Episode 145: Steve Austin's 1997

Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard

Podcast Heat

Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2019

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Steve Austin set the wrestling world on fire in 1998 but it almost didn't happen. Join Bruce and Conrad as they examine the most pivotal year of Austin's career up to that point, 1997. From winning the Royal Rumble, the incredible Final Four match, the unbelievable WrestleMania match with Bret, the rumor and innuendo about the blood in that match, why Shamrock was involved, the PPV main event title shot against Undertaker that is rarely discussed, the final match of the Austin-Bret trilogy on PPV, the reasoning behind inserting Shawn Michaels into the equation, the tag title run, Canadian Stampede, the SummerSlam match with Owen that changed everything, the fallout of the injury, the way his relationship with Owen changed, how he felt about Owen 3:16, what the doctors were telling him about his neck, the biggest (and worst) stunner ever, the first Rock-Austin match on PPV, why the Intercontinental title changed hands the way it did, and more! Have a question for our WrestleMania XX episode next week? Head over to Facebook right now, www.facebook.com/somethingtowrestle Join Bruce and Conrad on the "Farewell Tour" tomorrow night Crown Point, Indiana, or Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio, just before the PPV! Be sure to catch Bruce in two weeks down under in Australia and don't miss our first (and maybe last) show with Jim Ross the Monday after WrestleMania in Brooklyn! All of these are on sale now at BrucePrichard.com! Save Yourself Some Money: www.SaveWithBruce.com Get a Brand New House with NO MONEY DOWN at BrandNewHouse.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:53.1	Hey, it's Connor Hath Thompson and you're listening to something to wrestle with.
1:18.1	Bruce Pritchard, Bruce what's going on? Man, how are you?
1:21.8	I am absolutely wonderful. Not a whole lot new going on. Just same old, same old.
1:27.4	Well, it was not business as usual last week. We have a blockbuster episode here on something
1:33.1	to wrestle all about Jerry the King Blowler. What's your feedback, dude?
1:39.4	Mostly positive and it's crazy as many downloads as we've gotten, as many people that too
1:45.5	did, especially for this one. Most of it was pretty damn positive, just talking about
1:50.1	their memories of the King and a lot of folks from the Memphis area. And Jerry Lawler
1:56.2	was the Messiah in so many ways of their childhood. Just every single way, on TV every Saturday
2:04.6	in that Memphis market. So King is the King.
2:08.8	Well, and we are excited to be covering a brand new topic today. One that we have teased
2:14.1	and talked about, talked around and it's finally here, the biggest star of them all. Stone
2:20.2	Cold Steve Austin in the hottest years, maybe in the history of the business. We're going
2:27.2	to cover him starting in 1997. See how far we can get. But first we need to tell everybody
2:32.8	about our friends over at Lightstream. Lightstream is a company I am very, very familiar with.
2:38.5	I actually use these guys to buy a car a long time ago. We've got to negotiate like
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