Roddy Piper Responds To Podcast Issues With Steve Austin

By John Canton / July 13, 2015

The ongoing beef between WWE legends "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin led to Piper no longer being involved with Podcast One. It was Austin who helped Piper land a gig with Podcast One in the first place, but now Piper has moved on. The reason for their issues is because Piper had comedian Will Sasso on doing an impression of Austin that wasn't the most flattering (Sasso joked about Austin skipping WrestleMania 31) and Austin apparently had a problem with it. Here is how Piper explained it on his podcast this week:

There was a lot of love in it , but I guess not for you. That€™s my mistake then. On Monday, when the episode actually aired after 6 hours, the company had not only taken down the podcast but all of my podcasts and took me off the air because Steve, you were upset and you went and talked to them. I get a call from the guy€the head of the organization and he tells me that all my podcasts have been taken down. He tells me that I can€™t talk about Steve Austin€said that he was gonna fire me but changed his mind. I think about it and say you can€™t censor me and push me around. I€™m a gentlemen€I€™m a family man.€ €œIf you got offended by it then I am sorry. I€™m done with it, I didn€™t lie about anything and my heart€™s in the right place with my life and I got my family on my side. With that said I€™m moving on and I€™m not talking about it anymore.

Piper went on to tell Austin that he respects him and that he didn't mean to do any harm. He said that he's not going to talk about it anymore. It sounds like he's pretty genuine about it and that he's upset that it took place because it wasn't done to insult Austin. He brought Sasso on to make some jokes because he's a comedian and that's what they do, but Austin took it the wrong way. Normally Austin is the kind of guy to laugh things off too, so it's a shame that it came down to this. Piper also sent out a tweet trying to put the issue to bed and wishing the best for Austin as well. https://twitter.com/R_Roddy_Piper/status/620274863542960128 Also regarding Piper, it was noted by Dave Meltzer on the weekend that he still has his WWE Legends Contract. Ric Flair said on his podcast last week that Piper had it taken away, but apparently that's not true.