Um, talk to me about that.

What was it like both shooting with far?

Um, Well, we were down here in Mississippi.

We might as well have been a Lambeau Field.

I felt like he had home field advantage on me.

Kind of took me to school, But you gotta watch himself on TV to see how it plays out.

Hey, man, you know, USA Network approached me with this show a couple of years ago.

We shot a pilot, were on season two, and if you had told me, You know, back when I started my career, professor wrestling and hey, man one these days he's gonna be having a talk show in the USA, and we're talking to some of the coolest people that are out there today.

I just said you were full of bull.

So just a lot of fun going down and hanging out with Brett Farve.

One of the greatest ever.

Do it the gun slinger.

It was just a hell of a day, and I was wondering what kind of guy Brett would be and, you know, way got a little bit of a window to shoot the same because of Cove it and I was so thankful to be able to work in 2020 and soon as I introduced myself to him and I said, Hey, you know, bread.

I've been watching your whole career.

We headed off just like that.

Just had an absolute blast.

Steve Austin honored to have you on the show.

My man, I'm a huge fan.

Thank you for being here.

I've gotta ask you your thoughts about where wrestling is today.

And I'm asking the question to sort of loaded.

I grew up loving the WWF Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant Everybody thio the N W A.

If you remember off the Road Warriors was my favorite tag team.

Magnum Ta, the American Dream.

Dusty roads and the crew.

That's the That was my favorite time watching wrestling.

And obviously, when you guys were doing what you've been doing as well, how are you feeling about the state of wrestling the day with the W.

W?

I still think it's fantastic.

Please don't get me wrong, but there's a slight difference between now and what it was back in the eighties, the nineties and obviously at the turn of the century.

Your thoughts, sir.

I always love your opinion on things and you know, you're you're spot on, You know, today is a different era.

It's a more athletic product, and the guys and gals are better athletes than we were.

But, you know, going back to the names you just mentioned where the exact same names that I grew up on Big N W.

A fan.

Mid South Power Pro from Bill Watts.

Uh, where I broke in world class championship wrestling and into the attitude at my peak.

I just think the business was a lot more protected back then, and you didn't have to be manatee.

We really pushed the envelope faras creatively as far as the attitude Argos.

But it was just a grittier product, and that's kind of what I thrive on.

But I'll do.

I'll respect to the men and women of W.

W.

And everywhere right now for working through this pandemic and working without crowds because, you know, when you watch, you know the football game is being played and no crowd or 25% capacity.

Those crowds affect your performance, and especially in the ring you know, in professional wrestling, because that's how you get your feedback as far as your decision making process.

So I missed the crowds, and, you know, it is a different product.

Stephen, you're you're spot on.

And all the guys you mentioned were my heroes.

Yeah.

When will there ever be a tag team event as good as King Kong Bundy and Big John stood against Andre the Giant Hulk Hogan.

Those were the days, uh, Steve, I saw you shooting those bow and arrows at at Bigfoot.

What did you want to hit him with?

A stunner.

Why are you cheating at that distance with a bow and arrow?

I wanted to see a stunner.

Man, you should have seen how big that Bigfoot Waas.

And I never believe in Sasquatch because he's Anytime you see him in a picture, he's blurry.

But it was just It was a fun day hanging out with Brett and held by the footage that you're seeing right now.

I wasn't that effective with the bow.

And again, I think you had a little bit of home field advantage on me.

It looked like a lot of fun way talk about the Super Bowl.

Go ahead, Max.

Go ahead, Mom.

No, no, no.

I just quickly Brett Farve had that thing about him.

You saw it on the field.

The team love to play with him.

He made people believe they could win.

And since his career has ended, you hear him on T on TV and the radio and his charisma is obvious hanging out with him.

What is it?

What, like what do you feel hanging out with him?

That same thing, you know?

And I asked him, You know, like what it's like to be in the huddle with Brett Farve, and he's that guy that, you know, his his teammates knew that he was out there battling for them.

They all believed in him, and he was no more important than the other 10 guys on the field at the same time, you know, then bringing the defense.

So that was approach that it to the game.

And e think what you see with Brett is exactly what you get.

Man, he's just a down home.

He's very confident, but he's just a laid back guy, and I think he's enjoying his post football career, Uh, as much as anybody is.

I think he's living a great life.

And he had an amazing career that I love to watch.

Yeah, for sure.

We had him on the show recently, and it was just a quick interaction.

But it just seems like such a likable guy.

It was a lot of fun.

All right, let's talk Super Bowl.

You played college football.

You know your football.

Who are you going with?

The Youngun Patrick Mahomes or the go?

Tom Brady.

Where are you, Steve?

Well, you know, it's gonna be, you know, a whole team effort.

And you know, if you're gonna be Tom Brady, you've got to put pressure on him.

You gotta get your hands on.

You gotta put him down.

You gotta make a nervous Patrick Mahomes.

I mean, you know what a career this guy's had since he's came into the league.

And I just love what that guy's doing.

I don't know if you can be stopped.

We talked about gun slingers.

He's that he's that next gun slinger.

But the way he can throw a ball with the accuracy, that arm strength that he has all those weapons, it's it's hard.

It really is hard for me to pick.

I'm gonna go.

I'm gonna go chiefs just because I think Patrick Mahomes is that that dynamic.

But you've got to put Brady on the ground and don't get me wrong.

Both teams have to play great football, but I'm gonna go Kansas City.

How do you feel about Tom Brady saying that he can play, uh, past the age of 45?

I look at him.

His greatest a phenomenal is he is.

I'm thinking about how physical the game is.

Steve, I'm thinking about guys with your mentality looking at him as a stationary target and saying, Excuse me the next two years, you go take these hits.

I don't think so, man.

It's exactly what you said.

I mean, you better have one hell of an offensive line and you know, all of you running backs or whoever you know designed to block for him.

They've got to pick up their blocks because, man, those guys are so big, strong and fast.

These guys and they protect the quarterback to, you know, way more than they ever did.

So if they could just keep him off the ground Well, then I believe him, But again, you've got to keep people with their hands off of him because you know, one bad hit and I never want that to happen.

But one bad hit could take that guy out of the game.

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