Stone Cold Steve Austin Reveals If Working With Vince McMahon Made Him Nervous

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Stone Cold Steve Austin opens up about working with Vince McMahon

Recently, Stone Cold sat for an interview with The Takedown on SI. During the conversation, he was asked whether he ever felt an added layer of pressure or nervousness when working with The Big Man.

The WWE Hall of Famer revealed that Vince McMahon had never wrestled before but thrived off the reaction of fans. He never felt nervous about working with McMahon.

Vince was green. He’d never wrestled before… For some reason, that guy just had an innate ability to perform and he thrived on the reactions of the people. Because he had such a vast knowledge of some of the greatest heels and some of the greatest babyfaces, I think he drew from that.

The chemistry between us was so strong that whatever obstacles were there, his greenness or whatever, he really spun up and learned. The patience process, letting moments build, working the crowd, not pandering to the crowd. There’s a fine line there. That guy picked up the business really quickly and there was never any nervousness about working with him. I was just always mad that when he came to the ring, he was more jacked up than I was.

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