Stone Cold Steve Austin was recently interviewed by Peter Rosenberg for ESPN. This was in order to promote Wrestlemania 36 this weekend. During the interview, Austin was asked about his recent appearance on Monday Night RAW. For those who missed it, Austin appeared on the 3/16 episode (aka Stone Cold day) and hit Byron Saxton with a Stunner.
Austin ended up revealing his original idea for the segment that ended up getting scrapped.
Here is what he said (h/t to Fightful for the quotes below):
“It was strange. I wanted to go out there and do a sit-down interview with Byron Saxton or Jerry Lawler and talk about what 3:16 meant to me because so many years ago, cutting that promo in 96, and all these years later, we didn’t have social media. All these years later, WWE making 3:16 Day because of social media, I wanted to talk about the impact and resonation with the fans and give people something to think about and talk about. We did what we did. That was their creative so it was what it was. It was hard (working with no audience),”
Austin was also asked his thoughts about WWE still running shows during the coronavirus pandemic:
“I didn’t know what to think. A couple of weeks ago, I was in Tampa working at the Performance Center in the empty building. That’s Vince’s mentality, ‘show must go on.’ When Owen fell to his death — rest his soul — the show went on. That’s his mentality.”
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