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Steve Austin On How Kliq Curtain Call Changed His Life, If Brian Pillman Always Stayed In Character
- Updated: October 26, 2016
Source: The Steve Austin Show
On episode 366 of The Steve Austin Show, WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin conducted a question and answer session with fans. Among other things, Austin discussed how the infamous Madison Square Garden ‘Curtain Call’ benefited him in his professional wrestling career, whether the late great Brian Pillman ever clued him in on his ‘Loose Cannon’ gimmick, and whether he would ever consider selling the WWE Intercontinental Championship he owns that was held by some of the genre’s all-time greats.
On the subject of ‘The Curtain Call’, Austin said he was confused as he watched it happening from backstage and that he could not believe Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels were breaking kayfabe.
“I’m glad about ‘The Curtain Call’ now, but I remember being very confused watching it all go down because I was right there, behind the curtain watching it all and I couldn’t believe these guys were breaking kayfabe.”
According to Austin, he is now glad the ‘Curtain Call’ incident happened because he took Triple H’s favorable position of winning the King Of The Ring tournament. Moreover, the six-time WWE World Champion admitted that he may have stayed a midcarder for his entire professional wrestling career without ‘The Curtain Call’.
“Vince [McMahon] wasn’t going to screw Shawn …
