Steve Austin Names Most Satisfying Moment In WWE Career
‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin is regarded as one of the most influential professional wrestlers of all time.
Austin gave fans plenty of moments to cherish in WWE before his career was cut short due to an injury. Before representing the Stamford promotion, he had represented WCW and ECW.
After being debuted as The Ringmaster in WWE, Austin underwent a career transformation that would set him up for a Hall of Fame legacy.
After winning the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, he ad-libbed a promo referring to the Bible verse 3:16, only deriding and rephrasing it as “Austin 3:16,” which went on to become a popular catchphrase.
Austin was a main-eventer for the majority of his career, winning 6 world championships in WWE. He also competed in four WrestleManias, out of which three were against The Rock.
While fans might expect one of his matches against The People’s Champ to be his most satisfying moment, Steve Austin named a match from 1997.
The 60-year-old recently appeared on DJD Classics, where he recalled his match against Bret “The Hitman” Hart at WrestleMania 13 as the most satisfying one.
To answer your question, that match in WrestleMania 13.
When I went out there, I was pretty much universally received as a heel, but there was a lot of positive response.
By the end of that match, I had went from a heel to a baby. He went from a baby to a heel.
Steve Austin Praises Bret Hart
Steve Austin also heavily praised Bret Hart during the podcast.
He spoke about bleeding buckets of blood during their WrestleMania 13 match, but when asked to choose a wrestler that he trusted, he named the Canadian legend without any hesitation.
There’s a lot of guys like that, but if I got to give you one. One guy, you know, Bret the Hitman, yeah, he was just awesome.
There was a trust and respect there from day one. He had taken a year off, and he picked me as his opponent to come back, and that helped me before, you know, we would end up feuding… that was the match that really made and launched my career. I’ve given Bret Hart so much credit for that. [H/T: WrestlingNews.co]