Steve Austin AOL Chat Transcript
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OnlineHost: Folks..we have just heard from Austin..he will be here in a few
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OnlineHost: Get ready Austin has arrived!!
OnlineHost: Austin 3:16 has arrived..get ready for some whoop-@#$!!!
OnlineHost: Everyone ..please welcome STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!!!
WWFmatrat: First question for Mr. Austin..
Question: Stone Cold are you 100% now and ready for your match in the Royal
Rumble?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Hell ya I'm ready!
WWFBBANKS: I wouldn't put a percentage on what I am, cause that's a bunch of
BS!
WWFBBANKS: Bottom line is I am ready!
Question: Stone Cold, your thoughts on Tyson?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Sounds good to me! He's a big name. I look for big things
to happen out
WWFBBANKS: of WrestleMania.
Question: Steve, what # do you want to draw at the Rumble? Who will you stun
first?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I don't care what number I draw. And just like i said on
RAW, as far as I',
WWFBBANKS: I'm concerned, everyone in the WWF is a piece of trash, so whoever
I throw over
WWFBBANKS: the top rope, it doesn't matter to me.
WWFBBANKS: All i want to do is win, and go to WrestleMania to face the champ,
and that's the bottom
WWFBBANKS: line!
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Hell ya they need a beating! But I won't deny talent.
They're controversial, and
WWFBBANKS: they're doin what they want to do, and I respect that.
WWFBBANKS: But I'd be happy to beat the hell out of any of em....
Question: Austin, can you tell us when you will get back at Owen?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I can't answer that question. I just assume beat the hell
out of him right now,
WWFBBANKS: or down the road, I don't look for that to happen in the ring
though
WWFBBANKS: That's all I have to say about that
Question: Many say that Vince Macmahon is a genious. Do you feel that way
and are
Question: you happy with the creative control you and others in the WWF
receive from
Question: Vince?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I think Vince is extremely intelligent, and he makes a lot
of gutsy calls. The whol
WWFBBANKS: whole organization is riding on his decisions. He's always worked
his way out of
WWFBBANKS: everything that he's been in so far. I guess that must make him
pretty smart
WWFBBANKS: I don't know about anyone else's creative control. I put my ideas
in when I think I need
WWFBBANKS: to put them in
WWFBBANKS: And that's about it
Question: MR. Austin what is the situtation between u and the Rock
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Nope. I gave him the Intercontinental Belt because I needed
to move onto
WWFBBANKS: something else. Why would I regret giving him the belt? I don't
take anything away
WWFBBANKS: from that belt.
WWFBBANKS: I proved that I could win that belt. Almost got paralyzed, came
back from that. Now it's
WWFBBANKS: time to move on to bigger and better things.
WWFBBANKS: If you don't like that, @#$% off
Question: Austin, how did you feel about the Bret Hart situation?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Bret dropped the ball. Business is business.
Question: Steve, do you still think about Pillman?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I talk to his wife maybe once a month. I think about Brian
all the time.
WWFBBANKS: And, I think everyone will miss Brian
WWFBBANKS: He was one of the only people I talked to when I wasn't on the
road
Question: Hey Yo Steve What do you think about what Jeff Jarrett Said about
you
Question: having to say the "a" word to get attention?
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WWFBBANKS: Steve: Not much. He's been talkin to several years and hasn't
drawn any attention
WWFBBANKS: yet.
WWFBBANKS: So his comments don't hold alot of credibility because who in the
hell is he to
WWFBBANKS: judge me?
WWFBBANKS: As far as i'm concerned he's a piece of trash
Question: Steve, when I watch RAW your merchandise is all over the place. Are
you
Question: surprised with the fans and your following?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I always knew that I could make it to the top. Reaching the
level I have, it
WWFBBANKS: always surprises me. But, with me, what you se is what you get.
WWFBBANKS: I guess people identify with that. Everytime I see Steve Austin
merchandise I think
WWFBBANKS: of Eric Bischoff when he said that there was no way to market a
guy with black
WWFBBANKS: trunks and black boots.
WWFBBANKS: SO everytime that I see something of mine on tv, it's a personal
satisfaction more than
WWFBBANKS: a monetary satisfaction.
Question: Steve, in your opinion, do you like the idea of Cornette bring in
old
Question: NWA talent?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: TO tell you truth I haven't even paid attention. But just
offhand, I'd rather
WWFBBANKS: not water down the WWF Titles.
WWFBBANKS: Piss on the NWA, and we should just go forward.....
WWFBBANKS: That's not a reflection of their talent, it's a reflection of that
belt.
Question: Steve, there doesnt seem to be a lot of talent in the WWF. Who
would you
Question: like to see the WWF go after?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I'm not gonna name any names. That's not my job to do that.
Talent roster is runnin
WWFBBANKS: a little lean, but that's just the way it goes.
WWFBBANKS: I think things will be okay
WWFBBANKS: People have got to come up and make themselves and the WWF has to
build them
WWFBBANKS: It's time for some new faces
Question: Steve, do you think this whole new WWF Attitude is good for
wrestling?
Question: What about basic wrestling?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Well I think what's going on right now is great. Goin back
in time isn't going
WWFBBANKS: to help anything. An attitude is exactly that. You basically still
have a good guy and a
WWFBBANKS: bad guy.
WWFBBANKS: That's the only tradition i see involved.\
WWFBBANKS: They had attitudes back in the 50s. Things are just different now.
Question: Steve , if you win the Rumble, win the WWF Title from HBK..whats
next????
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Well, first of all, you have two big if's there. If I win
the Rumble and if I did
WWFBBANKS: win the WWF Title, still everyday would be a challenge in the WWF.
WWFBBANKS: Gettin to the top is one thing. Stayin on top is another.
WWFBBANKS: There's all kinds of things I'd still like to do. But I'm not
gonna go boring you
WWFBBANKS: on a computer.
WWFBBANKS: I'm just gonna take one day at a time.
Question: Steve, 2 years ago if someone would say YOU would be this popular
in the
Question: WWF and be one of there main Superstars would you have agreed with
them?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Yea I would have given them a Ohh Helll Yaaaa!
WWFBBANKS: Sometimes some people have to wait longer than others.
WWFBBANKS: But if you have the talent, and you believe in yourself, and you
keep bustin your
WWFBBANKS: ass, things will happen.
WWFBBANKS: Gettin fired from WCW was the best thing that ever happened to me.
WWFBBANKS: But I always knew I would make it to the top
Question: Steve, how much longer do you see yourself in Professional
wrestling?
Question: What will you do after it?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I'm not gonna put a length of time on my career. As long as
my body holds
WWFBBANKS: up I'm stickin around. As far as when I'm through, who knows.
WWFBBANKS: That's another story.
Question: Steve, what has been the biggest adjustment for you since joining
the
Question: WWF?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: No adjustments really, I'm used to being on the road
WWFBBANKS: I wouldn't mind a little bit more time to go hunting. That's about
it
Question: Steve, your thoughts on HBK and dont you feel you are the ICON in
this
Question: sport?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: I really don't get into the ICON stuff. If people like me I
think that's
WWFBBANKS: great. If you can't stand me all you have to do is change your
channell
WWFBBANKS: I've been around for 8 years, and I'm not about to get the big
head yet
WWFBBANKS: If you ask me, Shawn is one hell of a champ
WWFBBANKS: Do I think I can beat him? Hell ya!
WWFBBANKS: But he's an extremely talented wrestler, and he's proven that all
the time
WWFBBANKS: he's been in the WWF. If I did win the Rumble, WrestleMania would
be one hell
WWFBBANKS: of a deal. Tyson or no Tyson
WWFmatrat: Final question for Mr. Austin....
Question: What does the 1998 year hold in store for Austin 3:16?
WWFBBANKS: Steve: Alot of chaos, BS, hell raisin', wrestling, beatings,
violence, profanity, sign
WWFBBANKS: language, and anything else that I can come up with!
WWFBBANKS: 97 was a little tough....things won't get any easier, but I'm damn
sure gonna have a
WWFBBANKS: good time, and that's the bottom line, cuz I said so!
WWFmatrat: Well, thanks Mr. Austin..we will see you on Sunday! Good luck at
the Rumble!!!
WWFBBANKS: Steve: OHH HELLL YAAAAAA!!