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Former WWF Hardcore Champions Reunite For A Tag Team Match, Stone Cold Reveals His First Thoughts Of Triple H & The Rock

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• Stone Cold Reveals His First Thoughts Of Triple H & The Rock

During a recent edition of The Steve Austin Show, former 6 time WWF Champion ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin shared his first thoughts of Triple H and The Rock, relationships with them now and more.

Below are the highlights:

On his first thoughts of Triple H and The Rock:

Triple H:

“I met Triple H when he first came into WCW. And here he came in, good looking dude, good worker, even back then. He wasn’t too long out of Killer Kowalski’s school. I think he’d probably been working. He worked several matches because he was already very polished even when he came into WCW. We hit it off right off the bat. Same sense of humor. I was a little bit older than him, but I hadn’t been in the business too much longer, if any. So, man, we introduced ourselves, to each other and I knew he had a bright future in the business. And I don’t know what he thought about me.

We always hit it off. Same sense of humor, same taste in music. He was a huge bodybuilding, powerlifting fan, always hit the gym. He wasn’t a drinker – I respected that. Good dude, great sense of humor, low-key, one of the boys. So that’s how I met Triple H and we hit it off from day one. And, to this day, whenever we see each other, it’s like old times. We didn’t run in the same crowds. We didn’t travel together. He had his crew and I had mine or I was traveling solo at the time. But nothing but good things.”

The Rock:

“I remember when The Rock came in, Rock, man, you knew this guy had potential when you saw him. He was a good looking guy. You just knew the gimmick wasn’t right at first. And then, he ended up changing his gimmick around. He joined the Nation and then turned into The Rock. And then, me and Rock started working together. I was always cool with The Rock. I knew he had potential. I think everybody did.

He had the right frame, the right look, really smart, charismatic, so you saw a lot of potential in him as he came in, but the gimmick wasn’t right. But, boy, when he turned into The Rock and joined the Nation and started turning heel. I mean, the people rejected him first as a baby, but they took to him as a heel and he had some serious, serious heat. And then, of course, when he turned baby, he was mega over.”

On relationships with them now:

“Myself and The Rock have probably worked with Triple H many, many times, but I probably worked with The Rock more times and the chemistry with both guys in the ring, the three stages of hell match that I had with Triple H in Las Vegas [Nevada]. It was a hell of a match. We worked so many matches and I was really getting hot when I was working with Triple H.

Rock was really getting hot when he was working with me, so we kind of and of course, when I was gone, the feud those two guys had while I was getting my neck surgery was awesome. But I hit it off with both guys instantly. I remain great friends with each of them. We don’t call or text each other, but whenever we’re in the same room, it’s like nothing ever changed, no time has ever passed and we start shooting the breeze and picking it up from where we left off. And nothing but respect.”

• Former WWF Hardcore Champions Reunite For A Tag Team Match

Former WWF Hardcore Champions Al Snow and Hardcore Holly recently reunited and teamed up for a match at an indy show in Los Angeles. Below is a photo:

You can watch a match between these two Attitude Era Veteran from 1999 below:

You can watch Hardcore Holly defeating Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship at St. Valentine’s Day Massacre 1999 PPV below:


        
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