Austin says it was also great to see Sting make an appearance in the film, speaking about how much Flair did for his career early on. The film also touched on Flair’s lengthy feud with Ricky Steamboat which produced some of the greatest matches of all time. Austin says that Flair might be his favourite performer of all time, but Steamboat is right up there as well.
A listener writes into the show and points out that Austin looked pretty beat up in his WrestleWar ’92 match. This was a War Games match and basically every competitor in the match was bleeding, and the listener wonders if anyone thought about the dangers of HIV back in those days.
Austin says that looking back now, it looks like the dumbest thing in the world. That’s just the way the business was and that’s as much thought as anyone put into it. Luckily the business has changed since then and today all the competitors are tested for those types of diseases. In addition, bleeding has all but disappeared from the business in general.
Another listener writes into the show and asks Austin about his WrestleMania 13 match against Bret Hart, where Austin was left bloodied. Austin informs that WWE had a strict ‘no colour’ policy at this point, but Hart felt that Austin really needed to get some colour for the finish of the match. Hart offered to get blood for Austin, and in turn he was offering to take the heat for it as well if there would have been any issue with it backstage after the match.
