Tag: The Steve Austin Show

Tony Khan Talks AEW TV Deal With TNT, Reveals An Upcoming Tag Team Tournament For Their Weekly Show, Women’s Tag Titles

All Elite Wrestling’s founder and president Tony Khan recently appeared on The Steve Austin Show to speak with legendary WWE Hall of Famer, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Among a variety of subjects Austin discussed with Khan, he showed great enthusiasm on tag team wrestling’s role moving forward in AEW.

Khan emphasized how “super-focused” he and the rest of the AEW staff are on the company’s tag team division, and he has plans to establish a tournament to showcase what these teams have to offer audiences.

“When we launch our weekly television show in the Fall, we are going to be doing a tag team tournament that is going to have some of the greatest tag team wrestling matches ever on television,” Khan said. “We are going to be starting that, which is going be one of the main focuses on our TV. There are going to be teams that are going to compete for a first-round bye in that tournament, which is a big deal, and we have got some of the best tag teams in all of pro wrestling competing for our Tag Team Championships coming up in the Fall.”

For now, AEW staff and fans alike have their attention on the persisting feud between The Lucha Bros. and The Young Bucks. Khan reminded listeners that it was back in February when this rivalry between the two teams first began in AEW. He sees parallels between The Lucha Bros./Young Bucks feud and the Eddie Guerrero/Art Barr feud from the AAA World’s Collide event back in 1994.

“What is exciting about the match between The Young Bucks and Lucha Bros is that we have been working on this issue for a long time,” Khan explained. “If you look back to when we first went to Las Vegas for the ticket on-sale party, when we announced the on sale date for the pre-sale code for the Double or Nothing sale, we went to the MGM, which was right after the Super Bowl… The Young Bucks had said that they thought they were the best tag team in the world and the Lucha Bros showed up. They are the AAA Tag Team Champions – that’s cool to me because I am a huge fan of wrestling and I remember When World’s Collide PPV very fondly, with Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr kind of changing the game down in Mexico. I thought that this was more of a modern tag team classic [between Lucha Bros and The Young Bucks], and we have tried to establish this issue in so many ways.”

Khan also touched on some of the details regarding AEW’s premier on TNT this Fall. When it came to making a decision on which television network to pursue, Khan reached out to a friend that could help make everything come together seamlessly.

“[TNT was a good choice for AEW because] my friend, Kevin Reilly, is the president of TNT and TBS. It’s going to start in the Fall,” Khan stated. “There will be specific details on that very soon, and it’s going to be really exciting for pro wrestling to return to TNT in prime time, weeknights, for a 2-hour live wrestling show. I can’t tell you the day of the week, but I think it’s going to be the best pro wrestling show anyone has ever done. All Out is going to be our last pay per view going into it.”

Khan looks forward to seeing everyone’s hard work pay off during the the final show before their TV debut.

“We have set up this issue with Chris Jericho and Hangman Page and we are going to continue setting up these huge issues; And now we have set up another big event with Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley.”

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s podcast finally returned this week with a new episode and AEW President Tony Khan was the featured guest.

During the interview, Khan revealed AEW will have Women’s Tag Team belts down the road to go with the planned Women’s Championship.

“I want to focus on a serious main event picture,” he explained. “Both in the singles and the tag team, and then when we establish the women’s singles — ya know, this may be the first time that it gets announced, but just so you know — eventually we will establish a Women’s Tag Team title and focusing on the Women’s singles and the Women’s Tag Team title.”

“I’m not gonna pretend we’re not gonna do it when we talk about being serious about tag team wrestling,” Khan continued. “As we focus on having the best World Championship in singles and tag team, men and women, that’s gonna be the focus of our promotion when I talk about wins and losses mattering.”

Listen to the interview at the link below.

https://player.fm/series/11715/236348315

Source: The Steve Austin Show via Wrestling Inc.

MLW Battle Riot In NYC 7/19/18, Steve Austin And Court Bauer Talk Tonight’s Battle Riot

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MLW Battle Riot in New York City’s Melrose Ballroom will be taped and air as a two-hour special on BeIN Sports on July 27th…

* Kotto Brazil vs. Myron Reed
* Jake Hager vs. Simon Gotch
* Shane Strickland vs. Sami Callihan
* The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. with Brian Pillman II) vs. Rich Swann & ACH
* PCO vs. Homicide
* Jimmy Havoc vs. Brody King
* To Crown The First MLW Middleweight Champion: Joey Ryan vs. MJF
* MLW Tag Team Title Match: Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix vs. Drago & Rey Horus
* MLW Title Match: Champion Low Ki vs. John Morrison
* The 40-Man Battle Riot: Eliminations are pin, submission, or over the top. The winner gets a MITB style cash in. Tom Lawlor, John Hennigan, Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Havoc, ACH, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Teddy Hart, Rich Swann, Pentagon Jr., Jimmy Yuta, Low Ki, Brody King, Jake Hager, Swoggle, Lance Anoa’i, “PCO” Pierre Carl Ouellet, Konnan, Joey Ryan, Sami Callihan, Jason Cade, MJF, Rey Fenix, Head Shrinker: Samu, Kotto Brazil, Rey Horus, Drago, MJF, Leo Brien, Michael Patrick, Rey Fenix, Vandal Ortagun, Simon Gotch, and more to be announced.

 

Kick off the biggest show in MLW history by pre-gaming with Steve Austin and MLW CEO Court Bauer as they take you behind the scenes of Major League Wrestling and tonight’s massive show.

Listen to the Steve Austin Show with Court Bauer: https://www.podcastone.com/episode/MLW-Battle-Riot-with-Court-Bauer

Limited standing room only general admission tickets are available at: https://mlwnyc.eventbrite.com.

Dixie Carter To Be On Steve Austin’s Podcast

TNA President Dixie Carter posted a picture of her with Steve Austin and announced that she will be on Austin’s “Steve Austin Show” podcast this Tuesday at Podcastone.com.

 

Steve Austin Addresses WWE Rumors

Steve Austin addressed rumors about his status with WWE on his latest episode of The Steve Austin Show on PODCASTONE. You can listen to the podcast at this link:

http://podcastone.com/pg/jsp/program/episode.jsp?programID=542&pid=497717

Regarding him not being at WrestleMania 31, Austin said he didn’t turn anything down, he simply wasn’t there and was never scheduled to be there.

Regarding rumors of him turning down Tough Enough. Austin said he didn’t turn it down, Tough Enough was suppose to film in February-March but now it’s April and it still hasn’t happened. Austin said he can’t do it now because of his commitments to CMT’s Broken Skull Challenge.

Austin spoke about his podcast not being on WWE Network. Austin said there was a deal that could have been made but it wasn’t. Austin said Vince McMahon not being happy with some of the questions for Triple H isn’t true.

Austin said he guesses there is no animosity towards him from WWE’s point o view and said he has no heat with them.

Steve Austin Review of WrestleMania 31

Steve Austin gave his thoughts about WrestleMania 31 on his latest show for Podcast One, The Steve Austin Show. You can listen to the show:

http://www.podcastone.com/embed?progID=542&pid=496368

Problems Between Steve Austin & Vince McMahon

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin did not travel to Santa Clara for WrestleMania 31 festivities. PWInsider Elite reports that Austin was scheduled  to fly into San Jose on the same flight with The Undertaker but Austin did not go. WWE even had an employee waiting to pick Austin up at the airport. WWE still thought he might show up because there was a room with his name on it backstage at Levi’s Stadium until mid-week.

There appears to be issues between Austin and Vince McMahon. One person close to the situation said they never seen Vince as angry about anything else. The rift between Austin and Vince reportedly has to do with Austin’s podcast on the WWE Network and Vince not liking some aspects of it. This is likely why  WWE Network is now carrying Chris Jericho’s podcast instead.

WWE also wanted Austin for the upcoming season of Tough Enough but he reportedly turned it down for an unknown reason. Some expect Austin to address his issues with WWE shortly.

Source: PWInsider Elite via WrestlingINC.com

Highlights From Austin Podcast With Triple H

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin talked to Triple H on the Stone Cold Podcast after last night’s RAW on the WWE Network.

Austin mentioned the controversy surrounding the Royal Rumble. Austin said it seems like kayfabe is dead and asked Triple h how hard it is to book with that. Triple H said it’s rough and mentioned the different component that is the internet and how fans quickly see when the company gets behind someone. Triple H talked about how some places were booing Roman Reigns out of the building because they think that’s the push he’s getting but nobody booed him at this weekend’s live events. Austin said some fans feel that Reigns hasn’t earned the push yet. Triple H said Vince McMahon is the one guy who is calling the shots. Triple H said the Rumble was talked over and debated. Vince takes all those ideas and puts them together. Triple H said nobody is perfect and that Vince doesn’t always make the right call but has a pretty good track record.

Austin talked to Triple H about the Seth Rollins VS Daniel Bryan match from last night’s RAW. Austin brought up the resentment for Reigns. Triple H said it’s a tough environment and mentioned how half the people will boo John Cena while the other half would cheer but he is still selling out arenas. Triple H said it’s hard to find the star that every single person likes. Austin said he hasn’t seen the Twitter feedback yet but he believes that RAW may have quelled some of the resentment towards Reigns. Austin said Reigns shined and what he did at the end of RAW helped him. Austin said he needed that and Triple H agreed. Triple H said people say all the time that Reigns isn’t ready and Triple said nobody is really ready for that. Triple H said you think you know what it means to be the guy until you get there and put a whole different world of pressure on yourself.

Austin said people want to know Triple h’s thought’s about CM Punk and mentioned Punk’s podcast comments on Triple H. Triple H laughed and that hey were cool. Triple H said he has never had any beef with Punk. Triple H said Punk held a grudge over some things not working out. Triple H said Punk is a weird guy and he doesn’t mean that in a bad way. Triple H talked about how it was hard to communicate or get to know Punk. Triple H said people would tell him that Punk was livid and about to quit but he would go ask what’s wrong and Punk would act calm and say everything is cool. Austin asked if Punk can come back to WWE. Triple H said if it’s best and what the fans want then he hopes they can get past it. Triple H said he regrets that they couldn’t get past the other stuff.

Austin asked about the contact status of Brock Lesnar. Triple H said they’re constantly talking to Brock and it comes down to what Brock wants to do. Austin asked if The Streak should have been broken or should have it remained. Triple H said that’s a debate and he doesn’t know. He can understand the value in both ways.

Austin asked if Triple H could change one thing about RAW what would it be. Triple H said if anything, it would be back to two hours. He said the third hour of TV is so hard to write that he can’t even describe it. Triple H said the three hours is Vince’s call and a finance call. Triple H said he would like to the Divas get more time and attention. Austin mentioned the NXT Divas. Triple H said they have a lot of women that watch the product.

Austin asked when Triple H will return to the ring. Triple H said he doesn’t want to give anything away but it’s coming.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Steve Austin Podcast With Vince McMahon

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If you haven’t seen the Steve Austin podcast with Vince McMahon on the WWE Network  you can listen to it by clicking on the following link for The Steve Austin Show podcast.

Steve Austin Getting Back Into Shape For A Comeback

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“Stone Cold” Steve Austin mentioned recently on his Steve Austin Show podcast that he was getting back into shape for a comeback. Austin said:

“I’m trying to get back into shape for a comeback.”

I would love to see Austin back in the ring again kicking butt & dishing out Stone Cold Stunners. I just hope if he comes back that he doesn’t do serious damage to his neck which he has had problems with & is the reason he had to retire from the ring.

Steve Austin Admits To Paul Heyman He’d Be Tempted To Wrestle Brock Lesnar

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Stone Cold Steve Austin interviewed Paul Heyman during WrestleMania XXX weekend for the Steve Austin Show on PodcastOne, & Austin admitted that a match against Heyman’s client, Brock Lesnar, might be of interest to him. Heyman brought up the possibility of an Austin VS Lesnar match, & while Austin didn’t fully embrace it, he didn’t shoot it down either.

You can check out the Steve Austin Show podcast at this link.