The ‘Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard’ podcast is a great listen for fans of the history of the wrestling business. A recent episode covered ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin walking out on WWE back in 2002.
“Absolutely. You have to put him over when you’re talking about this because the son of a bitch drew more money, made more money for the company. So he was demanding in that you had him going out on every appearance, you had him doing every Make-A-Wish, you had him making every event, every television, every radio. So with that, he came back to you and he wanted the best of the best from everybody at all times”
He continued:
“Steve went harder than anybody else at that time. And he was run hard and put up wet. And with all of that, he wanted the best out of everybody. He wanted the best creative. He wanted to be catered to. He didn’t want to have to worry about anything else. He wanted his s**t done. He was demanding but he wasn’t that hard to deal with. For me, he was straight forward, no bulls**t. You knew where you stood with him and that was it. Sometimes you didn’t like it. But you didn’t wonder where the hell you stood with him. So that’s demanding, but at the same time, I’d rather have that than trying to read the tea leaves with somebody wondering what they want.”
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