Former WWE Champion Says His Heel Turn Was ‘A S**t Move’

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Stone Cold Steve Austin shared his honest thoughts on his post-WrestleMania X7 WWE heel run when asked about John Cena’s heel turn.

With Cena attacking Cody Rhodes and aligning with The Rock at Elimination Chamber, many fans have been comparing the 16-time world champion’s character change to other top stars’ heel turns.

One turn which keeps coming up in conversations is that of Stone Cold Steve Austin, who aligned himself with Mr McMahon at WWE WrestleMania X7 in 2001.

During an interview with The Takedown on SI, Steve Austin was asked if he has any advice for Cena as a long-time babyface-turned-heel.

Noting that he doesn’t think he’s the person to give Cena advice because he feels his WWE heel run was a ‘s**t move’, Austin said:

“No, I wouldn’t (give John Cena advice) because I loved working heel when I was in WCW. I loved working heel when I first came into WWE because that was a true heel.

“When I turned heel at WWE WrestleMania 17, the people didn’t want me to turn heel. It was a forced turn. It was my idea.

“Vince always likes to do something big on a WrestleMania. He didn’t do anything big. So I suggested that and he said okay, but it was a shit move. People weren’t ready for it. People didn’t want it. I liked working heel. I just figured it would go over like gangbusters. So the heel I was trying to be was, you know, and trying to be so hated, so much, so fast. I think I tried too hard.

“When I look back at it, sure, I got to push the creative envelope and do a lot of things that were cool or whatever, and push the envelope in a different direction and go out on a limb, but people didn’t want me to turn heel, and so I should have never done that.

“So I don’t think that I’m in a position where I need to offer John Cena any advice from Steve Austin.”

John Cena has now shared a new message ahead of his upcoming appearance on WWE Raw, which you can read more about right here.

An update has emerged on Steve Austin’s status for WWE WrestleMania 41, click here to read more.

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