Video: Why Does Steve Austin Think His First WWE Title Win Suck?

Oh censored yeah. Twenty years ago, Steve Austin hit a Stone Cold Stunner on Shawn Michaels to become the WWF World Champion for the first time. This changed the wrestling world for the next several years and officially launched the Austin Era. However, there were a few issues working against the wrestlers and as a result, the opinions on the match have been mixed over the years. So all those years later, what did Austin think of the match?

In a new interview posted to WWE’s YouTube channel, Austin talked about his thoughts on the match and the build towards the match, including the entire angle with Mike Tyson. As it turns out, Austin isn’t all that pleased with the match, mainly due to both wrestlers being a bit banged up. Austin was coming off his neck injury and Michaels had injured his back a few months earlier, not to mention Michaels’ personal issues, which were running rampant at the time.

As usual, Austin is worth listening to.

"Stone Cold" on why his first WWE Title win sucked

At the same time, Austin says that he wasn’t happy after the match but Vince McMahon said that it didn’t matter because it didn’t matter in the long run. Austin also had an issue with the cadence of guest referee Tyson’s count, which to be fair he does consider to be a minor issue at best.

Here’s a look back at the full show.

Opinion: I’ve heard Austin give this take before and really, I don’t think I can agree. The match was actually rather entertaining and is all the better when you consider the physical state of both guys. As Austin mentioned, the match wasn’t what mattered the most as it was all about what happened after he won the title. Everything started all over again the next night and that’s what really mattered.

What did you think of the match? Has there ever been a more important WWE moment? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 26 wrestling books. His latest book is the WWE Grab Bag.

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