for WrestleMania 42

so the fans still want you so you know that's that's the that's the most frequent question we got

is which night are we gonna see Stone Cold night one or night two in Vegas

you know it's funny because like you you'll sit there or they'll put something on the the

the gram and people say oh no no man he's too old let let's let the current talent he'll have

the spotlight and well I think let the current talent have the spotlight of course but you know

if I can go out there and do something that that'd be fine but got them when I crash that

over the last year a bear gets that wall man you talking about shit in the bed big time I was so

pissed off about that and because I was looking forward to you know going out there announcing the

attendance and then you know watching the show and seeing what kind of show the superstar was

gonna put on and and I shit the bed on the big stage so we'll see if they had me back if they

do that's cool but you know I always say man that I like that they got a hell of a they got a

pretty good roster you know so I think I think those guys you know and gals they need all the time

Steve one of the conversations that we've had in the past couple of weeks is about AJ styles

AJ recently losing to Gunther having to retire had his final match at the Royal Rumble and AJ

is young I think he's 48 49 he's still in phenomenal condition there's no doubt that AJ

styles has at least one match left in him if he ever decided he wanted to do it but what I

was trying to describe to the Greka and to our fans who listen is the itch the wrestling itch the

wrestling bug or the drug that pro wrestling can be and yeah it's nice when you're home for that

first month with mama and the babies and then the second month and then maybe month six or

that first year but eventually you're sitting there and you're watching something and that itch

starts to happen again has it ever happened to you and do you still get the itch

no it it'd be to go back for one of those moments not not not not a match itch right because you know

but with with uh yeah I got a left knee replacement a little over here ago and goddamn my leg feels good

I'm glad I got it done but yeah I get the itch for certain moments but to try to do a match no

but I'm glad to hear you say that at 48 whatever he is years old that AJ styles is young because he is

in a sense he's post-prime and he's going to get older but goddamn so many people don't understand

that you really don't hit your peak years until any like I say he's post-prime but what a monster

career he said one of the best workers ever that I've seen and I just love the guy I don't know

I'm real well personally we speak every now and then but he's he's got a phenomenal run I'm glad

he's going into the hall of fame he'll have one more he'll get the itch but but I'm glad you said

that yeah he's still young and I retired at 30 and not to go back about my retirement but I

retired at 38 shit man that that's when you really put it all together here and physically but

I mean you're you would be post-prime but you're mine that that's when your mind is at at

at it's best because you've done so much and you've soaked in so much and you can apply it also

yeah the brown one around there but I love AJ styles he'll get the itch I get itch the itch for

moments but not it is that'd be like if they contacted me with the right scenario so it's

interesting you said you get the itch for the moments and I'm not trying to harp on well

ever you would you ever come back but we are talking about AJ and there was an interesting situation

where AJ just picked up the phone and he called the dead man and he said listen I have this idea

and this whole thing came together with a cynic a cinematic match where taker could go out there

and they can do something different unique and you didn't have to go back and work a full blown

match in the middle of a ring where maybe you weren't at a hundred he wasn't at a hundred percent

and could still be the taker that he wanted to be if in AJ styles or a young over talent ever

decided to pick up the phone and call Steve Austin and do a cinematic style match which the WWE

has a pretty good track record with at first listen is that sound like anything that would be

enticing to you no yes and no because it could be done but man and I remember that match and it

was the right time for that match to keep doing those I don't think so but I remember watching

that I enjoyed the hell out of that I thought they man okay go five star okay whatever the skill

is I loved it I love both guys as talent so human beings so it was bad ass but they did it I don't

know that I want to see a whole lot more of it but it's it's almost like a mini movie almost

like the Michael Jackson thriller video right so it longer but I don't I don't think so I think

I'm good it so but if you could have like that one moment because you talked about moments who

would you want to share the ring with for one more moment I don't shit line them up let me

those guys that are selling the tickets now put them in a line fuck them

stunners for everybody I don't know it's not something that I think about man I'm so far going

I'm happy that 316 day is here that last with with wrestling fans I'm happy for the career I had

but you know I don't I don't in my current life I just I don't think about me good God bless God bless man

I love out here in the middle of nowhere in Nevada and people treat me as a local because I'm

around town they don't make a big deal out of it so I'm just I'm I'm doing the the Steve Austin

thing and I'm not really doing the the Stone Gold Steve Austin if someone sees me and you know they're

not local or whatever well then I don't go Steve Austin again and I'm happy to sign an autograph

be the guy that they grew up watching and the ultimate compliment bully is that is when someone

says God name man I used to watch you with my dad years ago or I used to watch you with my grandpa

or my whole family would gather together that's the ultimate compliment that you can get

it but that when you you were one of the guys and our crew that we had that brought families

together to watch fucking bro wrestling you know that that that's what means a lot to me but

and I'm just Steve anymore that's awesome I go ahead. Dave you know I got two two last questions two

last questions one is a hot take but the other one is I loved you as an interviewer I thought you

were a fabulous interviewer you had a talent of having a conversation not an interview with

somebody and I think you are the best that I've heard do it um do you miss doing it because I

thought you were phenomenal man I thought about trying to get back into it but I got a lot of

stuff going on on the side I made a hill off I found out I mean I retired for a minute and I'm

still retired but I've been retired from from the WWF or from wrestling but man I'm this I'm

as busy now as I've ever been just just doing stuff that I'm trying to do so to try to put in

the the time and effort to do an interview and do research it's just you know my

there's phases in your life where you do things and there was a phase in my life where I lived

at LA for 19 years hell I can't believe I made it over there but I did it so at this phase in my

life I'm focused on racing I'm focused on a beer business I'm focused on the solid-ass cats and

hunting with my brother-in-law I just I have a lot of things going on that if that's not where I'm

at right now okay I understood I can I would imagine people out there would be shocked but I also

think it's commendable that you're able to be Steve Austin and put stone cold either behind you

or to the side because you are the other than Hulk let's be honest you're the be all and end

it and Rick how about we say that let's say Steve Rick and Hulk good company you guys are the

be all and end it all and you know and and and Rick can't put it behind him and Hulk was always Hulk

but you you know sitting here talking to you and you know hey like you talked about LA for 19

years which it just list just knowing you and you dealing with LA just sounds crazy but you did it

but and you know this was the stone cold era of my life and now Montedes Steve Austin who

wants to hang out in my cats and race doing buggies or you know whatever whatever it is you're doing

I think that's really commendable because you did it you did it your way you beat it you conquered it

and you know now it's time for the next phase so I just wanted to put you over for that because

it sounds like you're in a great peaceful spot in your life yeah don't get wrong man they make all

these memes on IG and I put one on my stories or whatever so I get a I get a chance to relive that

shit every here and there and I don't do it to be an ego maniac but shit that people are making

them you know and that that's what I was known for I'll post them on on my Instagram so it's

cool to to see that stuff and remember the good times and the pops and the camaraderie and just

just the lifestyle man that was the best job I ever had and you know it's over and it's been over

for a long time so I haven't known but it's it's cool to see some of the shit that they put together

and I'll post it and like I think there's those are some good times but right now I'm doing good

times in a different fashion love it first of all I haven't heard doom buggy bully since wacky

races when I was a kid lots of wacky races do buggy pop all right last thing I take I'll get by

greatest eddy money song am I opinion I'll get by ballad 1992 amazing your thoughts

walk on water no control awesome you should be sleeping you know of course the most

popular ones were the ones you don't mention which one did you say I'm gonna go back to listen

I'll get by it's a ballad if you haven't heard it you got you got to put it on your list I'll get

by eddy money 1992 dude I'm telling you you're gonna hear it and it's become your favorite song

there you go that hurts like yeah say you know but take take me on tonight yeah that's that's

almost a cliche yeah to think it's about we all heard it shaken make them in love I want to go

back it's good give me some waters good walk on water no control but so I've been really digging

any money lately and then what else was my search I made a I was big big into the interstate love

song stone temple pilot sound garden these are some of my my list and then I was in when I made

some of my see I love it that you have the time to make these playlists that's awesome I was a

big cult fan okay you might yeah were y'all ever in the Y&T yes I just I saw Y&T right before

the pandemic hit at BB Kings in New York City one of the most underrated bands of all time never

got the big break they opened up for every big man that there ever was and and and all of those

big bands liked them uh and they got the headliners so man I was a huge Y&T fan from back

into the day and then on the like songs like then I still got on all my like songs forget me

not for treasonous strawberry that are 23 brothers Johnson quitting time Keith Whitley this is

out back and forth my my my step goes uh give me some water any money big star from Kenny Chesney

bang your head from orgasm have you heard that song I have not orgasm no sounds like my first marriage

yeah

I'm not gonna top that one because it can't be top all right listen happy three sixteen day it's

been a pleasure talking to you my friend and thank you so much appreciate you i appreciate you

guys for having me own uh thank you and all the wrestlers bands for three sixteen day uh I always

tell everybody you had fun watching uh me or us doing uh the Monday Night Raw or all of our

wrestling shit. We had twice as much fun as you did because it was the best time of my life and

I'm in a good time of my life right now just being Steve Austin and that's the bottom line

because I said so.

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