WWE: WCW Icon Reveals Unscripted Brawl With 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
KEY POINTS
- A WCW icon and former WWE champ revealed that one of his brawl scenes with Stone Cold Steve Austin was unscripted
- The estimated value of groceries damaged in the said brawl is $10-15k
- WCW icon wouldn't want to return to WWE
WCW icon and former WWE champ Booker revealed that one of his famous brawl scenes with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was unscripted.
Booker and Austin had one of the most memorable segments in WWE history after WCW was acquired by WWE – their legendary grocery store brawl.
The two WWE legends literally threw groceries at each other as they made their way down almost every aisle. It was like a scene from action movies but according to Booker, the whole thing was just “improvised.”
Speaking during his Q&A session at the Rock N' Wrestling Rager this past week, the 54-year-old explained how a lot of his brawl with “The Texas Rattlesnake” wasn’t actually written on the script.
Booker believed that what he and Austin have done was “magic” and he even said that the estimated value of the groceries they damaged would amount to $10,000 to $15,000, Wrestling Inc. reported.
"It was magic. That's what we were able to do back then, better than anyone, and that was to go out there and improvise, and more importantly, have fun. We did that (grocery store brawl) with no lighting setup. We had one camera. We looked over the store and said 'Action.' We must have done $10-15 thousand in damage,” Booker said about the improvised grocery brawl with Austin.
Still amused with how he and Austin delighted the fans with the said brawl, Booker said that today’s WWE stars and crew would have a hard time repeating the iconic moment. Based on Booker's perspective, If the WWE would do the same shot today, "they would have to rehearse it for a couple of days" and have a whole lighting crew with "three to four cameras" set up. He also emphasized that redoing the same type of brawl scene would take the present day WWE several "edits" to perfect the scene.
Despite having great success during his WWE days, Booker has no plans of making a comeback. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, the former WWE superstar stated that he’s “having so much fun” in his life right now and wouldn’t have it any other way,” Wrestling World reported.
“I don’t wish to ever wrestle a WWE schedule again. Those days are far past me. I don’t have anything to prove in the wrestling ring. I’m still having so much fun in this current wave, working for Fox, working for ESPN, working for WWE, and having my own wrestling company. Life is great, and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Booker explained.
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