Ken Shamrock recently appeared as a guest on the Wrestling Perspective podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the UFC and IMPACT Wrestling Hall of Fame legend spoke about the memorable WrestleMania 13 showdown between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, which he worked as the special guest referee, being the birth of the iconic WWE Attitude Era.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On the brilliance of the Bret "The Hitman" Hart and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin double-turn at WrestleMania 13: "We didn’t understand the level of what was going to happen in that ring before. It was one of those matches were they were trying to turn Stone Cold and Bret, their characters, they were switching roles. They thought it would be a great match, but I don’t think anybody truly understood the impact that match would have moving forward, because I think if you look at it, I think that kind of changed the tide of the wars (Monday Night Wars) between WWE and obviously WCW."
On how the WWE Attitude Era was born from that match: "When you saw that match, you started seeing characters. The attitude era was born, then started to take hold of this vision Vince had by bringing me in, trying to make it a little more raw, rough and edgy. So putting me in that match with those two guys was just unbelievable and the way that turned things around."
Check out the complete Ken Shamrock interview from the Wrestling Perspective podcast by visiting Apple.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
