Steve Austin and The Rock are two of the biggest stars in the history of WWE, and most fans would agree that they put on some classic matches throughout the course of their rivalry.
The Rock and Stone Cold faced off at WrestleMania three times, and on the road to WrestleMania X7 Steve Austin’s real life wife Debra was added to the storyline when Vince McMahon ordered her to be The Rock’s manager. There were plans for Debra to be ringside for the WrestleMania X7 main event, but those plans were nixed.
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently discussed the idea of adding Debra to the feud on Grilling JR and he indicated that it wasn’t something either Austin or Rock felt was necessary.
“I think they both, I think Rock and Austin were both uncomfortable with it. It just seemed like, ‘Why are we doing this?’ You know, Debra always made the picture better because of her beauty, and she was a gorgeous Alabamian. But her services in that role were not needed. I think Rock and Austin just wanted to keep it serious and transact their business because neither of them was overly sure of how this thing was going to be received.”
Ross went on to say that Austin and Rock just weren’t on board with the idea, and Vince McMahon picked up on it pretty quickly.
“The Debra thing was, it may have just been a deal where Vince may have wanted to get her on the show. I don’t know. But it just was ill-timed and not knocking anything about Debra, but if it had been a valet who had a lot of wrestling experience, that was a bump-taker like Lita or Trish, that type of thing, then okay, I get it. But the two guys were not for it, and all they had to do is, Rock had to raise his eyebrows, and Austin had to look down at his shoes, and Vince knew, well, we ain’t doing that.”
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