“He Calls Me Up”: Stone Cold Steve Austin Reveals Why He Had to Take Permission from The Undertaker in WWE

The Undertaker was the locker room leader for a long time. He is one of the superstars who evolved through multiple eras in WWE as well.

Once, WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin recalled the time he had to take permission from Taker. Austin needed his approval pertaining to getting people much more invested in his gimmick. And when it comes to popularity, The Texas Rattlesnake has been exceptionally successful like The Deadman. Hence, this permission actually benefitted Austin as well.

A few years ago, Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared on the first episode of Chris Jericho’s Talk is Jericho. He recalled asking The Undertaker about using a skull design for his merchandise. 

Austin said, “The creative idea then goes to Vince. Then he calls me up and he goes, ‘Hello Steve, that skull, that’s kind of Undertaker’s gimmick, don’t you think?’ I said I don’t think it is because The Undertaker is The Undertaker. You know this is all back in the days Chris when you didn’t wanted to infringe on anybody’s gimmick.”

He added, “So it’s clear by The Undertaker, it’s good with me. So I called Taker and said, ‘Hey, Taker, check it out.’ I said. ‘Man I have to do a t-shirt that a skull on the back, but Vince thinks says it might be gimmick infringement. I am just driving right by you to see it’s cool’. You know how Taker is…he says, ‘Go for it bro.”

The Deadman didn’t want to stop Austin from rising up the ranks. Further, Stone Cold also paid his gratitude to Taker for clearing the doubts regarding the skull design and letting him use it. Austin claims to have pride for his merchandise as the design was his idea.

It is safe to say the permission of The Phenom for Skull design made Austin’s character more memorable. The skull design t-shirts are the iconic part of The Texas Rattlesnake’s WWE career.

Stone Cold Steve Austin calls The Undertaker a natural-born leader

The Undertaker spent 30 long years in WWE as the top star of the company. Over the years, he became the locker room leader for a long time and everyone respected him. Austin in the podcast called Taker a true leader.

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Stone Cold said, “I think the guy is a natural born leader, but a leader by actions and not just go raw, raw, raw, hey guys, we are gonna do this because I said so. He just leads by examples.

When Austin came into WWE, The Deadman was already completed a half-decade in the company. With most of the senior stars moved to WCW, Taker took the role of the locker room leader.

The Rattlesnake shared the locker room for a long time with Taker. Both the stars have immense respect for each other and have helped each other get on the top and put on a great show every time.

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