Vince went on to beat Pat McAfee in an impromptu match before he was interrupted by a returning Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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WrestleMania 38 threw up a lot of surprises and had the fans on the edge of their seats but one such thing that caught everybody’s attention was the return of Vince McMahon to in-ring action. Vince went on to beat Pat McAfee in an impromptu match before he was interrupted by a returning Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake then went on to give a stunner to the Boss in a throwback to the Attitude Era days.
During the latest episode of the 83 Weeks Podcast, former RAW general manager Eric Bischoff spoke about WrestleMania 38 and the return of Steve Austin and the excitement surrounding what happened with Austin.
He said, “To see Steve in there doing what Steve is great at doing. And even beyond that, forget the fact that me and Steve are friends, we’ve spent a lot of time in the industry together, we’re peers in that era if you want to put it that way. Forget about all of that, the crowd reaction. It was awesome man, it was just awesome. I came home, I got back in time just last night and I picked up right when the Pat McAfee, Vince McMahon stuff.
“I don’t know man, I can’t say enough good things about it, it was so much fun. I think for me WrestleMania is all about emotion and WWE did a fantastic job of balancing nostalgia with what’s going on today, the hot story, and the hot matchup. Obviously, Brock with Roman was great, Rousey with Charlotte Flair was fantastic. There were so many great things but such a well-balanced presentation.”
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Bischoff then spoke about Steve Austin’s encounter with Vince McMahon and mentioned the botched Stunner and why he doesn’t want people to be talking about that coming out of the show.
“I know people are going to be laughing about the Stunner and whatever but come on man. You pay money to be entertained and having fun is a part of that. That whole segment was nothing but fun. Yeah, the Stunner looked horrible and I would imagine Vince is very angry with himself but hopefully, he gives himself a break because he entertained the hell out of me and a lot of people man. Hats off to Vince, the entire team, and so many people. What an incredible event, in many ways, I think it’s one of my favourite WrestleManias in a long time.”
