#1.) ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin‘s career-changing advice
Kevin Owens has stated many times before how big a Steve Austin fan he was as a child. For him, there were few stars bigger than The Texas Rattlesnake and he even openly said that he was never a big Goldberg fan, because he always felt like he was a knock-off of Steve Austin. Even in his feud with Goldberg, Owens never seemed particularly impressed.
However, sometime in 2005 in the LAX airport, Owens, an independent up-and-coming star at the time came across his idol Steve Austin. He stopped The Texas Rattlesnake and asked him for a bit of advice. Austin told him “Never stop running your mouth, kid“.
Owens took this advice to heart and the rest is history. It became very clear that this advice was what he incorporated into his persona and developed him into the trash-talker with a ruthless edge to him. Owens found that it suited his character and as a result even became one of the biggest talkers in the business. And we all know just how far the ability to talk goes in WWE.
This is simply one of the many reasons Owens has found constant success in WWE and it goes to show just how important it is taking a small piece of advice from a veteran.
