Steve Austin explains why Reigns should turn heel, advice to Rollins, Cesaro's comeback and more

Is WWE listening to Austin?

Steve Austin is a genius when it comes to the know-how of the wrestling business and on his Show-Unleashed, Stone Cold stated that the former WWE Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins needs a break.

Austin sees his Rollins' injury like an opportunity and says that Rollins' should consider this as a time to revise and come back with a brand new attitude.

Considering his perspective, Austin explains that for pro wrestlers who are everyday toiling in the business might consider missing the big picture while injured. But, they should, in fact, step back and pay attention to understand what is the new fan favourite. Here he also mentions Tyson Kidd.

He says: “Take yourself back and watch and see what everybody else is doing. Watch how the storylines are going. Listen and function watch() { [native code] } to what the fans are responding to. See what’s resonating [and] what’s not. [See] where people are hitting the mark [and] where people are striking out. You’re able to kind of take a whole different perspective of where you were or where you are now.”  

Back to Rollins’ injury, he stuck to his opinion stating that it is the right time to assess his area of expertise and come back anew.

In his words, “It might be the same Seth Rollins or it might be a Seth Rollins with a little bit of salt and pepper or a Seth Rollins who comes back full of piss and vinegar and vengeance and is on a mission because his whole world, literally, got yanked out from under him." 

He adds, "Yeah, it was due to an injury, but because everything has changed when he comes back he has that much more impetus to go back and reclaim the gold. So he could come back with a whole different mindset and a whole different attitude. It's almost a chance for him if he needs to retool or reinvent himself to some degree.”

Speaking of comebacks, Austin feels that Cesaro will rise above the ashes without the help of WWE. As this episode was taped afer last Monday's RAW and later when Austin was informed about Cesaro vs Reigns in the WWE Heavyweight Championship, he lightly brushed it off.

He says, “oh jeez, you know where that's going!” He continues to put his trust in Cesaro and states that WWE isn’t doing him any favours.

His words being: “I think the guy is just so damn good in the ring. I see eventually he will put all the pieces together, but [WWE is] not helping him any. He [has] got to put the pieces together to go up on top of the card.”

“Cesaro, you have hopes for because he can do so much [and] he looks so good. He only speaks 17 languages! He can go all over the world and promote for [WWE], so there [has] got to be a way to get this guy figured in a little more and get his ass over,” Austin says.

About being damn good, Austin says that it’s about time for Reigns to walk away and avoid getting awarded as the number one babyface in WWE.

This was in clear speculation of Rollins' as a performer by Austin as he claims that Reigns has the looks and brawn, but needs to work on his work in-ring and promo skills to be a top Star in WWE.

Just speaking like a professional, Austin genuinely goes on to explain:

“I think Roman needs to be a heel. Go through that journey and then evolve into a babyface. To me, it’s almost going to mirror what the Rock did. [WWE] brought him in as a white meat baby. People hated him and they wanted to hate him. And then, all of a sudden, the Rock started taking over the Nation of Domination. 

He was the alpha male in that group. All of a sudden, the promo skills come alive. The character comes alive. The personality comes alive and he turned into the most electrifying man in sports entertainment. Now, I don't expect Roman Reigns to do that. I expect Roman Reigns to be Roman Reigns, but that's the road that the Rock went down.

I just think, organically, that's the way it's going to play out for Roman Reigns. Now, you can try to put him in that babyface spot, that number one spot, right now to see what happens and I'll be very, very interested to see, if indeed, that's what they do because I'm just waiting on the edge of my seat to see what happens.”

On a concluding note, Austin talked about Del Rio’s lackluster return to WWE, and John Cena’s absence.