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Steve: I was, actually, timing my heartbeat.
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I'm thinking something's about to go wrong here. Heartbeat...
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if my heartbeat hits about 150, something's wrong.
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These aren't laced with amphetamines, are they? Sean: No, no.
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Sean: Hey, what's going on, everybody?
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For <i>First We Feast</i>, I'm Sean Evans, and you're watching <i>Hot Ones</i>.
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It's the show with hot questions and even hotter wings.
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And today we close out season 9 with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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He's a 6 time <i>WWF</i> World Heavyweight Champion and <i>WWE</i> Hall of Famer.
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You can catch him on the award winning podcast, "<i>The Steve Austin Show</i>", and he also has a new TV show.
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It's called "S<i>traight Up Steve Austin</i>". Ketch up Mondays, 11.
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10 central after "<i>Monday Night Raw</i>" on the USA network.
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Stone Cold, welcome to the show.
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Steve: Glad to be here, man.
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It's gonna be a hell of an extravaganza.
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I don't know what I've just gotten myself into, but I'm ready to go with you.
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Sean: Well, I know that you're in Edna, Texas boy.
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How do you handle your spice?
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Steve: Man, in my environment, back in the day, I was the toughest S. O.
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B in the history of the <i>WWE</i>.
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Here, in front, of you I might be the biggest sissy you've ever had on the show. That remains to be seen.
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And that's what we're about to find out.
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Oh, it's already on there. Okay. You see, that good.
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Sean: So, as a show that forces scorching hot chicken wings on our guests, we're super interested in this movement towards experiential celebrity interviews.
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Do you think all those years clicking with wrestlers in the ring, do you think that gives you an advantage when it comes to building chemistry with a TV show or podcast guest?
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Steve: You know, being "Stone Cold" Steve Austin back in the day, a lot of people think, oh, man, this guy's a little bit wound up.
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He's a little bit over the edge. He's crazy, you know? He's always mad. He drinks a lot.
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I drink a little bit, but, uh... I enjoy meeting people.
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I enjoy talking to people. And, uh, I'm curious. By nature.
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The more you do something, the better, better you get at it.
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So, I'm hoping this season catches on, so I can apply what I've learned this season into another season, and to keep doing, keep going from there.
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But, I don't, I don't think being a <i>WWE</i> superstar necessarily, you know, made me a natural at it.
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I like the gradual, kinda, build up your, your...
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and we've got several to go here.
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I like what you're doing here.
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Sean: Off to a good start.
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Steve: I know that there's a method to your madness.
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And I've enjoyed watching the shows, that I've watched. Sean: Oh, thank you. You've seen it.
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So, you do kind of know what you're getting yourself into here. Steve: Absolutely.
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Sean: So, being a global icon and a national treasure, the mythology around "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, it's so vast.
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So, I think that it's only right, early on in the interview, that we clear the air on some of the lore surrounding the Texas rattlesnake. Fact or fiction?
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Before you decided on "Stone Cold", the WWF gave you a list of possible nicknames that included "Fang McFrost", "Chili McFreeze" and "Otto Von Ruthless". Steve: True.
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This is way back in the day.
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I was living on 10 acres in a log cabin outside of Georgia, and I was watching a special on HBO about Richard Kuklinski, who was a serial killer. He was a hitman.
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And I'm not endorsing anything he did, but he was just ruthless individual.
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So, I said: "Okay, there's some traits there that would make a good villain in the squared circle." .
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So, I pitched the idea to the office, and "The Iceman" had already been done at a local level, down in Dallas, by Iceman King Parsons, so we didn't wanna go down that road.
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And so, based on, you know, the, my concept that I gave them, they pitched me temperature based names.
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It wasn't about being temperature based.
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It's cold blooded, you know, like mean, remorseless, ruthless.
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And so, I was like: "You got to be kidding me." .
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This is a creative genius' <i>WWE</i>?
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I mean, they're supposed to make anybody and everybody, and turn them into a superstar.
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So, the names were absolutely ridiculous and I could not believe that that was the best that they came up with.
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Sean: Is there any truth to the rumor that 100 plus beers were consumed during that beer bash in Japan with Stacy Keibler and The Dudleys? Steve: That is true.
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Now, actually, all the way consumed 12 ounce portions? I don't know. But, spilled... I had at, about, 128.
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I think it's still a record.
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But, you come out of a session like that and, like, people say: "Hey man, you wasted most of that damn beer." .
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That's the showbiz part of it.
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If I was just to sip it all, and just drink it all, it'd be a horrible visual.
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So you gotta get some on you.
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But, I'll tell you, there's been, I don't know how many times I would come out of that ring, and you'll leave with a buzz. Sean: Yeah. For sure.
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Steve: 'Cause you go in there with an empty, empty belly and then guzzle all that beer, you're gonna get a buzz. Sean: Fact or fiction?
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You and Booker T cost $10,000 worth of damage to a grocery store, brawling.
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Steve: That is, indeed, what I heard the total damage was.
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I believe that was called the 'Green Frog'.
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I think it was in Fresno, California, if I'm not mistaken.
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I think the store closed down after, not, not because of that, but after that.
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And we had an absolute blast.
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Uh, Booker and I have always had a chemistry, going back from our days, in Atlanta, when we both worked for <i>WCW</i>.
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He's one of the funniest guys I know, and I just had him on my podcast, as a matter of fact, but...
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Yeah, $10,000 worth of damage was the sum total. Sean: Fact or fiction?
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You let the caboose loose while wrestling Yokozuna in South Africa. Steve: Had to.
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A lot of times when you do international travel, when you're doing international travel, and there's a dietary change... Sean: The chemistry. Steve: ... things happen. And man, Yok...
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man, he was weighing, you know, 600 pounds at the time, and when he picked me up and slammed me, things happened. Something went south.
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And, luckily, I was wearing black trunks. And Yoko was so cool.
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He's no longer with us, uh, God rest his soul.
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But, I was laying there on the mat, I just crapped my trunks.
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And I looked at him and I said: "Yok, let's go home." .
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"Go home" is, is wrestler speak for let's do the finish and get out of here. And he's so cool. He goes: "Okay, bro." . And we did the finish.
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I got beat, and I walked to the back and took a hell of a shower. "Shaquanda's".
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I don't wanna be the level three to be the one that makes me have a Yokozuna moment here, on your show.
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This is a season finale, but what a finish it would be.
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You got "Stone Cold" out here, and he shit himself.
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What's our language parameters?
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Sean: You can go "Stone Cold" unleashed here. Steve: Okay, okay. I don't wanna go crazy.
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This is starting to get a little out there.
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I just barely put a tongue on that one.
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Sean: And I know that you were a driver's ed teacher, as a senior at North Texas.
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Do you have a biggest driving pet peeve?
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Steve: People don't use the blinkers.
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Number one, use your effing blinkers, please.
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I mean, you know, and it's like...
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if someone, someone's driving a car and it's in real bad shape, you think: "Okay, well, you know, shit, the blinkers had broke or the, you know, the light doesn't work." .
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But, then if it's someone in a real nice car, like a Mercedes or BMW, they go: "Oh, it's just an asshole.
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He thinks he's entitled and he's, he doesn't have to use his blinkers." .
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But, that's my number one pet peeve.
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Use your effing blinkers. Please.
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Sean: And then, do you still have a problem with rats on the ranch?
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You know, for a while there they were chewing up your Chevy trucks and Polaris Rangers.
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Steve: They were a severe problem. We never defeated them.
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Uh, I sold the ranch about three years ago, and we're now based out of Nevada.
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Of course, I'm now fortunate enough to be driving Kawasaki Mules, and they don't touch my Mules, because there's not as many up there, for some reason.
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And we have a bunch of cats.
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Anybody in South Texas, or in the remote areas, you know, are dealing with rats, and they are a real problem.
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You go out there to fire up your car. Sometimes it won't fire. Your lights don't fire.
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So, you always keep the hood up, you know, you put steel wool in your tailpipes.
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You do the things you can do. Best thing is buy cats.
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Sean: Pro tips from "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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Are you ready to move on to number four?
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Steve: Yeah, you're reading me. Am I?
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Sean: In your eyes, I can see it.
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Steve: Look at him, white boy can do a stare down while he's taking a bite out of his wings.
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This ain't his first rodeo.
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Is this gonna be the one that gets me? Sean: M-m. Steve: Oh.
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Sean: So, I know that you're a true student of professional wrestling, and you're always very generous with your praise for those who've come before you and after.
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Pound-for-pound, who was the most physically impressive athlete during your wrestling days? Steve: Mm.
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Dynamite Kid back in his day was very cutting edge.
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Just a snap, suplexes diving off the top ropes.
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I mean, he was really innovative.
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The way he did things, the way he executed things in the ring.
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He would be someone that I would put on a list, that I highly respected.
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Sean: Besides yourself, who had the best mic skills during the "Attitude" era?
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Steve: You, you can not overlook the Rock.
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When he first arrived on the scene, he was just good looking, you know, third generation baby face.
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And just, people just didn't take to him and they would say: "Die, Rocky, die, die, Rocky, die."
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, and they put him in the nation of domination.
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And he ascended to the top of that organization, and he started wearing the, the silk shirts, and he started referring to himself in third person and working an eyebrow.
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And he electrified and captivated crowds with his catchphrases, his cadence, and his delivery, and his message, and calling everybody jabroni, knowing your role.
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So, yes, I was an outstanding promo in my own right and had my own style, but Rock commanded the audience's respect, attention and elicited the response that he was looking for from them.
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Sean: Who had the most insane pre-match ritual?
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Steve: I don't know who had the most insane, but who had the simplest, was Jake "The Snake" Roberts, because, it's back in the day, when he carried the snake in the bag, the snake would be laying on, say, a trash can with a flat top or maybe on the floor.
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And Jake would be walking around, he never went to the gym, and he'd be smoking a cigarette.
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And all of a sudden they'd hit Jake's music...
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he'd take a final drag off that cigarette, crush it out with his foot, throw the snake over his back, and just walk to the ring. No warm up, no nothing. That's how he did it. Dragging on a cigarette.
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And once Jake got in the ring, he commanded your respect.
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And he had this presence about him.
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And he's one of the most economic efficient workers out there, where he didn't do a whole lot, but everything he did meant something.
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And he was always working for that DDT.
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So, he was phenomenal in that right.
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But, the simplicity of his warm up routine would stand out more than the craziest routine that I can think of.
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Sean: All right, Stone Cold.
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We have a recurring segment on our show called "explain that gram", where we do a deep dive on our guest Instagram, pull interesting pictures that need more context.
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So, I'll bust out the laptop, I'll show you the picture, you just tell me the bigger story. Does that sound good? Steve: Yep. Sean: All right.
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Here you are, doing some work on the ranch.
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In all your years in ranching, have you ever flipped a tractor? Been bitten by a snake?
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When you think about Broken Skull and the near emergencies, is there a story that stands out?
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Steve: There was a couple of times, when we're mowing the ponds, we call them tanks in Texas, a waterhole.
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The embankments are pretty damn steep, and I used to work for the highway department when I was a kid, you know, so I would be used to driving on the overpasses and stuff like that, mowing the sides of highways.
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But, there's, there's a kind of a "pucker factor", we'd call it, and you're dragging a 15 foot Batwing shredder behind you, which, kinda, gives you a little bit of a low center of gravity or keeps you anchored to the ground.
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But, just the fact that if you hit a hog waller, or something like that, you just know that that tractor is gonna flip over and your ass is gonna be upside down in the water, and ain't nobody gonna get you out of there, so...
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Many, many near cases of that, or just pucker factor.
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Uh, never got bit by a rattlesnake.
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I heard a few and they have a very distinct rattle.
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When you're walking to your deer stand and all of a sudden one starts rattling at you and it's kind of like that "come the Jesus" moment.
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And I don't hear very well, but, you know, like...
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Sean: But, you can hear that.
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Steve: I can hear them rattlesnake, you know, like, like it's nobody's business.
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Sean: What do you remember about meeting Muhammad Ali?
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Steve: Paul Orndorff is the guy right there to the left side of that picture.
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He, actually, took a pair of boxing gloves to get Muhammad Ali to sign them.
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But, Muhammad Ali was simply the greatest boxer that ever lived, and such a charismatic personality that he had this global, worldwide following of people who absolutely loved him.
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I've never met anybody that said anything bad about Muhammad Ali, because he was just universally loved by, literally, everyone.
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So, it was really cool to remember that I met the goat.
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Sean: Sip of tequila for the working man.
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Do you have a go to margarita recipe? Steve: Oh, yeah.
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So, basically, I'm working with a three ounce shot glass. Sean: Got it.
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Steve: I go <i>Patron Silver</i>, just because.
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you can go a higher grade tequila, that's gonna a lot smoother, but you're gonna need a little bit of bite in that margarita.
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So, three ounces of tequila, and then pour this in the shaker.
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About an ounce to an ounce and a half of <i>Triple Sec</i>, about an ounce to an ounce and a quarter of lime juice.
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People get carried away with lime juice.
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Most time when you go to restaurants and they give you something that just tastes like limeade, and it just kills you. No can do.
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That's the biggest mistake rookies make, or bartenders that don't know their shit with the margarita.
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Just a spray of agave nectar. Just a few drops.
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So you shake that up in a shaker, right?
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And then you pour it out on fresh rocks, and then you float about an ounce of <i>Grand Marnier</i> on top.
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And that's the Broken Skull Ranch margarita.
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And each one you drink is a triple.
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So, by the time you drink two of my margaritas... Sean: You're good. Steve: ...
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that's six shots of tequila. You're good. Yeah.
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No, I'm not good, but, but you would be good.
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Heating up, now we heating up. Sean: Mhm.
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Sean: So, when you were chatting with Hulk Hogan on your podcast, recently, you guys were talking about wrestling in Japan and how crazy it was in the 70s.
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Why does that era, why does that scene, why does that have such a special place in wrestling insiders hearts?
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Steve: Just going back to the old Japan days, that's when it was really kind of still considered a shoot.
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You know, walking back to the dressing room many times, you know, like in Kansas City, Harley Race, you know, there's guys, you know, stories of guys getting stabbed and gaffed, you know, by knives from fans, because they were so, you know, bought into the fact of what they were seeing.
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If the heels were getting heat or, you know, beating up the good guys.
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And they really cared about those good guys.
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Hell, man, a lot of times those bad guys had to fight their way to the dressing room.
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And so, that's, it's those old Japan days, memories like that, that harken up those fond memories of what the business really was at its core.
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Sean: What were the fans in Osaka like compared to, say, a sold out crowd at the Dallas Sportatorium?
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Steve: If you're working in front of a Japan crowd and you're from the States, they're very, they're very quiet.
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And certain things make them come, or fire up, differently than a stateside crowd would be.
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So, like, maybe these two guys working, and it's complete silence, and one of them has a submission hold on the other one, and that one guy gets to the ropes, or they'll start, they'll, they'll pop for that.
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Or if a guy's starting to get, kinda, shelled on, then all of a sudden he just comes up with this fire and starts, you know, responding. That gets that crowd.
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So, much different from an, from an audible level of storytelling by listening to the crowd. I don't hear very well.
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But, once you put me in an arena full of 20,000 people, if the sumbitch up there, in row 100 is booing, and everybody else is cheering, I know exactly where he's at.
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And I, and I'm not, I'm not worried about him, but I'm just saying that's how in tune I am with the crowd.
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'Cause you're always reading a crowd, whether you're going by the script that everybody talks, is talking about, or you're calling it on the fly.
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You're listening to that crowd.
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Because if you're not working that crowd, you're doing it wrong.
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Hell, I watched Shaq come over here and, boy, he was sweating bullets, and Gordon Ramsay was dropping f bombs everywhere. Sean: And look at you.
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Steve: Well, like I said, I think there's a setup here.
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If those guys, 'cause I haven't got a chance, I'd love to meet Gordon Ramsay. I met Shaq a few times. Sean: Cool guy.
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Steve: Um, but Shaq was really...
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But, he said he wouldn't show any faces. He did pretty good.
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He maintained his composure... Sean: For a while.
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Steve: But, he started sweating.
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It's, like, people think I would say something profound here.
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I was actually timing my heartbeat.
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I'm thinking something's about to go wrong here.
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My heartbeat, if my heartbeat hits about 150, something's wrong.
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These aren't laced with amphetamines, are they? Sean: No, no. Totally clean.
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Steve: Yeah, I tend to, I, I'm checking my, my biological and physiological responses as you're sitting there looking at me.
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Sean: We've got them hooked up to the biometrics over here. Steve: Okay.
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Uh, yeah, that, that one's starting to get there. Sean: Yeah.
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Steve: Yeah, that one's starting to get there.
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I, I know I can go one deeper, but that one, I'm feeling that one. Sean: Mhm. Steve: Yeah. What you got for me?
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Sean: So, as a guy who embraces the simple pleasures, but also has an appreciation for the things that are badass.
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I know that you're very proud of the project you've done with <i>El Segundo Brewing Company</i>, "Broken Skull" IPA.
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Are you of the belief that the beer you drink says something about the person? Steve: Yes, it does.
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And I stand by that beer, I worked on that beer.
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sitting at a table just like this, very much like this, with Rob Croxall, the owner of <i>El Segundo Brewing Company</i>, and we decided to collaborate on a beer.
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We had 10 to 15 beers on the table that we both liked, and are fancied, or had some quality to them.
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And so, as we were drinking these beers, I would explain to him, and I don't really necessarily speak beer terminology, but I'm a pretty good expert at drinking beer.
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And I would explain, okay, this is hitting me mid, I like something a little bit more mid-palate, some of them hit you too up front, or some lingered too long, some are too bitter.
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And I would explain the way each beer, uh, affected me, or where it resonated with me on my taste buds.
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And I was so proud to be down there in Tampa at that <i>Raw</i> reunion, and I got a good buzz, and I was proud to be drinking my freaking beer, after all these years of drinking everybody else's. Do I wanna do this? Sean: For the people. For season 9.
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Steve: Boy, if that aint a sales pitch. I never heard one.
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We gotta do, we gotta do it for the people? Sean: We gotta do it. We're in it together. We're in this together. Steve: Oh, Jesus.
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You should have been a wrestling promoter.
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Sean: I would've loved to do that.
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Steve: Ah, my damn nose is running and I ain't even got it close to my mouth, yet. How is it?
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Oh, man, my lungs are burning. Sean: Delicious. Steve: I'll do it. Got to.
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I'm showing my range here.
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Anybody could just take a bite out of it, it's like... No, but you know what?
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I wanna ask you something. Sean: Sure. Steve: I'm kidding you.
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I'm just fucking with you. Timing my heart rate. Sean: Mhm.
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Steve: You ever had anybody come out here and time a heart rate?
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Sean: You're the first one. Steve: Yeah. I'm unique. Sean: 9 seasons deep. You're the first one. Steve: Yeah, I'm unique.
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Some people call me fucked up. I like to say unique. It sounds better.
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Sean: So, one of my favorite things about listening to "<i>The Steve Austin Show</i>" is hearing you and other wrestlers talk shop and trade war stories from your years in the business.
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And I've come to figure out that wrestling lingo is the best kind of lingo. What does color mean? Steve: Oh... color means blood.
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Sean: What is cheap heat?
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Steve: Cheap heat is, if you and me are working a match, and I'm the bad guy and I were to spit on you, that's cheap heat, because anybody could've done that.
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Sean: What do you mean when you say calling high spots?
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Steve: Uh, say, a high spot is, you know, now we need some motion.
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We need to do something to elicit a response.
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Tackle, drop down, hip toss.
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If I have you in a headlock, you're gonna shoot me off, you're gonna take the tackle.
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I'm gonna run the ropes, you'll drop down, I'm gonna jump over you, and then you're gonna hip toss me on the way back.
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So, a high spot is movement within the match. Sean: What's a receipt? Steve: A receipt is...
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Oh, I'll give you a great story.
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If you lay something in too hard, then the other person's got to send you a receipt that says: "Hey dude, settle down." .
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So, anyway, a long time ago I was working with the Big Boss Man, Ray Traylor.
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Ray Traylor is about 6'6, 300 pounds.
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He was a former, you know, prison guard.
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And that was his gimmick. Big Boss Man.
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And Ray hit me with about six lefts. You know?
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And referee Earl Hebner was, kinda, sitting there watching.
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He's, kinda, got this "shit" engraved on his face.
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He's, kinda, smiling because he knows I'm only gonna take a few more.
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So, finally I've decided I've had enough.
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So, I picked up Ray, and, again, Ray' 6'6, about 300 and some odd pounds, I sent him into the ropes and I told him, I said: "Watch your clothesline." .
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So, when I tell a guy, "watch a clothesline", normally you're gonna hit a guy right here.
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You don't wanna hit him in the Adam's apple.
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You just wanna hit him here with enough force, so through, through his axis, a pivot point, he can take his bump and land on his back.
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Here comes Ray, 6'6, well, I decided, you know, this is a receipt.
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I'm not gonna give him a clothesline.
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What I did, I balled up my fist, like that, with my forearm.
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and as he was coming, I bam!
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I hit him right between the eyes, of my forearm, with everything I had.
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And Big Ray went down, and he's on his hands and knees, and on his hands, on his knees, he's damn near as tall as I am.
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And, but, he looked up at me like this, and it was almost like a Saturday morning cartoon, with stars going around his head like this.
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And he had this smile on his face, 'cause he knew he fucked up, and he goes: "Okay." .
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And he was recognizing in the fact that I gave him a receipt, and he didn't tee off on me for the rest of the night.
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Sean: All right, Stone Cold. Steve: Hold on.
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My goddamn heart rate's about 130.
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I'm still in the safe zone.
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I should have worn my heart rate monitor.
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Okay, tell me about this one. Sean: So this is the...
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Sean: This is the "Chocolate Plague", from Puckerbutt's Pepper company. Sean: See...
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Sean: Did you need to know all that?
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Steve: Well, it tells me what's gonna happen tomorrow. Okay.
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I was trying to give you my receipt story, and that sumbitch was kicking my ass, so I gave you...
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I tell that story in a much better fashion, but my mouth was on fire, so I didn't get there.
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Sean: I thought it was great.
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Steve: Is milk my friend at this point?
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Sean: Milk's your friend.
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Sipping milk for the working man.
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Steve: Is this gonna be hotter than the sumbitch I just ate? Sean: It will not.
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Steve: You're such a liar.
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Sean: I wouldn't lie to you.
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I'd be an idiot to lie to you in this situation.
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Steve: But is it, is it gonna compound the fact that I've got a residual that's building?
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Sean: I think that we're already past the point of no return. You know?
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It's like we've, we've been drenched in a shower. Who cares if it rains?
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Steve: You're so full of shit, it's unbelievable. I'm buying it. I'm going with you.
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I know I shouldn't, but I'm going to.
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And I'm not, I'm not a hot person.
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Sean: Could have fooled me. You're doing great.
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Do you have a favorite <i>WWE Raw</i> cameo from a non-wrestler?
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The Mike Tyson stuff was always very compelling.
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Steve: I love doing business with Mike.
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When he came down and Vince McMahon introduced him, a long time ago, in the middle of the ring, and he was gonna referee the match between myself and Shawn Michaels at <i>WrestleMania 14</i>, and I came down there and got in his face, flipped him off, and he pushed me, and I tried to get back at him, and I was trying, as we would say, going back to wrestling lingo, for a shoot, to get back at him.
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Of course, I didn't wanna get back at him, but it had to look real. And it was.
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But, when he pushed me, all of these hundred dollar bills just flew out of his suit.
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If you go back on YouTube, watch it, and you'll watch all of his handlers down on hands and knees, picking up hundred dollar bills.
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And I'm kicking and scratching and Briscoe, Slaughter, all the guys are holding me back.
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But, working with Mike Tyson, because he's such a fan of the business and a historian of the business, and he actually probably knew more about the history of the business than a lot of the guys that were backstage. Sean: Mhm.
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Steve: But, just him, him by himself, as a person... loved the guy.
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Steve: All right, Stone Cold. Steve: Oh.
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Sean: This is the last dab.
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We call it the last dab, because it's tradition around here to put a little extra on the last wing.
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You don't have to, if you don't want to.
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Steve: Oh, I love the way you just tossed it up to me, so I could either puss out or go down swinging with you.
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You sorry son of a bitch. Hang on. Sean: There you go.
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Steve: Tell me what I'm about to get myself into. Sean: Well, it's the...
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Steve: Describe death to me.
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Tell me what I'm about to get myself into, Grim Reaper.
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Sean: Here's what I'm saying.
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I think that you have gone, you know, we're approaching the peak, you know, of this spice mountain that we're climbing together. Steve: Yes.
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Sean: And I don't see a drop of sweat on you. You know?
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I've stared across this table for so many crazy things.
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From people doing laps, to spitting in buckets, to pouring milk up their nose, to dumping water over their head.
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And you are just calm, cool and collected.
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Telling amazing wrestling stories and pounding chicken.
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It's absolutely a sight to behold.
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And it's a lovely segue to this last question. Steve: Okay. What is it? Sean: First, we feast.
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Steve: Gotta be spreaded on there. Sean: Yeah. There you go. Better move.
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Steve: You wanna do this together? Sean: Yeah. Steve: Cheers. Sean: Cheers, Steve.
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All right, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, here we are at the end of our tag team match against the wings of death.
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But, before we go, just one more finishing move before they hit the bell.
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I know that you take a lot of pride in your ability to cut a promo, and for good reason.
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You're one of the best who's ever done it.
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And then, that "Austin 3:16", it's still a household catchphrase, some 25 years later.
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So, with that in mind, I'm curious, what is your message to the people out there?
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Including some on your old team, who thought that you'd get suplexed today, by the wings of death.
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Steve: I watched Gordon Ramsey, I watched Shaq, and those guys were sweating bullets, and cussing, and raising all kinds of hell.
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So, for me to be able to wing this, no pun intended, have a wonderful sit-down conversation with you, who, obviously, does a shitload of research, was one of the defining moments of my entire life. Sean: Wow. Well, I am humbled. Beer me, Chris.
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A toast to season 9, and to you, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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Steve: Thank you for having me on my, on your show, and congrats on 9 seasons.
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Sean: Thank you very much.
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Steve: I hope I can get 9 out of "<i>Straight Up Steve Austin</i>".
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Sean: Well, now you know what, Steve?
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There's nothing left to do, but roll out the red carpet for you, my friend.
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This camera, this camera, or this camera.
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Let the people know what you have going on in your life.
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Steve: Hey, my name is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
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I'm sitting here with Sean.
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I just got finished doing the season finale of <i>Hot Ones</i>, and I had a blast doing it. My mouth is on fire.
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I got a podcast, they dropped twice a week on PodcastOne, and iTunes, and whatever major podcast platforms there are.
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Um, I also got a badass beer out called "Steve Austin's Broken Skull IPA".
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And, right now, August 12th was the season premiere for "<i>Straight Up Steve Austin</i>", my show on USA network.
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It is every Monday night, after "<i>Monday Night Raw</i>", and I hope you will tune in.
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Set your DVRs, because I love doing this show so much.
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I'd love to be able to be as successful as you are, and get 9 plus seasons out of it.
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I've had a good time here, and that's the bottom line, because I said so. Sean: Great job, Steve. Great job. Steve: Thank you, man.
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Sean: Hey, what's going on, <i>Hot Ones</i> fans?
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This is Sean Evans checking in with a very exciting hot sauce update.
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Our first ever collaborative sauce, it's here. <i>88Rising</i>. <i>First We Feast</i>.
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Joining forces to make "Dragon in the Clouds".
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You saw me, Joji and Rich Brian mixing it up in the cauldron.
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Yuzu from Japan, Sichuan peppercorn from China, and of course, you know your boy brought the heat.
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But, don't worry, we got some professionals together to make sure this stuff is FDA approved.
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Extremely limited, very quality, and something we're super proud of.
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If you wanna get your hands on "Dragon in the Clouds", visit <i>88nightmarket.
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com</i>, that's <i>88nightmarket. com</i>. Don't miss your chance.
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The dragon, it can fly away.