Show: The Interactive Interview courtesy of www.WrestlingEpicenter.com
Guest(s): "Stone Cold" Steve Austin & Alicia "Ryan Shamrock" Webb
Date: 2/13/08
Your Hosts: Patrick Kelley & James Walsh
Special Analyst: Nick "Griffin" Noel

That's the bottom line because TII Said So!

It has finally happened. The Interactive Interview lured the Texas Rattlesnake into the Epicenter! In promotion of his new

DVD "The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin" available now, "Stone Cold" joins the show for a sit down interview going over

40 minutes in length! A special thanks to WWE for granting us this opportunity.

Then, Alicia "Ryan Shamrock" Webb of WWE, WCW (Symphony), and TNA fame stops by to talk about life in and out of

wrestling, meeting and dating Sean "X-Pac" Waltman, and much more!

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"STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN

- The interview begins with Steve being asked about Ric Flair who is currently doing an angle where the next time he loses he will retire. Steve puts him over as the greatest of all time.

- Next question is about Austin’s new Anthology DVD. Steve says that whatever isn’t on this DVD is on a lot of the previous ones he feels that you kind of need all the DVDs to really get his entire legacy intact.

- He has some movie roles lined up for next year, but it was slowed down due to the writer’s strike (which ended soon after the interview)

- Austin is then asked about Shark Boy’s recent spoof of him on TNA. Austin isn’t angered by it and feels that if Shark Boy can make money off of it “more power to him”

- He was asked again about the DVD, he had some say about what matches went on the DVD, but also feels that he remembers other people’s careers better than his own. He said he liked having JR there to help him pick them out.

- He would have liked to work with Harley Race, Jack Briscoe, Randy Savage, and Andre the Giant. Those were guys he would have liked to work with but never got the chance.

- He jokingly said that if he needed the money he’d wrestle again, but feels that he’s been out for a while and feels that he doesn’t really need to take an active in ring role.

- Steve feels that the best characters in wrestling are the ones like himself that are basically just themselves with the volume turned up. “Don’t pretend to be something you’re not”

- When asked about Wrestlemania 24, he says he’ll probably be there for the Hall of Fame and be there backstage. He had an idea pitched to him to appear on camera, but turned it down.

- He feels that early on in WCW he was clearly more mechanical and technically sound while in WWF he learned the entertainment aspect of it and made it all work.

- He wants to be remembered as the guy that brought the gray area to wrestling. He was essentially a heel character that became the biggest babyface of all time and wants to be remembered for that. He doesn’t want to be remembered for his more lighthearted stuff in recent years.

- Austin says that Vince McMahon was clearly his greatest antagonist. That feud was the defining part of his career.

- Wrestlemania 24 marks the 10th anniversary of his first World title win. He says he figured it would happen originally, but once it happened he never lost sight of things and just sought out to do his job.

- When both Brian Pillman and him were in the WWF together, the idea came up for them to reunite The Hollywood Blondes tag team, but Austin was getting his singles career on track at the time while Brian was doing well with the Loose Cannon gimmick, so there was no reason to team them up. He puts over Brian as one of his best friends during his time in wrestling.

- Whenever he does something for the WWE, he loves the reaction he gets from the fans and really appreciates it. However, he also wishes that he could give them more than what he can now.

- He is asked about what he used to do before he would go out there for a match. He says a lot of guys would do last minute work outs and oil up, while Jake Roberts would normally be sitting in the corner with his snake bag slump over his shoulder and smoking a cigarette. Austin says he used to pour water on himself (“I’m very ashy”) but other than that all he needed was to hear the glass break and he knew it was time to work.

- He hasn’t heard if anybody has ever tried to mimic his character in real life (flipping your boss off, drink beer etc.)

- The next question involves how Austin takes care of his shaven head.

- When asked about his injuries, he says he feels real good right now and it hasn’t affected his acting career at all.

- His says that his WCW matches are hard to watch for him. He says he is very critical of himself.

- He was at the UFC show where Brock Lesnar played a role. He says that Lesnar had a good showing and has a future in MMA. He also said it was a really good night of fights over all.

- When asked about The Redneck Triathlon and why it wasn’t included on the DVD, he laughs and says “It didn’t make the cut”

- He says he would like to stick to action movies as that is what he is better suited for.

- Next few questions comes from the Wrestling Epicenter’s own James Walsh: He asks Austin about the DVD and feels it has a lot of good material but also feels that the previous DVDs need to be seen in order to get the full gist of his legacy. He also feels the new DVD could have used more extras.

- When asked about the “Austin 3:16” t-shirt craze, he recalls the famous promo from King of the Ring promo and knew after that, he finally got his big merchandise idea.

- Austin is then asked about the recent stories about him taking Ken Kennedy under his wing. He says that he is a great talent (he specifically recalls a match he had with Batista) and he has complemented him. He gives him advice, but also feels that he’s getting too many people in his ear. He says Kennedy can be a big star, but the WWE needs to let him be his own guy.

- He says that the Billy Graham DVD was one of his favorites mainly because it had so many guys commenting on his career, and wishes he had that with his DVD.

- When asked about Good Ol’ JR, Austin says that he treasures his friendship with him and says JR was instrumental in getting him into the WWF.

- He once again states that he does not want to be remembered for being a limited performer which is why he picks and chooses what he does now.

- When asked about politics, he says that he goes with McCain.

- When comparing himself to Hulk Hogan, he says that Hogan was a great babyface and was perfect in his role. He says that he was completely different as he was basically a heel character that the fans loved. When getting into the debate of who was the bigger babyface, him or Hogan, he says he doesn’t really care, but is just proud of the fact that his run was so unique.

- When asked about politics in wrestling, he says that he benefited from it during the King of the Ring 1996. He says that Triple H was supposed to win that year, but he was being punished for the MSG incident, and Vince pulled him aside one day and said told Austin he was going to win the tournament.

- He says he has a few friends that have hunting shows, and would like to do that as a side project.

- Steve is then told a funny story about a fan that dressed just like him at a show he went to and Austin says that he loves his fans and appreciates everything they’ve done for him.

- He never thought in a million years that he would ever have a DVD with footage from three different promotions and feels that he was a big reason for that happening.