‘He Would Throw It Away’: Bruce Prichard Explains How Stone Cold Steve Austin Did Vince McMahon a Favor By Changing Already Planned Scripts

Stone Cold Steve Austin has always been one of the top WWE superstars of all time. His feud with Vince McMahon in the late 1990s caused an uproar in the wrestling community and helped WWE defeat WCW in the ratings war.

However, prior to joining WWE, Austin was a part of WCW under a not-so-famous gimmick, known as The Ringmaster. It was after moving to WWE, Austin had a major revamp in his character and adorned the Texas Rattlesnake gimmick. Four years ago, during episode 133 of his podcast, Bruce Prichard revealed a major trait of Austin, which often the creatives hated.

What did Bruce Prichard shoot about Stone Cold Steve Austin’s major trait?

The Texas Rattlesnake, Stone Cold, always had an outspoken and rebellious character. However, unknown to the fans, Steve Austin had an outspoken nature in his real life as well. Speaking on his podcast, Prichard revealed that Austin maintained this nature of his, and often let the creatives know about his discontentment with any script or story.

Prichard said, “I’ll go back to the very first meeting where we didn’t come to an agreement where Steve decided he didn’t want to come to the WWF and went back to WCW. Steve would tell us it sucked. And from day one with The Ringmaster and some of the different things that we had done with him. Steve had always been outspoken.”

He further continued that Austin would often bring in changes in the script. But they would eventually help the company as well. “I think it was just Steve’s personality. And if there was there were times when things were good that he would it was always really funny. He would get the scripts and walk by and go ‘Yeah, I ain’t f**king doing any of this shit’, crumble up the script or throw it, throw it away, tear it up, and then storm into Vince’s office and he and Vince would work it out.”

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WWE fans are now left to wonder if what happened during the Attitude Era was actually WWE’s idea or Stone Cold Steve Austin’s brainchild. Whatever be it, the entire scenario helped WWE elevate itself and completely diminish WCW from the picture.

Steve Austin has always been a major star, and his script and storylines helped him solidify his position. Austin’s merchandise sales also proved this fact.

Steve Austin once convinced Vince McMahon to bring a major change in his merchandise royalty deal

WWE superstars are often paid royalty cheques for their merchandise sales. And, during the Attitude Era, Stone Cold Steve Austin was one of the hottest stars. His merchandise sold like hotcakes, despite which Austin felt he did not receive a deserving pay for it.

Speaking to Sports Illustrated, Austin revealed how he convinced Vince McMahon to change his mind and bring forward a deal called, ‘The Austin Deal’. Soon, Steve Austin’s royalty percentage saw a major hike, and his pay-cheque an even bigger jump.

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Do you think Stone Cold Steve Austin’s own creative side and changes to the script were responsible for his stardom? Let us know in the comments.