Stone Cold Steve Austin was recently a guest on Ring Rust Radio. Austin spoke about the rumors of Neville walking away from WWE that have been circulating the web over the past few weeks.
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Austin went through a similar experience back in 2001 when he walked out of WWE after being told that he would be losing to Brock Lesnar with no build up.
Here is what Austin said about Neville walking out:
“Well, my situation when I walked out, I wasn’t on board with the direction creative wanted to go. I was working my ass off and I just was not happy with that decision. So, I could have made a better decision with how I handled it. Just walking away like I did was a bad idea. I don’t know specifically what Neville’s business deal is or what his contract is or the circumstances under which he left. I know that any time you walk away from something and you don’t have that meeting or that one-on-one time with Vince or Paul or whoever it may be, but that’s the most prudent decision to make”
Austin also praised Neville as a talent and wishes him the best:
“By the same token, I can respect the guy that has enough balls to walk away just because he had a gut feeling like I did. I just wish him all the best in the world. In my opinion, he is an outstanding talent, he was really coming around with his gimmick and character, and he was a guy that I really liked watching. I’m sure a lot of people in the WWE Universe fell the same way. Hopefully he gets past this and whether he goes back to WWE or goes somewhere else, I hope he continues to have a successful career and have fun. At the end of the day, pro-wrestling, to be able to get paid to do that, it’s a fun job but it is a business and you need to get paid accordingly. I want the kid to have a great career, make his money and go on to the next phase of his life when it’s time to do that.”
Neville was recently removed from the 205 Live intro video and it looks like he isn’t returning anytime soon.
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