Steve Austin Recalls His Favorite Feuds & Opponents During His WWE Career

Former WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin recently recounted his favorite opponents and feuds during his decorated career.

The Texas Rattlesnake was involved in memorable feuds with The Rock and Vince McMahon during The Attitude Era, and it came as no surprise when he mentioned them, especially his iconic feud with Mr. McMahon.

In a recent appearance on Dirty Mo Media, Steve Austin said:

“I loved working with The Rock, and WrestleMania 17 was a hell of a ride. And I loved working with Vince because the Vince feud transcended wrestling for two years. It was water-cooler talk. I don’t care what you did at lunch; you met [someone], and you asked, ‘Hey man, did you see what Stone Cold and Vince did last night?’ And Vince was an awesome opponent because he feels this stuff as much as I do. The guy—he’s an animal. He’s one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met in my life, and I love the guy,” he said.

Austin also recalled his WrestleMania 13 match against Bret “The Hitman” Hart that ended with him lying in a pool of blood and a double turn.

“That match at WrestleMania 13, I knew I had those people from Jump Street. I dived on him, started whipping his a**, and we go into the barricade. I started bleeding like a stuck pig. And finally, after a couple of attempts, he turns me over to that sharpshooter, and I’m lying there, and I’m in a push-up position, and I’m trying to escape. And we love working in Chicago because, first of all, the fans are terrific, and the acoustics in that building—that’s a wooden ceiling. So when they yell, you get an immediate response. I was laying there bleeding like a stuck pig. That moment was finishing that match, executing a double turn, and laying there. I just worked my a** off, and so did Bret; he really brought it that match,” he said.

Austin further acknowledged The Hitman as his favorite opponent, recounting how the Canadian trusted him by picking him as his comeback opponent following an injury-related layoff.

“I loved working with Bret Hart. He was just awesome. There was a trust and respect there, and he saw me coming up. He had taken some time off to get his knee cleaned up, and he picked me as his opponent to come back for a Survivor Series match, and that helped me when we feuded a year later.”

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