Unlike the previous Network editions of the Stone Cold podcast, this one is pre-recorded from Stone Cold Steve Austin's Broken Skull Ranch. The Rattlesnake opens by calling Michaels "the greatest in-ring performer of all-time" before the two shoot the breeze a little bit about Texas and the weather. Steve calls this the podcast that will either "help him keep his job or help him lose it." The anticipation for this one isn't nearly as great as previous editions, primarily because Shawn Michaels has made frequent appearances on the podcast circuit, doing Talk Is Jericho, The Ross Report, and even The Steve Austin Show on multiple occasions. In addition to that this is a guy who has already written two books chronicling his career so it'll be interesting to see if there's any new ground left to cover. And it also doesn't help that it wasn't recorded on the night of TLC.
15. Life After Wrestling
Steve asks Shawn if he's having fun now that he's transitioned out of the business of sports entertainment (a surprising choice of words considering Austin hates that phrase). He replies that he is, and only wants to do jobs that he enjoys and talks about how he's had the opportunity to see some of the rural beauty of the country will meeting some great people. Stone Cold then comments on the adrenaline rush of performing and controlling the crowd, remarking that it's a hard thing to place and inquires as to how Shawn has been able to fill that void of entertaining the people. He responds that the feeling Austin is talking about is awesome, but when he came back in 2002 that rush paled in comparison to the feeling he got from growing closer with his family. Michaels then talks about how his 15-year old son is passionate about the things going on in the world and after the terrorist attacks in Paris and around the globe he's considering changing his future goals from "working with computers" to enlisting in military service. He cites the closeness he feels from having those kind of conversations as the things "that make my heart go pitter patter now."
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