At last years WrestleMania, some were confused why the first night of action was ending with a talk show segment. Kevin Owens would welcome Stone Cold Steve Austin infront of a Texas crowd, and things quickly turned into a match – with Stone Cold returning to the ring for the first time in nearly two decades.
This match ended up being one of the best of the night, and Stone Cold didn’t even need to do in-ring training to make things work.
Stone Cold Had No In-Ring Training For WrestleMania 38 Match – Focused On Cardio
While speaking with Ryan Satin on the Out Of Character podcast – Stone Cold Steve Austin had a chance to speak on his WrestleMania 38 return. When asked about how much training he did – he had the following to say.
“Zero. Zero in-ring training. “I was doing cardio. Here is an inside tip for you. I love Sheamus, he has a great YouTube channel, the Celtic Warrior Workout. I got on there, I watched Edge’s routine, I watched Bryan Danielson’s training routine. The one that really got me was Becky Lynch‘s comeback routine. I did her routine over and over, then I invented my own out of that. I was training hard at my house, but I didn’t have a ring.
Once I got to Dallas, I got there three or four days early because I always do, I ran the ropes a lot with Drew Gulak, who is absolutely wonderful, a great talent. Super guy, very intuitive in the ring, we did a lot of criss-cross stuff. Locked up, grab a headlock, a couple of spots. Just a little bit of that and I was gassing. When I tell you I was in good shape, I was, but doing cardio at the house, as hard as I was working out, is not in-ring activity. It’s very specific, cardio is. When KO or Drew come in, they’ve worked on the road a lot. As much as I worked, it was short notice, but as hard as I worked, I still wasn’t in shape because they were doing a specific task.”
Beer Breaks Allowed Him To Pace Himself
One way that Stone Cold was able to keep pace during his No DQ match against Kevin Owens was beer breaks. He was able to use that part of his character to keep the the crowd entertained while getting some much needed breaks.
”It was what it was, I wanted to give them more, but the whole time, when you have that amount of people out there, I’ve been in front of a million crowds, but you’re trying to pace yourself. When you saw me go sip beers, I wasn’t doing that to advertise my beer, I was doing that to take a breather and kind of monitor the system because I was getting a little gassed. You don’t want to go out there and freak out. I was taking those opportunities to slow down and catch a breather.”
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