The Ric Flair 30 For 30 and the Austin Pick-Up Truck Screwjob PART ONE - SAS CLASSIC

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Episode: The Ric Flair 30 For 30 and the Austin Pick-Up Truck Screwjob PART ONE – SAS CLASSIC
Air Date: January 6, 2026
Host: Steve Austin
Special Guest: Kristen Austin (Steve’s wife)

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Episode Overview

In this “SAS Classic” episode, Steve Austin returns from a Nevada hunting trip and dives into stories from his life, focusing mainly on a recent attempt to steal his beloved pickup truck in Los Angeles—what he dubs “the Austin Pick-Up Truck Screwjob.” Steve is later joined by his wife Kristen, and together they chat candidly about house renovations, the challenges of adapting to city life after time on the ranch, their old and new vehicles, the practicalities of insurance, and the differences between hunting in Texas and Nevada. The conversation is peppered with their signature banter, humor, and unfiltered honesty.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Adapting to Life Back from the Ranch

• [00:01 – 04:50]

  • Steve describes getting back into his routine after a Nevada hunting trip.
  • He misses the openness and freedom of Nevada public land compared to feeling cooped up in Los Angeles.
  • Steve is considering moving back toward a ranch lifestyle, possibly in Nevada due to its access to public land.

  “Turns out going out there and getting away from the weights and not being so strict on my diet—hell, I didn’t put on but one pound. So I’m pretty excited about that nonetheless.” — Steve Austin [00:35]

• The contrast between his old 2,000-acre Texas setup (Broken Skull Ranch) and urban LA living is stark for him.

  “You get out there and you start riding around Nevada and you got the whole state to fuck with, it’s a whole different story.” — Steve Austin [01:00]

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2. The Austin Pick-Up Truck Screwjob

• [04:51 – 09:43]

  • After returning, Steve discovers someone attempted to steal his pickup truck (a 2003 Chevy he purchased after retiring).
  • Details the damage: destroyed ignition, damaged steering column, and a sense of violation.

  “When you own something and you’ve paid for it with, you know, your body, your cash, your livelihood—I'm proud of that pickup truck.” — Steve Austin [06:00]

  • Insurance didn’t cover theft since it only had liability.

  “Not only do these low rent, low life motherfuckers try to steal my pride and joy...they also fuck me out of the money it’s gonna cost me to get my pickup truck fixed.” — Steve Austin [07:15]

  • Offers listeners practical advice:
    • Use a club on the steering wheel.
    • Take valuables out of cars.
    • Install cameras facing the street if possible.

  “Lock your shit up. My shit was locked up. If you got to get a club, get yourself a club. Take all your personal effects out of your center console, your glove compartment.” — Steve Austin [08:45]

  • Humorous aside about someone leaving a “We buy junk cars” business card after the incident.

  “Hey, motherfucker, that ain’t a junk car. And I’m wondering if that’s the motherfucker that stole my—tried to steal my fucking pickup truck.” — Steve Austin [09:20]

  • Closes segment with a blunt message to would-be thieves:

  “And to the guys that tried to steal my truck, go fuck yourself.” — Steve Austin [09:40]

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3. Steve and Kristen on House, Dogs, and Furniture

• [11:03 – 20:20]

  • Kristen joins the show at 317 Gimmick Street.
  • Steve laments technical issues (spilled liquid on laptop), forcing him into a face-to-face episode with Kristen.
  • They talk about moving from their Texas ranch, renovating their current California house, and adjusting to the costs and quirks of LA living.

  “It’s 13% on top of your other taxes. So anyway...Nevada’s the closest place nearby. So if we could put wheels on our house and drag that motherfucker across the line...” — Steve Austin [13:23]

  • Discussion about pragmatic home decor decisions:
    • Choosing affordable furniture and rugs because of their dogs (Callie and Moolah).
    • Critiquing high designer suggestions, like a $20,000 sectional vs. their $1,100 Ashley Furniture setup.

  “We ain’t the kind of people they’re going to pay $20,000 for a motherfucking couch.” — Steve Austin [17:13]

  • Sharing how their pets destroy fancy things.

  “Why would you want to buy one expensive sectional? ...First, we didn’t. And then she [the dog] just ran in the room with a toy.” — Steve Austin [19:17]

  • Comedic frustration at failed Salvation Army donations.

  “You know the world’s fucked up when you try to give to Salvation Army...” — Steve Austin [18:37]

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4. The Truck Theft—Kristen’s Perspective

• [20:12 – 26:00]

  • Kristen recounts discovering the attempted theft: neighbor called about the truck’s lights, she found clear evidence of tampering, and took steps to prevent further theft (e.g., draining the battery, parking cars to block the truck).
  • Both discuss their modest car collection and reiterate the importance of appropriate insurance.

  “I was so worried about somebody stealing it...I kept on waking up through the night going out, checking on your damn truck.” — Kristen Austin [21:37]

  • Steve jokes about someone potentially being locked inside the Ford Focus because the car cover was resecured after forgetting to lock the door.
  • Kristen relays new info from the tow truck driver about pay-per-mile insurance and new car alarm technologies.

  “You can get these alarms now...you can also put the app on your phone and let you know if somebody’s stealing your car.” — Kristen Austin [23:53]

  • Steve wants a bullhorn and remote cussing feature for catching thieves in the act.

  “I want to get a big bullhorn...I can start cussing at the motherfucker. Get out of my goddamn car.” — Steve Austin [24:22]

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5. Animal Antics and Life’s Practicalities

• [26:01 – 30:00]

  • Ongoing stories about their dogs’ destructiveness, their necessity for having a truck for “haulin’ shit around.”
  • Kristen mentions donating the Focus might be easier than selling it.

  “Well, it doesn’t matter how much money I get for it. I mean, you know, hey man, here’s a car. I mean, I’m a good hearted dude, but when your mom hijacked that thing…and then I had to put a new set of brakes on and a motor mount. I’m upside down.” — Steve Austin [26:48]

  • Musings about their adaptable dogs (who know English, Spanish, sign language, and how to spell treat-related words).

  “They know sign language. And they also can speak speak English and spell. Yeah, there’s some smart ass dogs that. Smarter than me.” — Steve Austin [27:59]

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6. Holiday and Family Traditions

• [28:22 – 31:34]

  • Reflections on missing family holidays at the Texas ranch and feeling out of place in LA.
  • Stories about their minimal approach to Christmas decorations.

  “For Christmas we always get a little gimmick tree. It’s about a foot tall and our lights are battery operated. That’s how big we do Christmas.” — Steve Austin [30:10]

  • Steve looks forward to returning to the ranch, invited by its new owners to see how it’s changed and to check on the deer herd he nurtured.

  “We left them with a good herd...I’m proud of the deer herd. And the proof is in the pudding. We weren’t fucking around when we said we had big deer.” — Steve Austin [31:04]

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7. Hunting in Texas vs. Nevada

• [32:23 – 40:00]

  • Steve reflects on differences between Texas-style and Nevada-style deer hunting:
    • Texas: Dense brush country, heavily managed, legal and common to hunt over corn/bait from stands. Deer are often patterned to appear at feeders.
    • Nevada: Vast pubic land, no baiting, “big country” glassing and stalking, much less dense deer population, more active scouting and riding over many miles.
  • Steve details the process: long-range glassing, less reliance on stands, weather differences (hot Texas, cold Nevada).
  • Explains his personal tradition of hunting in shorts—even if temps drop—until Nevada’s weather forced him to layer up.

  “I just like to wear shorts. My legs don’t really get that cold. As long as I can keep my upper body warm and stay in those layers, I’m good.” — Steve Austin [39:48]

  • Encourages Kristen to ride along in Nevada for the scenery and the joy of the hunt, not just the kill.
  • Shout out to his Instagram for pictures of his “outfit” and travel pics.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “Fuck the Montreal screw job. This is the Austin pickup truck screw job.” — Steve Austin [07:36]
• “If you got to get a club, get yourself a club.” — Steve Austin [08:47]
• “We ain’t the kind of people they’re going to pay $20,000 for a motherfucking couch.” — Steve Austin [17:13]
• “Go back headline a WrestleMania 34 to buy the motherfucker? Shit, give me a razor blade. I’ll carve up my forehead right here. Bleed for this motherfucker.” — Steve Austin [18:08]
• “They [the dogs] know sign language. And they also can speak English and spell. Yeah, there’s some smart ass dogs that. Smarter than me.” — Steve Austin [27:59]
• “We left them with a good herd...the proof is in the pudding. We weren’t fucking around when we said we had big deer.” — Steve Austin [31:04]

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Important Timestamps

• 00:01 – Steve’s return from Nevada; struggles getting back into routine
• 04:51 – Discovers attempted truck theft; describes the “Austin pickup truck screw job”
• 11:03 – Kristen joins; routine talk, laptop woes, and California home life
• 13:23 – Steve discusses taxes and potential move to Nevada
• 16:25 – Furniture buying drama; keeping it affordable because of the dogs
• 21:15 – Kristen gives her account of discovering the theft attempt
• 23:50 – Insurance insights and new theft-prevention technology
• 32:23 – Difference between hunting in Texas and Nevada described in depth
• 39:48 – Steve’s comfort-first, shorts-wearing hunting outfit

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Episode Tone and Style

• Language: Uncensored, highly conversational Texas drawl, honest, humorous, occasionally profane
• Tone: Candid, passionate, comedic, at times introspective
• Structure: Rambling storytelling, soft interview with Kristen, practical advice, and life lessons interspersed with vibrant anecdotes

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Summing Up

This episode mixes gripping real-life setbacks (the attempted theft of Steve’s storied truck) with practical security advice, light-hearted slices of homelife with Kristen, and unvarnished details about house-buying (and budgeting) for dog owners. The latter half serves up classic Austin: storytelling about gun racks, pickup trucks, deer stands, hunting differences between Texas and Nevada, and a longing for wide-open spaces. Both informative and entertaining, the show encapsulates Steve’s working-man pride, humor, and straight talk—whether he’s fixing a busted ignition or refusing to pay $20k for a designer couch.

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Listener Call-to-Action

• Got an answer to where “the proof is in the pudding” originated? Email Steve at [e-mail]! [32:04]
• For more behind-the-scenes or dog toy pictures, check out Steve’s Instagram @steveaustinbsr.

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End of Part One

Transcript

[A]

The following program is a podcast one.com production he started in a small town in Texas, worked his ass off to become one of the most famous wrestlers of all time. We're gonna take care of business tonight. And that's the bottom line. And now he's dominating the world of On Demand Audio. And he's doing it for the working man. This is a damn good outlet for me to spew the off my brain. This is Steve Austin. Unleash leash. All right everybody. Welcome to Steve Austin Show. I'm coming to you from the mean streets of Los Angeles, California today, sitting over here at 317 Gimmick Street. Now I'm not sitting, I am pacing around like a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, trying to get back in my groove. Just got back from Nevada a couple days ago, getting settled in, finally got back on the weights, got my eating program back installed. Turns out going out there and getting away from the weights and not being so strict on my diet, hell, I didn't put on but one pound. So I'm pretty excited about that nonetheless. It's about getting back in a routine. I'll tell you what, it's kind of hard to get back in a routine when you've been gone for about, I don't know, seven, eight, nine days. I was out there in the middle of nowhere. It was so quiet and wide open and beautiful. No pollution in the air, no sirens, no shit, no nothing. Just a bunch of mountains, bunch of trails and roads to ride with UTVs. That's one of the cool things about Nevada. 90% of it is public land. You can just go out there and pull off with your camper and just start enjoying yourself. And I did, I tell you what, I come back to this concrete jungle and it's a little bit of an adaptation because man, I got a little decent setup here. Mean streets of Los Angeles, my part Marina del Rey, but goddamn, man, my yard's about fuck, dude, it ain't very big. So I feel kind of cooped up. I'm still looking for another ranch. I'm kind of looking over in that Nevada area and I don't need a big place because you got all that public land. And then when I look at, back at the, the Texas setup, we had 2,000 acres in the shape of a rectangle. And man, that was a big ass place. But you get out there and you start riding around Nevada and you got that whole state to fuck with, It's a whole different story. I'll tell you what, I gotta Get a compass or GPS device because I get my ass lost out in that son of a bitch. That's a lot of country. I don't know how my damn brother in law knows that country like he does. It seems like he knows every square mile of that entire state and that ain't no fucking joke. All of the units, I swear to God, I think he's hunted or trapped. Every single unit in the state of Nevada knows it like the back of his hand. It's quite amazing, actually. But nonetheless, getting back here to Los Angeles, man. I walked in the house, unpacked all my bags. Moolah and Callie were ecstatic to see daddy had come home. My wife was kind of happy too. I unpacked all my shit, put all my backpacks up, put all my hunting clothes up, put the suitcase up. Took my gun out of the case, put the bullets up, put my gun up, got all settled back in and God damn. My wife said to me, if you remember me talking about on the Tuesday podcast, my pickup truck. Someone made an attempt on trying to steal it and I guess the neighbors kind of scared them off and they spooked and got out of there. She said, you want to go take a look at your pickup truck and see what kind of damage they did to it? I said, well, I guess I ought to. So I took my keys out there. I tried to open the passenger side. I couldn't because when they used that Slim Jim to open the window or open that lock, I guess did something to the locking mechanism. So I went down to the driver's side, it opened up and then, goddamn, I saw the devastation. Just tore apart my goddamn steering column. Tore off part of the ignition where they had jimmied down in their screwdriver or whatever they do to try to turn that ignition to get that thing to turn over and fire. You talk about a goddamn mess. When you own something and you've paid for it with, you know, your body, your cash, your livelihood. I'm proud of that pickup truck. I bought that something that's brand new. My Wikipedia page said I retired in 2003. That's the year I bought that pickup truck. I've had it ever since. And normally it sits over in the barn, broken. School ranch. I brought it back out here to Los Angeles when I sold the ranch. I get out there and I see my baby. My pickup truck just fucked up all on the inside. Where these some bitches. Sorry, some bitches tried to steal a son bitch and you just feel violated. Somebody been crawling around and you Shit, you know, that's my pickup truck. I don't know how many bumps I took, I don't know how many roads or miles I traveled down to be able to afford to buy that son of a bitch. I've had it for 14 years. Now some fucking cocksucker wants to try to break in it and steal it and drive it off. I don't want to go on too much of a tirade here. Nonetheless, very passionate about my fucking truck. And then my wife hit me with a kicker. She said, well, guess what? I said what? She goes, you know, we had liability insurance on that pickup because you didn't drive it much down there at the ranch in Texas. So when I called the insurance company to tell them about the damage and to see if it's going to get covered, they said, no, it's not covered because it's not covered under the liability policy. And I said, well, motherfucker, you know, we just did that to save money because the truck was sitting in the middle of nowhere in South Texas in a barn and I had liability to cover the other side in case I got into an accident. It doesn't cover theft, personal property, all that bullshit. So not only do these low rent, low life motherfuckers try to steal my pride and joy of my pickup truck, they also fuck me out of the goddamn money it's gonna cost me to get my pickup truck fixed because they tried to steal my pickup truck. You talk about a fucking screw job. Fuck the Montreal screw job. This is the Austin pickup truck screw job. And hey, I ain't sitting here pissing and moaning to you. I'm just telling you this story because if it happened to me, it could happen to you. When I think about it, at 52 years of age, as many cars as I've had, as old as I am, goddamn, you know, I've been lucky for this to be my first car it's ever been attempted or stolen. No one's ever tried to steal anything else that I've had. I don't even think I've ever been broken into shit here in the mean streets of la. I always read my neighborhood crime report. People get their windows bashed in, they leave their laptop computers on their seats of their cars and fuck, they make off with it and steal all the shit out of it. So my point to you, the moral of the story is shit. Well, here's another story. I was taking a Cali and moolah on a walk the other day. I walk them every day. That's what you're supposed to do with your dogs, play with them. And I saw this car on the side of the road, kind of a hunk of shit, but it was that person's car. And it had one of them clubs on the steering wheel. I was thinking to myself, man, who'd steal this motherfucker? Well, anybody'd steal that motherfucker, that's who. And whether the car was a hunk of shit or not, that's that person's car. And that's how they get around. They proud of it. So it's very important to us at the club. So, shit, I might go get me a club. I might get something. I got cameras all over the place out here in California, as far as our residents is concerned. But it didn't cover right there in front of my house on that curb. So maybe get a little camera installed out there. But back to the moral of the story. Lock your shit up. My shit was locked up. If you got to get a club, get yourself a club. Take all your personal effects out of your center console, your glove compartment. Just keep the bare necessities in there. Maybe your insurance card or your registration. That's what I kept in mind. I kept about 40 bucks in that center console. Just in case I ever forgot my billfold, I'd have some gas money. These people were so interested in stealing my pickup truck and trying to be so efficient, they didn't even raise up the center console. They stole my money, too, and I'm glad they didn't. But nonetheless, it could have been a lot worse. Neighbors spooked them off, and now I gotta pay for the damage. It is what it is, so God damn it, protect yourself. Put a club on your steering wheel. And I think they probably been riding around case in that pickup truck for quite a while. I hadn't been driving it very much. I'd been going to Nevada, and I'd been driving my other vehicle. So it was funny. It was funny because it wasn't funny. But the next day, just yesterday, I was out there when the tow truck came and picked it up. And there was one of those cards, those business cards stuck in my driver's side window. Said, we buy junk cars. So I called both them numbers. I blocked my number. Nobody answered. Hey, motherfucker, that ain't a junk car. And I'm wondering if that's the motherfucker that stole my. Tried to steal my fucking pickup truck. Anyway, I don't got no proof. They didn't answer their phone call because I blocked my number. So I am suspicious. And while I was out there, damn work truck come slow riding by, two dudes in it, real slow, about 15 miles an hour. I was looking at them and they was looking at me, and I was getting my truck ready to get on the tow truck. So I don't know what the fuck happened. But anyway, protect your shit, move it around, get you a club, take your valuables out of your car, and hopefully you don't get your vehicle stolen like mine almost did. And to the guys that tried to steal my truck, go fuck yourself.

[B]

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[A]

This is Steve Austin unleashed. Hey everybody, welcome back to Steve Austin Show. I am sitting here at 317 Gimmick street across the 4x4 table from my illustrious wife Kristen, who's just been finished running errands. Goddamn. I've been sitting over here trying to pull up a podcast. And she ventured into the residence and I said, ah, here we go, a victim. Can you believe it? I was supposed to be Skyping today and I was gonna have a podcast with a guest. I won't drop the name because it's just a name drop, God damn it. I tried to fire up my computer yesterday morning and the sun bits would kick on and it would kick off, kick on, kick off. So he booked me an appointment to go over to the Mac store and I took it in. And somehow, someway, sometime, I spilled some liquid into my computer because the sensors were tripped. The dude asked me, he goes, hey man, did you spill anything in this? And I hadn't in like, shit, I don't know, six months. Have I before? Yeah. And. And I said, no, Man. So anyway, it wasn't the hard drive. He took it back in there and he produced this picture of the innards of my computer. And there's like a little button in there or something, set off or whatever the deal is. And there was some other signs or some kind of shit in there. So nonetheless, it was going to take three to five days to rebuild, restore, reprocess, replace, whatever, and fix my laptop computer. So instead of Skyping and talking with someone about wrestling and some other stuff, I am sitting across the table talking from you about hunting mule deer and my trip to Nevada and how I want to go back. And I know we just remodeled our house and it's nice and it's a great house and we love it. I guess it's our dream house, wouldn't you say?

[C]

It is our dream house. Can we move it somewhere else?

[A]

I tell you what, if it was like that triple wide, that double wide down at the ranch, we could put wheels on and drag that across the state line. You know, California is interesting. I know you're born and raised here. You know, it's just. I don't care who you are. I remember Phil. What's this guy's name? Phil Mickelson, whatever his name is. Golfer. He was bitching about paying California taxes a while back. And everybody was like yelling at him, hey, man, Dude's like making 30 million a year. He was just complaining about how expensive it is to live in California. Hey, man, it's expensive living in California.

[C]

It is expensive.

[A]

It's 13% on top of your other taxes. So anyway, and the fact that we sold the place in Texas, we wanted a place close by, and Nevada is the closest place nearby. So if we could put wheels on our house and drag that motherfucker across the line. And here's the thing, because we wanted to buy more land, but if you're just looking and all of your family's over there, so we'd be closer to your family. But it's not about just over there because 90% of Nevada is public land. So you don't need a. A big piece of land. 20, 40 acres. Just have a buffer around you. Then you can access everything else on utility vehicle. You can put your camper anywhere. It's pretty phenomenal. It ain't Texas, because Texas is where I'm born and bred. That's where my heart is. But, man, that ranch is the biggest reason. The distance is why we sold that place. Nevada's a little bit closer, so the search goes on. But I'm telling you, since I got home, I'm having a tough time adapting because I was over there for seven, eight, nine days. How long was it gone?

[C]

It was about a week or a little over a week.

[A]

Yeah. The first few days it was weird because when I was about 80 miles out of Winnemucca, my cell phone service didn't work, so we couldn't talk.

[C]

Yeah, that was kind of weird.

[A]

And that was weird. We talk all the time. And I borrowed one of the guys phones there who had Verizon, so. But it was peaceful as shit out there.

[C]

And you come back here and we get sirens and motorcycles and tree trimming next door today, and I don't know.

[A]

God damn it. I'll tell you what, ma'. Am. I'm happy our next door neighbor decided to trim all their shit up, but they started right when I'm trying to do my reads from a podcast. Everybody. Every time I start saying something about DDP yoga or alpha brain or whatever, yeah, I gotta start over. So I'm about chainsawed out. Every time I try to do something overnight, I got this little studio over here. Every time I start talking, there's a chainsaw that starts cutting, a mower that starts mowing. Or the trash truck blowing a trash truck day.

[C]

Or the UPS or ups.

[A]

Motherfucker. We get so many deliveries over here. Whoa. Can we order any more shit for our house? Shit. She just came back. She got the Yukon xl. I just got that thing all depacked. I gotta go get it detailed and that motherfucker. Now that all of my hunting gear, my gun, and all that stuff is out of there now there's a big shit pile of stuff from Crate and Barrel. What'd you go off and get?

[C]

Well, because I told you Callie had a little accident while you were gone. She was eating her bully stick on our new area rug in the living room and took a few nibbles and a few more nibbles, and now we have a big hole in the middle of our area rug. So I went out and bought an ottoman to put on top of it.

[A]

Right, had an ottoman. That's the one that you got.

[C]

Yeah, but one that fits that design.

[A]

Okay, well, check this out, man. When we were putting our house back together after we did an extensive remodel, we basically gutted the place. And the person that had the house before us kind of jerry rigged a bunch of shit. So half the money was in repairs, the other half was in the remodel. We did a bunch of shit at school. House Long story short, it turned out really good. We're proud of it. And then the designer we were working with was trying to, you know, get us these high dollar rugs.

[C]

Thank goodness we opted for the less expensive rugs.

[A]

God damn it. Talking about a high dollar rugs. And she said, oh, this couch is love seat. I said, okay, it's custom made. Okay, well, how much is it? $20,000. Me and my wife, I can't do this luck that I always do when I get a high price at this right here. $20,000 for a goddamn couch slash love seat slash sectional. Are you kidding me?

[C]

That our dogs are going to drool on.

[A]

Yeah, they jump on. Tear the out of that. Last setup we had was from ashley furniture. Cost eleven hundred dollars. Five pieces.

[C]

Five pieces.

[A]

$1,100. And I was thinking, I'm trying to rationalize this. Okay. We just did a major remodel. I mean, she's trying to make the house look good, and this is through her eyes, but it's through our back pocket. And I just had to go back to my. Well, not only my roots, but your roots as well. We ain't the kind of people they're going to pay $20,000 for a motherfucking couch. So we let that be known, and turns out it all comes back full circle. The sectional that we ended up getting come from Ashley Furniture, and it just. What? It was under $2,000.

[C]

Oh, yeah. No, it wasn't very expensive at all.

[A]

Like 1500 bucks. Yeah, and I got another one over here at the podcast studio for like 800 bucks.

[C]

Well, I made a green room, remember?

[A]

Yeah, I made a green room because she'd order too many pieces for the sectional.

[C]

But now we just have one single armless chair sitting in the living room here.

[A]

Anybody wants a single armless chair, tan in color. This. What's the set? The plutonious.

[C]

What's I can't. Patola.

[A]

The Patola Park.

[C]

Patola park, wherever that is.

[A]

Yeah, I got an armless section of a sectional if you wanted. I'll sell it to you. You know what I'm do? I'm gonna put this. You know what? When I get my truck back from the shop, I'm gonna take out that driver's side seat. I'm gonna put that in. I'm gonna have a lazy Boy up in the cab. My goddamn pickup truck.

[C]

Well, I was going to give it to the Salvation army, but since they gave me such a hassle last time about my donation, I figured I better not call them.

[A]

But you Know the world's fucked up when you try to give a Salvation army because you're trying to help somebody out. And it helps you out because it gives you something to do with something. You don't just want to throw shit away and someone else can use it. Because I was ambivalent to getting new furniture, I was fine with sitting on the old shit. Goddamn designer made me so feels goddamn shitty. But I was like, okay, okay, I'll get a fucking new couch. I just ain't paying 20 large to do it. What do you want me to do? Go back headline a WrestleMania 34 to buy the motherfucker? Shit, give me a razor blade. I'll carve up my forehead right here. Bleed for this motherfucker. Pay for it with blood. So anyway, with Cali tearing up the rug. The rugs, we've got our bargain basement.

[C]

Cheap because, well, I had a lot of coupons.

[A]

You had a lot of coupons. But goddamn, here's the thing. And it happened just the other day, Moolah. I mean, our Callie ate something and she puked all over the wand. And then the other one, Callie was playing like a motherfucker. And she came inside for some reason, and this dog is potty trained. She's eight months old now. She's going to be a hellacious dog. Shit like a crippled goose all over the goddamn house. And so why would you want to buy one expensive sectional? First, we didn't. We don't pay that kind of money. Then she just ran in the room with a toy.

[C]

I just bought him some new toys.

[A]

And then. Or buy an expensive rug or furniture, because these are roughhouse dogs. They like to lay up on the back of the goddamn couch by no expensive shit.

[C]

Well, I can. I understand her design element, but realistically, we don't. We would never do something like that.

[A]

Oh, man. But we come from Texas, man. I got double wide, triple wide, and we got reclining couches over there. Shit costs like 500 bucks, man. I want to ask. I talked about on my podcast. I probably vented too much. If I did, I apologize. But you know Kristen, that damn pickup truck? I bought it brand new in 2003, and I'm proud of it. You know, everybody got to have a truck. When I met you, one of the cool factors about you. When I met my wife, Kristen, she had a maroon GMC pickup truck with a camper shell on it and a bed rug, because she hauled her dogs around Shona and Brio, who are no longer with us. And I was like, man, this chick's pretty cool. She drives a pickup truck. Now you got points deducted when it was only two wheel drive. But to your credit, I mean, in California, not everybody runs four wheel drive because you don't really need four wheel drive here. So anyway, I bought that pickup truck brand new in 2003. Give me the story, because what the fuck happened? I'm hanging out with your brother Mitch over in Nevada, and you said, hey, man. Phone starts ringing. This is when we just got back to Mitch's house and you said, somebody just tried to steal your truck.

[C]

Well, I got a call from our neighbor and she said, the lights in your pickup truck are on. I said, what? I said, that's odd. I haven't used the truck in a long time. So I grabbed the keys, I ran outside and I get in and sure enough, the lights are on and everything kind of looks strange. And so I went to put the key in the ignition and it's completely mangled. The whole steering column is upside down and it just looks very strange. I said, shit, somebody just tried to steal this thing. So I saw my other neighbor across the street. I said, I think somebody just tried to steal Steve's truck. He said, that's weird. I thought I saw somebody in there, but I thought it was like a worker that was working at your house. I said, no, somebody tried to steal it. And he said, well, you know, maybe they scared him off. I said, well, they're going to come back. So I decided, well, I better drain the battery. So I left the lights on for a while, sat in the truck. I'm scouting around, looking for people, thinking they're going to come back. Nobody came back. But I drained the battery. I parked the Range Rover bumper to bumper so nobody, if they had to steal it, they'd have to ram Range Rover and the Focus to get out of the street. But I kept on waking up through the night going out, checking on your damn truck because I was so worried about somebody stealing it.

[A]

Yeah, when you're talking about the Range Rover, there's the range of vehicles we got over here. We lease a Range Rover. It's a business write off. I got my 2003 Chevy pickup and I got a 2003 Ford Focus with 65,000 original miles and a car cover in behind that motherfucker. That's my car collection.

[C]

And the funny thing is I said, steve, did you lock the Ford Focus? Of course I did. So what did I do? I go out, check the door handle, and sure enough, it's open. And You've got the car cover on there. So I didn't want to take the car cover off and have somebody probably sleeping in there. I just locked the door, put the car cover back down, and ran back into the house.

[A]

So someone could be locked in the Ford Focus because of you. Now, man, the thing about is, anybody going to steal that Ford Focus, that's a damn good car, too.

[C]

Well, they don't even know what's underneath the COVID It could be something else.

[A]

Well, my Bronco wasn't touched. If someone stole my Bronco, I mean, you know, still in my pickup trucks. Bad enough he was still that Bronco, I'd really been hot. The Ford Focus might have been a blessing in disguise. You need to get full coverage on this. Because I was telling people, because we put liability insurance on that shit. Because we're just sitting in the barn.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So nobody, you know, insurance ain't gonna pay for this.

[C]

Well, and when the guy came yesterday to pick up the truck, he gave me some ideas.

[A]

What do you say?

[C]

There's a particular insurance company here that's available that you pay based on your mileage. So if, say, for example, we only drive the truck 10 miles out of the year, we pay based on our insurance coverage for that, and you can get comprehensive collision and liability. So. And then he also said that you can get these alarms now, that you can. When you get them installed on your phone, on your vehicle, you can also put the app on your phone and let you know if somebody's stealing your car. So I thought that might be another option.

[A]

How the sensors trigger whatever. But I need something. I don't need somebody trying to steal my fucking pickup truck. I want to get a big bullhorn in there so that the app lets me know that they're stealing my truck. So that way it turns my phone into a microphone. I can start cussing at the motherfucker. Get out of my goddamn car. If I come out there, stomp a mud hole in their ass and walk it dry while I'm in Winnemok a hunt.

[C]

Well, if it's such a violation. And, you know, I mean, what can you do?

[A]

That's what I was saying. When I got home, I unpacked all my shit. And you said, well, you want to go look at your truck, see how bad they it up? But I said, I might as well. And I didn't want to go out there because I didn't want to see how fucked up my truck was. And seeing it in the pictures you sent over to Mitchell is One thing. But when you get in and send it in person and you realize somebody had the grimy greasy hands all on your shit.

[C]

Yeah, and I just sat in the chair in the seat. Probably five minutes after they ran off. I can't figure why they didn't take off with it. Because our neighbor said the vehicle was started. So I don't know if our neighbor scared them off or they couldn't get it in gear because they jammed the steering column so bad. I'm not really sure. So I guess we'll find out from the dealership.

[A]

Well, what'd they do, turn it off while they left?

[C]

Yeah, it was off when I came outside.

[A]

And you heard it running? Because that's a loud ass truck. I got exhaust on it.

[C]

No, our neighbor heard it running okay. Yeah, he said the car was running and somebody was in it.

[A]

God damn it. Kyle is in here chewing up a damn toy that Kristen just bought for him. She done it, destroyed the whole damn thing.

[C]

That lasted about five minutes.

[A]

Yeah, I know they don't make dog toys as tough as they need to. But if you need a tough dog toy, go to tractor supply and get one of these stone cold gimmick dolls. Those subjects hold up pretty good.

[C]

And the belt. The belt works.

[A]

The belt works great. People just. People send me pictures all the time on my Instagram account. Steve Austin bsr and on Twitter Steve Austin BSR their dogs with that WWF title belt. That's a pretty good little gimmick. Goddamn. Other than that, nothing exciting happened. But you know what? We really need to. And you brought the point home. We got a bunch of shit out there. We leased the one car. It's a write off. I've got the Yukon because I'm driving back and forth to Nevada trying to find a place.

[C]

But you always just have to have a truck.

[A]

I know you gotta pick a truck. We don't need a new one. So you just gotta have a truck to haul shit around. And you know, when we got that Yukon, we're gonna put 300,000 miles on that side of a. Oh yeah, but the Ford Focus gotta go. I mean, we just don't need that much.

[C]

I'm thinking it's. It's probably better just to donate it than is to sell a thing because I don't think you're gonna get much money for it.

[A]

Well, it doesn't matter how much money I get for it. I mean, you know, hey man, here's a car. I mean, I'm a good hearted dude, but when your mom hijacked that thing. And then I had to put a new set of brakes on and a motor mount. I'm upside down.

[C]

Yes, you are.

[A]

And here's the thing about it. That little son of a bitch is fun to drive.

[C]

It is fun to drive.

[A]

It's front wheel drive. Runs pretty good. It's low to the ground. It's a great car. That's the one we like to use to take our dogs to the vet because it's easy for them to get. Get in Cali. You're bothering the out of me. We're trying to do a podcast. I got flip flops on and she's clawing the top of my damn feet because she's trying to get out this toy.

[C]

Well, you're lucky she's not barking at you.

[A]

I ain't never seen a dog bark as much as this one. Make noises. She's.

[C]

She's very vocal.

[A]

Don't, don't. Kelly, I know you're fixing to bark. Don't do it.

[C]

Well, you know why they're over here is because it's close to, you know what time. And I can't say the word because they'll go crazy. And I can't spell it either.

[A]

Yeah, every morning when we're laying in bed drinking coffee, all we have to do, I'll spell the word out to moolah. And she goes crazy. And it's our little routine because the dogs can speak.

[C]

They speak Spanish. They know sign language.

[A]

No sign language. And they also can speak speak English and spell. Yeah, there's some smart ass dogs that. Smarter than me. I only speak Spanish.

[C]

You know a few words.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, I'm trying. I'm working on it.

[C]

You're getting good.

[A]

Yeah, I know, but, you know, for all the time I've been down here in South Texas, you figured I would have learned. But now we're looking at Nevada, so. Well, they speak English in Nevada, so I guess I'm good.

[C]

Speak English across the United States. Steve.

[A]

Goddamn, Chris. I was talking on the opening of the show about heading down to South Texas because normally we're already there. And I know we'll be visiting our family here in the near future, but goddamn, normally, this is the time we're at the ranch. November, December, first week of January, every single year for 10 years.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And now as we record this, it is November 8th. And I just speak it for myself. I just feel like I got my thumb stuck up my ass over here in California. Like I said, LA is cool. California's been good to me. It's a nice place and all that shit.

[C]

But it is nice to get away from for the holidays. Especially. Like for example, today I went did some shopping, some errands and things. People are already crazy out there shopping for Christmas, getting their Christmas dishes, their Christmas decorations. People are, the stores are all decorated. I mean, I couldn't believe how many people were out shopping today. Especially at Crate and Barrel there. They got all the decorations out. So I'm amazed at how soon the holidays have got here this year.

[A]

Man. The thing about it is, I mean, like when I was in Home Depot a couple of months ago, I couldn't believe when they had a Halloween show up. Now Halloween's over. There's a chainsaw blaring in the background. It's a Steve Austin show on Lee. So it, it's for free. Thanksgiving's coming right around the horn and they got the Christmas stuff up. But you know what your favorite holidays, Halloween. We'll put up a couple decorations. We got some neighbors across, about three blocks down, man, they go full tilt.

[C]

Man, the entire house.

[A]

It's pretty cool because it looks like a haunted house. But we just ain't into that. Now for Christmas we always get a little gimmick tree. It's about a foot tall and our lights are battery operated. That's how big we do Christmas. That's right up. Shoot.

[C]

Well, maybe now that we're here this year, maybe we'll have a big tree in our garden.

[A]

Ain't gonna have no big ass tree. We ain't changing nothing. We got our little system. Yeah, I mean, I love Christmas. It's a great time of the year and it's more tradition and families getting together and stuff like that. But when we were kids, we always had a big old Christmas tree. And of course my mom took, you know, that was our thing, decorating the Christmas tree. But it just ain't our style.

[C]

No, not really. But I am looking forward to get down to Texas, see your family. And I know you want to go see the ranch.

[A]

Yeah, that's gonna be the thing. The owners have invited me to go back there and hunt. I don't really want to hunt anything. I just want to watch because I, you know, don't get me wrong, unless I see a coyote, I just want to watch. So it's going to be interesting to drive on a ranch. And if we go, I want you to go with me. So we stay in the camper well.

[C]

And see what improvements they've made, how they've changed it. See how the deer have developed.

[A]

You know, man, we left them with a good herd. I mean, God damn, I got so many pictures of some big ass deer. That's one of the best ranches in south Texas. And we told them that going into it and now through all the pictures I've shown them, they see that all those deer are still there. So you know, man, when I'm talking about deer, you know, you, me and Teddy grew those damn deer and because it was shot out when we got it. So I'm proud of the deer herd. And the proof is in the pudding. We weren't fucking around when we said we had big deer.

[C]

Wonder where that phrase came from. The proof is in the pudding.

[A]

I don't know. Good. Random question. Where else would you expect the proof to be?

[C]

I'm going to send it to Steve Austin, show questions or whatever you have it listed as well.

[A]

The proof is in the ist.

[C]

You know, I'm sure somebody will write into your email and tell you where that phrase came from because your fans are pretty good about sending information to you that we've discussed.

[A]

If you know where the proof is in the pudding came from because I'm not going to get on my computer, my backup computer here and look up proof is in the pudding where the it came for. If you want to send in the the answer to questions steveoffshuge.com Please do so.

[C]

They always do. So, so, so anyway, I know you just got back from hunting with my brother.

[A]

It was awesome.

[C]

How is it different from hunting in South Texas?

[A]

Oh man, light year is different. It's interesting because. And the broken school ranch. Let's speak, let's, let's talk about South Texas in general because that's the way everybody would hunt, whether it's a high fence operation or a low fence operation In South Texas because of the brush country and the state of Texas is legal. But speaking of South Texas, because of the brush country and because the vegetation is so thick you can't see, you know, really 85% of the land around you, that's how thick it is. So in Texas, you're allowed to hunt over corn, you're allowed to hunt over bait. And so many people, myself included, back in the day, you know, we get into a Bronco or Kawasaki mule with a spin feeder and ride up and down the road. You feed the senderos and then at daylight, you know, man, the deer will come out and start eating corn. Also you've got your feeder set up programmed to go off at an a.m. time and a p.m. time. That feeder goes off, they hear the rattle of that corn off that metal spinner and you know, as that day comes up, deer are deciduous. Meaning? Well, white tailed deer, meaning they eat twice a day. Once in the morning, once in the evening.

[C]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[A]

That is true. And that's how you pattern the white tailed deer.

[C]

So you don't feed in Nevada.

[A]

Well, hang on. A lot of the deer though, Kristin, due to pressure from hunters, et cetera, and just being savvy and smart and having great ears, great vision and a great nose, become nocturnal. So I mean a lot of those bucks and you can't hunt deer at night in Texas and spotlighting is illegal. So a lot of the bigger, more mature bucks or the smarter big ass bucks have been around for so long because they go nocturnal and you will never see them. And not every deer on the property will go to a feeder to begin with, Right. Some deer just aren't social deer. So the ones that do, that's the difference. Hunting. And when you, when you hunt in Texas and you go to your deer stand and that's what we had, we're hunting out of deer stands and they were pretty nice, they were very insulated. But whether you're hunting out of minus the wasps, two by four, you know, frame with the plywood or just a lean to, or just whatever you're hunting out of, you're waiting and you're waiting over bait. Well, in Nevada you ain't waiting over bait because you can't. You're not allowed to hunt over bait in Nevada. And that's big country. You're looking at 90% of Nevada being public land. The unit that we're in, unit 34, is probably a couple hundred thousand acres. So miles and miles and miles of land. And so, man, when we went out there, I was thinking, how in the fuck are we going to decide where to go? Because Mitch was working his regular job, he wasn't out there scouting. And a lot of times that's what they'll do. Go out there and ride around maybe 100, 125 miles a day. And you're scouting, you're looking for a sign, you're looking for does, you're looking for horns. And then at a later date you'll go back to that area and pretty much those deer would probably be in that same region. They might not be exactly where you saw them, but they'll be in that vicinity.

[C]

Right?

[A]

So with no scouting, we go over there, we're up at 4, leave at 5, we're out. Shit. By 6, 6:30, unload the buggy, we start riding to a destination. We just kind of hold off and the sun comes up. Then we start glassing. As you know from sitting in South Texas in a deer stand because you had your binoculars, you know, you're looking at the brush line a little bit, but you know that those deer are going to walk out of the brush and into the clear to get, get on that road where you put the corn or to the bait underneath the feeder out there. Man, you're just riding thousands and thousands of acres just trying to spot the animals. And there's not a whole lot of animals to be seen to begin with. And you know, on the one time that you flew the ranch and you got a little topsy turvy when you're flying that ranch, I mean, even in our place, we had a deer for about every 12 or 13 acres. You know, you still don't see shitloads of deer. Now when you magnify that times, all that area over there, I mean, it's even less deer, less populated. So it's almost like you're trying to find a needle in a haystack and then much less a great buck. So we got on top of a mountain one time and Mitch and Royce, they get out these camp chairs just like I'm sitting in right now. They had these tripods, spotting scopes, you know, that are like 24 to 40 power and they're glassing miles away.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Well, this is kind of, you know, a lot different than what I'm used to because we're only shooting a couple hundred yards at the Broken Skull Ranch, or in South Texas specifically, they'll be.

[C]

Standing right next to your deer. Standing damn near.

[A]

So I'm sitting there thinking, okay, so we're gonna see a deer and then at three miles, we're gonna fucking go around the back road, come up the side of a mountain, sneak up on it, maybe to get a shot on it. It just seemed absolutely far fetched to me.

[C]

So wait, before you continue, let me ask you this. So in South Texas, you wear shorts and flip flops at the deer stand. How was the weather?

[A]

God damn. Well, I'm glad you asked that one. It's been so God damn hot the last few years in South Texas. That's a shoot. I would hunt in flip flops. My shorts and a dry fit shirt and a baseball cap. And sometimes I would pull on my rubber boots just because they were easy to pull on and off. And if I was going to walk through the brush, I would at least protect my calves. But every year, by the time the season was over, my legs and my arms are scratched up from going through all that brush country. But I was, you know, most of the times in December, 90 degrees, you're sweating your ass off in a box. Well, not out here. You're in the big country and the wind gets pretty severe in those mountain ranges. And I was really prepared for the worst because when we went shopping for all that cold weather gear, I loaded down and I layered my system. And I got to say, the shit was going to hit a few days into our hunt and I was able to get a buck on the first day. So we stopped hunting and we just started riding around. So to your point, I had on my Magnum Ohitech wrestling boots. They're wrestling boots. Regular street wear boots or outdoor boots or tactical. I had on my Magnum high techs. I just had on a pair of camouflage regular bottoms.

[C]

So you didn't have to wear any of the stuff that we bought?

[A]

No, I used the vest, I used the jacket, that stuff. And then I put on my Carhartt on top of that. But I had my five layers on and I had those regular gloves. We got those gray ones. Yeah, those worked fine.

[C]

Oh, perfect.

[A]

And then I used that baclava thing to cover up my head, all that. Somebody saved my ass because my neck and everything, it covered it.

[C]

It's like a gator. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

So that worked. And then I had my, my broken skull ranch hat on top of that. And then I put a, A regular, you know, wool cap over the top of that. Yeah, but you. Kristen wanted me to get one of those things that you pull over your head. It's got the flaps that go down around your ears, got the chin strap on it.

[C]

I said, well, your dad wears one of those.

[A]

It's so cute. But I'm out there hunting with Mitch and Royce and Case I thought, d's gonna make fun of me for dressing up like a obsessing.

[C]

Well, I did see a picture you posted on Instagram where you had like shorts on your high tech boots and like 15 jackets. And it looked interesting.

[A]

Oh, man, I'm all those guys, they said, who in the is this idiot? Because the first day, like, like I told Mitch, I said, dude, I said, I guarantee you I'm gonna hunt the first three days of my shorts before the system was gonna blow in. And I didn't because that first day was pretty cold. So I just wore those pants. But then after that, I Said, fuck it. I said, I ain't trying to impress nobody. And here's the thing. Back when I used to wrestle on the road, we'd be up there in Calgary, all those cold ass places in Canada, and I was wearing shorts 24 7. All the boys would tell me, God damn, dude, would you please put on some long pants? But back then it didn't make sense to because we were either in an airplane, in a building, in a hotel or, or whatever. So it's not like we stayed outside. It was going from the rental car to the building, but we were always in something. But once we got out there and I got comfortable with those guys, I said, well, fuck it, I'm just gonna wear my shorts. I just like to wear shorts. And my legs, my legs don't really get that cold. As long as I can keep my upper body warm and stay in those layers, I'm good. Well, I know I look like an idiot and if you want to see the picture, it's on my Instagram account. Steve Austin BSR we'd found this on Mineshaft. That was the day after my hunt. So we were just joyriding. But Kristen, you would love going up there because you like to sit in the deer stand as much as I do and look at the deer. You're not a hunter, but you like riding as much as I do too. Yeah, the country up there is phenomenal and just great riding. We're going to take a pause for the calls. Kelly needs attention. I'm coming right back to answer to some of the questions that you sent in the questions at steve austin show.com Cali thank you very much for making a cameo appearance. Good girl. Loudest dog in the world. Coming right back with part two Word from a sponsor to keep a show on you for free. Cause it ain't worth paying for. Pluto TV has thousands of free movies and TV shows.

[C]

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[C]

Never.

[A]

You're welcome.