Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin who is a former six times WWE World Champion recently looked back at his first WWE World Championship victory from WrestleMania XIV and explained why he hated this match.
At WrestleMania XIV, Stone Cold Steve Austin went one on one with the Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels on the main event of the show and it was for the WWE World Championship. Needless to say, Austin managed to win the match and the title and it was the beginning of his legendary main event push.
Steve Austin Explains Why He Hated His WrestleMania XIV Match
Most of the fans believe that the actual rise of Austin started at WrestleMania 13 after his match against The Hitman Bret Hart. But there are still a number of fans who believe that the actual beginning of the rise of Austin started at WrestleMania XIV along with his victory over Shawn Michaels.
This was the first of the six World title wins of Austin and after this match he became a permanent main event star in WWE and as long as he was active in the promotion he was on the main event picture for the most of the time. There is no doubt that this match did a great job in cementing him as the face of WWE during the Attitude Era.
Steve Austin Defeated Shawn Michaels At WrestleMania XIV To Win His First WWE Title
Stone Cold Steve Austin who is a former six times WWE World Champion recently spoke to UpUpDownDown where he looked back at his first WWE World Championship victory from WrestleMania XIV and explained why he hated this match. He said;
“It was special because it was my first title, my world title, so that was a big deal for me as it was for everybody. The match, on a 1-5, a 2. Shawn and I consider… from bell to bell, I consider Shawn to have [no flaws]. Now Bret, as far as realism, you can’t top him. Flair is my traveling world champion, he’s the man.
“But from bell to bell, talent wise, nobody can lace Shawn Michaels boots. So to go out there and have a lackluster match with him at the biggest show of the year, WrestleMania… It was cool being out there with Mike [Tyson]. Me and Shawn could have had a way better match, but he was in a bad place, he was injured. I was just red hot.
“I hated that match and I loved Shawn and I have the utmost respect for him, but I don’t consider that to be a good match at all. I remember walking to the back and I told Vince, ‘Hey man, that match was the [shits].’ He just patted me [on the back] and [went] ‘We’ll get it tomorrow on Raw.
“ Yeah, it wasn’t about the match, it was about transferring that title. I think Shawn was in a real tough place personally and [he was] in a lot of pain. It was a funky match. I didn’t know if he was even gonna walk to the ring. I didn’t know if he wanted to walk to the ring.”
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