Steve Austin Show Unleashed Recap w/ Al Snow – Today’s Matches Too Scripted, Keeping Kayfabe Alive, Dinner Date With “Head”? More!

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Snow points out that Sheiks infamous ‘point to the sky’ gesture (which was later used by Sabu) originated from the original King Kong movie because Sheik thought it made him look taller when he did it. Snow informs that he really enjoyed The Sheik’s work, and he always appreciated how Sheik was in character 24/7.

Snow points out that when he was working with The Head gimmick, he’d take Head out to a restaurant to eat supper and he’d order a meal for Head as well. He’d sit there, having a full conversation with Head as he ate and everyone in the restaurant would be looking and whispering. A waiter would often come over to him and tell him that he was making people uncomfortable, and Snow would reply, “Well they’re making us uncomfortable too!”

He admits that living the gimmick like this was tough, but he was determined to be the character that people saw on television whenever he was in public. This way, the people who saw him eating with Head in a restaurant would definitely believe the crazy things they saw him doing on RAW and Smackdown.

Austin speaks about his relationship with Brian Pillman. Austin says Pillman was ahead of his time as an entertainer, and he actually came up with the majority of their ring gear and in-ring moves when they worked as a tag team together. Austin admits that he had a very hard time when Pillman died. Snow speculates that Pillman was dissapointed because he knew he was so much better than the way he was being presented on television.

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