Kevin Owens has been using the Stunner since 2019, adopting it as his new finisher in place of the pop-up powerbomb.
Owens previously revealed that he had asked Steve Austin to use the move.
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Owens noted that though he had Austin's blessing, Vince McMahon wasn't on board.
"So anyway, then I asked [Austin] I want to do the Stone Cold Stunner as my finisher, and I just want to make sure you're okay with it, and he said, 'Yeah, I actually can't believe nobody's asked me already yet. So yeah, please go ahead.' So I was really pumped. Then I went to Vince and asked him if I could, and he said, 'No, you can't do that.' Okay. Then years went by and I got hurt. I went away for a bit and I came back as a babyface. My first match back was a tag team match against Erik Rowan and Daniel Bryan, who was doing the protecting the earth, and I had to go over. I had to beat Bryan that night. They're like, Well, what do you want to do? Stone Cold Stunner? And they said, okay, all right. And that was it. From then on became my finish," said Owens.
Owens got to take a Stunner from Austin at WrestleMania 39.
Fans can watch the full interview with Owens in the video below.
