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Austin talked about the feud with Vince McMahon. Vince said they tapped into Americana with the feud and it crossed all demos. He put over Austin for it and said that when you create you have to have a degree of common sense over how people think. He talked about the reaction people would have for someone flaunting their money and acting over others. Vince said the Austin character is really Vince on the inside, so he acted the opposite.
Vince said he enjoyed this and would do it again. Austin said they were going to keep going for his podcast. Vince said that since he owns the Network, he decreed they were going another 15 minutes.
They kept talking about the feud and Vince's lack of coordination in the ring. They talked about all the different places Vince got kicked as Austin was setting up for the Stone Cold Stunner. Vince said he isn't eloquent enough to describe what it's like to entertain the audience. Austin said it's like shooting in your veins and it's addictive.
Austin said Vince always wanted to be a wrestler but his father didn't let him. Austin put over Vince's announcing saying he could hokey and could go off the rails. Vince's dad said he couldn't be the business man and the wrestler. Later on, there's was that opportunity and it was always his dream to be a performer and he's glad he did it because it was one of the greatest thrills of his life. Austin pointed out that Vince didn't see a Superstar in him and told Vince to go back and push his locker room. He asked Vince what it was like for him to generate the sort of heat Vince had back in the day. Vince said when you use the truth and use it against them. Using that psychology, it was easy to do.
Austin talked about the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Vince wanted to take a bump off the cage through a table. He said the way he hit the table, he had a bruise across the back of his cheeks to the back of his knees and noted he could have ended up bleeding out but looking back he wouldn't change it either.
Austin talked about his blood loss at Wrestlemania 13 and the night they did the double turn with Bret Hart. He talked about Vince giving him the finish backstage. Before they went to the ring, Bret suggested that Austin should be bleeding for that finish and Bret offered to blade him. Austin's took the idea to Vince and approved it. He talked about the no color policy and Vince's reaction to it. Vince said that he was probably a little pissed off at the time but it's not about what he wants, but what the audience wants. Vince said that when you get that reaction, yes it's against policy but you gave the audience what they wanted.
Vince was asked if he was really giving the audience what they want today when there's no competition and how fans can tell him what they wants. Vince said their future is good and they are holding up strong for ratings. Austin asked why the matches are so segmented these days and if it was short attention span theater. Vince said it's a change in society and how we text and don't have conversations anymore. He said the product can get better but he's not out of touch. Vince said he listens to the audience, not Twitter.
Austin asked Vince when he's going to ride off into the sunset. Vince said he enjoys the business now more than ever before and is healthy and works as much now as he used to. He hasn't lost a step mentally or physically and said despite what critics say, he hasn't lost touch. Vince said with NXT, the future is bright.
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