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Steve Austin Reveals How He Once Cost Vince McMahon $14,000

Stone Cold Steve Austin is without a doubt one of the most legendary wrestlers to ever step foot in the ring, and his career was defined by the connection that he had with wrestling fans.

Austin knew how to give the fans what they wanted, and he would often entertain the live crowd after WWE TV tapings went off the air.

During a recent appearance on the Pat McAfee show Austin explained that at one point his antics kept the crew at the arena too long, and it ended up costing Vince McMahon $14,000.

“A lot of times we would do that at a TV taping just because the crowd was there, and they’d crash the music and I’d go back down. Maybe I’d already done an interview or wrestled a match, and I’d go out there just to entertain the crowd and make sure they came back happy. One time I just kept staying out there, staying out there. It was somewhere in New York where the union was involved. Finally, I went in, and Vince calls me into his office the next day. He goes, ‘Goddamn, Steve, you cost me $14,000 extra dollars last night.’ It was overtime on the crew. So he’s calling me out because I just cost him $14,000 just for that crew to stay overtime. I’m like, ‘I’ll split it with you.’ He goes, ‘Goddamnit, I don’t want your money. I’m just telling you. Come on in a little bit earlier.’ We used to do that shit all the time. Towards the end – Kevin Dunn in the truck – he’d finally just get on the horn to the house and go, ‘Steve, come on in.’ That’s how we rolled back in the day, man. We were gonna give you your money’s worth.”

Stone Cold also explained why he had a disagreement with Vince McMahon before he appeared on Raw earlier this year, and you can get more on that here.

H/T 411Mania.com

Josh Foster

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