Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson who is a former WWE Tag Team Champion recently looked back at Stone Cold Steve Austin working in WCW and shared his first impressions about him when he joined the promotion.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling, some even believe him as the biggest name in the world of professional wrestling. He is one of the biggest reasons behind the ultimate success of WWE and their success over WCW during the famous Monday Night Wars of the 90s.
Arn Anderson Remembers His First Impression After Seeing Steve Austin In WCW
But the promotion that WWE left behind to gain the ultimate success, WCW gave Austin the first ever big break of his career. He was mostly famous as Stunning Steve Austin in WCW. He spent a total of 4 years in the promotion and for most of the time period he had been treated as a mid card wrestler in the WCW.
He was a solid mid card and he could have been a main event star in the future in WCW. It is said that WWE loved to bring talents from WCW and make them big stars during the time. Austin was one of the biggest examples of it whom WWE not only made a big star but one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling. WWE used WCW’s own creation to destroy them.
Arn Anderson who is a former WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke on his ARN Podcast where he looked back at Stone Cold Steve Austin working in WCW and shared his first impressions about him when he joined the promotion. He said;
“When I first started seeing Steve work, I put him in the Ivan Koloff class. Those of us that know Ivan Koloff, and really [were] around when he was working, and could be in arenas and watch him work house shows… he’s a machine. He’s an animal. He never quit coming forward.
“If you’re working with him, same with Steve, if you were gonna have a competitive match with Steve, you better be prepared to fight him, and meet him halfway. Because he was just gonna keep coming, and he was a machine, as well. Until you gave him a reason to sell for you, brother, he was all about getting himself over, and offense.”
“In those days, that’s how a heel got over. Even though you might get outwrestled, or outflanked, or outpunched, man, you just kept coming. You were looking for one opening. If you could find one opening, you were gonna kick the door down.
“That was what Austin was exemplifying already. He was a cardio machine. Having a big gas tank in those days. His pace was really fast, so you better be in shape if you’re gonna work fifteen minutes with Austin because, man, he was a go-getter.”
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