WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin recently spoke with Forbes on a variety of topics such as how today’s pro wrestling is more fast-paced than what it was back then and how the pro wrestlers are doing much more incredible stuff and are so much quicker than the wrestlers from his time period.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin said:
“The performance level has sped up so much, and the guys and gals are doing so much incredible stuff. It’s absolutely unbelievable. It’s kinda like—being such a big football fan—I was just watching clips of Mean Joe Greene of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I used to be a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. And you watch those greats from back then into what the guys are doing now, and the guys now are just so much quicker, faster. Of course everything is. The camera’s better.”
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin also spoke about how the Superstars of today are better athletes than those from the Attitude Era and how he really enjoys some of the sequences they are able to do, but he also feels that sometimes they are doing too much.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin said:
“These days, even though if I look at Attitude Era stuff, I look like I’m in slow motion watching what these superstars today are doing with better cameras and just better athletes. I really enjoy some of the sequences that they’re able to do. But then that also takes me back to one of the things that I don’t like is sometimes I think there’s too much being done.”
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin then spoke about how pro wrestling is kind of like a double-edged sword and that is because on one hand, he respects all the athleticism, but sometimes he thinks it’s too much.
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin said:
“It’s kind of like a double-edged sword, which one do you want? And on one hand, I respect all the athleticism, but sometimes I think it’s too much. But at the end of the day, everything evolves and gets kind of faster it seems. And I love the product, I love reality based storylines and I think the men and women that are participating in it today are much better athletes. There’s been better athletes decades ago, but I really think there’s some really great work being done in the ring right now.”
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