“But as you learn the business, you learn that you want to climb the ladder to get to the very top. I never had any desires of being a world champion … I just wanted to be a wrestler,” said Austin. I was driving a forklift before I got to the wrestling business. “I dropped out of college with 17 hours left to graduate, and all my jobs were manual labor jobs.
He’s enjoying his post-wrestling life and wishes that much like his “Stone Cold” character inspired a legion of fans, this show motivates viewers to try something new, while hoping they follow these adventures with as much fervor as his wrestling storylines. “If the stars aligned again, then yes, I would,” said Austin, who acknowledged there were discussions with fellow wrestling legend and current WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque.īut Austin isn’t begging to go back in the ring. However, he’s not ruling out future surprises WWE appearances. Rumors swirled with frenzy that the native Texan would appear at WrestleMania 39 earlier this month, but filming conflicts didn’t allow him enough time to get into wrestling shape.
“I live my life as Steve Austin, and so I’m not trying to be ‘Stone Cold’ in this show.”īut that doesn’t mean his alter ego is gone forever.
“For the first few episodes, there was a little bit of an identity crisis on my part,” explained the three-time Royal Rumble champion. Hollywood recognized his gravitas, and he went on to star in 2007’s “The Condemned,” and joined the ensemble cast that included Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis in 2010’s “The Expendables.” In recent years, he beefed up his reality TV experience by hosting the “WWE Tough Enough” reality competition as well as several seasons of CMT’s “Redneck Island.”īut if fans expect to see the tough guy in the black wrestling trunks, black leather vest with a scowled face while he’s learning new jobs, they might be disappointed.
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