10 Things We Learned From Drew McIntyre On Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions

2. The Hidden Parallel Between Host & Guest

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There will be some wrestling fans out there who have thought about this before, but your writer certainly isn't one of them. Thankfully, good ol' Steve Austin was there to bring it up and discuss a striking parallel between he and Drew McIntyre.

When Austin got fired by WCW in the mid-90s, he went to Paul Heyman's ECW and vented. Many moons later, after Drew got canned by WWE in 2014, he retreated to the Glasgow (Scotland)-based ICW and shared his new mission statement with the entire pro wrestling world.

That was cathartic, and it helped change his mentality.

McIntyre, just like Austin back in the 90s, had a "big ass chip" on his shoulder. Although he definitely knew he was talented and had serious skills, he also needed to go away and find himself. It also didn't do any harm to stand on a soap box and rant at anyone who'd listen.

This sneaky similarity carries more weight when one considers the shared values between Heyman's ECW and the ICW promotion run by a maverick like Mark Dallas.

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