WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin spent some time talking about the rumored issues between himself and fellow WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels during their WrestleMania 14 rivalry on a recent episode of his Steve Austin Show podcast.
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There was talk about whether or not the two shook hands after Austin defeated Michaels to capture the WWE Championship in the match where boxing legend Mike Tyson served as the special guest referee, and rumors about Michaels’ behavior during the post-show press conference.
“Proper etiquette is if you work a match with somebody, whether you’re working heel, baby, it doesn’t matter, new to the territory or been around, you always thank the guy you work with,” said Austin of the time-honored tradition behind-the-scenes in the pro wrestling business. “That’s just what you do. Whether you knocked it out of the park or whether you sh*t the bed, you always go thank the person that you worked with.”
Austin continued, “So there wasn’t any animosity between me and Shawn. Me and Shawn we always cool. He just wasn’t in a good place and we just didn’t know if he was going to get in the ring. And there were a couple of stories about The Undertaker taping up his hands and stuff like that. Shawn was late to a few things, but there was never any heat between me and Shawn. Man, as long as I’ve known Shawn, we’ve never had heat. He was just in a bad place in that time in his life. He had a bad back and he wasn’t thrilled about dropping the [world] title, but he certainly did and he was a complete pro about it. But I do not remember getting a chance to shake his hand or talk about the match.”
“The Texas Rattlesnake” would continue to talk about his relationship with Michaels back at that time, and claimed that the two always worked well together. He also spoke about HBK allowing him to call their matches despite being the more tenured WWE veteran at the time, so he could “have an easy night” whenever they worked together.
“I had worked with Shawn at house shows many times before that and we had absolutely ripped the roof off of these places having these matches, just calling it on the spot, calling it on the fly,” Austin recalled. “Shawn was always cool with me calling the matches because 90% of the time, he was calling his own matches because that’s how Shawn worked. And I was used to calling my matches, so he was like, ‘dude, you want to call the match?’ It gives him a night off. You’re talking about hands down probably the best worker in the history of the business, and he’s going to let you call a match, so he can take the night off and just do his part, he’s down for it. I don’t remember shaking his hand after that match. but never any heat, but that’s what you do. You shake people’s hand after. You’re trusting this person with your life, basically.”
Eventually, Austin got the rumored issues at the post-show press conference for WrestleMania 14 and gave his take on the subject.
“Anyway, he shows up at the press conference that was for me, and Mike Tyson, and Vince [McMahon], or whoever it was, to answer questions,” said Austin. “Shawn left, but Shawn was totally cool after that. And Shawn is probably one of the people I keep in contact with most. I mean, we don’t call each other everyday, obviously, but I give him a call every three to four months just to see how he’s doing, what’s going on, how the ranch is doing or if he’s able to get out and enjoy the woods anymore now that he’s down there working in Orlando [Florida] at the [WWE] Performance Center. And he’s doing really well and he’s happy. But I keep in contact or regular contact just to shoot the breeze with one of the guys and he’s one of my all-time favorites. I really think from bell-to-bell, Shawn Michaels was probably the best to ever do it in the business of professional wrestling. That’s my opinion. When it comes to well-rounded, athletic, storytelling, psychology, everything, performance, Shawn is the guy.”
Check out the complete episode of the Steve Austin Show podcast where he talks about Shawn Michaels and WrestleMania 14 at PodcastOne.com.
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