Brian couldn't be more wrong, stone cold transcends demographics. He's so over that people in another 20 years would still go bananas for the glass break. He's the true GOAT imo.
As far as a wrestling wrestler, no but as far as being over with the people an making them feel like one of there own had made it, MOST DEFINITELY!!! pretty sure he's still the number 1 merchandise seller of all time..
@@spacemankad2108 as of yet I'd say yea he's def one of, if not the best all around performer of all time!! Between his in ring work, ability to play the crowd when needed an his promo ability Shawn was def one of the best so far.. but outside of the wwe bubble there's a few guys I think could come close if they do the right things over the next few years.. Ziggler besides his booking ofcoarse, Rollins for sure, Aj Styles has a diff legacy but his work is phenomenal(no pun intended), but Shawn is who most of them looked up to an wanted to be like so there ya go..
As a 27 year old who started watching wrestling in 2002-2003, we DEFINITELY know who he is. While he wasn't an in ring competitor he was still the Sheriff upholding the law on Monday nights lol
Man just a few years before that brother was the best time in wrestling EVER!!! it was just soooo good from top to bottom every single monday!! I actually stopped watching around 00 02, an barely kept track for a few years then picked it back up prob around 2010 2012 an been watching just about every week since..
I’m 29 and I watched Austin wrestle, I started watching wrestling every week around 1999-2000ish so I had 3 or so great years of wrestling I got to watch at least. I did also watch WCW in the mid 90s but it was kind of a blur until several years later when I had the chance to go back to watch Nitro episodes.
Not many in the wwe universe would appreciate a promo like cornette delivered. That's why they did something completely different. The objective is still to make money.
What Jim and Brian are overlooking is how BRILLIANTLY WWE educates their audience with the video games. My friend has an eight year old son that LOVES Stone Cold and has never seen a match. However, he's played through all of Austin's angles with the 2k series. Kids ABSOLUTELY know who Steve Austin is.
Yeah Austin has been in just about every single WWE game of the last 25 years or so. My first exposure to pro wrestling was SVR 2006 and he was there - he was even part of a few of the Season Mode storylines. Then there's WWE' 13, 2K14 and 2K16 all having showcase modes that feature him as a focal point.
@@PlayzieBum 1.7 million watch Raw and 2.4 million watch Smackdown. That doesn't even touch the number that watch stuff on Peacock or the millions that buy video games that he's been in for the last 20 years. Then there's the fact that he's had multiple TV shows, multiple big budget movie roles, etc. Go play upstairs until your mom comes home.
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? so Kevin ain't over to u? He get crowd reactions tho.. I'm not even a K.O fan either but he cuts a good promo & has great matches. 🤷♂️
@@sweetpetergeda Over what? We’re over Austin? Lol Steve Austin is easily more over than anybody on the roster. He’s Steve Austin. His crowd reactions are louder than The Rock and John Cena, let alone guys like Reigns or Lesnar.
This segment was great and KO is clearly living his dream right now. The fans mega pop for Austin followed by the extreme disappointment in their faces was hysterical.
It was a great segment! especially when the glass broke the second time and he started to look scared then he smiled like got you fools and the dude with his phone waiting to take the pic looked like he was about to cry when they realized he wasn't coming
That's what we try to tell the AEW audience. Create stars that are gonna elevate the business into the limelight again. Create stars that are gonna attract the casual fans again. That can generate MONEY and sell TICKETS again. And they just don't get it..... EVERYONE knows who Austin and Rock are. NOBODY knows the AEW roster. MJF is getting ppl like me interested in HIM. But they will screw it up like they always do by they I mean Tony Khan, The Bucks, all the douche bag internet darlings that only the DIE HARD internet crowd know.
I'm glad Cornette shot that dumb as fuck question from Brian down. If there's kids there who are fans of wrestling then they'll be watching stuff on RUclips. They'll no doubt have the WWE 2K games which he's in every single year as a playable Legend character and always has high ratings. Hell, in WWE 2K16 he was the cover star and the Showcase that year had you replaying famous matches of his career. In WWE 2K Battlegrounds last year he was the cover star slugging it out with the Rock. Kids know his theme song and they sure as hell know who he is.
Hey Brian, there were literally 5 year olds in the crowd mouthing "OH MY GOD" when Austin's music hit. Wrestling is usually a father-son/daughter sort of deal. I watched with my dad during the attitude era, but he made sure to tell me about Bruno selling out the garden, the Sheik in Detroit, etc. Fans of the business are always going to go back and watch the classic shit. Especially this cynical internet crowd who thinks that nothing from the past 20 years is worth watching. I mean, for fuck's sake, there's 9 year olds on wrestling forums arguing about workrate.
Good promo it kept me entertained even tho i called the second fake out. The point is to be entertaining. Him being serious after all that would have been a lil better. But it was still good.
@@detroitshinobi4995 - Similar. I knew the 2nd was also fake, but it was Owen's working the crowd perfectly that was the real surprise of the segment. ☺️
Same here, first time I thought it was a gag of some kind, just wasn't sure but that 2nd one got me an the entire arena to pop an think Austin was comen down to whip some ass lol Kevin did great an got us all twice in the same night 🤣
2nd got me for a quick second but I realized right away they weren't going to take away from Steve and the WrestleMania segment for the sake of a RAW. It would be different if they were going to have an official match.
@@delusionalvikingsfan18 This was different because it literally opened the show lol. They took that extra step because of how great that HBK segment was.
7:42 I really love the promo Cornette gave for Owens about 'when it got serious'. It was actually pretty darn great :3 Still one of the best promo minds in the business, and minds in general.
Owens promo was better than Corny's corny garbage. When he fantasy booked Jeff Hardy's AEW debut it was WORSE than what AEW actually did. He fantasy booked WORSE THAN TONY KHAN. Anything Corny has been *near* the book of has been flaming garbage (See "New Generation WWE). He's a good historian and a decent talker, other than that he's a literal tumor on the business.
Fuck is Brian last on about saying if people know Stone cold. The crowd was going wild. I've never watched a match of Austin as I was too young back then and I love him.
Owens/ Steen doesn't need criticism from a man who thinks the height of wrestling was mid-south/ crokett. In the words of "shitstain" anyone who comes out of a box is immediately over. Shitstain is 100% more in tune with what a modern audience would want than Jim "my wife gets plowed by other dudes every night while I jack off in the corner...no homo though!" Cornette.
@@dionius4549 You realize Austin appeared throughout the Ruthless Aggression era, right? A 22 year old would've had multiple opportunities to see Austin on Raw.
Just because you watch RUclips and old stuff doesn't mean you grew up watching Rock and Stone Cold when it was on live television there's a huge difference there
Awful idea. By the end of the show most of the crowd would have been tired and out of it, the best way to get their attention and to get that type of a pop was to book it at the very beginning. They did it very well.
I was 12 when Hogan came back to the WWF in 2002. I knew nothing of his 80s run and I watched about 2 hours of Nitro in my life at that time and I still knew it was a big deal when he returned and I was excited. I'm sure 25 year olds, what few actually watch, know Steve Austin's deal well enough. Especially with how much WWE shills out the Attitude Era.
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 can't fault people for being young. Point is they're invested now and give enough of a shit now to watch and hopefully research the good old days.
Brian pondering if younger fans will know who Stone Cold is would be as stupid as someone pondering if younger NBA fans will know who Michael Jordan is.
I get that you hate irrationally hate Vince, but asking if 25 year olds know who Stone Cold is? Really? It’s okay to enjoy something the WWE puts on, Brian
Imagine being an 25 years old, who doesn’t know Stone Cold Steve Austin is. The man has big following to this day & his personality what he stood for in the business.
Fun fact, and i only knew about this recently. But, Austin was in a Bad Bunny music video. AND, if Austin is in a MV like that. I am sure many out there who is 20 years or younger would know who Austin is.
I'm 17 and i knew of Austin from the WWE Games like Smackdown vs Raw 2011 and his short Raw Return in 2011. Edit: i pity those who doesn't really have a clue of who he was.
If I had to bet, I would say that most kids who are into wrestling know who Stone Cold is, because of how prevalent he is in WWE's social media (including RUclips) and in their video games. That's the way the new generations consume content, not through the network.
They seem to be thinking nobody is able to watch anything on the internet except their podcast. Even if you do not know Steve Austin, he is mentioned now for 4 weeks, anybody who didn't know had the chance to search it. They keep saying the same about Danhausen. I agree that he is not mainstream and should have been introduced in the first appearence, but if somebody 2 months in didn't check who he is is not somebody you want to watch your product.
I’m tired of Jim and Brian acting like everything was 100% serious in their era. It was some goofy ass shit in the territory days as well even from him and the midnight so he needs to chill
I'm 23 and i would pop hard for Steve Austin. I've watched almost every RUclips clip from the attitude era, unless you're under 7 he's going to get a mega pop.
I was at Allstate Arena for Raw and I can tell you that the fans were really pissed at Owens. He drew major heat throughout the segment. The second time the glass broke, that crowd pop was even louder. I even stood up. The crowd started chanting “ASSHOLE!” KO’s segment was the best opening on Raw in a long time. I do have to admit it. Jim’s suggestion on what he wanted KO to say and do also would have worked.
I would say the same thing about Hulk Hogan wity Millenials and Gen Z people but I would actually think they would recognized Hogan first before Steve is because Hogan has stayed active still way after SC retired. From TNA to WWE appearances until Hogan got banned from the racial slurs.
Being from Chicago WWE was running ads all week long on the radio stations and they were announcing which wrestlers were going to be there. This wasn't a surprise. I found it hilarious. I would be surprised if Steve actually even showed up on a raw before the wrestlemania event.
Are you kidding? Young people recognizing the walk up music for Stone Cold? A short segment of this music is the 3rd down music for the University of Arkansas football when they are attempting to stop the opposition trying to get a 1st down. So cool. So fitting. The crowd is fired up with 3 fingers held up and the arm is raised and lowered to the beat. The place is electric with 80,000 people doing this!!
Can't be mad it wasn't really Austin unless you went because he was advertised. Also, it's not an advertised match for WM. It's an interview segment that's being advertised. No need to get fired up.
I watched Steve Austin in the 90s as a kid. To answer Brian's question I did look into wrestling history and knew who the big stars like Andre the giant and Bruno Sammartino were. I didn't even have the internet at the time so kids today have no excuse if they really want to find things out.
I love how Corny just put on a whole fucking promo on Austin for Owens and got me invested in the match instead of WWE within 3 minutes. This man is pure gold.
I started watching in 2000, so an equivalent for me is _Roddy Piper._ I never saw him wrestle, but I sure knew he meant something due to how others revered him, and he *_SHOWED_* me why whenever he did a promo or 'match' with a current star.
Stone Cold is a bigger name to young children than anyone who's actually working in the WWE right now aside from *maybe* Brock Lesnar but even amongst the kids who know both they hold Stone Cold in a higher regard.
This was easily one of the best segments on RAW in a long time if not wrestling in general. KO worked the fans masterfully, the pops for "Austin" were real and KO channeled 100% Shawn Michaels in Montreal. Plus the fact this worked Tazz claiming KO ripped off AEW was just comical. This is why KO is getting to do something with Austin, he is clearly having the time of his life. This is why when that glass shatters in Texas at Mania it will blow every other pop out of the water, including "Happy-To-Be-Here" Punk in Chicago.
@@jon_3013 You're right, Owens segment is actually better. That was legit heat and hate towards him. Keep in mind that WWE's audience is mostly based on casual fans, since their marketing and exposure is no match for AEW and AEW consists in a niche of fans. Getting real heat from casual fans is just that much better in my book.
It won't beat the reaction to Punk's return. Stone Cold hasn't been gone that long. He's made many 'glass breaking' appearances over the years. And they've diluted the glass break already with KO doing it. There will be a big pop. But it won't be as sustained or joyful as Punk's.
I didn't watch it live because I wasn't home but when I saw the clip, I had goosebumps. 20+ years later, I still get excited hearing his music hit. My nephew is 8 and even he knows who Austin is bcuz of the games. Brian sounds bitter as always...still waiting for that momentum huh lol
This was hilarious from Kevin Owens people brought it after hearing that broken glass thinking “Oh My He’s Here” until it was foolish move to fool the crowd.
Even if you didn't live through Stone Cold's era, there's this thing that we're on at this moment called youtube where you can easily find hours upon hours of high quality footage. It's not like 30 years ago where you literally don't have any footage (or just limited, low quality footage) of wrestling past greats so it's all by word of mouth. Every wrestling fan knows who Stone Cold is, not a good take.
I’ll admit I only got into watching wrestling footage the other year or so. Crazy I know but I’ve watched plenty of clips involving Steve Austin. Even I can see how people consider him the GOAT of wrestling
This was hilarious. He actually got me the 2nd time. When Thug Cena came back at that one WM I was convinced it was Punk because they showed footage of Babe Ruth and the Apollo mission. I love that Im able to fall for wwe trolling still.
21, knew of the legend of stone cold as kid , didn’t get back into wrestling again until recently and watched the attitude era. The aura spoke for himself through the generations
Did this guy seriously just ask if Stone Cold is big enough and if everyone knows about him? Wow proved me wrong, sorry he is better when he just says he is not paying attention or mutes his TV.
It was great. Owens's segment was easily better than an entire AEW show, nowadays. Before marks jump on me, I have to say that I watch both, at least the highlights, since the product went downhill, but you can't deny that as bad as WWE is as we speak, they still got those little things and fine touches, that AEW don't seem to understand.
Thats exactly what made WWE so entertaining back in the day.. People like Kurt Angle that could work the absolute hell out of a crowd and make you hit him and love him at the same time. I havent laughed like that in 15 years probably.. It was classic heel work.
I'm in my 40ties and hardly got a chance to see more than a couple Andre the Giant matches but I know almost every bit of his lore. I think Steve Austin has the same level at this point. You may not have seen many of his matches as a young watcher but you will know him.
Dude is just some big, lame, sloppy dude with nothing interesting to offer. Doesn’t have the look, the vibe, nothing. How did he ever get over on any level.
Yes little kids are surprisingly really informed on older wrestlers. When they said they don't mention Austin on TV, kids don't really watch TV, they're on RUclips more often than not. I seen kids take pics with the nwo and that's getting close to 30 years at this point. Kids if they love wwe keep themselves informed through the internet
For Brian's question at 1:50- I can answer this. I am a younger fan, I'm 20 years old, and I always knew who Stone Cold was. I didn't know what his career trajectory was, but I knew of him as a big thing. Same thing about Hogan, until I was a fan on the internet, I didn't know exactly who Hogan was, but I did know that he was a big deal as a former wrestler.
I gotta disagree with Cornette. I don't see how KO cutting a serious promo on Austin would've made the segment better. I don't see how KO calling out the weaknesses of a guy in his late 50's, retired for 20 years, and handicapped with busted knees and neck, would've made him tougher. If anything, it make him seem pathetic for going after Austin. Is he trying to be another Legend Killer like Randy Orton was back in the day?
Lol Austin technically retired 20 years ago but he was still around well after his in ring career ended. He was Co-GM with Bishoff then he was the Sheriff & after that made so many appearances so fans would still get to see him from time to time
Jim is critiquing the segment as if there will be a legit match.....its not. This will be one of their make the crowds happy wrestlemania segments.....its the KO Show segment, they might even throw in Shawn and undertaker into the segment by the time it is over. Kevin never broke into serious, because he doesnt have a reason to yet.....it wont be till Austin is standing in front of him that will cause the switch to serious....until then, his entire role is just be a younger heel
Brian couldn't be more wrong, stone cold transcends demographics. He's so over that people in another 20 years would still go bananas for the glass break. He's the true GOAT imo.
Brian always wrong lol
As far as a wrestling wrestler, no but as far as being over with the people an making them feel like one of there own had made it, MOST DEFINITELY!!! pretty sure he's still the number 1 merchandise seller of all time..
@@blancosfamilyfarm1798 true , i myself consider shawn michaels the greatest in ring performer of all time.
@@spacemankad2108 as of yet I'd say yea he's def one of, if not the best all around performer of all time!! Between his in ring work, ability to play the crowd when needed an his promo ability Shawn was def one of the best so far.. but outside of the wwe bubble there's a few guys I think could come close if they do the right things over the next few years.. Ziggler besides his booking ofcoarse, Rollins for sure, Aj Styles has a diff legacy but his work is phenomenal(no pun intended), but Shawn is who most of them looked up to an wanted to be like so there ya go..
@Blake Bearden no you don't I was simply splitting the two for reasons I have of my own lol I grew up on stone cold bro
As a 27 year old who started watching wrestling in 2002-2003, we DEFINITELY know who he is. While he wasn't an in ring competitor he was still the Sheriff upholding the law on Monday nights lol
Man just a few years before that brother was the best time in wrestling EVER!!! it was just soooo good from top to bottom every single monday!! I actually stopped watching around 00 02, an barely kept track for a few years then picked it back up prob around 2010 2012 an been watching just about every week since..
exactly
I’m 29 and I watched Austin wrestle, I started watching wrestling every week around 1999-2000ish so I had 3 or so great years of wrestling I got to watch at least. I did also watch WCW in the mid 90s but it was kind of a blur until several years later when I had the chance to go back to watch Nitro episodes.
As a 23 year old. Same here
21 this month and I will never forget
If there’s a 25 year old out there, who doesn’t know the entrance theme of AND knows who Stone Cold Steve Austin is.
That’s terrible parenting.
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Everybody knows who Stone Cold Steve Austin is, nobody knows who Kevin Owens is outside of WWE fans
Fantastic comment, and very true too!!
I'm 33 and that comment by Brian made me feel really old.
They should even if they haven’t seen him wrestling, he been making special appearance since the Ruthless Aggression era
My God Brian, that's an awful take. More people under 16 years of age are more aware of Stone Cold than CM Punk and Omega combined 🤣
Congrats you’re the first to bring up AEW when this has nothing to do with it.
I most certainly didn't bring up AEW. I was referring to former WrestleMania midcarder CM Punk and the Japanese fetishist Olivier
Brian loves him some Omega
There was like a 5-year-old Mexican kid marking out when Austin's music hit on screen and probably more! lol
@@m1dnitecowboy15 punk was Roh and after that wwe
Kenny was njpw sweetheart for years before aew existed
Jim cutting a promo as Owens off the top of his head shows why he was one of the best promos ever back in the day.
Facts that sounded way better
You have to appreciate the greatness of that
Best promos ever period. Then and now
Not many in the wwe universe would appreciate a promo like cornette delivered. That's why they did something completely different. The objective is still to make money.
No pun intended for SCSA but a real and actually Hell Yeah. I 💯 absolutely agree corny is best in the business
What Jim and Brian are overlooking is how BRILLIANTLY WWE educates their audience with the video games. My friend has an eight year old son that LOVES Stone Cold and has never seen a match. However, he's played through all of Austin's angles with the 2k series.
Kids ABSOLUTELY know who Steve Austin is.
Yeah there’s no way that you don’t know who stone cold is. He’s in games, TV, everywhere
@@elnino80100 loool NO WAY? A million people watch this and EVERYONE will know lol ok
Yeah Austin has been in just about every single WWE game of the last 25 years or so. My first exposure to pro wrestling was SVR 2006 and he was there - he was even part of a few of the Season Mode storylines.
Then there's WWE' 13, 2K14 and 2K16 all having showcase modes that feature him as a focal point.
@@PlayzieBum 1.7 million watch Raw and 2.4 million watch Smackdown. That doesn't even touch the number that watch stuff on Peacock or the millions that buy video games that he's been in for the last 20 years. Then there's the fact that he's had multiple TV shows, multiple big budget movie roles, etc.
Go play upstairs until your mom comes home.
My son is 14 years old and he’s a HUGE Steve Austin fan!!!
That glass shatter with Steve Austin’s theme gets the most insane pops ever always. I really enjoyed this segment. Well done KO
I used his entrance and music with a created character on my PlayStation game
Use to. We over it now 😁
Ngl, the 2nd time Stone Cold music hit, fooled tf outta me! Lol
@Why The Hell Was I In Star Trek 6? so Kevin ain't over to u? He get crowd reactions tho.. I'm not even a K.O fan either but he cuts a good promo & has great matches. 🤷♂️
@@sweetpetergeda Over what? We’re over Austin? Lol Steve Austin is easily more over than anybody on the roster. He’s Steve Austin. His crowd reactions are louder than The Rock and John Cena, let alone guys like Reigns or Lesnar.
This segment was great and KO is clearly living his dream right now. The fans mega pop for Austin followed by the extreme disappointment in their faces was hysterical.
I was so pissed. 😂
Yes!!! 😁😁😁👏👏👏
It was a great segment! especially when the glass broke the second time and he started to look scared then he smiled like got you fools and the dude with his phone waiting to take the pic looked like he was about to cry when they realized he wasn't coming
@@lisajackson9431 I figured out a good while ago when it comes to wwe I don't believe it till I see it
@@BlackGoliath987 What sold that moment was how riled up the crowd was and that quick turn when the glass broke.
As 24 y/o I can confirm, Steve Austin was still a big deal when I was a kid. I didn't even watch wrestling as a kid and I knew who Steve Austin was.
Pretty much anyone that hasn’t seen wrestling or knows not one thing about it knows who stone cold is.
And that's the bottom line.......
@@kathdonbetnan761 cause Stone Cold said so.
That's what we try to tell the AEW audience. Create stars that are gonna elevate the business into the limelight again. Create stars that are gonna attract the casual fans again. That can generate MONEY and sell TICKETS again. And they just don't get it..... EVERYONE knows who Austin and Rock are. NOBODY knows the AEW roster. MJF is getting ppl like me interested in HIM. But they will screw it up like they always do by they I mean Tony Khan, The Bucks, all the douche bag internet darlings that only the DIE HARD internet crowd know.
I'm glad Cornette shot that dumb as fuck question from Brian down. If there's kids there who are fans of wrestling then they'll be watching stuff on RUclips. They'll no doubt have the WWE 2K games which he's in every single year as a playable Legend character and always has high ratings. Hell, in WWE 2K16 he was the cover star and the Showcase that year had you replaying famous matches of his career. In WWE 2K Battlegrounds last year he was the cover star slugging it out with the Rock. Kids know his theme song and they sure as hell know who he is.
A rumble, maina, kotr or raw anniversary can't go by with out a stone cold highlight reel. Everyone still knows what happens when you hear the glass.
Brian last is an AEW mark.
This segment had me laughing so hard, He got that crowd real good
@@jerrythomas4457 Yes, if you have functioning eyes and ears you can tell they bought it both times.
Same , it was prob the best part of the show
@Gurney When is the last time WWE did it?
Exactly!!! 😁😁🤣🤣🤣😂😂😭😭💀💀
@Gurney cry
Hey Brian, there were literally 5 year olds in the crowd mouthing "OH MY GOD" when Austin's music hit. Wrestling is usually a father-son/daughter sort of deal. I watched with my dad during the attitude era, but he made sure to tell me about Bruno selling out the garden, the Sheik in Detroit, etc. Fans of the business are always going to go back and watch the classic shit. Especially this cynical internet crowd who thinks that nothing from the past 20 years is worth watching. I mean, for fuck's sake, there's 9 year olds on wrestling forums arguing about workrate.
The crowd response made it clear they knew exactly who Austin is. Last is a moron.
The last part about 9 year Olds I the forums is so fucking true 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah wth is Brian talking about. 25 year olds who don’t know who Stone Cold is lol
Yeah why wouldn't a 25 year old wrestling fan not know Steve Austin???
@@bigfella6898 Sup bro 🤙🏻
Personally, I absolutely loves this segment. This was solid trolling, and as a fans in my 30s, I appreciated this the exact way it was!
Incel
@@calvincleo Staggering response! A cliche from a weak mind.
2nd time the music hit fooled tf outta me! Shit was hilarious!
Good promo it kept me entertained even tho i called the second fake out. The point is to be entertaining. Him being serious after all that would have been a lil better. But it was still good.
@@detroitshinobi4995 - Similar. I knew the 2nd was also fake, but it was Owen's working the crowd perfectly that was the real surprise of the segment. ☺️
The first time Austin's theme hit, I wasn't convinced. The second one took me off guard honestly
Same here, first time I thought it was a gag of some kind, just wasn't sure but that 2nd one got me an the entire arena to pop an think Austin was comen down to whip some ass lol Kevin did great an got us all twice in the same night 🤣
2nd got me for a quick second but I realized right away they weren't going to take away from Steve and the WrestleMania segment for the sake of a RAW. It would be different if they were going to have an official match.
Facts. He got me the 2nd time lol.
Nahhh ever since HBK did that with Bret Hart's music I don't ever take it serious until I see them walk through the curtain
@@delusionalvikingsfan18 This was different because it literally opened the show lol. They took that extra step because of how great that HBK segment was.
8:00 Jim just casually cuts a better promo than anyone in WWE in the past 10 years lol
Getting the fans the 1st time was good, getting them the 2nd time was priceless 🤣
Didnt hbk do that same entrance swerve with bret harts music? 🤣 Classic heel shit
@@heavenssaint yea he did. In canada too
Yeah but it tows theine of being fuck you heat. Where you aren't mad at the wrestler yoir mad at the promotion and change the channel
@@garyblackburn3080 whose your Daddy Montreal? 😆
@@RiruKrypto_ 🤣🤣
7:42 I really love the promo Cornette gave for Owens about 'when it got serious'. It was actually pretty darn great :3 Still one of the best promo minds in the business, and minds in general.
Owens promo was better than Corny's corny garbage. When he fantasy booked Jeff Hardy's AEW debut it was WORSE than what AEW actually did. He fantasy booked WORSE THAN TONY KHAN. Anything Corny has been *near* the book of has been flaming garbage (See "New Generation WWE). He's a good historian and a decent talker, other than that he's a literal tumor on the business.
Fuck is Brian last on about saying if people know Stone cold. The crowd was going wild. I've never watched a match of Austin as I was too young back then and I love him.
He just hates WWE, I bet if this segment was on Dynamite he would be saying he really enjoyed it and Austin is still well known with younger audience
I’m loving Jim’s thorough constructive criticism lately, expertly fixing these people’s promos and storylines and characters for them.
Well he’s absolutely wrong here and is in the vast minority
His promo was way better than what KO did. Current Wwe viewers are so easy to impress the bar is set so low.
Owens/ Steen doesn't need criticism from a man who thinks the height of wrestling was mid-south/ crokett.
In the words of "shitstain" anyone who comes out of a box is immediately over.
Shitstain is 100% more in tune with what a modern audience would want than Jim "my wife gets plowed by other dudes every night while I jack off in the corner...no homo though!" Cornette.
Your wrong Nameless Jedi...🤣
Brian is tripping, im 22 and i grew up watching Steve Austin wrestle, of course people in their 20's know who steve austin is
Through youtube
@@dionius4549 You realize Austin appeared throughout the Ruthless Aggression era, right? A 22 year old would've had multiple opportunities to see Austin on Raw.
If you're 22 that means you were born in 2000. Austin's last match was in 2003. You did not grow up watching him wrestle lol.
@@johnd3233 It's currently March. Many 22 year olds were born in 1999.
@@goodday2760 If you were born in 1999 you did not grow up watching Austin wrestle. Sorry kid.
This was the best thing on Raw in a while it was perfect to me and legit funny af
23, we all know steve austin. even if you arent a wrestling fan, it's a household name.
25 years old shouldn't know who Steve Austin is? Brian really shouldn't underestimate the Internet and RUclips.
Just because you watch RUclips and old stuff doesn't mean you grew up watching Rock and Stone Cold when it was on live television there's a huge difference there
Most younger people don't really know how big Rock and Stone Cold were and how good the Attitude era was, even to this day people talk about it
It was a fantastic segment but I think it should have closed the show
Awful idea. By the end of the show most of the crowd would have been tired and out of it, the best way to get their attention and to get that type of a pop was to book it at the very beginning. They did it very well.
*@Chiseled Adonis*
👋😀 Hey bro, I didn't expect to you see you here!
@@jonathanturbide2232
You're right, it belongs at the beginning.
wtf are you doing here, u watch cornette bro?
Sup Chiseled. Never expected to see you on a Cornette vid.
I was 12 when Hogan came back to the WWF in 2002. I knew nothing of his 80s run and I watched about 2 hours of Nitro in my life at that time and I still knew it was a big deal when he returned and I was excited. I'm sure 25 year olds, what few actually watch, know Steve Austin's deal well enough. Especially with how much WWE shills out the Attitude Era.
I’m 1
Love him or hate jim knows how to put psychology in promos and give actual meaning behind the words
I loved it. The fans faces from hype to disappoint was hilarious
That segment was GREAT. That crowd was sold so hard. Then he did it a second time, it was GREAT.
Got no heat at all.
@@toddpace4588 but do you have anything I can eat, I'm starving
as a 25 year old I know who Steve Austin is and I know who he was.
Oh damn another Dudley boy.
Bruh it's weird seeing 25 years old that didn't watch Austin every week.
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 can't fault people for being young. Point is they're invested now and give enough of a shit now to watch and hopefully research the good old days.
@@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 All the matches are on network and many are for free on RUclips 😒
Brian pondering if younger fans will know who Stone Cold is would be as stupid as someone pondering if younger NBA fans will know who Michael Jordan is.
Austin's the perennial star in Wrestling!! He can be in a wheel chair and he will always out pop everyone! Most popular superstar of ALL time.
Yes, Brian. 25 year olds absolutely know who Stone Cold is lmfao
That was one of the best crowd reactions I've seen in years. They were literally pissed off.
It took Cornette 30 seconds to cut a promo better than 99% of anything else you’ll see on wrestling tv. Goat never lost it.
If you're a young fan (under 15), you're consuming more wrestling on RUclips than anywhere else and Steve Austin is all over RUclips.
Steve Austin is everywhere. He's a meme.
He (Steve Austin)is THE GOAT
And that’s the bottom line cuz stone cold said so!!!
Best way to catch it for any age. Usually only a very small amount of quality segments, matches you need to see.
The promo Jim drops in the middle of this video is better than anything in pro wrestling or sports entertainment in the last 10 years.
Jim and Brian got it wrong here, as most of the comments are proving.
Yeah, this was just one bad take after another
I get that you hate irrationally hate Vince, but asking if 25 year olds know who Stone Cold is? Really? It’s okay to enjoy something the WWE puts on, Brian
his “I hate vince” schtick is getting real annoying and corny
Imagine being an 25 years old, who doesn’t know Stone Cold Steve Austin is. The man has big following to this day & his personality what he stood for in the business.
Fun fact, and i only knew about this recently. But, Austin was in a Bad Bunny music video. AND, if Austin is in a MV like that. I am sure many out there who is 20 years or younger would know who Austin is.
I'm 17 and i knew of Austin from the WWE Games like Smackdown vs Raw 2011 and his short Raw Return in 2011.
Edit: i pity those who doesn't really have a clue of who he was.
I love this segment. Don't know why but somehow past few episodes WWE did step up a bit on their products.
Its cause they always do it during Wrestlemania season
@@snkfan01 I've not watching wwe for 6 7 years. Please excuse my ignorance.
@@AfnanStudio_ it also helps they hired a former wrestler as a writer for once aka Drake Maverick.
That was a fantastic segment. No one draws heat like that nowadays in WWE.
If I had to bet, I would say that most kids who are into wrestling know who Stone Cold is, because of how prevalent he is in WWE's social media (including RUclips) and in their video games. That's the way the new generations consume content, not through the network.
They seem to be thinking nobody is able to watch anything on the internet except their podcast.
Even if you do not know Steve Austin, he is mentioned now for 4 weeks, anybody who didn't know had the chance to search it.
They keep saying the same about Danhausen. I agree that he is not mainstream and should have been introduced in the first appearence, but if somebody 2 months in didn't check who he is is not somebody you want to watch your product.
@@clawy99 But it wasn't Cornette saying or assenting to this foolish remark, it was just Last.
I’m tired of Jim and Brian acting like everything was 100% serious in their era. It was some goofy ass shit in the territory days as well even from him and the midnight so he needs to chill
Its hella obvious that Austin can still pop a crowd on levels above the current roster. Monday night proved that. Corny and Brian tripping
At this point they’re just complaining for the sake of complaining
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It’s just what they do
I'm 23 and i would pop hard for Steve Austin. I've watched almost every RUclips clip from the attitude era, unless you're under 7 he's going to get a mega pop.
I was at Allstate Arena for Raw and I can tell you that the fans were really pissed at Owens. He drew major heat throughout the segment. The second time the glass broke, that crowd pop was even louder. I even stood up. The crowd started chanting “ASSHOLE!”
KO’s segment was the best opening on Raw in a long time. I do have to admit it. Jim’s suggestion on what he wanted KO to say and do also would have worked.
No one has mentioned hbk doing the music hitting gag with Bret Hart's theme back in the day. He did it twice as well.
Thats exactly where that came from.. I knew as soon as the second music hit he was pulling an HBK .
I’m 23. And everybody around my age knows who stone cold is. Wrestling nerd or not. He’s as recognizable as Hulk Hogan to Millenials and Gen Z.
I would say the same thing about Hulk Hogan wity Millenials and Gen Z people but I would actually think they would recognized Hogan first before Steve is because Hogan has stayed active still way after SC retired. From TNA to WWE appearances until Hogan got banned from the racial slurs.
Being from Chicago WWE was running ads all week long on the radio stations and they were announcing which wrestlers were going to be there. This wasn't a surprise. I found it hilarious. I would be surprised if Steve actually even showed up on a raw before the wrestlemania event.
no need to its being built as a confrontation anything between the two face to face before wrestlemania diminishes that
Are you kidding? Young people recognizing the walk up music for Stone Cold? A short segment of this music is the 3rd down music for the University of Arkansas football when they are attempting to stop the opposition trying to get a 1st down. So cool. So fitting. The crowd is fired up with 3 fingers held up and the arm is raised and lowered to the beat. The place is electric with 80,000 people doing this!!
For both the Minnesota Gophers and the Vikings it's either Ironman (RIP LOD) or Hell's Bells
@@williammitchell4417 That's cool. I once saw the Road Warriors in Memphis during the territory days when wrestling was awesome. RIP for sure.
@@teetime6792 I was one of the very lucky ones to meet Mike, Joe and later James.
@@williammitchell4417 That is extremely cool! They looked to be the meanest guys I had ever seen in the Mid South Coliseum that night.
@@teetime6792 they were even scarier as bouncers at Grandma B's
I was so waiting for this! Steen v Cornette never gets old. Throw in an awesome Cornette promo and this is golden.
Can't be mad it wasn't really Austin unless you went because he was advertised. Also, it's not an advertised match for WM. It's an interview segment that's being advertised. No need to get fired up.
Yeah this is interesting bcuz I think I saw Austin on Rich Eisen call it a match
That promo from Cornette though. Absolute 🐐
I watched Steve Austin in the 90s as a kid. To answer Brian's question I did look into wrestling history and knew who the big stars like Andre the giant and Bruno Sammartino were. I didn't even have the internet at the time so kids today have no excuse if they really want to find things out.
I love how Corny just put on a whole fucking promo on Austin for Owens and got me invested in the match instead of WWE within 3 minutes.
This man is pure gold.
1. There is no match.
2. The Corny promo was terrible.
Anyone who goes to a WWE show in 2022 should expect to be completely disappointed.
Jim cornette dropped some fire!!!! Drop that promo into a edited Owen's vs stone cold wm promo and it's instant gold! Goosebumps
I started watching in 2000, so an equivalent for me is _Roddy Piper._
I never saw him wrestle, but I sure knew he meant something due to how others revered him, and he *_SHOWED_* me why whenever he did a promo or 'match' with a current star.
Stone Cold is a bigger name to young children than anyone who's actually working in the WWE right now aside from *maybe* Brock Lesnar but even amongst the kids who know both they hold Stone Cold in a higher regard.
Jim's ability to no-scope promos that would rip the roof off any arena is just so fuckin' cool.
Well you wouldn't waste Stone Cold on a random episode of Raw. Unless it is for them to get in a little fight, just save it for Wrestlemania
You would if they were doing an actual match. Considering they're basically doing a glorified promo yeah save Austin for the actual show.
I’m 25 and have more memories with WWF and early WWE more than anything after 2006
This was easily one of the best segments on RAW in a long time if not wrestling in general. KO worked the fans masterfully, the pops for "Austin" were real and KO channeled 100% Shawn Michaels in Montreal. Plus the fact this worked Tazz claiming KO ripped off AEW was just comical. This is why KO is getting to do something with Austin, he is clearly having the time of his life. This is why when that glass shatters in Texas at Mania it will blow every other pop out of the water, including "Happy-To-Be-Here" Punk in Chicago.
KO didn’t rip off AEW here. This was fucking great though, solid segment. But.. it still isn’t quite up there with the Punk & MJF promos.
@@jon_3013 You're right, Owens segment is actually better. That was legit heat and hate towards him.
Keep in mind that WWE's audience is mostly based on casual fans, since their marketing and exposure is no match for AEW and AEW consists in a niche of fans. Getting real heat from casual fans is just that much better in my book.
It won't beat the reaction to Punk's return. Stone Cold hasn't been gone that long. He's made many 'glass breaking' appearances over the years. And they've diluted the glass break already with KO doing it.
There will be a big pop. But it won't be as sustained or joyful as Punk's.
@@johnnymittle It obliterated the reaction to CM Emo's return.
You're smoking crack if you think 80k people popping for the glass break wont live up to a couple thousand marks in Chicago lol.
Jim explaining why it was so good... lol it's hard to get real heat these days, so I appreciated it.
I didn't watch it live because I wasn't home but when I saw the clip, I had goosebumps. 20+ years later, I still get excited hearing his music hit. My nephew is 8 and even he knows who Austin is bcuz of the games. Brian sounds bitter as always...still waiting for that momentum huh lol
This was hilarious from Kevin Owens people brought it after hearing that broken glass thinking “Oh My He’s Here” until it was foolish move to fool the crowd.
Even if you didn't live through Stone Cold's era, there's this thing that we're on at this moment called youtube where you can easily find hours upon hours of high quality footage. It's not like 30 years ago where you literally don't have any footage (or just limited, low quality footage) of wrestling past greats so it's all by word of mouth. Every wrestling fan knows who Stone Cold is, not a good take.
I’ll admit I only got into watching wrestling footage the other year or so. Crazy I know but I’ve watched plenty of clips involving Steve Austin. Even I can see how people consider him the GOAT of wrestling
I can't get enough of the tremendous work that goes into these video thumbnails. They are always hilarious
This was hilarious. He actually got me the 2nd time. When Thug Cena came back at that one WM I was convinced it was Punk because they showed footage of Babe Ruth and the Apollo mission. I love that Im able to fall for wwe trolling still.
I’m not a Kevin Owens fan at all but I lmao’ed so hard. 💀😂
Stone Cold is absolutely known by the younger fans, he's had so many iconic moments that still get clipped all the time.
As I said above. Not living in the moments and fully understanding what the 90s was like. Youre missing Austin.
@@ADMTyRenn I can agree with that. Living though it and reliving it are two different mediums
My 9 year old son loves watching attitude era wrestling, he has a ton of dvds , that's the only wrestling he likes really.
Is Brian serious? Of course a 25 year old wrestling fan would know who he is. He makes appearances every couple years on Raw and Wrestlemania.
The promo that should have been. Well done Jim.
21, knew of the legend of stone cold as kid , didn’t get back into wrestling again until recently and watched the attitude era. The aura spoke for himself through the generations
Did this guy seriously just ask if Stone Cold is big enough and if everyone knows about him? Wow proved me wrong, sorry he is better when he just says he is not paying attention or mutes his TV.
25-year-olds know Austin.
It was great. Owens's segment was easily better than an entire AEW show, nowadays.
Before marks jump on me, I have to say that I watch both, at least the highlights, since the product went downhill, but you can't deny that as bad as WWE is as we speak, they still got those little things and fine touches, that AEW don't seem to understand.
Yeah it was really original. How can people be hyped up for a non match?
This Segment was Fucking Hilarious I Knew that Austin Wasn't Going to show up that was so good and I Couldn't stop laughing 🤣
Thats exactly what made WWE so entertaining back in the day.. People like Kurt Angle that could work the absolute hell out of a crowd and make you hit him and love him at the same time. I havent laughed like that in 15 years probably.. It was classic heel work.
@@mikexxxmillyI Absolutely agree lol
25 year olds? I thought Brian was talking about 10 year olds.
I'm in my 40ties and hardly got a chance to see more than a couple Andre the Giant matches but I know almost every bit of his lore. I think Steve Austin has the same level at this point. You may not have seen many of his matches as a young watcher but you will know him.
"And By God. There he is" - Jim Ross
I was 2 when Austin retired. Born in late 2000, I know very well who Stone Cold Steve Austin is lmao
Dude is just some big, lame, sloppy dude with nothing interesting to offer. Doesn’t have the look, the vibe, nothing. How did he ever get over on any level.
Punk did the best impersonation when he acted like Jeff hardy. Jeff was active competitor. He got a ton of heat etc.
Corny calling him Steen is long term story telling
Stone Cold Steen Austin
a lot of the youngsters probably know who he is through unlocking him as a legend in every xbox or ps game theyve ever had
C'mon this was the best heel shit I've seen for quite some time this shit was fucking brilliant 🤣🤣🤣 The second music play was God like heel play 🤣🤣🤣
Jim should be writing promos. This idea was savage LOL!
You could feel the let down from the people. Lol
I'm 25 and remember SCSA in ring lol
Yes little kids are surprisingly really informed on older wrestlers. When they said they don't mention Austin on TV, kids don't really watch TV, they're on RUclips more often than not. I seen kids take pics with the nwo and that's getting close to 30 years at this point. Kids if they love wwe keep themselves informed through the internet
He looked like freaking Will Sasso in 2002 cosplaying as Stone Cold. Lmfao.
Kevin Owens probably had the best Steve Austin impersonation since Will Sasso.
Oh yeah! I remember that segment back in the day lol
Will Fatso...Bobby Hennan 🤣😅
25 year olds definitely know Austin, I'm 28 and the attitude era was my childhood wrestling
Thumbnail looks like Jim hates Gamestop employees.
🤣
For Brian's question at 1:50- I can answer this. I am a younger fan, I'm 20 years old, and I always knew who Stone Cold was. I didn't know what his career trajectory was, but I knew of him as a big thing. Same thing about Hogan, until I was a fan on the internet, I didn't know exactly who Hogan was, but I did know that he was a big deal as a former wrestler.
I gotta disagree with Cornette. I don't see how KO cutting a serious promo on Austin would've made the segment better. I don't see how KO calling out the weaknesses of a guy in his late 50's, retired for 20 years, and handicapped with busted knees and neck, would've made him tougher. If anything, it make him seem pathetic for going after Austin. Is he trying to be another Legend Killer like Randy Orton was back in the day?
Lol Austin technically retired 20 years ago but he was still around well after his in ring career ended. He was Co-GM with Bishoff then he was the Sheriff & after that made so many appearances so fans would still get to see him from time to time
Jim is critiquing the segment as if there will be a legit match.....its not. This will be one of their make the crowds happy wrestlemania segments.....its the KO Show segment, they might even throw in Shawn and undertaker into the segment by the time it is over. Kevin never broke into serious, because he doesnt have a reason to yet.....it wont be till Austin is standing in front of him that will cause the switch to serious....until then, his entire role is just be a younger heel
I made a comment like this as well. Right now, Kevin is carrying the entire feud, with the fans as a substitute for the actual Stone Cold.
Cornett's promo was good asf!! 😂😂😂