After being one of the most magnetic WWE Superstars, Stone Cold Steve Austin has ridden off into the California sunset to live life simply as Steve Austin and host of his “badass” competition show, Broken Skull Challenge.
ONE WOULD THINK A man who was a legend in the squared circle, an actor, author, TV host, and now an entrepreneur, would love the spotlight. Stone Cold Steve Austin was the former leather-vest-wearing, beer-chugging, middle-finger-flipping, rule-breaking son of a bitch who gave Stunners to everyone from The Rock and Vince McMahon to Santa Claus and even Donald Trump. The sound of the broken glass at the start of his entrance music would send the crowd into hysteria. The Texas Rattlesnake was one of the biggest stars WWE ever had until he retired from in-ring competition in 2003 after WrestleMania XIX, citing neck issues. He’d make the occasional return as a guest referee or to pull a promo that would usually end with someone on the receiving end of his Stunner and the crowd eating it up. Nowadays Austin, sans the Stone Cold moniker, is enjoying his postwrestling career living mostly in California and spending time on his ranch in South Texas. He’s the host of the CMT hit competition show Broken Skull Challenge, where he now gets to put some of the fittest athletes through a gantlet of obstacles like the Nutcracker. Austin, who turns 52 this month, has launched his own craft beer and a line of knives. He’s never going to wrestle again, and he’s OK with that. Steve Austin is now enjoying life simply as Steve Austin.
M&F: What’s it like to host Broken Skull Challenge?
SA: It’s a paid vacation for me to hang out with some of the best athletes in America and be in the sunshine on a mountain in a desert. It’s a pretty good job.
What do you do while you’re in the desert?
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