Steve Austin

The Night of the Greatest Promo of All Time

Paul Heyman remembers the night the young, down-on-his-luck Steve Austin composed one of the greatest promos of all time.

Paul Heyman: "It was about 1 am, or a half-hour after we started taping interviews when he leaned into semi-whisper with that unmistakable gravelly voice."

"It was September 1995, and Steve Austin had just been fired from World Championship Wrestling."

"As a courtesy, I offered Austin the opportunity to do his promos early. I always thought Steve was a first-class promo guy who was just never given the opportunity to let his real persona come out."

"But Austin didn’t want that courtesy. He wanted to be competitive. ‘If it’s all right with you,’ he said, ‘I’ll go last!’

“[When it was time], he sat down and said, ‘Alright, I’m ready.’ What happened next is one of those moments you never forget. It left everyone in the room speechless.”

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