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Brian Pillman Jr. Says Steve Austin Apologized To Him For WWE Gun Angle

March 4, 2019 | Posted by Joseph Lee

In an interview with Wrestling Inc, Brian Pillman Jr. revealed that Steve Austin has actually apologized to him for a WWE angle from back in 1997 in which he broke into his father’s house, which of course ended when Pillman took out a gun on an episode of RAW. Here are highlights:

On his father trying to entertain others: “You’ve seen the videos of him wrestling a pencil or trying to work the boys. He runs back to the locker room and [screams], ‘Oh my God! He’s hurt. He’s killed.’ It turns out he’s just working the boys. He was always in a mood to entertain and to pop people and make people laugh. I feel like I share that similar trait and I think that’s what makes me a good entertainer to follow in his footsteps because I like to get people to pop and have fun. You can’t take life too seriously.”

On Steve Austin apologizing to him: “Yeah, Steve broke into my house and there was glass on the floor for like three weeks. Like, wasn’t somebody gonna clean this up [laughter]? He literally broke into my house and rest in peace to that kiddie pool, I never saw it after that. He apologized and I’m still a little salty about it. We buried the hatchet and of course Steve Austin is someone great to have in your corner, constantly calling me up, giving me advice and looking over my matches. It’s great. I hope I can follow in Steve’s footsteps as well and hopefully become a huge star.”

On what message he would give to his father: “I would say thank you. Thank you, dad. Thank you for this legacy. Thank you for giving me the name Brian. I know a lot of people don’t believe it, ‘Oh, it’s just a gimmick!’ But no, my shoot name is Brian Pillman. If there’s a work, the junior is a work. I’m not legally a junior but wrestling is cool and we can use that. I’m Brian Pillman II, Junior, the second coming, 2.0 – whatever you wanna call me. But thank you dad. Thank you for this legacy and thank you to the fans for not only loving him but also respecting my work as a separate entity because it’s all coming together now.”

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