Steve Austin TORCHES Hulk Hogan Before His WWE Return | Rare 2002 Interview — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'm kind of marking out now to get
2. 0:01somebody this big on the phone. We're
3. 0:02gonna end up getting heat with them,
4. 0:03though. I guarantee you. Stone Cold
5. 0:04Steve Austin standing by. How you doing,
6. 0:06Stone Cold? Uh, what's going on? How you
7. 0:08doing, man? Stone Cold doesn't put
8. 0:10anybody over. Why should he? He's Stone
9. 0:12Cold Steve Austin. I I thought we would
10. 0:14just
11. 0:16But but I thought we'd start the
12. 0:18interview off Steve on a on just to lay
13. 0:21our card. You know, you're you're
14. 0:22probably one of the straightest shooters
15. 0:24ever in the business. You say it like it
16. 0:26is. You don't kiss anybody's ass
17. 0:28supposedly. You're not afraid of
18. 0:29anybody. You got a beautiful wife. And
19. 0:31here's a message I was supposed to hand
20. 0:32deliver to you. Will you listen for me,
21. 0:34Steve? Sure. Quote unquote from
22. 0:36Hollywood is tell the rattlesnake the
23. 0:39best thing to do is lock the doors and
24. 0:41stay behind him for the rest of his
25. 0:43career. That's it. It's all you need to
26. 0:45know. If you read anything more into it
27. 0:46than that, you're really screwing up.
28. 0:48But that's the safest place for him to
29. 0:50be is behind closed doors. Out of my
30. 0:52way. Back to take back what was mine
31. 0:54originally. Anyway, any comments on that
32. 0:56stone call? Ah,
33. 1:00greatest wrestler of all time telling
34. 1:02he's gonna kick your ass.
35. 1:04That was the worst threat I've ever
36. 1:05heard in my life. Right. Locking doors,
37. 1:08closing doors, staying behind him. He's
38. 1:10going to take back what she is. Was a
39. 1:12some bitch talking in his sleep or what?
40. 1:14Well, he said he told me that, you know,
41. 1:16back in the day, even in WCW days, you
42. 1:19were just stunning Steve Austin
43. 1:20midcarter at best, and he was going to
44. 1:22whip your ass and, you know, some
45. 1:24unfinished business in the WF. went
46. 1:25there and laid the groundwork for you to
47. 1:27got the run you got going right now. Oh,
48. 1:29there's no doubt that the guy laid down
49. 1:30some groundwork because he was one of
50. 1:32the biggest stars back in the uh 70s. I
51. 1:34mean, oh, I'm sorry,
52. 1:3580s. Uh, you know, as far as a business
53. 1:39aspect, I can appreciate what the guy
54. 1:41did when he was hot, but the fact is he
55. 1:44ain't hot no more, right? Something's
56. 1:46got a lot to prove if he's going to step
57. 1:47in a World Wrestling Federation. And
58. 1:49that's one thing I expected out of those
59. 1:51guys flapping their gums mostly out of
60. 1:53him because I don't think he can handle
61. 1:55the work style anymore. It's going to be
62. 1:57real interesting to see. And he can talk
63. 1:59all that. When the bell rings, it's
64. 2:01going to be hilarious cuz I'm going to
65. 2:02chew the summits up like a chainsaw. But
66. 2:04he's so much bigger than you are, Steve.
67. 2:06He's a pussy.
68. 2:10You You're saying it. You're You're
69. 2:12saying Hollywood Hogan pick it up. I
70. 2:14thought I just called him a pussy. Okay.
71. 2:16Now, can you say a little louder, Steve?
72. 2:17We didn't hear you. Yeah, I got I got my
73. 2:19hearing aids off. All right. Hulk Hogan
74. 2:22is a
75. 2:24rightbody gets the point. And he's going
76. 2:26to walt right in in the World Wrestling
77. 2:28Federation and do all this stuff he's
78. 2:30been talking about doing. And I guess
79. 2:32Stone Cold Steve Austin is just going to
80. 2:33hide behind this damn rock and watch it
81. 2:35all happen. I don't think that's going
82. 2:37to happen. I think he's going to go out
83. 2:39probably anticipate happening. He's
84. 2:40going to crawl in there and talk to
85. 2:41Vince and crown Vince's shoulder and I
86. 2:43need to do that. I need to do that.
87. 2:45He'll come out with that. Uh, no. I
88. 2:47guess he'll have his stupid black out
89. 2:49outfit on rather than the yellow and red
90. 2:51and yellow and all that other crazy
91. 2:52garbage, right? It'll be really
92. 2:54interesting. I said what I thought about
93. 2:55Hulk Hogan about five, six years ago in
94. 2:57an ECW promo when I ran him down then.
95. 3:00Uh, this this year, you know, this year
96. 3:02when he when he breaks out here in the
97. 3:03WWF, I won't need to run him down. I'll
98. 3:05just whip his ass. Well, you know, the
99. 3:07number one You know what? When you talk
100. 3:08to him again, right, we'll see uh what
101. 3:11he said about Stone Cold Steve Austin
102. 3:13hiding behind the door. Well, we're
103. 3:15going to probably end up talking to him
104. 3:16on when he gets back. I'm sure you guys
105. 3:18will have a run in sometime this
106. 3:20weekend. Well, you know what? If we do,
107. 3:22that's fine. But he better bring his
108. 3:24aame because that been doing ain't going
109. 3:25to work. He's in shape though, Stone
110. 3:28Cold. I mean, and what better way to get
111. 3:29himself over as the biggest, you know,
112. 3:30whatever he's trying to be is to whip
113. 3:32the rocks and Stone Cold, the two
114. 3:33biggest babies, one, two, and
115. 3:34respectively. In no certain order,
116. 3:36asses. Well, he might with the Rock's
117. 3:38ass, but I'll bet you any amount of
118. 3:40money right now that he can't whip Stone
119. 3:42Cold Steve Austin. any amount right now.
120. 3:45You don't think he can finally whip your
121. 3:46ass? Is there anybody? How about what
122. 3:49what movie is he is he going to send me
123. 3:50in the ropes and hit me with a big boot?
124. 3:53Well, I don't know. I think not. I'd
125. 3:56have that some bitch unleashed and stuck
126. 3:57up his so fast he wouldn't know what hit
127. 3:59him.
128. 4:01But you can't stone cold. You stone
129. 4:05cold. What? You stone cold. Stone cold.
130. 4:09Stone cold. You I'm ready. Go ahead. You
131. 4:12You can't You can't even reach up that
132. 4:13high and give him the stunner. He's 6'5.
133. 4:1566. 6'5. 66. God damn. I get some
134. 4:19platforms on my boots in since I'm only
135. 4:21like 5'2.
136. 4:23How tall is Stone Cold? 6'3. 6'2. Yeah.
137. 4:26I used to be about 6'2 till I got
138. 4:28dropped on my head so many times. I
139. 4:29might be 6'1 and a half on a good day.
140. 4:31Chris Jericho called and he said that
141. 4:33you better better worry about your match
142. 4:34with him. Yeah. I mean, come on. You're
143. 4:36already looking ahead, Steve. Maybe
144. 4:37you're already out of your game, Stone
145. 4:38Cold. You know, you're already trying to
146. 4:39fight Hogan and his past accolades.
147. 4:41Meanwhile, you got a stud in Jericho,
148. 4:43who's the man, by the way. What's that?
149. 4:45Believe me, when I saw those guys
150. 4:46creeping around the uh the show the
151. 4:49other day, I'm not uh looking past
152. 4:51Jericho. These son bitches are looking
153. 4:53past some bif focals they got on their
154. 4:55heads. Uh Chris Chris Jericho will fall
155. 4:58and then uh whoever else your name's
156. 5:00going to fall, too. You know, believe it
157. 5:01or not, I still got bills to pay. Uh
158. 5:04come back from everything. I've come
159. 5:05back and I'm not going to let a piece of
160. 5:06trash run me out of the business. Well,
161. 5:08I know, but you know, Jericho, I sure
162. 5:10hope it'd be some interesting box office
163. 5:12because I'd like to eat that some
164. 5:13bitch's lunch pay-per-view. Who now?
165. 5:15Who's that? Who? Jericho. Hogan. Whoever
166. 5:18you want to throw in there. If there's
167. 5:19money be made, let's make it.
168. 5:24I think Don't What? What? That's the
169. 5:28greatest answer of all time. It is. No,
170. 5:30seriously, can I tell you something? out
171. 5:32of all the slug lines WWF has ever come
172. 5:34up with from the Billy Guns to the to
173. 5:36the the one word and the way Stone Cold
174. 5:38delivers it in my opinion is the best
175. 5:40ever. I thought you gonna give Hulk
176. 5:42Hogan credit.
177. 5:44Well, I I think Hulk Hogan just between
178. 5:47you and I just between you and I. Uh
179. 5:49Stone Cold, what did he say, brother? 60
180. 5:51times. I think I think Stone I think
181. 5:53he's got something that's gonna trump
182. 5:55your watch. I know what it is, too. He's
183. 5:57got something. As soon as you do a what,
184. 5:59he's going to trump it and get a huge
185. 6:01pop and he's going to instantaneously be
186. 6:03the most over guy in the WWF. It remains
187. 6:05to be seen, but it's wishful thinking.
188. 6:07What you got smoking down there?
189. 6:10How's your lovely wife doing? Just fine.
190. 6:14You can't You can't put your lovely wife
191. 6:15over at all. I mean, God, she's the
192. 6:16hottest thing in WWF. Yeah, she's fine.
193. 6:18Any heat? Any heat between you two?
194. 6:20We're married. There's always
195. 6:22heat. It's work, isn't it? working for
196. 6:24working Jericho for the uh for the well
197. 6:26will he know he will he get both straps
198. 6:27if he beat Jericho if he beat Jericho
199. 6:29he'll be the undisputed champion and a
200. 6:30little hot about that you know that's a
201. 6:33undisputed championship or whatever
202. 6:35that's so convoluted it's a world
203. 6:36wrestling federation melt the two
204. 6:38bastards together whatever creatively
205. 6:41storyline wise and make one belt you
206. 6:43know the thing I hated about carrying
207. 6:45two belts around back when me and uh
208. 6:47Triple H were the tag team titles and
209. 6:49you also had the WWF title it wears your
210. 6:52damn suitcase out you know when you got
211. 6:53to pull let handle out, stuff like that,
212. 6:55right? Melt the suns down so it's easier
213. 6:57to tote around. Well, the one thing the
214. 6:59one thing stone cold don't expect to be
215. 7:01toting it around. Back on the mark Mark
216. 7:03for Hogan tip uh is the fact that uh he
217. 7:06said that you know last time he checked
218. 7:08at the bash of the beach when Russo
219. 7:09screwed him. He has the original WCW
220. 7:12heavyweight heavyweight champ and nobody
221. 7:13beat him for it. So how can it be
222. 7:14unified and how can Jericho tow it
223. 7:16around when he's never had his shoulders
224. 7:18pinned to the mat one two three? He he
225. 7:19inevitably has it. Sounds like ogut is a
226. 7:21complete mark to me. Oh man. Mark to
227. 7:25who? The business or just I guess I
228. 7:27can't wait for the original belt. Wasn't
229. 7:29that a company belt that should have
230. 7:30been turned in?
231. 7:36You calling Hogan a thief. He's calling
232. 7:38him He just called Hogan a mark. I got a
233. 7:41million of them. Well, he's got a
234. 7:43million of them, too. But the one that
235. 7:44means the most is obviously the one he
236. 7:46had last WCW. I disagree. The sun bitch
237. 7:49is on his shelf and no one knows about
238. 7:51it, right?
239. 7:53I just can't wait for this. Don't you
240. 7:54know what? Let me tell you, there's real
241. 7:55life heat here. There's there's real
242. 7:56life heat. Just what's he gonna do? Just
243. 7:58divvy that some bitch up, put it in a
244. 8:00bunch of envelopes, and pay his
245. 8:02bills. Making him no money. Oh, now come
246. 8:04on, Stone Cold. You can't dispute how
247. 8:06much
248. 8:06money, the smoking skull belt. It's over
249. 8:09at Vince's house. I But, you know, I can
250. 8:11use it to pay all these bills. It's
251. 8:13worthless piece of metal unless you
252. 8:15break that much out and it means
253. 8:16something. Right. Right. Actually
254. 8:18represent it and carry it like a
255. 8:19champion should.
256. 8:21What do you what do you who do you think
257. 8:23Hogan's going to screw in and your
258. 8:24prediction? Who do you think Hogan's
259. 8:25going to screw with this weekend? Uh, as
260. 8:26far as his health is concerned, it
261. 8:28better not be mine, right? Be stone cold
262. 8:30Steve Austin. It'd be nice for him to
263. 8:32last more than one short program. Put it
264. 8:34that way, right? I'm not nice for me
265. 8:37because I don't give a be nice for him
266. 8:39because he's got bills to pay, right?
267. 8:41Well, he's not. You know, one thing I
268. 8:42think you can tell by the tone of my
269. 8:44voice, I'm not exactly a big Hulk Hogan
270. 8:46fan. No, but maybe you were mistaken and
271. 8:48thought I was. I'll clarify that. I'm
272. 8:51not a big Hulk Hogan fan. What? I said
273. 8:53I'm not a big Hulk Hogan fan. What? But
274. 8:56they're bringing him in. So, you know,
275. 8:57we'll see what happens. Stand by. One
276. 8:59one last one last deal. Quote unquote
277. 9:02from Hollywood is tell the rattlesnake
278. 9:04best thing to do is lock the doors and
279. 9:07stay behind him for the rest of his
280. 9:08career. That's it. It's all you need to
281. 9:10know. If you read anything more into it
282. 9:12than that, you're really screwing up.
283. 9:13But that's the safest place for him to
284. 9:15be is behind closed doors. Out of my
285. 9:17way. Back to take back what was mine
286. 9:19originally anyway. Exactly. A WWF
287. 9:21regime. It'll be the ultimate baby.
288. 9:23Crash. How scared can a guy sound and
289. 9:25try to cover it up with his brain, with
290. 9:27his brave machismo voice. Stay away.
291. 9:32Stay. Tell him to lock yourself in the
292. 9:35closet. Stay away. Just remember one
293. 9:38thing. Just remember one. I was going to
294. 9:40say this, but yeah, I I rolled around
295. 9:42tossing and turning last night. Couldn't
296. 9:44even sleep because that's what I was
297. 9:45scared of,
298. 9:46right? boy, you know, I got on a blue
299. 9:49sock and a red sock and and I got on a
300. 9:52Nike and a Reebok because I was so
301. 9:53nervous about taking over these
302. 9:55interviews. I couldn't get dressed
303. 9:57because I was so worried about Hulk
304. 9:58Hogan, right? And that world famous belt
305. 10:01he's got over in a shoe box.
306. 10:04Well, I just can't wait when you come to
307. 10:05his hometown, you know, not only you got
308. 10:07this stuff to this weekend to worry
309. 10:08about him kicking your ass, but then
310. 10:09when you come here and you know that's
311. 10:11his own backyard. Hard tell him where
312. 10:13he'd be lurking and come, you know, roll
313. 10:14up on you all of a sudden take out that
314. 10:16bad knee. Who's this? Who am I? No. Who'
315. 10:19you say was going to do that? You know,
316. 10:21you're coming to Hogan's hometown and
317. 10:22hard, you know, that's obviously you're
318. 10:23in Hogan's hometown and you know, hard
319. 10:25telling where he could be lurking. He's
320. 10:27not scheduled to be on the card, but
321. 10:28obviously it's his hometown. Since I'm
322. 10:30in his hometown, I might just go over to
323. 10:31his house and make him cook me some
324. 10:33barbecue ribs on his barbecue
325. 10:36pit. Potato salad, all the all the damn
326. 10:39works. if he's going to host an event
327. 10:40over there. And hey, that my first time
328. 10:42to go to a double wide.
329. 10:46Stone Cold Steve myself right at home no
330. 10:48matter where anybody lives. Stone Cold
331. 10:50Steve Austin taking on Jericho.
332. 10:52Predictions on the show. I think Jericho
333. 10:54will get it. I think Jericho will get it
334. 10:55somehow way, shape, or form. Yeah, I
335. 10:56think I think Jericho gets the belts and
336. 10:58and pay Stone Cold back for pouring that
337. 10:59beer on him last night. Yeah, I think
338. 11:00Jericho is going to kick your ass. Well,
339. 11:02I sure appreciate the feedback.
340. 11:06Stone cold out. We hate to be stiff on
341. 11:08you. But I mean, you know, we are. We're
342. 11:09just a bunch of That's your job. And if
343. 11:10you weren't stiff on me, your damn radio
344. 11:12show would suck and you wouldn't have no
345. 11:14numbers. So, you're not bothering me one
346. 11:16bit. I just appreciate you uh giving us
347. 11:18a bunch of fat marks, a bunch of time of
348. 11:19your valuable time. And then and we do
349. 11:22in full mark fashion wish you the very
350. 11:23best this weekend. And and uh if some if
351. 11:25some menagery goes down between you and
352. 11:27Hogan, of course, we're pouring for
353. 11:28Hogan, but may the best man win. Just
354. 11:31remember, we warn and knock all that
355. 11:33best man crap. We warned you. We
356. 11:35weren't. Hey, Stone don't call when you
357. 11:36got a knee explosion. When When you got
358. 11:38a knee explosion on record is saying
359. 11:40that I won't be hiding in my uh closet
360. 11:42like uh uh Double H uh suggest. All
361. 11:46right, Stone Cole. Well, I've been told
362. 11:47I've been giving the Iggy to wrap it up.
363. 11:49And no disrespect, but uh I appreciate
364. 11:51you giving us your your your valuable
365. 11:52time. You guys got a wonderful little
366. 11:54radio show on going there and I wish you
367. 11:56all the luck in the world. We're putting
368. 11:58all our eggs in that Hulk Hogan basket.
369. 12:00What's that? All you little Hulk Hogan
370. 12:02fan club. I don't think I won't drive by
371. 12:04that radio station one day when I come
372. 12:06to Tampa. Where the hell have y'all
373. 12:07based out of Tampa? Tampa. Would you
374. 12:09come in here? I won't swing by some
375. 12:11bitch and spray beer everywhere. Would
376. 12:13you try to whip our asses? In that
377. 12:14little microphone you got. Would you try
378. 12:16to whip our asses? Stone. Try. Yeah. No,
379. 12:19I wouldn't say I'd try. I'd say I would.
380. 12:21Right. You've seen You know what? I got
381. 12:23other things to do right now here in the
382. 12:25great state of Texas and you guys are
383. 12:26getting to wrap up. So, it was wonderful
384. 12:29talking to you. Like what? What? What?
385. 12:33Tell your buddy Hogan I said hi. All
386. 12:35right. See him real soon. Byebye buddy.
387. 12:36I got a couple fresh knuckle sandwiches
388. 12:38with mustard mayonnaise on them ready to
389. 12:40go. Good luck to you. Stone cold. Good
390. 12:43luck guys. Bye-bye now. Bye-bye.
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