STEVE AUSTIN DISCUSSES THE IDEA OF WRESTLING ONE MORE TIME, JIM ROSS, TNA'S PRODUCT, 'THE STRANGER' AND MORE
By John Pollock on 2010-06-17 13:06:32
Steve Austin appeared on Live Audio Wrestling (The LAW) this past Sunday
night to promote his new DVD ‘The Stranger’ that is available now through Anchor
Bay Entertainment. Here are some highlights of the interview with Dan Lovranski
of The LAW:
On Jim Ross:
Jim is a very close, personal friend and was very instrumental and a big part of
my career and I love the guy but it’s just a case of the WWE wanting to go in a
different direction and maybe get younger. The show has changed, it’s a PG rated
show so Jim fits into that but the Stone Cold character not so much. That’s just
the business and sooner or later your time is up and I guess they figured his
time was up. I love Jim Ross and I think he’s the greatest announcer in the
history of the business and there’s been a couple of outstanding ones and lots
of good ones but I put him at the top of the list – and that’s just the
wrestling business.
Comparisons of Randy Orton’s current character to the Stone Cold character
I guess you can see a parallel and I like Randy – ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton was one of
my favorite wrestlers of all time, I loved what he did in the ring. But when you
make that comparison to Stone Cold, that’s a pretty tough comparison if I’m that
guy and I think Randy is a great talent in the ring and I love the viper gimmick
but that’s a tough comparison.
On the TNA product
Yes I do watch TNA as much as I can, just as I do WWE. I have a lot of friends
in that promotion and I wish them all well just because it’s another place for
guys to work and I’m a pro wrestling fan so I don’t care what brand it is. My
blood is in the WWE but I love wrestling in general. You’re running with your
older talent there just because you’re trying to go off name value that people
can identify with so you can rope them in and try to expose them to some younger
talent, they just need to expose them to some more younger talent. Samoa Joe is
one of my favorite guys over there he’s kind of got lost in the shuffle, they
need to break him back out. They have some talent over there I think their
writing is a little lost right now I don’t know whose booking or whose calling
the shots they need to bring a little more focus and come around and see what
the direction is they are going in and follow up on that and not compete with
the WWE or try to be the WWE just be the best TNA you can be.
Any chances of wrestling another match?
You may see me in a wrestling ring but I don’t think I’ll be wrestling. I think
it’s best to leave well enough alone and let people remember Steve Austin for
what he was. Could I go back? I could get another couple of years out of this
carcass if I wanted to or if I had to and I could have another match but what’s
the point? I have my sights focused on trying to be as good an actor as I can be
and go down this road. I love my wrestling fans and wrestling is what put me on
the map and I still follow the business to this day but I’m going to leave well
enough alone.
Music he is currently listening to
The music business has changed so much. I’ve got some buddies out here is San
Angelo, Texas called Los Lonely Boys, they are good friends of mine so I listen
to a lot of Los Lonely Boys. I’m a big George Strait fan, still listening to
George Strait. Right now for just a straight rock and roll type band I think
Nickelback is as good as it gets and I like Nickelback but I just think the face
and the sound and the ear of music has changed dramatically.
The entire interview is available at
http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com from this past Sunday’s show. Catch The
LAW each Sunday night at 11pm EST on Sirius 98 Hardcore Sports Radio and online
at their website.
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