Austin's RAW magazine article

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Click here to read it.

 

Discuss.

[Guest BorneAgain]

An awesome read and some very truthful comments by Austin there.

[Guest Just call me Dan]

He stated it just like he should have. I think he made a lot of commitments in ther as far as outting epopel over and trying to do what's right. He deserves a fair enough chance and he did just as much positive thinking there as he bitched.

[Guest CanadianChick]

The thing I'm most relieved to see is that he realises that the company can't be built around him if he comes back. I don't really want to see him back, but if he puts over some younger guys, that can help business alot.

[Guest myburninghammer]

Just to make a note about semantics here, "helping" the younger guys doesn't necessarily mean putting them over...you'll recall that Austin wasn't much better than 'Taker or HGH when it comes to laying down.

 

This was a fun read, but I share in Meltzer's sigh at the fact that so much of this is going to be used to run the same tired feuds over again. ugh.

[Guest creativename]

All the stuff about "oh you know I'm not sure I'll be wrestling when I come back" seems worked to me. I mean, who in the hell actually thinks he's not going to wrestle again? Come on.

 

I guess they just want some sort of "mystery" surrounding the comeback though, since they already ruined the suprise factor.

 

And also, to answer his "no one has stepped up" thing he used to prove that he wasn't holding anyone back--well, obviously no one stepped, because certain other people have been holding guys back; and there's really been no serious effort to build someone up, other than Brock. Even Stone Cold needed to be built up before he became huge.

 

I can definitely see his points more now than I could before though--the dismal failure of the WWE to do anything worthwhile in his absence certainly does a lot to validate his actions.

[Guest liam77]

Wow. I hope to God Austin writes his story when its time to give up wrestling. He is one angry bastard!

[Guest Banky]

I don't disagree with much there.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Why didn't Austin, stand up to HHH if he has such problem with him. He's Stone Cold for crying out loud. I just don't buy that he couldn't of stepped up and put HHH in his place.

[Guest Austin3164life]

I think that article (which I read when it came out on newstands), was a pretty good realistic article for his comeback. It did convey a lot of Austin's inner thoughts. As it pertains to his comments about his comeback and about other wrestlers (Brock, Triple H, Rock), I think that those comments were basically made to give a prelude of things to come, such as future storylines involving Austin against either one of those three (I prefer if he went after Angle).

[Guest bravesfan]

Why didn't Austin, stand up to HHH if he has such problem with him. He's Stone Cold for crying out loud. I just don't buy that he couldn't of stepped up and put HHH in his place.

How futile a fight would that've been?

 

HHH's got one foot in the production meetings, and one penis in the booker's ass. You can't get much more leverage, no matter who you are.

[Guest candie45]

Man, I felt like I was reading an article that someone here wrote. "He goes on about religion too much" "So knock off 25 pounds and go back to doing that and being one of the best. It's fucking simple." "yank the wrestlers who are in the television production meeting out of those meetings"

 

Good read.

[Guest HartFan86]

After reading that.....

 

Austin...is...god. Amen, Steve...Amen.

[Guest Lightning Flik]

After reading that.....

 

Austin...is...god. Amen, Steve...Amen.

And so, on the seventh day of the beloved World of Wrestling, our Almighty God Steve Austin said "Let there be truth!"

 

...seriously, great read. And it makes me appreciate Stone Cold a little more than I already had.

[The Dames 0]

Why didn't Austin, stand up to HHH if he has such problem with him. He's Stone Cold for crying out loud. I just don't buy that he couldn't of stepped up and put HHH in his place.

How futile a fight would that've been?

 

HHH's got one foot in the production meetings, and one penis in the booker's ass. You can't get much more leverage, no matter who you are.

HHH wasn't nearly as bad with his political bullshit while Austin was around. It's been rumored that he was one of the only guys who ever stood up to HHH's shit and called him on it.

 

As for how Austin can compete with HHH's stroke....Vince cares more about money and Austin sure as hell made him a lot of it, so his word means something.

 

Dames

[Guest AndrewTS]

HHH is not a draw anymore. Austin clearly is, as he's drawn without even appearing yet.

 

I think Vince will favor Austin.

[Guest IB2BLACK]

Let's not forget Austin was there main eventing, when the WWE started it's slide. So Austin deserves blame, also.

[Guest papacita]

I agree with most of that, especially regarding writer's influence on promos and such, because that's one thing that's really irked me about the WWE/F over the last couple of years. I don't agree 100% with him on the Brock issue, though. Sure, it's not the best idea to put him over with no build, but with Brock winning the KOTR, I think that it could've been a good way to build to an Austin/Brock World Title rematch at SummerSlam (although I somehow doubt they were planning that far ahead when the match was made).

[Guest godthedog]

there's a lot to agree with, but there's easily just as much to disagree with. he conveniently glides over not showing up after wrestlemania as just taking a break, without mentioning the fact that it was without warning or notice. his motives in early 2002, more or less, really did prove to be that he just didn't want to be that low on the card, "my name is stone cold steve austin and i do not deserve this." and he says he's not a prima donna, when he all but admits to acting like one between the lines.

 

then he defends himself against triple h, saying trips has no right to talk shit about him, & that nobody can judge him because they're not in his shoes, and then he does exactly what he accuses everybody else of doing, which is pass judgment on triple h & talk shit about him.

 

there's also a lot of parts where he seems to be speaking in character, and it's just weird. either he was trying to half-kayfabe it or something, or he's kind of lost it.

[Guest AndrewTS]

Let's not forget Austin was there main eventing, when the WWE started it's slide. So Austin deserves blame, also.

Yeah, he was turned heel, hugging people, whipping the ass of Alliance members and generally annoying the piss out of people. Steph was on TV a lot. And WWE fucked up the Alliance angle in so many ways you don't know where to begin.

[Guest Angle is Wrestling]

is this magazine on newsstands yet?

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Argh. I went and bought this on Shopzone and get it online before it's even arrived.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

I still can't understand you guys raving about this, btw.

 

If this isn't a work to set up an angle, we've reached WCW levels of the company's dirty laundry being aired in public. That's NOT a good thing, even if it confirms to the rest of the world what you've been saying for ages.

[Guest Mole]

This page won't load for me, can some please cut and paste the article for me, thanks fellas.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, it loaded.

[Guest Mole]

I agree with most of the things he said, expect for one thing.

 

The whole idea about how the writers don't know anything about the business, so they shouldn't really be writing it. I disagree with that whole thing. For example, most people who write for movies and television aren't actors themselves, but they can still write good shows.

 

This is the same with wrestling, you don't need to be a wrestler to write a good program. If one has a good idea about a storyline or a feud, they can write it. They don't have to be a wrestler to know how to write something, that is just absurb.

[Guest wwF1587]

I have a new appreciation for Austin after reading that... I can't wait for his return.. Austin Rules.... take notes HHH

[Guest AndrewTS]

I agree with most of the things he said, expect for one thing.

 

The whole idea about how the writers don't know anything about the business, so they shouldn't really be writing it. I disagree with that whole thing. For example, most people who write for movies and television aren't actors themselves, but they can still write good shows.

 

This is the same with wrestling, you don't need to be a wrestler to write a good program. If one has a good idea about a storyline or a feud, they can write it. They don't have to be a wrestler to know how to write something, that is just absurb.

Yeah, I agree. However...I don't agree with you or him.

 

How about having them...you know...be wrestling fans? Instead of just some jackasses who could give two shits about the business and likely hates their job.

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

Austin never held anybody down?

 

Bull and shit. Imagine what a victory over Steve Austin could have done for the careers of Edge, Chris Benoit, Eddy Guerrero, Chris Jericho and others. The guy put Kurt Angle over once but other then that was Mr. No Job in 2001 which was supposedly his best year of work.

 

Good read, but I still don't know if what's said is true or not. Austin or no Austin, MacMahon has the final say on this so I don't doubt that there was stuff left out.

[Guest art_vandelay]

Where was the stuff about Debra?

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

I think mole he was referring to writing promos and such.