Daniel Bryan reveals the advice Stone Cold Steve Austin gave him

Daniel Bryan reveals the advice Stone Cold Steve Austin gave him

Stone Cold Steve Austin advised Daniel Bryan to learn new wrestling style

Daniel Bryan suffered a neck injury at the peak of his career in 2014. He had to undergo a surgery, and was off WWE for quite a while. Stone Cold Steve Austin had faced a similar incident, when he injured his neck in 1997.

Daniel Bryan recently revealed that Steve Austin reached out to him and told him to consider changing his in-ring style, after the surgery. Bryan was speaking on WWE Network’s show Meeting Stone Cold. He said that on Austin’s advice he learnt a new wrestling style during his absence from the ring.

“He just called me and he was interested in how my neck was because obviously he had neck issues, and he said, ‘You know, when you come back, you should try to work a different style.’ He said, ‘When I hurt my neck, I studied a bunch of Jerry Lawler and learned how to tell stories with just punches and kicks so it would take less toll on my body.’ He said, ‘You still work your a** off.’ And so that was really kind of him to call and say that to me.”

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The Texas Rattlesnake had suffered a neck injury at Summerslam 1997, after Owen Hart botched a piledriver. Austin underwent a surgery, and he missed 11 months of in-ring action.

Steve Austin’s WWE legacy

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Stone Cold Steve Austin with Vince McMahon

Stone Cold Steve Austin has won six WWE Championships, three Royal Rumbles (1997, 1998 and 2001) and the 1996 King of the Ring. Austin was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame by Vince McMahon in 2009.

WWE Network is currently celebrating the “Austin 3:16” week. Meeting Stone Cold is being aired on the Network, where various WWE Superstars and legends are sharing their memorable interactions with Steve Austin.

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