The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin did battle on three separate occasions at WrestleMania, but this has not stopped the pair have a great deal of respect for one another. The Rock sang Austin’s praises this week after WWE celebrated the 20 year anniversary of the iconic moment where Stone Cold drove a beer truck to the ring and drenched Vince McMahon in alcohol.
My tough SOB brother @steveaustinBSR was operating here with a legit broken neck so we had to be creative with keeping our physicality to a minimum until our big WrestlemMania match.
The result was one of the most entertaining segments to ever take place on LIVE TV. ?? https://t.co/oiSdm0MIOI— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 22, 2019
Rock said that Austin was working with a ”legit broken neck” and was a ”tough SOB”. He noted how the pair had to be creative in the buildup to their WrestleMania XV clash due to Austin’s injuries which led to this iconic moment.
A fan would then praise the genius of Vince Russo who was behind this segment, with the fan stating that Russo ”had me tuning each and every week”.
Not sure why @THEVinceRusso would catch crap over this. I had a great time working with that guy. I had some crazy out of box ideas and never once did he bat an eyelash. He’d always say, “fuck yeah let’s do it”. And we did. And we killed. Always fun!
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) March 22, 2019
Rock would also jump to the defence of the controversial character. He said that he enjoyed working with Vince, who would allow Rock to be creative and come up with some unorthodox ideas. Rock noted that the pair ”always (had) fun”.
Whilst it is nice for a WWE legend like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to defend Russo, you cannot forget that he was the mind between some of the craziest ideas in wrestling history, most notably the ‘Viagara on a Pole’ match between Shane Douglas and Billy Kidman in WCW.
