Yes, really.
Stone Cold Steve Austin became one of the biggest stars on the planet during the Attitude Era. He would become a name synonymous with that era and has lately even returned to the ring, competing at WrestleMania 38 earlier this year.
Austin told Sportskeeda about a time when WWE asked him to tone down the middle fingers. Austin would respond with more middle fingers than ever.
“It just turns out that the timing was right when I did it, they asked me not to do it, but I said, ‘No, I’m gonna do it.’ They wanted me to come up with a whole different hand signal. Vince did, specifically, because Diamond Dallas Page was giving the diamond [hand signal], right? And everybody would go like that [hands raised] with it. He goes, ‘Can you come up with a different signal that everybody else can do?’ I looked him dead in the eyes and said, ‘No.’ And I kept flying the middle fingers and we kept climbing up, we started whipping their [WCW’s] a** in the ratings, and we had a hell of a crew, and one thing led to another.”
Stone Cold to SportsKeeda
Time will tell if we will see Stone Cold back in the ring anytime soon.
H/T to Fightful for transcription
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