Stone Cold Steve Austin has destroyed a lot of things in his career, including Vince McMahon’s car. However, McMahon doesn’t like it when talent costs him money for going over their time.
Once during a WWE show, the Texas Rattlesnake cost McMahon $15,000. While speaking to Sports Illustrated’s TakeDown, Austin shared that once he went over time and didn’t leave until Kevin Dunn reminded him twice that the show was over. He was then confronted by McMahon, who enlightened him about how much it costs when the tapings go over time.
“One time we were somewhere and I think it was after a PPV or Monday Night Raw taping. And man, I stayed out there forever. And finally, Kevin Dunn gets on the live mic and says, ‘Steve, we gotta go home.’ And I think he said that to me once or twice and then Vince confronted me backstage. I think it was the next week. And he goes, ‘you know, you cost me I think it was like $15,000 or something like that, in overtime for the people who worked at the building.’ And he says, ‘God dang it, you cost me like 15 grand going over time like you did.'”
Steve Austin had so much fun being a part of a stacked roster
Austin also shared that the reason he lost track of time was because he was having loads of fun with the rest of the talent in WWE.
“So I didn’t know what he was saying, so I just told him. I said, ‘Well, I’ll split it with you.’ I was like, ‘Okay, do you want me to own part of this financially? I will.’ He goes, ‘No, I don’t want you, but I’m just telling you, you can’t stay after all that long.’ I said, ‘Okay, I get it.’ So dude, it was such a good time. And you know, we had such a deep stacked roster and I know the guys were having just as much fun as I was. So, I hope they remember good things about their runs as much as I do about mine. We did it all together, but Stone Cold was a big part of it,” Austin said.
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