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Steve Austin
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Paul White (The Big Show)
No plan, no problem.
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Steve Austin
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Paul White (The Big Show)
The following Program is a podcast ONE.com.
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Steve Austin
Production from Hollywood, California by way of the Broken Skull Ranch.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
This is the Steve Austin Show.
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Steve Austin
Give me a Hell yeah.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Hell yeah. Now here's Steve Austin.
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Steve Austin
All right everybody, welcome to Steve Austin Show. I am coming to you from the Silver State over here in Nevada, home of the broken Skull Ranch 2.0. Today on the podcast is the rest of my interview with the Big Show, Paul White. I asked you guys to send Some questions in the questions steveauffsonshow.com and today I'm gonna ask those questions and Big show will supply the answers. We weren't able to get all the questions, but I appreciate everybody sending them in. Big show coming up on the podcast. Man, I'll tell you what, I'm a little disappointed this morning. I got up this morning and a couple days ago, me and some buddies I met from a local motorcycle shop, we're gonna go out riding this morning. I had my dirt bike, my KLX 450 on the back of my motorcycle rack, had my gas tank in the back of my pickup truck, all my gear, shoulder pads, chest protector, knee pads, elbow pads, helmet, goggles, all that stuff. All that stuff that you need to wear when you're riding your dirt bike. I was ready to go. Range system came in here, got a call about 8am from the main guy that was going to take us riding and he said, hey man, it's going to get nasty out there and if we're on two wheels, that stuff is going to get greasy and we're probably going to get caught in a gully washer and it's going to totally F everything up. We might want to cancel. And I said, hey man, I'm down with that. I tell you what, I got caught in the rain on my four wheeler the other day riding that brute force 750 and man, coming down a rocky slope and got into some, it looked like mud, but it really wasn't mud. It was hard ground, but it's that greasy feel my brother in law is always telling me about when that weather starts getting wet or icy. And man, my ass end started sliding around on that four wheeler and I was like, man, do I have a flat tire or what? I looked back here on my left pack, looked on the right back tire and both the tires are fine, it's just that greasy stuff. Now imagine being on that and four wheels versus just being on two. And I tell you what, I got in some deep sand the other day on my dirt bike and I called my buddy at the motorcycle shop, I said, hey man, how are you guys riding in some of this deep sand when you get off that rocky stuff? And he goes, steve, you just got to get your ass back there on the back of that seat, get your weight on the back wheel, get that front end up a little bit and just go. And I tell you what man, that sand down there wiped my ass out. So anyway, to imagine riding in some slippery stuff with a bunch of Greasy feel to it. Doesn't sound like a good idea. I'll tell you what. I've been riding motorcycles my whole life, but kind of at a casual level. I am damn sure not an expert. And with my dirt bike sitting in Texas for 10 years while I was in California, I rode that dirt bike at the ranch a little bit just down to Senderos. It's one thing to ride a dirt bike down a smooth dirt road. All of a sudden you start going on climbs, descents, you get to some technical stuff with this hard pack and loose pack and all this damn rocks and boulders and stuff out here. Mr. It's a whole different ball game. So my punk ass, it's probably a good thing we canceled a motorcycle ride. But I was really looking forward to it. So maybe I'll be able to get all my work in and go out there by myself tomorrow because I want to get some more riding in before we have to head back to the main streets of Los Angeles. Coming up here this weekend, I guess today I will be relegated to doing home duties and I'm still trying to set up my shop out there. I got a compressor, got a toolbox. I need to get some open end wrenches, some box end wrenches, you know, a better set of sockets. I've got a couple of sets of sockets, but I just got to restock everything. I left all my tools at the Broken Skull Ranch down there in till when I sold, I conveyed all the tools to those guys. And you know, once you go to start rebuying tools it's like, God dang, you forget how expensive they are. But I'll get my tools, get all set up so I can work on some of my own stuff here in the shop. And what I need actually is some of them big ass storage racks, those shelves that Home Depot and Costco carry. So I'm going to go to each store, make sure I like the racks so I can get all my stuff off the floor and onto a shelving system so I can maintain some kind of organization. Over in that shop I got all my buckets buggies in there. I got my 88 Dodge Ram Charger, 95 Ford Bronco, a couple of Mule Pro FXS, FXT, my Brute Force 750 and my dirt bike, a KLX 450. And hell man, I got my Jet Ski in there. I can't wait for summer to come. It's damn near here. I'm fixing to take that Jet Ski and wear it out. Because I tell you what, when I had that thing in Los Angeles and was bobbing around out there like a cork in the Pacific Ocean. That wasn't exactly my idea of fun. So now that I have access to so many lakes out here, with a stone's throw of my house, I'm going to take that Dang310LX out there and ride the hell out of it. That's a supercharged 1500cc motor with 310 horsepower and that's the most powerful personal watercraft prowling the waters today as far as I know. So anyway, I'm looking forward to getting that thing out there. I've had it a while now and hadn't been able to get near the use out of it that I would have liked. But anyway, that's another story for another day when summer comes. But nonetheless, man, my guest today is the big show. You sent in the questions. Questions. Steve AustinShow.com we didn't get a chance to answer all those questions, but I appreciate everybody sending them in. And if you have anybody else you want me to interview or talk to on a podcast, please send me your suggestions@questions steveaussonshow.com hey, this is Adam Carolla.
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Adam Carolla
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Paul White (The Big Show)
This is the Steve Austin Show.
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Steve Austin
You got some time to answer some questions that the fan sent in?
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Absolutely, absolutely. I'd be happy to.
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Steve Austin
Here's a question that came in from Jacob Pigott. Maybe I mispronounced his name. It could have been PJo. He said, hey man, I just finished a documentary.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Sorry Jason.
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Steve Austin
Pauly vu francais. I just finished a documentary on Andre that HBO was showing. They mentioned that Andre put off having surgery for his acromegaly, and that shortened his life considerably. Did that influence show's decision in regards to treatment and health? What about other lifestyle choices? Thanks, Jacob.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
That's a great question, Jacob, because when I found out that I had acromegaly, I was in College. I was 19 years old. I never heard of it, never knew anything about it. I always thought that my size and strength and being the freak that I was as an early teenager, I mean, I was 313 pounds, about a 5% body fat, slept about four nights, four hours a night. And, you know, I could play three hours of basketball, eat a whole pizza, walk back across the street, play another three, four hours of basketball, digest it and do it all. I was eating 15,000 calories a day about. I kept my parents perpetually broke, just trying to keep me fed. I remember reaching the fridge and grabbing hands of hamburger meat, raw, and just putting pepper on it and eating salt and pepper. And my mom would freak out, what are you doing? That's for supper. I said, I'm hungry. She said, you're going to cook it. I said, I just want to eat it. So when I found out I had a tumor, it was the team doctor at Wichita State and he said, I think you have acromegalia. They sent me to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Then, you know, I find out that, you know, the reason I have all the size and strength and bone density and stuff is because of a, you know, because of an abnormality. And they could fix it. They say the statistic was back then that 177 kids a year graduate from high school with acromegaly, which is something that I didn't know. I think the surgeries now are very standardized on treatment. There's some treatment that can be done with radiation because it's basically a tumor. Non malignant, it's not cancerous. It's just a growth that presses on a pituitary gland that secretes more growth hormone than normal. But they can go in now, excise the tumor, do very little damage to the pituitary gland. Because these guys are amazing surgeons and they can just lace that thing right off. And just like, you know, skin in the catfish, you know what I mean? Usually come out without any side effects. The pituitary gland runs nasal tears. A lot of hormones in your body that if the surgery is done wrong, it could cause a lot of complications. Back when Andre probably found out about it, I don't know how advanced the surgeries were. I don't know what the options were. And I'm sure Andre had the same feelings and apprehensions that I had knowing I had it. 1. When you're younger, you think, oh, well, you probably won't live past your 40s if you don't have the sticks. Well, when you're 19 or 20, you think your mid-40s are a long time away. Well, bam, here I am now. And I still want more out of life. That's why I changed my diet to get healthier, to enjoy life a lot longer. But I think there's a little bit of trepidation in knowing that this blessing, this gift could be taken away and it's going to cause changes. And you know what it did for me, I mean, I. It went from being super lean and shredded and not being able to gain a pound, of course, that's youth as well, to then constantly having trouble with diet and exercise and maintaining weight and stuff like that, because the weight that normally for growing up, my whole life would just evaporate now stayed, you know what I mean? And I think it wasn't until I got older and made a commitment to my nutrition and learned how to eat properly that I was able to make a change that way. But for the longest time, for me, it was a struggle with the weight. But as far as the surgery goes, I think at the time that Andre had the option to probably get it fixed, he was probably. You don't know. Hindsight's not 20 20. If you got it fixed, he may have lived longer, he may not have. You know what I mean?
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Steve Austin
You know, he was living pretty hard, man. I mean, you know, when you think about, you know, it's kind of like one of those things where in the locker room or just going down the road. A lot of people said Andre was drinking because he was in so much pain or I truly think he just like. Well, I don't know what, I can't. I can speculate. I think he enjoyed drinking. I think he did it to self medicate as well. But dude.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Oh yeah, I think a lot of emotional.
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Steve Austin
Oh, yeah, you drink that much for that long. I mean, that beer, that wine, you know, it just bloats you. And you know, Andre got pretty heavy from all that. I mean, and if night in, night out, year after year, like he was. Yeah, that's got to cut you short.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Well, I think a lot of it too is Andre stopped working, you know, as well as I do. How many old timers have we known that work? And then you see them a year after they stopped working and they look like, they just crumbled and fell apart, right? Because they're not bumping every night. They're not doing the exercise that they did every night. And that's the important thing, is to keep moving. You know, if Andre had the problems with his ankles and his knees and his back that he was having, you know, they didn't have the information. I don't think back then to say, hey, we need to do more physical therapy, need to work more. We need to keep the weight off. You know, I think there are things to be done. As far as the alcohol really tearing up Andre, I don't know, because it's a different level when you're this big. When you got a liver the size of the Buick and kidneys the size of, you know, small children, you know, you can process a lot more alcohol than anyone else can. You know what I mean? I'm not saying that that's a thing to be proud of or a good thing, but it's also just a fact. You can process more. Your body has a better filtration system. Now, as much as Andre could drink, he was European. He grew up small. When he was younger, wine was at the table. Beer was a normal thing, you know what I mean? So he probably grew up already building a tolerance, you know what I mean? So I don't know how much the alcohol had affected him, and this is my speculation, whereas just the fact that his organs never stopped growing, his heart never stopped growing. Right. His intestines never stopped growing. You know, his bones never stopped growing. So his bones are getting denser and thicker, and the joints are losing mobility, and he's in pain, and, you know, all of that. And who knows if Andre was sleeping enough, too. You know, some of the pictures there in that documentary, towards the end, when he went over to see his father, when his father. Father passed away, you know, Andre looked tired. He looked run down. Now, you know, obviously, that was a very trying time, and I'm sure he was distraught and upset, you know what I mean? But. But who knows? You know, the one that got me on that whole documentary interview that Timmy White did, when Timmy White started getting upset. Because I'm pretty good friends with Timmy, and, you know, Timmy's a hell of a guy. And Tim and I were doing appearance somewhere, and he started to tell me about Andre passing away alone, he started getting upset. You know, the boys, we're not going to let another guy get upset. We're going to help him get through it. I said, timmy, if I was dying, you would not be the last person I'd want to see. And he said, let me tell you something, you big jackass, if you were dying, I'd probably be the one choking you, you know what I mean? But I made Timmy laugh. That and that was a couple of years ago, I want to say, four or five years ago, the Timmy and I had that talk and then they brought that up in the interview and I couldn't talk to my friend Timmy. We started crying about losing Andre like that. And that got me harder than anything because I didn't realize how much my life really paralleled Andre. A lot. I know we talk crap on TV and storyline and giants and everybody comes up say, oh, you remind me of Andre. Okay, I'm still me. But when I saw Andre, about Andre walking through the airports and everyone staring and not being able to fit in hotels and not being able to fit in cars and just troubles that Andre went through on a day to day basis, you know, and the fact that wherever he went, he was a spectacle, you know, and I understand that. I've learned to handle things differently, you know, I engage people, I make them laugh. You know, Andre went the other way with it. Andre was kind of bitter. He didn't want to sign autographs, he didn't want to deal with people, he didn't want to deal with the attention. You know, there's two ways you can handle it. Some days I get like that. I just stay home, you know, I know, okay, today I'm going to be a grumpy ass, so I'm gonna stay home. I try not to make people have a bad day by interacting with me, you know what I mean? I mean, you know, if you've been around me, you know, I can be a real asshole sometimes. I am. I mean, I'm human being. Some days I'm grumpy, some days I'm introverted. I get it. I'm a human being. But usually out and about, I try to be nice and patient with everyone, you know, and luckily now there's cell phone cameras. So it's not like I have to find a pencil or find a piece of paper or any other stuff like we did back in the day, you know what I mean? Now it's a selfie and it's 25 seconds and everybody has a good experience and rolls on.
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Steve Austin
Do you ever get tired of just because everybody's always looking at you? If you go back a couple of years. I talked about this on the podcast a couple of years ago. The one time you and I were Taking our own flights. We had kind of changed the travel from everybody else that was over in Germany or Europe for wwe and I was traveling with you. And about that time, I was the hottest thing on two feet in the wrestling business.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
And the reason I got to change my travel is because I was booking it and you were doing it. Otherwise I'd had to take those crappy plates too. So the fact that you. Fact that I talked you into it or you agreed to do it, I got to, I got to do the change of travel. So, yeah, you had a stroke.
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Steve Austin
The thing about it was, like I said, I was white hot the business and dude, I was just walking your wake. And no one, I'm six one. I used to be six two, 250, 260. But I can kind of blend in and do it with your big ass walking up there. And no one said shit to me. No one looked at me. It was all about you, which I was way cool with. But now it's still like that. I mean, I know because you've been on television for so long and millions and millions, you know, worldwide, audience knows who you are, but you're always going to get those people who don't know or don't watch the WWE or our industry, and all of a sudden here you are, with all due respect, a freak of nature. And do you ever get tired of all the attention or just the gawking? Or is it like, hey man, this is what it is and this is who I am?
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Paul White (The Big Show)
I think when I was really young, like I was 6 9, at 15, I was insecure about it because I felt very freakish. It wasn't until I became a really good athlete, I found a way to, to, to interact with people and not necessarily ignore it, but try to be a little bit more gracious about it. Because I don't want to carry. I mean, you know me, I'm relatively a nice guy. I don't want to carry all that anger and that hate and that in my heart. That's just not who I am. I mean, I'll forgive people for doing. Saying stuff all the time. And people are gonna, you have to understand their position. They've never seen anybody like me. As long as some of those people live, they will tell the story about the one time they saw the big show and Tim Hortons or 7 11, you know what I mean, Buying a cup of coffee, you know what I mean? Or they saw a big show in the airport. And you know, when I think about the stories that I'VE heard. I mean my dad told me a story a long time ago. He was in an airport and this guy sitting next down at the airport was a little diner in an airport somewhere. My dad was a pilot, private pilot. And he got sat down next to him and they had coffee and you know, talked about, you know, because there's a storm coming in, talked about the storm and my dad legitly thought that he was a, another pilot that he'd seen somewhere. You know, he's a bigger guy because my dad was six four but he, you know, this guy was kind of big too. But my dad just thought, you know, hey, he's a pretty cool guy. Another pilot, you know, my dad shook hands and the guy says no, I'll get, I'll get nails on me. Thanks for the conversation. So you know, my dad left and it wasn't till my dad thought about it like a couple hours later. He'd been sitting with John Wayne the whole friggin time, you know what I mean? Really? So as a kid I was enamored by the story that my dad, you know, my dad was born in 19, so he was 40 when I was 1. So here's my dad sat down and had basically steak and eggs and coffee with John Wayne in a diner in an airport, you know what I mean? So, but the fact that John Wayne was cool to my dad and talked to him, interacted with him and here's you know, somebody that, I mean, who's not a John Wayne fan, you know what I mean? Especially you know, in my household growing up. So that always stuck out in my head and then there are stories of those that weren't nice and, and we're all human. There's some times where, hey, I don't have time. But you try to be nice about now. I try to hope that I give people a good experience because I want to be somebody that people hopefully talk about following they had a good experience meeting. Because that's the thing, I think a lot of days with Internet and as smart as everybody is now, you know, there's a little bit of magic that's missing in the world. You know, there's a little bit of that, that special magic that's missing that I don't know if I can quantify it to explain it, but I hope that I can help create that when people meet. You know, I don't, I, you know, I'm not a saint. I mean, I'm sure there's a lot of people that say I was a complete jackass at some point in my life. And I'm sure, you know, if I wanted to pick up my rental car and instead of getting an suv, it was like a compact. I'm sure I was a jackass, you know what I mean? But you know, all in all, I just try to handle it differently because I don't want to carry all that anger and frustration. It's just not what I want to carry with me. Hey, man.
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Steve Austin
On this line of Andre the Giant type stuff, Matthew Mason from Auburndale, Florida says, what was it like being billed as a son of Andre the Giant when he first started in wcw?
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Paul White (The Big Show)
It was awkward. It was very awkward, I would imagine. I know Hogan and Bischoff came up with this idea and that's why Hogan, you know, latched on me right away and that's why I got a career in opportunity. And I'm thankful that, that he noticed me. Because you remember back then you couldn't just go to a wrestling school or sign up on the Internet. It was like getting in the mocking. You had to know somebody to get in to get trained. You know, it was a very select business to get into back then. And it wasn't quite as, you know, open door policy as it is now. And the fact that Holt took the time and shut this up and here I'm making, you know, in wcw, even though compared to a lot of guys are making, I'm still making more money than my father ever made, you know what I mean? So I'm, I'm happy to be here. I'm with Ric Flair and Arne Anderson and Paul Orndorff and Sting and Hogan and Savage and you know, Luger. I'm with all these guys that are just, you know, legends, legends in the big. You. I remember when you had long hair and you were one hell of a bumping machine back then. You know, I remember Dallas Page, he can be a little grumpy sometimes, so don't bother him. But you know, he's a real cool dude. You should say hi to him. And I knew who you were, obviously because I watched you, you know, but you were always cool to me and I appreciate that. You know, I was probably annoying as hell being a rookie, but I appreciate it. But to go as that son of Andre, yeah, it gave me credibility with the fans. But on one hand, it's kind of a real crappy trick to pull on the fans because everybody loved Andre so much and it cornered me in the position because I still have fans that will come up to me to this day. And tell me how much they love my dad. And they love watching my dad and they're, oh, you love watching my dad work on planes. That's. I mean, I don't know what, you know what I mean? Right in the back of my mind, I'm like, my dad. Yeah, my dad could roof a hell of a house sometimes. You know what I mean? Like, I mean, you know, my dad was a hard working man. He wasn't famous for anything, so. But I nod and say thank you because I don't want to kill that magic, you know what I mean? If they still believe and, you know, who am I to, you know, tell them? The Easter bunnies, you know, really? A raccoon or whatever. Yeah.
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Steve Austin
But it had been tough because like when they brought in Lance Von Eric, there are other people that are really in the know. And I say, okay, come on, man, we know that's not great, son, but. But you're the guy that's gotta play the part.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
I don't think with the Internet today, I don't think that gimmick would even be attempted because, you know, the fans are too much in the know now. But I think back then there was a little bit of mystery. But from a working standpoint, it was tough for me too, because right away I got. You remember what kind of an athlete I was back then? I mean, I could do some really ridiculous stuff. And you guys used to bitch at me all the time for doing too much stuff because the business wasn't ready for somebody my size to do some of the things that I did. But it also pigeonholed me into a gimmick that I think Hogan wanted for me. I think Hulk wanted me to have that attraction gimmick like Andre to. That's where Hogan saw the money was me, the attraction, but with my enthusiasm, athleticism, you know, I never wanted to be under the Giant. I wanted to be, for lack of a better words, I wanted to be Arne Anderson. I wanted to be a great worker. I wanted to be able to bump and feed baby faces. I wanted to be, you know what I mean? Which is completely asinine at 7 foot tall, 500 pounds, to want to be like Arn Anderson. But you know what I mean, I think, you know, now that I'm older, I don't know if I'm any wiser, but now that I'm older, I see where that gimmick was hard for me. But it gave me credibility off the bat. It gave me a sense of identity, which when we're all Starting out in professional wrestling, we're trying to look for something that gives us an identity and allows us to develop who we are, I think, without being the giant and going through what I experienced there with the NWO and all the characters that I got to work with in wcw, to coming to WWE to work with all you guys and learning how to really work for someone my size, not just go out there and do stuff, but actually go out there and work. I can't complain, man. I'm blessed and thankful. I feel like. Personally, I feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys on the planet because I've worked with the greatest talent this industry seen in the past 40 years. I pretty much been in the ring with all of them. And from the new guys to some of the older legends. You know, for a guy that grew up in South Carolina, a wrestling fan, I still get excited when I see Bullet Bob Armstrong at WrestleMania. I drive Scotty absolutely nuts. And Road dog. I said, is Bullet coming? Because Bullet Bob Armstrong was me and my dad's favorite growing up. We watched Georgia Championship Wrestling, you know, and the Armstrongs were our favorite. Bullet Bob and Brad, you know, and then I see, you know, I just. This last WrestleMania, for God's sake, you know, we were there in New Orleans. I'm talking to Bullet Bobby. He knew I was from South Carolina. I peed myself because Bullet Bob knew I was from South Carolina. But, you know, if you go back to hall of Fame, I'm still a fan.
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Steve Austin
If you go back to hall of Fame, shoot. Back in the day, I can't remember five, six, seven years ago when he got inducted in the hall of Fame. Dude, one of his promo was one of. One of the best that night.
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Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, he was so good back then. Just good. He was one of the man's men back then. Like, he knew he was music, straight up. He was a worker, and he was one of those kind of guys. And that's why I always loved Arne Anderson, too. Because when I'd see Those guys on TV, I always thought, like. Like when I was 11, I think 11 or 12, I cut grass to get a ticket. The Four Horsemen were coming to Columbia, South Carolina, the township. And usually wrestling tickets, I think, were $6. General admission. I think ringside was. Was $12. And so I cut grass, and I'd made $8 cutting grass. And I thought, well, heck, I'll get a ticket and I'll get a drink. Perfect. I rode my bicycle to Columbia Township. My mom had gone to work, and I Pulled my bicycle out of the trunk of a car, rode my bike about four miles to the township. Because of Four Horsemen in town, general admission was like $10. I think Ringside was like 16 or something like that. Like it was like, you know, the horseman in town, business is up, you know what I mean? But I just remember I didn't have enough money to get in. So I stood there by the fence, 6 foot 2 at 11, 12 years old. I probably look like some kind of mongoloid in a bicycle, you know what I mean? But I was 12 and I remember Arne Anderson got out of a Town Car. I believe it was big Lincoln Town Car. He had the gold chain on and the rose colored glasses. Had a bag over his shoulder and polo shirt. And he just looked like the meanest son of a gun I've ever seen in my life. Like, you know, orange, what, maybe 6 foot tall, right? 5, 10, 5 11. At 12 years old, I thought he was a foot taller than I was, you know what I mean? And even though I was, you know, probably 40 yards away from him, I'm looking, I'm going, look how big he look, how mean he looks. I remember going back to school telling all the kids that the enforcer, Arn Anderson was the meanest son of a gun I ever seen in my life. Like I've seen such a huge fan of Arne Anderson as a heel.
- [29:38]
Steve Austin
Well, also because of the mystique of the business back then and because such an impressible age, I mean, those to me, I mean, like when I'm, when I'm looking at those guys and you know, going to the world famous sportatorium to sign in to wrestling school, I mean, I'm looking at these guys like those guys are the coolest guys walking the planet. It was an interesting time. But speaking of double a stepping out of a limousine, Raymond sends a question in. And I know you're a big car guy, so here's this question. Does Big show have to customize a car that he fits in comfortably? If so, what is it? If not, what is the vehicle that he drives on a normal basis? Because now I'm going back to the Andre the Giant thing, dude. One time he squeezed into that, I think his little white car in a front seat and he just looked miserable. Tried to get in that car and then his shot showed him on, like on an airliner. I know back in the day you were heavy into fixing up those Lincoln Navigators. So what are you into these days as far as the automotive stuff?
- [30:35]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Well, I'VE lost all the weight. So, you know, actually Yukon Denali fits, but I order it without the sunroof package because if the sunroof's in, I just don't have enough headroom. That's the thing. I'd love to get an Escalade, but they don't come without the sunroof package. So. Plus the Escalade's a little bit narrower on the inside, believe it or not. So I went with the Yukon Denali, you know, the longer one, kind of like the Suburban. I fit in the faster seat or the driver's seat. My personal truck that I drive is, I have a 2004 Viper truck, 6 speed. That's the only made one year, the two door 6 speed Viper truck. And I just had it redone, had it lowered and I had some rims put on it, went through the engine and did some paint work and black matted it out. It's got 16,000 miles on it. And every now and then I like to take it out and drive it because I fit in it and it's just a hell of a performance machine to drive. And then if I want to get real nostalgic, I have a 1966 Hemi Charger that's I think one of nine. So it's a black on black hemi charger, but I pro streeted the motor out probably close to 650 horsepower and Wildwood brake systems all the way through it. And I've got cutouts on the exhaust so I can go straight pipes with the drag strip, even though I'm not drag racing anywhere. But it cam and lopes and you know, it sounds like Godzilla in the china shop. So it's, it's a pretty monstrous beast. But you know, I've had my. I've loved that 66 charger style. It's not the Dukes of Hazard style. It's before that real long. It's a real long sloping back window. And it's, it's kind of. It's just sexy to me. The lines on it are sexy. And she's a real beast. So that's what I have right now. So I'm actually, I'm looking now for something now. I don't know if I want to get a truck. I don't know. I think probably I'm gonna get myself a newer pickup truck. Just. Just a 4x4 for, you know, carrying bikes if I want to go biking and stuff like that, or some of the paddle boards if I want to go out to the beach or something. So I kind of want to get a pickup truck. I had an F350 for a while. It's a great truck. That big turbo diesel F350, I enjoyed that. But it had the eight foot bed on it. So parking it, I needed somebody to, you know, got there with a couple of flags and help guide me in. Like I'm parking the 747.
- [32:50]
Steve Austin
Yeah, and you're preaching to the choir on that one because when you started list and your vehicles. You know, our personal vehicle that we bought to drive back and forth to, you know, Nevada from Los Angeles is a Yukon Denali XL. And it's got the 6.2 motor. And that motor is an absolute blast. It's 420 horsepower. I definitely did not want the 5.3. And this thing is loaded to the gills. And it has the sunroof. Dude, I'm not your height, but I just don't like having that. Losing the three to four inches. Whatever they take pick up, I don't like. And I'm never going to roll that thing down. It adds wind noise. So I just do not like them. But dude, it's one of my favorite vehicles that I've ever bought. That's how much I like at Yukon XL. And it's a 2000, I guess 17 or 18.
- [33:33]
Paul White (The Big Show)
That's the same as mine. Love it too. Great performance.
- [33:36]
Steve Austin
Oh, drives like a dream.
- [33:38]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Drives like a dream. It'll get up and go too. Like it doesn't have any problems passing. But it's comfortable. But yeah, without that sunroof it gives me. And I got the caster's chairs in the back so it's a little more comfortable back there. Not the bench seat, but yeah, I really dig that Yukon. I really do. I was actually looking at that GMC Denali pickup. They got one down here at the dealership down here that I'm pretty hot and horny for. It's got a lift kit on it and tires and everything else. Got the doggone sunroof in it. The pickup truck comes with a sunroof. And I'm just like, you know, dude, something about. Something about a pickup truck with a sunroof kills the idea of it being a pickup truck. Maybe I got too much redneck blood in me, but if you put a sunroof in a pickup truck, then you, you're not really should be driving a pickup truck.
- [34:20]
Steve Austin
Dude, I'm so glad to hear you say that because last I guess two, three weeks ago, I finally decided, you know what, I've been Talking about on the podcast, I decided I was going to go ahead and get a new truck. Well, I didn't. We got that Yukon Denali XL and we came up here to Nevada and I have my 2003 half ton Chevy Z71 with that 5.3 motor that I dislike. It just, they don't pull anything worth a damn. But I love my pickup truck.
- [34:47]
Paul White (The Big Show)
It's numbered. A pounded thumb.
- [34:48]
Steve Austin
Yeah, I'll never sell it. So I start looking around and I'm looking at all these what, what got me. There was a GMC Denali pickup with the lift kit and all that other stuff on there. But the store manager was driving that and he never made it available for me to drive. So I got into one of those long bed pickups with the eight foot box just like you were talking about. And in this particular, and this particular model, this is a Duramax, it's a Chevy. And hey man, I looked up and I said, this thing doesn't have a sunroof. I said I love that because I got so much more headspace now. So I said, okay, now it's all changed. I said I want something loaded, but I don't want the sunroof on there. So he said all right. I don't know, they probably looked over three or four or five state area and they finally rustled up exactly what I wanted. If you it was a Duramax 3/4 ton, 6 and a half foot bed. Because I drove out, I said, man, if my wife has to take this to Zumba class, she's going to have hell parking it.
- [35:46]
Paul White (The Big Show)
And you know she's going to, you know she's going to. So you just, yeah, just factor that in. That's going to happen.
- [35:52]
Steve Austin
So I have the Z71 package, no sunroof, white. It's just, it's the best looking pickup truck I've ever owned. Like I said, I still got the old one. That's one I take when my ATVs back and forth to where I ride. But when I go on my hunting trips and I got my Kawasaki Mule and my utility trailer with that Duramax, I mean you can pull anything, you don't know it's back there. But to your point, dude, six and a half foot box, which I was a little bit mad about because my ATV, my brute force 750, I couldn't put the tailgate all the way. I couldn't shut the tailgate. That disappointed me by about 2 inches. Missed it by that much. But I could not have a Sunroof in there, and it took me. They're as rare as hen's teeth, but I end up finding one. So I'm on the same page with you on the Yukon XL and on the pickup truck, if you decide to go get one. Yeah, dude, I found one, and it's hard to find. I got an LTZ Z71.
- [36:45]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Is that the one? Does that have the Allison transmission in it, too?
- [36:48]
Steve Austin
Oh, yeah, yeah, it's Allison transmission. And I think that's the only thing that they sell that thing with, but, yeah, absolutely.
- [36:55]
Paul White (The Big Show)
For your atv, you know, they got that guard that clips on the back that kind of extends the bed out to the tailgate.
- [37:00]
Steve Austin
You know, I was looking at those. Those things that go into the. To the receiver hitch.
- [37:04]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, yeah. No, no, not the receiver hitch. It clips, right? Like, you tail the gate down. It puts like a cage, kind of like a metal tubing frame around the back of your tailgate, clips on the inside of your bed so that when you have something that's a little bit longer that's sticking out. You know what I mean? You know, a little bit's gonna tailgate, but it won't slide all the way out the back because you've got that. That frame that goes around. It's. You know, I. I don't know how. You know, I think it'll work for carrying your atv. I wouldn't run around with it all the time. I mean, probably look like a dumbass wearing a cowboy out to a swimming pool, but you know what I'm saying. You know what I mean? But if you're using it, it might be just because I know what you're saying. For peace of mind. You don't want the ass of your ATV hanging out in the back of your truck. Peace of mind. You want everything buttoned up. So I. I dig that. I dig that. Yeah. It's funny, because I'm just trying to figure out now, and it's like a lot of these pickups are. They look really big and they're just not, you know, especially for me, because, like, I get in. But there's so many accoutrements with the thick doors and all that stuff that. That once you shut the door, I mean, you know, there's no room in here. You know, my. I feel like I'm leaning to the right because I can't lean to the left because, you know, my shoulders are too wide. So definitely. I'll take a look at that down the road. That. What'd you say? Z71 package yeah, absolutely.
- [38:21]
Steve Austin
Yeah. Just because it's got, it's got the different shocks, it's got the skid plates underneath it. And I just figured, dude, my old One was a Z71.
- [38:28]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I love the looks of that Ford Raptor. I looked at one of those Raptors and damn, that's a good looking pickup truck. They have one, they have one all done up the dealership down here in Miami. And granted, I'm living in Miami, but the guy said to me with a straight face, he says, yeah, we'll only mark it up 12 grand for you. I said, what? You'll only mark it up for 12 grand? Said, Buddy, that's the wrong way to start a sales pitch. Peace. I'll see you later, dude.
- [38:52]
Steve Austin
I was in line.
- [38:54]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Do I have Mark written on my forehead like I used to sell cars, you dumbass.
- [39:00]
Steve Austin
That was on my list of things to drive. But man, with that 3.5 ecotech, it was just, there's turbocharged, whatever, and it's a really short bed. I thought, everybody that I've talked to, I was at a shooting range the other day and I said, hey man, how do you like that thing? He goes, I absolutely love it. Best pickup I've ever bought. But what I'm going to be doing out here, like I said, I'm going to get a toy hauler. I'm going to be pulling that and pulling my buggies around. So obviously that Raptor is an absolute beast. But, you know, I had to.
- [39:34]
Paul White (The Big Show)
You're doing a different thing, dude. You got the bigger motor, the Allison transmission, The beefed up G71. It makes a lot more sense. And you got it with no sunroof. See, I think those Raptors come the sunroof too, don't they?
- [39:45]
Steve Austin
I don't know, dude, I'm just allergic to the sunroof. Let me get to another question here. Says, hey, Steve. My question to both of you. Who do you think will be the next breakout Superstar for the wwe? I think will be Elias. Thanks for answering my question. Kevin Durkin, breakout Superstar coming up in a WWE NXT system big show.
- [40:05]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I think he's dead on the point with Elias. I think Elias has a lot of good, a lot of good things to his future ahead of, one, he's a good kid. Two, he's a hard worker. You know, the old saying is he's got a hell of a body on him, you know, but he's done a lot of things right. You know, they built him along the way. They haven't had him beat A lot of people, he's earned his. He's earned his wins, he's done his losses. Like he's building a good solid foundation. You know, with television today and the way things go and with all the Internet involvement, I think it's really hard to build characters now because a lot of times you can't build like we used to back in the day. Back in the day, you could have a 5, 6 month build with a guy and really get him over. You can't do that now. Nowadays these guys got like three or four weeks and then, you know, they'll change directions and go different ways with them. Whether that's the talent spot, that's great. Fault, I don't know. I would look for a lot of breakout stars also. I know, think I'm crazy. But you look at the women's division, you know what I mean? I mean, goodly, Moogly, they have stepped up the competition so much. I mean, you see the matches of Charlotte's having and the stuff that she's doing. I mean, thank God I'm not following her right now. I mean, she's just laying it down. Talk about complete change from her when I knew her when she was, you know, in her teens and when she was in college and now the commitment that she's made and how she's doing. I'm just blown away by the talent she has. I mean, you know. But I think Elias is a good pick. It really is.
- [41:36]
Steve Austin
I think so too, man. I like the kid. He's quick witted. He's got that, the dry sarcastic delivery, the perfect gimmick. He's got a good look. He came over to the crib, you know, he's. Dude, he's a lot bigger than it looks like on tv. And he looks like a man television.
- [41:51]
Paul White (The Big Show)
But he's pretty thick when you get up in person.
- [41:53]
Steve Austin
Oh, he's thick. He got traps up to his ears. So. The kid likes to shrug, but no, he's got a good mind for the business. He's been around. He's got experience under his belt. You know, as long as they keep shoving him, keep that rocket on him. I mean, he'll be able to weather the storm and the waters because the kid can go. But yeah, I see.
- [42:13]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, when I look at guys who can go, I look at guys that can get everybody over. That's why, you know, somebody like me or somebody like Braun doesn't make a great champion. Sure. Is it fun? They win the championship? Absolutely. But you know as well as I do, when you wear that damn championship. It's not about getting yourself over. You got to bring people up to your level. And you need somebody that can, that can. That's a carpenter. And there's somebody that can work, somebody that can do it all. Bump feed. So get heat, you know, shine, make a comeback. It's A to Z. You know, there can't be any holes in their game if they're going to be somebody that's gonna, you know, carry that title and bring people up around. I mean, that's why John for so long always had that title for so long. It's because John had the ability to work and bring people up around, and people got better by stepping the ring with him. People got better by stepping in the ring with you. People get better by stepping in the ring with Triple H. You know, those are signs of what a true champion should be. You know what I mean? I mean, Braun's great at being a destroyer right now. And again, we get back to the sympathetic. Braun's probably one of my favorite performers. You know, Braun Strowman, Luke Gallows, Carl Anderson and Finn Baylor are probably my four favorite guys on TV right now. I just, I love those four guys. They're. They're tremendous. Tim Baylor, because I just think he's one hell of a good guy, one hell of a performer. And Luke Gallows and Carl Anderson, because they're one of the only two old school guys left that are young, that understand tag team wrestling, you know what I mean? I think a lot of that tag team division has just turned into crap on some things. You know, it's, you do your crap, I'll do my crap. You know, here's the finish. Oh, there's a save. You know, you can almost predict it to the point of, I miss the old days of that Babyface waiting on the apron to get that hot tag. When he got that hot tag, he made a comeback on both heels because that was the frustration. As a fan, you wanted to see that one fresh guy beat the crap out of those two heels. And that's a little bit lacking out because a lot. It's tough for a tag team now to go out and really get any heat because a lot of the tricks that we used to use back in the day, they can't use now. So it's a lot harder for them to get the heat. But in the tag team division, I like Luke and Carl because they can. They can make any tag team look good. Now, as far as entertaining, you know, you got to go with, you know, Big E, Kofi and Xavier. Because those three guys. There's a funny story. Years ago, when Kofi told me he was doing that new day gimmick, I pulled Kofi about four feet to the side, right in front of Xavier woods and Big E. And I asked him, so what the hell are you doing? Because you know how you talk to me about business, you know, and take. You were talking about business. I learned and I passed it along with guys that I help. I mean, I'm not polite about it. I'm direct and blunt to the point when it comes to business, it's serious, you know what I mean? So I pulled Kofi about four feet to the side. I said, what the hell are you doing with these two numb nuts? He says, oh, it's a thing. Which I said, damn, Kofi or Intercontinental champion, you're on the way to having a run at the Big Strap. Like, you know, you don't need to drag yourself down with a couple of NXT idiots right now. I mean, you know, I mean, you're, you're really probably going to hurt yourself. You know, you're pulling yourself out of that, that, that championship title run, holding the Intercontinental championships, a pretty big deal. You keep in that loop and then eventually get a shot, the big one. He goes, no, you know, I appreciate it. Show. He says, but we got a good thing going here. I said, all right, man, so I'm just telling you, you know, run around these two idiots is not going to help you get over. Now fast forward two weeks, three weeks. I'm watching the three of them work and I'm watching their chemistry. So they all came through the curtain one night, you know, and I got kind of a reputation, I guess, being an old grumpy, you know, old man. I always say, don't go from zero to hero, hero to zero. Damn it, sell. Tell stories, bridges, you know, habits about all the stuff that people have been in the business bitch about the young guys don't do. So they came through the back and I pulled off. We have a mold. And I said, hey, you remember that conversation we had a couple weeks ago? Kofi smiles. He goes, yeah. And I said, forget every damn thing. I said, what? You guys got absolute friggin magic. I love it. Forget every damn thing, I said.
- [46:26]
Steve Austin
So were they cool when you hear you say that?
- [46:29]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, they were cool. Woods loves that story. I've called woods my son now. Like, I've adopted Woods as one of my wrestling sons. So he's one of my sons now. But yeah, I, I Got a chance to work with those guys on a European tour a couple years ago. Is the Usos and I against New Day. And you know, you know, those Europe tours can get pretty grueling. And you know, I wasn't in the main event on that tour, so I had a little bit more ability to have a little bit more fun. I mean, I stayed in character, but, you know, I got to have a little bit more fun. And I'll be damned if them son of a gun didn't crack me up. First 20 seconds every night. That was their thing. She said, oh, we're going to get Big show to pop within the first 20 seconds every night. You know, every night Big E would just look at me sometimes and I would just. I have to put my head down and bite the turnbuckle and just not look at him because I just get to giggle. So bad. Hell, some big bad giant I am, I'm in the corner across from him giggling like I ain't got any sense. Like, what a great group of guys. And it was truly refreshing to see them take a vision that was given to them or create a direction that was given to him. And they took that creative and then they evolved it and they made it better, I think, than anyone could have. And their attitudes are all great. You know what I mean? I mean, they go up there, they work hard every night and they get the point of making sure those people have a good time. And those people are glad they bought a damn ticket. That's the most important part. Sometimes these guys get wrapped up in trying to get themselves over two months. They forget the golden rule of what we're trying to do. And what we're trying to do is make sure those people, people come back next time buy another ticket.
- [48:08]
Steve Austin
You know, those guys have really, like you said, they have great chemistry. They've turned into a great tag team. But, man, I tell you what, man, the USO's, when they first came in a while back, you know, wearing the skirts, I don't understand. Yeah, I forget the name of. But now those guys have really matured and turned into an outstanding tag team.
- [48:27]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Outstanding tag team. And here's the thing, you know, and they grew up in the business, so they're going to have that second, third generation natural absorption from being in the business. But, you know, that's another example of Vince, you know, and WWE gives you the opportunity and gives you a chance to give you an idea to go with something. And then if you feel confident in what you're doing, and you develop that, you can turn that into something that's you. And the USO's have really turned it on to great tag team excellence. Great tag team execution. You know, they're one of the top premier competitive tag teams and they're great dudes.
- [49:06]
Steve Austin
You can see the confidence all over.
- [49:08]
Paul White (The Big Show)
The conference is the biggest thing now. I know when they first came in, they were still trying to figure out where they were, what they were doing, what they were about, you know, but they were always, always really great kids backstage to work with. You know, I had a tour of them one time where it was a two on one handicap years ago, and, and we just had an absolute blast working together and having fun. Not quite as bad as, you know, Epico and Primo, you know, the Colon brothers, you know, those two idiots. I had, I had so much fun with Primo Cologne got in the ring one night, we were in France, you know that, that, that arena in France there, the one that's kind of like, you know, three quarters of it stage, I mean, a quarter of it's like stage. So you kind of work into one side of the arena, you know, slam pack. But we go out there and it's one of my last tours, so they're pretty happy to see me. You know, when they, when you've been over there a long time, it don't matter what you do, you raise your hand, they're going to chant, big show. Like, it's, it's a great to have earned that respect. But I'm out there and all Primo and Epico did was bump and shelf. I don't even think I fell down the whole tour. That was the, the object was that I didn't take one bump the entire tour, which was pretty great of those guys because, you know, they're old school. Yeah, but I'm looking and Primo doesn't have his boots laced. And I'm looking at him as I'm chopping in the corner. I said, what are you trying to tell me? Some. You don't have enough respect for me to lace up your boots. He goes, no, brother, you're so easy. I don't have to lace up my boots. But he worked the whole match with his boots on lace. They just had me dying, laughing like, that's the kind of stuff I love in our business. Is that magic and that camaraderie of, you know, night after night and just the absurd silliness that only we catch on, but we're still giving the fans a great show. This is The Steve Austin Show.
- [50:59]
Steve Austin
Mark in Philadelphia says you're one of the few guys who successfully transitioned from a main event guy to one whose main objective is to help younger guys get over. Was that difficult for you? And did you have to do anything different to accept that role?
- [51:12]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Thanks.
- [51:12]
Steve Austin
And do you agree with that question?
- [51:14]
Paul White (The Big Show)
That's a really great question. I think for me, I enjoyed the fact that I was honored to be, you know, in that main event run. I mean, hell, I went from John Cena to Edge. I mean, I think I was in the hunt for the title of CM Punk. I was in the hunt for title for like four years. You know, I'd wrestle John Cena every four months. I'd wrestle Edge every four months, do a two, three month program and flip back forth, wrestle CM Punk, like, you know. Yeah, it's great being that hunt. It's great having two or three segments of TV that you're responsible for, but at the same time, being a giant, it's probably the worst thing to happen to me because it's overexposure, you know, I mean, my uniqueness is gone when I'm on TV that much. My, my, the attraction factor's gone. Did I have fun doing it? Hell, yeah, I had fun doing it. But at the same time, now I don't have anything to prove in this business, Steve. I have zero ego in this business. I've been fortunate enough to work with the best. I've been fortunate enough to learn my trade, know who I am and know what I'm doing. I'm fortunate to still have my help to do it, you know, and I have nothing to prove. I've had the titles, I've had the runs. I've had the heel pushes, the baby face run tag team. I've done all that. So now, because I love this business and I love the fans and I love the guys in the locker room. I love just being out there with them. Yeah, if I can help them. Absolutely. That's, that's fun for me. You know what I mean? I really enjoy that aspect because for me, I don't have the pressure trying to pull ratings. I don't have the pressure trying to put asses in seats. That top main event spot, that pressure is real. And you know that you lived it. You know what I mean? That's, you know, when houses aren't full, the ratings aren't good, they're looking at you. So I don't have that pressure now. I can go out, enjoy myself and have fun. I was working with Braun A couple years ago, it was Kane and I against Braun and Eric Rowan. I think this is when he was still in the Wyatt family, and I was trying to help Braun a little bit with his timing because he's so athletic and so rambunctious and, hell, he's a former power lifter, and if you're not careful, he'll run over you, you know what I mean? It's like, oh, slow down, breathe. This is what we're doing. You know what I mean? Like, don't mistake intensity for being in a damn herd. You know, the same stuff that you've told me a thousand times and cussed me out for. I just want you to know I'm passing along. So. So I'm in the ring, and basically I'm in with Eric Rowan. He's gotten me down. There's a little small heat on me. All Braun has to come in as I get out of Eric Rowan has me a leg hole. I drop a leg across his neck to get free. As I come up to my feet, makes a tag to Braun. Braun comes in, levels me for a clothesline, sets me up for suplex. I block it, suplex him. Make a little bit of a hot tag for Kane before we go to the biggie, because you don't want to just tag Kane in How to Get Heat. You want to create an advantage for him where there's a little something happening. Didn't cut him down, you know, and, you know, that's a timing thing. Like, all you gotta do is come in, level me, go for the suplex. I'll block it, suplex you. There's a double down. I tag Kane, you feed up. Kane can come in, blow a little comeback, and then you'd be a monster and cut Kane off. LeBron's so excited to clothesline me. So excited to. To be in there with me instead of just picking me up for the to go for the suit packs. He clutched me across the back of the neck and the shoulder blades, you know, and it was like getting hit by, you know, a two before, you know, which is fine. I can work stiff, too. Whatever you want to do, however you want to do it. So I take the shot, and I go suplex. So he picks up by the head and kicks me in the stomach. Felt like he kicked my stomach through the back of my kidneys. He's a little stiff. That's okay. I said suplex. I got to get up again. He clubs me across the back of the neck again. I go suplex Cain on the apron. Goes. He said, suplex. Finally he kicks me the stomach again. And I thought he dropped one of my damn testicles and kicked me so hard in the stomach. I sat right up on my knees. And you know how I do that chop on the chest.
- [55:11]
Steve Austin
Yeah.
- [55:12]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I chopped him right in the twig and berries, hit him right in the dick and balls. Just shocked him. I said, suplex your death. Son of a. Like that. And of course, he sold it right away. Then he gets it together and goes to the suplex. And then I customize it. Then I explained why I wanted. Oh, I didn't hear you. I didn't hear you. I said everybody in the first freaking five rows heard me. You didn't hear me. Quit believing your own height that you're enjoying and kicking my ass. Would you just listen to what we're doing? Hey, you know, that's the fun story.
- [55:45]
Steve Austin
Hey, I was in a discussion the other day, in your opinion, you being relevant, current on the scene, just signed a three year deal. You're going to be around for a lot longer. You've been there forever in the business and with wwe, great big men in the industry. Here's Braun Strowman. I saw him coming a couple of years ago. I had him on the podcast. I was enamored with the way he can talk, his personality is very articulate, He's a smart guy, former strong man. He has a lot of qualities. But I was looking and don't let me drag you into this, but, you know, sometimes they're putting him in some kind of comedic situations and like, what do you think is best for Braun Strowman? Because for me, the six, one guy, 250, mad at everybody, bald head, goatee, stone cold Steve Austin, man, I was there to talk trash and try to get that championship belt. And then with the heel run, I went to some comedy stuff because I had three broke bones in my back. But my point is, when I see Braun Strowman, I'm thinking, hey, man, he's the monster among men. I want to see him throttle people and dazzle me with displays of strength and determination and just being an all around badass. Are they giving him too much levity or what do you want to see out of him? Or what do you expect out of him?
- [57:04]
Paul White (The Big Show)
What I expect out of his character development? I think that brawn does have that personality. I think Braun does have that ability. Has he set himself up so far as a viable powerhouse monster of men and a potential contender that could beat Brock Lesnar? Yes, because that's where we're at now, who can beat Brock Lesnar? Brock Lesnar is no joke, no comedy, no haha, no fun and games. He's a legit champ. Whoever beats Brock Lesnar is going to be made. And that's what you want out of somebody that drops the title. It's not passing the title like you're passing a, you know, a volleyball back and forth across the net. Now, whoever becomes a champion is somebody that's going to really have earned it through trial and fire. With Braun, I want to see him have his personality. I don't mind him doing some of the funny stuff, because with today's audience, I don't think there is glued in hardcore as they used to be. I don't think it's his traditional black and white feeling, baby face. I think with Braun, he's got the unique ability to do some things that are entertaining and fun, but let's not overdo it. You know, that happened a lot with me in WWE in the beginning that because I could do impersonations, because I had comedic timing, we would do too much of it. And then by the time we were done, okay, we've lost a giant gimmick. Okay, let's turn him heel. He'll kill everybody, and we'll start over again. So now we can start drawing money with him because we know there's. There's entertainment and then there's drawing money. It depends on how Braun goes further, whether or not he's going to be one of those guys everybody loves to see, or is he going to be one of those guys with his name's on the billboard board, like Brock Lesnar? Is he gonna draw money? You know, I don't have the answer there. I think in my heart of hearts, I hope that he finds a happy medium with being entertaining and as a space, having some positive interaction with the fans. But if at all possible, keep the mystique of the monster among men so that he's a constant, viable threat. You know, like I, I want to see the right build with Braun Strowman versus Brock Lesnar and see what kind of a program that can be built if it's built right. You know, sometimes we hot shot things sometimes, you know, and you know how that works sometimes, you know, you know, Vince doesn't like the show and he changes it. On Monday afternoon at 4 o', clock, he changes it and Vince puts out the best show that he can put out every night. You know what I mean? You know, that's tough for some talent because, you know, Sometimes you can lose momentum by still doing something that's good, but it's not in the same direction as you were going before. So for me, personally, yeah, I'd like Braun to stay the monster among men. I'd like for Braun to create that mystique. Because he's not 7 foot tall, he's not 500 pounds, he's not 450 pounds. You know, he's 6, 7, 6 8, 370 pounds, guy strong in the house. He's a tremendous athlete, tremendous talent, and he's a hell of a worker. He can. He can legitly work. Absolutely understands psychology. He understands heat. He understands how to sell as a big man. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll pick up the phone and jump his ass when he's selling his head down, looking like a drunk guy in the parking lot looking for his keys. You know, I tell him, keep his head up. You know what I mean? But at the same time, considering where he's at and how much he's done, is aptitude for the business has been amazing. So now, me personally, yeah, I would like to see him be a little bit more protected, used a little bit more judiciously as far as what they do with him. Like, to me, I think with an athlete, especially in that environment today, because they don't have a lot of powerhouses in that environment that are awe inspiring. I mean, you got Brock Lesnar, that scares the hell out of everybody in the arena and back backstage, you know what I mean? He's got the best backstage game since I'll togen as far as freaking everybody out, you know what I mean? But I'd like to see Braun still be able to have that same presence so that people don't ever lose the fact when they hear that roar and that music hits and he comes down that ramp, they know that business is about to be done. I don't ever want to see him get to a point where, oh, we're going to get entertained. This is going to be fun. I don't want to see that at a bomb. I'll definitely do that.
- [61:25]
Steve Austin
Okay, I agree with you, you know. Yeah. Keep evolving the character, right? A balance with it, with everything. So that.
- [61:32]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, not balanced, but heavy, but heavier. On the monster side, let's stick with what got us to the. Got us to the dance, so to speak. You know what I mean? Yeah.
- [61:41]
Steve Austin
Because I was digging when I was turning ambulances and stuff like that over and just so you know, you know, when he went and picked the Kid out of the crowd for me, like you said earlier, and, you know, I can understand from a creative standpoint, but, man, from. From the monster among men standpoint, I don't know. That didn't work for me. But anyway, let's not go there. That's my opinion.
- [61:59]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he's a face. So basically the. What I took from it was the fact that, yeah, he gave the kid a dream, which is great. It's great for the fans, but he also proved to everybody he doesn't need a partner to win the titles. He's bad enough to do it on his own. Now, what that does to your tag team division that, you know, your top tag team competitors can't beat one guy. I mean, you know, you know how this business is. We can argue 50% one way, 50% the other way, and still come out not knowing what's right or wrong.
- [62:27]
Steve Austin
Right.
- [62:27]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Point is, it's done. It came off. It's a memorable moment. Now let's go forward and create some more memorable moments for Braun, but in the right direction, where he still is that force to be respective when he steps to the ropes. You know, I don't ever want to see Braun get into a spot where it's. Where it's too much comedy. I mean, they kind of did that with me a little bit. They did that with. Came to. You know, they get enamored with the fact big guys that can be entertaining or big guys that can do things, sometimes that gets overly done, and then it's really hard to. To reboot. You know what I mean? It's hard to read.
- [63:01]
Steve Austin
Yeah. Once they've seen you go there, they. They're gonna start expecting that kind of stuff out of you, and it's like, man, hey, I got two more questions because I know we've been talking for close two hours. I mean, I have probably three different questions about you changing your physique and getting into shape and that you're in. So dietarily, dude, what have you done with your diet? What are you doing with your workouts? Because everybody just thinks you look like a million bucks.
- [63:23]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Well, to everyone that's noticed, thank you for the support and encouragement. Diet wise. For me, it was just finding the right nutritional plan. And I think at some point, when I get further along in my progress, because I'm still making changes and I'm still improving, I think when I'm ready, I'll share that with everyone. As far as the weight training goes, for me, it's just been a lot of Volume. A lot of, A lot of reps. You know, I'm not, you know, every now and then I'll do some heavyweight, but I'll do it safe. I mean, I did 405 with three reps. I mean, it was on the Smith machine because I got crappy shoulders. That's the only way I can track it, right, without one shoulder walking off and leaving me. But, you know, at the same time, I got a lot of miles on me. So I trained smart now, but for me, it's just getting the volume. And when I'm in the gym, I'm not there to run for governor. I'm not there to, to be the most popular guy in the gym. You know, I try to go when the gym's dead, and I, you know, I put the, you know, put the heavy metal music on in my headphones or on the radio if no one's in there. And I dedicate, you know, 50 minutes, hour and 20 minutes of weight training, pushing, pulling, focusing on what I'm training. If I'm, if I'm training back, I'm squeezing my back. If I'm training triceps, I'm. I'm focusing on triceps. And I think that's the biggest difference for me is I really understand the mind muscle connection now that I never did when I was younger. Like, when I was younger, I go to the gym and I just move a whole bunch of weight. Okay, that's done. Move it for 10 reps. Okay, well, sometimes now I might move for 35, 40, 50 reps. And, you know, I've done, you know, I've done cable flies sometimes, and it took, you know, 90 cable flies to get the feeling that I wanted to feel. I think that's how I'm gauging it now that, you know, I'm there to work a muscle. I'm there to fatigue the muscle. I'm there to, you know, tear that muscle down so it, you know, there's no ATP left so that it will, when I feed it, it will grow and get stronger. So I think that's the only thing that difference. My workouts are a lot more focused, a lot more intense, not necessarily doing a whole bunch of heavy weight like I've got anything to prove, because I don't. I mean, you know, there's plenty of people out there that can bench more than me, squat more than me, and I could give a flying fig and roll a donut. Good for them. All I'm trying to do is make myself a healthier and make myself better. And that's the way I attack my gym time.
- [65:41]
Steve Austin
How often will you hit a body?
- [65:42]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Usually twice a week.
- [65:44]
Steve Austin
Really?
- [65:44]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Twice a week? Yeah. So I'll usually do chest on Mondays and Fridays. I'll do back on Tuesdays and Saturdays. I'll do shoulders on Wednesdays and Thursdays and usually. And then usually not Wednesdays and Thursday. I do Wednesdays. Shoulders, I'll do Wednesdays. And sometimes I'll mix them in sometime in between a little bit. If I do. If I do chest, one day, I might add triceps in that one day. If I do back, I might add biceps in with the back, just depending. Or sometimes I might flip it around and just do a day of buys and tries. Well, get in 280, 300 reps of biceps and triceps just so I really cram the blood in there and get it done.
- [66:28]
Steve Austin
But that's unique because, I mean, you're working high frequency and you're also working high volume. I mean, a lot of people would have a hard time recovering from that.
- [66:35]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, I mean, don't get me wrong, it's tough, but I'm not doing anything. I'm not on the road. I'm not working. I mean, hell, all I got to do is, you know, basically go home and eat and rest and.
- [66:45]
Steve Austin
Are you counting calories at this stage of the game? I know you. I know best. Helps you with a lot of your meal prep.
- [66:50]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, a lot of my calories right now, especially now, are really, really low because I still have fat. I have lower back fat. I have a little bit of fat on my love handles and stuff like that. And I still have thick skin in my upper chest. So, you know, skin should be paper thin. So if it's not paper thin, then I hate to tell you this, it's fat underneath of it, you know, so in order to get to that brown fat, which is the last bit to go, you have to really stress myself. And that's why I stress myself with a high volume, high reps type deal, because I'm really trying to make my body burn into those fat reserves. And I'm not a guy that's going to lose muscle. Like some guys have to get in 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight or their shrink. I mean, you know, I'm. You know, I did my ancestry DNA. I think I'm Scandinavian and Irish and a little bit English. So, like, I'm gonna have muscle regardless of what I do. I'd probably be, you know, if I was a crackhead I'd probably still have muscle as a crackhead, you know what I mean?
- [67:51]
Steve Austin
Would you, Would you have any idea calorically what you're about talking total is on a daily basis, ballpark.
- [67:56]
Paul White (The Big Show)
On a daily basis, ballpark. I don't know, Steve. Maybe right now, today, probably today, I'm probably somewhere around 16, 1700 today. That's probably about it.
- [68:07]
Steve Austin
And that's not very much for a guy your size.
- [68:10]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah, but I mean, yeah, but I'm not really doing anything. I mean, I worked out and then the rest of the day, like I had a good breakfast, I had, I had eggs for breakfast and I had Brussels sp sprouts. And after the gym I had a protein shake to recover a little bit. I don't know how many calories in that. Probably 150, 200 calories in protein shake maybe. And then something later, you know, I'll probably have some chicken later and some spinach, maybe so. But it'll definitely be under 2000 today, you know what I mean? I think that's for me. I try to operate that way a lot. And then some days I'll switch it around some days, you know what I mean? Because your body will change all the time. Right now I'm making myself burn the fat and then some days I'll let him do carbs, I'll add in some red meat and stuff like that. And then, you know, whatever my nutritional Pam, whatever I'm doing for that day, however the meal plan comes out, and then I will spike it up a little bit.
- [69:11]
Steve Austin
Do you ever employ cardio?
- [69:13]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I haven't been able to because of my hips.
- [69:15]
Steve Austin
Copy, copy.
- [69:17]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I've done all this through diet, through eating, through meal plans and through weight training. I think eventually I can start adding more cardio to this. I think it'll help, you know what I mean? Definitely, because every little bit helps. But for me it's just finding the right meal plan as the right amount of calories per meal, depending on how many meals I'm trying to get in a day. Am I trying to get in four meals a day, five meals a day? And to get one of those days where, okay, today's gonna be a really late day. I mean, I think the other day last last week I was flying from, I flew from Miami, New York, New York to Chicago, Chicago back to New York, New York to Miami, took the stuff I was doing and I didn't get to bring any of my meals with me. So I think I ate at 4 o' clock on one day and didn't eat again. So five o' clock the next day, because it wasn't anything that I had options to eat. You know, I was going to eat bad hotel food. There wasn't anything around where I could get clean food. I didn't bring any of my meals with me. So I just did a fast that day, you know what I mean? And then finally later on, I was at a restaurant. I was able to get some fish and stuff like that. So it was pretty clean. But, you know, that was just one of those things where I just had to accept that, okay, well, we're just traveling and talking today. So it's not like I'm, you know, I'm working in the ring or doing legs or doing, you know, heavy back or something where I need the calories. So, you know, we're just lighting the load. And that's another thing I try to do, too, is not eat, you know, for 12 hours. Like, if I. 12 to 15 hours after I stop eating at the end of the day, I try not to eat again until the next day and just have water at night, because it's called a. Luke Harper actually turned me onto this or the Wyatt. I know he's lost a lot of weight as well. But in enzyme cleaning, where you give your liver, you know, 12 hours to reset, kind of to help filter out.
- [71:10]
Steve Austin
The food, is that like an intermittent fasting type thing?
- [71:14]
Paul White (The Big Show)
It sure is. It sure is. It sure is. You know, and there's a lot of, you know, there's a lot of meal plans out there that work and stuff like that as well. But I think everybody's body is different, so you have to find out how you react to things. And, you know, I tell people all the time, the first three letters in the word diet is die. And your body will mess with you, your mind will mess with you. Like, for me, for years, I was a very emotional eater. You know, I was sad because I was fat, so I would eat, and then I was sad because I ate because I was fat. So, you know, I went. I went through that vicious cycle of using food for comfort. Because when you're growing up, food is family time, food is comfort time. You're sitting around the dinner table, you're in the country. You know, there's always people over. Food was a. Was a comfort zone. And I think that was one of the things that I had to learn that food wasn't a comfort zone anymore. I can't run to food if it's a bad day or stressful day or. Or Whatever it is, I had to learn to find a way to get ahead of that. And I think that's the toughest thing, especially today with all the options that people have and the stresses that people are under. I think it's really easy because you're constantly bombarded with advertisements and smells and all that around you, that it's very tough to have the discipline, if you're an emotional eater, to get past that. And I think that was one of the biggest things for me was to recognize that that was a really bad weakness, which seems kind of obvious now looking back, but at the time going through it, you don't know why you're doing it. Neil, you try to diet three or four days and then all of a sudden, you know, you crash and you're sitting in the corner of the locker room eating four hot dogs real fast for anybody sees you, you know what I mean? So, you know, it wasn't until you had to say, like, hey, why are we doing this? I need to make a lifestyle change. I need to find a nutritional plan that works for me, that I can live with, that gives me results, but at the same time, you know, satisfies me. You know what I mean? But that's it, you know, I think that was the journey that I'm still going through, you know, and there's a lot of stuff I keep experiment with here and there too. I try a lot of different things and experiment with it and just be honest with myself on stuff because, you know, sometimes I'll eat something and then I'll know, like, ah, I shouldn't have had that. That didn't work. For whatever reason, it worked for somebody else, it didn't work for me. So finding that magic formula, I'm still finding that. And when I get it, when I get it all nailed down and I look like, you know, a Calvin Klein underwear model, I'll share it with you.
- [73:46]
Steve Austin
Give me a call when you get it lined up. Here's the last question of the day, Steve, I know you and Big show didn't travel in the same car on the road together, but what's the drunkest you and the Big show ever got together? And is there a funny story to go along with it? Vince from New Jersey, what's the drunkest.
- [74:02]
Paul White (The Big Show)
You and I got and where was was in Europe. It was on a tour when you were. You had then taking me on a learning tree. Basically. You kick the crap out of me every night. And then we had that really good match in London, that dark match where I Finally woke up and figured out I was the big show and you were stone cold. And then I'd earned my rite of passage that night because back then it was business. And though you liked me outside the ring, in the ring, I hadn't earned your respect yet. And that's. There's a big difference. Back then I just thought, wow, he's a grumpy ass. But now that I understand it, yeah, business is business. You know what I mean? We can be best friends in the back, but if you can't carry, you can't carry your own weight in the ring. You're a liability and your limitation. And you're not helping me hurt me. And I don't have time for it. And the fact that you helped me realize that and realize the bigger picture on everything. You and I bonded, and we actually sat in your hotel room in Europe, just you and I. And then you and I both polished up. You had two bottles of Crown Royal, and you and I polished those off. And I remember I was a little tipsy and, you know, you were doing pretty good. Then finally you threw me out of your room. You're all right, kid. I'm going to sleep. Get out. And I was like, okay, well, thanks. So that was that. But I remember I got to spend. I got, you know, one of my. My favorite thing is I got to spend the night drinking Crown Royal with Stone Cold in Europe. I remember the night you drank on the plane on the way over to Baghdad. You took the bed that was supposed to be made for me in Baghdad. You plopped your six foot ass into an eight foot bed and left me a cot and started to snore so loud you were ripping the ceiling down. And I'm like, that's a giant bed. Why is he in it? Well, he's stone cold. Yeah, but he's six foot tall. I'm seven foot tall. What am I supposed to do, sleep on a cot? Yeah, I remember that. And then I went over the crew room and I threw poor Jason out of his. That who's the head of the crew over there. I threw Jason out of the only bed because remember, there was one bed in each room and then a whole bunch of cops. So I went over to the crew room and took Jason's bed, mainly to get away from your snoring. But that was funny. You saw the big bed and you took it and. Tough noogie.
- [76:16]
Steve Austin
Well, you know, there's so many things I forgot because of all the cheer shots and the crown roll and then. But I Remember drinking the two bottles of the Crowd with you and we were just on a roll and just having a good time. And then that time when we walked into that palace over there and what was it, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia?
- [76:38]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Okay, Uday and Essay's palace, whatever.
- [76:42]
Steve Austin
Yeah, but I saw that big ass bed and it was kind of funny because you were there, Rikishi was there. Yeah, then I was there and I was like, I ain't sleeping in no damn cabin couch. And I never really used my position as a power play, but on that illustrious trip it was like, I'm sleeping in that big bed. I ain't sleeping in no damn cot. And I'll be damned. I was concerned about Yalls comfort, but I was more concerned about my comfort.
- [77:12]
Paul White (The Big Show)
About your own. I know. I got the message loud and clear. It was kind of like, yeah, well if it was anybody else, I'd say, hey, move your ass. And you kind of helped me a lot and did a lot of stuff for me and you were putting a lot of asses in seats at the time and we were all making a lot of money because you were the man. So, you know, I'll find another place to sleep. It's okay.
- [77:37]
Steve Austin
But you know what, Going back to those days, Paul, you know, like even back in, I had sleep apnea because I know you were your machine every single night, just like I do. And I, you know, I was so, you know, I think there, there was a way that I was able to, to get some alcohol over there. And I never missed any sleep. So I wasn't listening to you snore or if you was in the other room. But if I go back, you know, I wonder how long I had sleep apnea before I got diagnosed with it. Because man, you like me, dude. I won't sleep without my machine.
- [78:05]
Paul White (The Big Show)
No, I won't even nap without it. And that's the thing. And I probably don't need anymore because I've lost almost £200 since I first got this thing. But I mean, why? We're both athletic, big chested, big neck guys. See, that's the thing, you know, even though you say you've got a weak stack of dimes, you still spend a lot of years bridging, building your neck playing football. You've got a big neck and a big throat. You've got a big chest and shoulders. You've got a lot of weight that compresses your lungs. It compresses, you know, that makes it difficult to sleep. And why, if you have trouble snoring if you're waking up a couple of times in the middle of the night, if your friends say, hey, you snore. If you're snoring, you're not giving yourself the proper oxygen to get rested and to make your brain healthy, go get tested, get a sleep apnea machine. Who cares? You're going to sleep. I mean, you know, if you're single, it's the best way to get rid of somebody. You put that mask on, they'll run to the door. If you're married, nobody cares. You know what I mean? Everybody wants you to be healthy. So I mean, get to sleep apnea machine and get a good night's rest. Because the first time you get a good night's rest of the sleep apnea, you'll know what we're talking about. Because the first time I used that machine, I woke up the next day and it was like a brand new day. I saw bright colors and my mood was better and it was like, wow, you know, I've been, I've been running around for, you know, years not sleeping at night. You know, you figure you get up every night, you don't have to go to the bathroom. It's not a prostate thing. You don't have to pee. You just wake up. Why am I waking up? Well, because you choked your yourself out in your sleep. That's why you woke up. You stopped breathing, so your brain woke you up. So, yeah, that sleep apnea machine has been the best thing I've ever done.
- [79:39]
Steve Austin
Dude, this got so bad now, like I won't even sleep on an airplane because hell with, with everybody in their damn cameras and social media, right?
- [79:47]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Yeah.
- [79:48]
Steve Austin
Picture of a global icon of a national treasure passed out in first class with a gimmick machine on his face.
- [79:53]
Paul White (The Big Show)
I have a battery for mine. Because you do a lot of camping and a lot of hunting, right? Yeah, yeah. Mine. That'll last 40. Yeah, 48 hours. You can't run the humidifier with it, but you don't really need it. I don't need to.
- [80:07]
Steve Austin
Humidifier. Send me a picture of that battery. Because I was researching those things on my last trip. We were going to go out in the middle of nowhere. So, dude, I went and bought a generator and a 50 foot extension cord just so I could sleep with my sleep apnea machine. Now, we never ended up spending the night out in the woods, but that's how I, I bought a generator just to run my machine because I didn't know about the technology, those batteries. So thanks for smarting me up.
- [80:32]
Paul White (The Big Show)
On that, I think you, I think you'd much enjoy carrying the battery around than you would carry the generator around. Yeah, you know, it's a good little gimmick. See on the international flights now, you know when, if I fly internationally, you know, I get those they get sometimes on some of the bigger flights like Emirates, if we're to going in the middle of east or something, they'll add those little cubicles where the door kind of shuts, you know, I'll bring my battery and plug in my sleep apnea machine. I'll just throw a blanket over my head, you know what I mean? So, because I'll snow down there, lay on my side if I can get to sleep, if the seats big enough, you sleep, I'll put that machine on, throw a blanket over my head while I'm laying down. So, you know, they want to take a picture, they can take a picture of a blanket over my head. You know what I mean? But I mean, I don't. I mean I'm not as, as cool as you were, obviously, because I FaceTimed another dude, so I'm not that cool. But you know, when it comes to getting rest, I don't know this. There's no shame in my game. I'll wear my sleep at the machine. Heck, I should have put it on at the hall of fame a couple of times. What? What did I say? Oh, that's just brutal.
- [81:33]
Steve Austin
Some of those speeches got a little long this past year.
- [81:36]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Little long? Man, are you kidding me? I thought I was about to be inducted, not present Marquee Henry. On a couple of them, I was like, man, I'm gonna be up here pretty soon, I gotta work on my speech. You know, I get it, I get it. But you know, I. Hopefully if I ever do make it in the hall of Fame, I won't do that to the fellows because most of them gotta work the next day. And I'll respect that.
- [81:56]
Steve Austin
So, hey, before we ride off in the sunset, I appreciate you joining me for two hours of podcasting, bringing us up to speed with everything you got going. And where can people find you media on social. Social media or is there anything you'd like to plug forward, leave the air?
- [82:11]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Well, I got coming up. You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, @ WWE, the Big Show. That's me. Except no invitations. I keep people updated a little bit about what's going on here there. I'm not a postie guy that post every time I go get a cup of coffee, but I let people know I'm healthy and alive, and I'm doing fun things. I've got an interesting thing coming up, believe it or not, because, you know, I'm a big nerd. I got invited by Joe Magniello and Brad Peyton, couple friends of mine. Brad Peyton just directed Rampage, gave me a call, hooked me up with Joe. Believe it or not, they're doing a thing out in LA June 3rd, they're doing a Dungeons and Dragons board game. And I guess there's a bunch of actors and directors out there that are doing a live board game of Dungeons and Dragons. So being the big nerd that I am, June 3rd, I'm gonna go out there and play some Dungeons and Dragons with those guys. So, you know, it's. It should be interesting. I haven't played since I was 12, so hopefully I don't make too much of an ass out of myself. But it just sounded like a good opportunity to hang out with some good dudes and have some fun, be a kid again. So we'll give it a shot. Other than that, just doing my work with Special Olympics. July 1st, we got the USA Games in Seattle. I'm looking forward to being out there, and hopefully creative will work itself out. I'm healthy, good to go. So hopefully I'll be gracing the scenes of WWE television real soon. And thanks, Steve, for the time. You're always very cool to me, and thanks for letting me come on here and gab with you. I miss talking to you. I miss seeing you backstage, man. I know we've moved on in life and we're all doing our own thing now, but there's a few of you guys. I just love talking to you and Arn and Taker. I always feel like when I talk to you guys, I come away a little bit.
- [83:53]
Steve Austin
Smarter. Well, always remember this. Keep this in the back of your head as you keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. I'm only a FaceTime.
- [84:01]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Call. A FaceTime call, man. I'm telling you, it might be my new gimmick with you. I might FaceTime you. Only from now on, just, you know, I'll keep my shirt on, though. I don't want to make it.
- [84:13]
Steve Austin
Weird. Hey, the pressure's on because I downloaded the new Judas Priest album. It's on my itunes. Yeah, man, I'm fixing to give it a lesson. I'm gonna call you back and let you know what I thought about.
- [84:22]
Paul White (The Big Show)
It. Yeah, yeah, give it. Give a run through the whole album because there. There's a couple of songs in there. The Firepower, I think is the name of the album. But there's a couple ones down there I'm still familiar myself with. Remember the names, but, man, there's. There's some old school riffs in there. When they get in the guitars and the drums, and it's just like, okay, that's metal music right there. It's. And you know, what's his name? Judas Priest. He still got.
- [84:45]
Steve Austin
It.
- [84:45]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Alfred. Yeah, he's hitting the notes and the lyrics and like, you know, like, I remember growing up, I mean, they were good, you know, that good metal music stuff. You know what I mean? And I dug the hell out of it. I really did. I know you're the only person I know that that really appreciates that kind of heavy metal anymore, so I figured I'd give you a shot with it. Let me know what you think. I think you'll add it to your. To your gym routine for.
- [85:06]
Steve Austin
Sure. Will do. Please pass my regards along to your wonderful wife.
- [85:10]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Bess. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll pass them on. Definitely. Definitely. I sure will. You do the same as well. And give those doggies out there milk bone for me and tell them I said.
- [85:21]
Steve Austin
Hello. Will.
- [85:22]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Do. All right, my.
- [85:22]
Steve Austin
Man. Take.
- [85:23]
Paul White (The Big Show)
Care. All right, Good luck. Take.
- [85:24]
Steve Austin
Care. Appreciate it. All right, everybody. Give me the Go home. Cute. It's time to wrap up his podcast ride off in the Sunset. Before I do that, I want to thank my guest, Paul White the Big show for giving me two hours the other day. And you heard the first part of the podcast last week. This time we answered the questions you guys sent in. Thank you for sending your questions in. I apologize if we weren't able to get to all the questions. Nonetheless, you can check out Paul White the Big show or myself on the WWE Network. And you can also go back. I was telling a guy this the other day. You can watch it on YouTube, but YouTube is not high res. If you sign on. If you join up to the WWE network, check out WrestleMania 17 entrance made by Triple H. That's still my favorite entrance of all time. There was a couple of questions there that we didn't get to, but if you go to WrestleMania 17 and watch that whole entrance from Triple H right before he wrestles the Undertaker at WrestleMania 17, that thing will blow your mind. It's that damn good. And you got to check it out on the WWE Network. Hey, man. Pro wrestlingtease.com Steve Austin still has all the Broken Skull Ranch T shirts I wore on Broken Skull Challenge. That show has not been renewed. Broken Skull Challenge has ridden off into the sunset. I'll catch them down the road. But all of the shirts are still available. Nevada editions coming shortly. And if you're thirsty, I got the best damn IPA on the planet. It's Broken Skull IPA at El Segundo Brewing Company. You can find Broken Skull IPA at Whole Foods and Total Wines if you live in California. If you don't live in Cali, check inside the cellar.com and see if they ship to your state. And while I've been out here in Nevada, I've been using my pocket knife more than ever. If you need a badass knife, I got two of them for you. Cold steel Broken Skull knife. Cold steel Working Man's knife. Two different price points. Two great badass super sharp knives always carry. You can get them at my new Amazon store. Amazon has the best price on both knives. Just go to Amazon.com shop steveaustin and I gotta say one more thank you to all the fine sponsors of the Steve Austin Show. That's how I'm able to do this podcast for you twice a week for free. You can find all my sponsors@podcast1.com just click on the Killer Deals button at the top of the page and then click on the Steve Austin show banner. Folks, I am on social media, Twitter and Instagram at Steve Austin bsr. Until next time folks. My name is Steve Austin and I will catch your ass down the.
- [87:49]
Paul White (The Big Show)
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