He points out the monster limo that he drove over eight cars either would have worked or he’d have broken the front axle “and had to walk into the damn building”. Why did the WWF think *that* was a good idea? Austin gives us a good inside look at the vehicles he’s driven. The interview continues as Austin drives somewhere and god damnit he’s drinking a beer. Video Control gives us Austin’s vehicular rampages with Austin claiming he can drive anything with four wheels. Undertaker runs in so Austin gives him a Stunner too for causing Kane’s 24-hour title reign.
Austin escapes a Tombstone and hits the Stunner to regain his title just 24-hours after Kane won it.
Austin cuts a less shooty promo into the travel camera although he gets to litter it with profanity, swearing at drivers he’s passing. I always forget! Undertaker causes Austin to bleed by missing Foley with a chair shot and Kane gets the title. Every time I see the match I am reminded that Mick Foley came running down after his Hell in a Cell double bump. It’s far closer to a music video than actual highlights. We get clips of Austin-Kane and their First Blood match. Which means him bullshitting backstage and claiming his roll of wrist tape was given to him by Wayne Gretzky before chuckling. The behind-the-scenes look at Austin is terrific as he is able to shoot the shit and play up to the cameras, ever so slightly out of character. He talks about the WWF Title belt and how much it means to anyone in the business. He points out that all the really successful guys are just playing themselves. Steve starts by saying he’s an original and ‘Stone Cold’ is just him with the volume turned up. Host is Michael Cole and he announces they’ll be following Steve Austin around for three days and that will form the content of this tape. Attitude profile tapes generally were total clipfests.
At least those Hogan tapes had a series of matches, usually fairly complete, on them. The difference being that in Attitude actual wrestling wasn’t as important.
Austin tapes came out at a rate only previously associated with Hulk Hogan tapes. As the company’s number one star and biggest draw, Steve Austin was a natural choice for several VHS releases. Such was the popularity of the WWF in the late 90’s wrestling boom that they could get away with releasing tapes, usually dedicated to one of their big draws, and seriously skimp on the content. Arnold Furious: This may seem strange to any DVD era readers but there was a time when we shelled out hard earned cash for VHS tapes that barely tipped the playing scales at 60 minutes.