But that exciting in-ring style was almost quashed before it really got going, after a chance meeting at LAX airport with none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin. On episode 72 of Austins podcast, Kevin Steennow of course Kevin Owens in NXTspeaks of the days that he and Zayn bumped into the Rattlesnake on their way to a PWG show. This all went down back in 2005, so naturally the two up-and-comers used this opportunity to gain some sage advice from arguably the biggest star in the industrys history. While Austin told Steen to never stop running his mouth, he then turned to Zayn to offer some rather less encouraging words; that plancha s**t will kill you. Austin may have had a pointZayns high-flying style is certainly dangerous and a laced with risk. But as Zayn recently declared on NXT, he refused to change when others told him. Zayn persisted with the dazzling moveset, in a decision Im sure many fans will be plenty grateful for.
