Big Boom AJ gives his take on Steve Austin's heel turn.
In 2001, WrestleMania 17 was headlined by a WWF Championship match between 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and The Rock. After years of fighting off the boss, Austin joined forces with Mr. McMahon at the event, turning heel in the process.
To this day, the turn draws strongly mixed opinions from wrestling fans, with some even saying that it resulted in a big business decline for the company.
While speaking with John Poz of the Two Man Power Trip podcast for a new interview, Big Boom AJ gave his take on the turn while speaking about his favorite wrestlers.
“You want to talk Rock/Austin, obviously they’re up there in the conversation — I don’t think Austin needed to — That Austin heel turn at [WrestleMania] 17, that was a doom. That was a doom. Austin, I think himself to this point, says that it was a big mistake. Yeah. In Texas [too]. The whole Austin thing was about everybody wanted to be that guy that stomped out his boss, he gave his boss a stunner. Now, you’re in front of your hometown joining with the boss. That was a fail, that was a doom.”
Elsewhere in the interview, AJ indicated that he'd be open to teaming with QT Marshall in the future. Check out his full comments on the matter here.
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