[1998-04-06-WWF-Raw] Steve Austin and Vince McMahon

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Tim Cooke]

Vince comes out first to talk about Austin’s arrest and how he was kind enough to bail him out of jail that night. So he introduces the “new” Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin comes down in a suit but also with a baseball cap. Vince appreciates Austin’s effort but he isn’t wearing his Gucci shoes and he shouldn’t be wearing his hat. Austin asks Vince if one of the security guys can take a picture of this moment. Vince gives a great cocky smile for the camera. Austin then says that’s the last time you will ever see him in a suit and he rips it off. He asks Vince to bow down to him and hits him in the stomach so he bows down. Another excellent segment. Vince’s selling of the shot to the stomach was better than almost anyone on the WWF roster at the time could do for selling that required more subtly than over acting.

[Loss]

Tim recapped it very well. This is a classic segment and it's amazing how much the people loved Austin.

[soup23]

Iconic segment again with these two with Austin in a suit taking photos and Vince being the proud papa. I thought the nutshot Austin gives was great to savor up the moment when vince would get another stunner. King on commentary interacting with JR has gotten to become their best pairing and they are playing off each other tremendously. We don't know who Austin is facing at the PPV at this point and that really doesn't matter.

[Childs]

Predictable but still fun in the execution. Vince's cat-ate-the-canary expression before Stone Cold flipped the script was fantastic stuff. It's hard to overstate how great a performer Vince was in this period. Austin was on the hottest run ever and deserves the credit he's gotten, but the whole thing was a duet. In a lot of ways, Vince whipped WCW with tools he had all along but wasn't using. So yeah, competition is good.

[Superstar Sleeze]

One of the all time classic segments in Austin/McMahon nice to see it in full. I loved Austin balltapping McMahon and VinnyMac's reaction to it.

 

It was weird when Austin pulled a camera out of his pocket. I am so used to the IPhone. It was just one of those strange moments.

 

I really liked McMahon's "You promised!" too

[PeteF3]

In addition to everything else I loved how Austin took the time to snap another picture of Vince bent over in pain. Another simple but classic segment in a long-running series.

[TravJ1979]

Austin and Vince are PB and J. Perfectly executed and fans are so happy that they forget to ask for a refund.