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From Hollywood, California, by way of the Broken Skull Ranch, this is the Steve Austin show.

Give me a hell yeah.

Hell yeah.

Now, here's Steve Austin.

All right, everybody, what a big Stokeau podcast.

I'm coming to you live in the Main Stre streets of Anaheim, California. Normally,

I operate out of 316 Gimmick Street, but I'm waiting here for the big show. He is my guest

tonight. While I buy a little time for the big show to get here, I want to throw out a couple of

shoutouts. First one I throw out to is to Daniel Bryan. Boy, I tell you what, last week,

that promo at the end of the show, riding off from the sunset, I'm going to be real honest with you.

I am known as the toughest SOB to ever lace up a pair of boots in the squared circle at the WWE.

And that promo left me with a tear in my eye that trickled down my cheek. Daniel Bryan, you had a hellacious career. I enjoyed all of your work. You earned my respect. And I'm so proud of everything that you were able to accomplish. So sorry to see you go. I've been down that road before, too. Swig of beer, I'll catch you down the road. I'm

proud of you. And I want to throw a shout out to Brett Hart, one of my toughest opponents,

one of the people that I have the utmost respect for and a very close friend who just went

through prostate cancer surgery. Brett, I left you a voice, Mel. I said, I love you,

and I mean that. I know I speak for the entire WW universe that wishes you all the best and to

stay strong and to please continue your fight and to get better, and we'll see you down the road.

Amen. I can sit here and talk all day long, and I will.

I'm waiting on a big show.

I got a hell of a kick out of watching that last little segment there.

I was compelled to get out of my chair, run to the ring, stomp a mud hole in the white

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