7. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin Worried About Finn Balor
During a recent appearance on “The Taz Show: Bodyslams and Beyond”, WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin talked about promos being heavily scripted in WWE in 2015, being worried for Finn Balor’s switch to the main roster & more. Below are the highlights:
On promos being heavily scripted nowadays:
“I don’t like to be the bitter veteran that complains about the system, but, I don’t believe that promos should be scripted. A couple of bullet points, yes, to point a cat in the right direction, but you’ve got to be out there and be able to feel at home and believe with conviction and your heart and your soul with everything that you’re saying and if you’re just trying to be an orator or someone who delivers a speech, that’s not effective in my opinion. And to me, to draw money, you’ve got to be able to reach people’s heartstrings and reach some kind of guttural response or just anything that resonates with them.”
On Finn Balor possibly getting lost in the shuffle once he’s on the Main Roster:
“I’m wondering if he’s going to get lost in the shuffle a little bit on the main roster. He does that crawl to the ring and sometimes it takes so long. It’s a little disconcerting because I’ve seen the kid. Good looking kid, worked for many years in Japan, and he’s very technical from Ireland or wherever he’s from. Great kid! Great kid! Hell of a worker.
Ten times the worker I ever was, but he has got to connect with those people. And so hopefully that gimmick allows him to do that. And it’s a great look. You can make a lot of action figures off of it, but put all the pieces together. People have got to care about him to become emotionally invested in him, but a great human being and a hellacious worker.”
