The more you dissect Stone Cold Steve Austins podcast interview with Vince McMahon, the more there is to not like about it. One of the most telling comments came when Austin asked Vince about Cesaro, a highly talented wrestler who seems to be misused constantly. Although he won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania XXX, Cesaros career appears to be in freefall right now. Vince took the opportunity to first say that Cesaro seems to lack it, then took to burying most of the current roster by saying that no one since John Cena a decade ago has really grabbed the brass ring. Remember CM Punks infamous pipebomb promo in 2011? A big part of his frustration in that speech was about reaching for Vinces imaginary brass rings and getting nowhere. No doubt thats how many of the wrestlers had to feel after McMahons comments during Austins podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXDmmvC5cXs Its a demoralizing situation when the boss says that no one is stepping up to show they want to be a main event superstar. At least Triple H took the opportunity recently to mock those comments via Twitter. That brass ring comment could haunt Vince as the calendar turns to 2015, showing just how out of touch he really is.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
