Vince McMahon blasted WWE legend for making major mistake; Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H involved (Exclusive)
A WWE legend recently shared a story of how Vince McMahon got angry with him after a major mistake involving Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H. Gerald Brisco opened up about drawing McMahon's ire at Survivor Series 2000.
On the latest episode of What Were You Thinking? podcast available on Sportskeeda's Backstage Pass, the crew of Brisco, John Bradshaw Layfield, and host Joe Lowry discussed some of the craziest stories in the Attitude Era involving vehicles.
Brisco spoke about the time Vince McMahon called him about destroying a car as part of a storyline at Survivor Series 2000. The veteran went through a lot, including painting the car black less than 24 hours before the event. There were no problems until some of the original white paint was visible and McMahon lost his cool.
"We got the car all painted down. Sure enough, when they dropped the car, one of the doors or something popped open. There's a little big white sticking out on that black and Vince got all the way, 'Brisco! I told you. You said you're gonna paint everything and look at it! We'll wipe them and they could tell it wasn't an ordinary car.' I made up something bullsh*t so he bought it," Brisco said.
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Brisco owns a body shop with his real-life brother Bill, which is still operating to this day. Stone Cold Steve Austin dropping Triple H at Survivor Series while he was inside his car atop a forklift was revenge for being rammed a year prior. In reality, Austin had to be written off TV due to neck surgery.
Stone Cold Steve Austin drove forklifts before joining the pro wrestling business
Speaking to ABC News back in 2015, Stone Cold Steve Austin opened up about his life before finding pro wrestling. Austin was driving forklifts in Edna, Texas, before learning the art of pro wrestling at a local school. If he didn't turn into a pro wrestler, he would have seemingly continued working blue-collar jobs.
"Everything I've done goes back to pro wrestling. Had I not been able to achieve what I did, I guarantee you. (...) My high school jobs were always working in the highway department–driving dump trucks, patching up roads, digging ditches, driving a forklift. I think if I'd never had found pro wrestling, I'd be a blue-collar guy, working a nine-to-five job," Austin said. [H/T: ABC News]
Stone Cold Steve Austin started his career in 1989, but it took him seven years to reach superstardom in WWE. Austin won King of the Ring 1996, and the rest was history.
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