Steve Austin spoke about, why he chugged down many beers during his Wrestlemania 38 bout with Kevin Owens.
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Steve Austin mentioned on the most recent edition of the BrewBound Podcast that he was able to drink his own beer at WrestleMania 38. During both evenings, the new Broken Skull Lager was on full exhibit, and he remarked that it was a gratifying circumstance.
Austin said, “I have drank everybody’s beer in the past. I’ve been drinking beer my whole life, and I don’t speak technical beer language. But, we have given all those other brands a little bit of a rub by using their beer. So, to go out there and drink our own beer was very satisfying.”
Steve Austin downed a range of beers on tv during his career. He never received a beer sponsorship, but it wasn’t for a want of trying. He and WWE pitched to a brewer at one time, but they were not concerned with having him as a role model, according to the Hall of Famer.
Austin continued saying, “Well, it was an option, we actually pitched a beer company, and I won’t name their name. But we’ve all heard of them, and they’re very popular. I just think it was because I was very aggressive, maybe a little controversial. My mother used to tell me, ‘Steven, if you were on TV when you were a kid, I wouldn’t let you watch you.’
“So, I just think what I was doing was very cutting edge, it was very edgy. And that was the tip of the spear as far as the Attitude Era is concerned. So, I just don’t think I was someone’s idea of what a role model for their beer would look like at that time.”
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After that, Steve Austin explained why he kept drinking beers throughout his encounter with Kevin Owens. That was owing to his jaw clenching, as he hadn’t been in that position in 19 years.
On this Austin said, “Man, it was a bunch, and the thing about it was, I have been gone for so long, 19 years. You cannot replicate that type of setting in your home gym, I work out all the time here. I was doing all kinds of cardio, circuits, stuff like that. But, I kept calling for those beers, not to gratuitously advertise them, but because I genuinely had cottonmouth.
“So, anytime I needed a breath of air, or just needed to wet my whistle, I’d call for my beer guy to throw me a beer. Of course, I’d toss it, and continue on with the spectacle that we were presenting. Luckily, anyone that watched that PPV or everyone there in attendance knew we weren’t going to have a scientific back and forth match. It was going to be a brawling spectacle, and that’s exactly what it was.”
