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Austin 3:16 born 23 years ago today
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:40 am
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:40 am
Austin 3:16 is a catchphrase used by Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was born in June 1996, at the WWF (now WWE) King Of The Ring pay-per view.
Jake "the snake" Roberts, at the time, portrayed a former alcoholic man who was able to defeat alcoholism with faith. He portrayed himself as a born again christian and, during the event, cut a promo in which he recited the biblical verse John 3:16.
Austin didn't hear the promo because he was rushed to a nearby hospital following an injury in a earlier match. When he returned, he only got a few lines from Jake's promo on his way to the tournament's final match against Roberts.
When the match was done and Austin was victorious, he was asked to give a promo. As Roberts was carried out of the ring, Austin shouted:
Jake "the snake" Roberts, at the time, portrayed a former alcoholic man who was able to defeat alcoholism with faith. He portrayed himself as a born again christian and, during the event, cut a promo in which he recited the biblical verse John 3:16.
Austin didn't hear the promo because he was rushed to a nearby hospital following an injury in a earlier match. When he returned, he only got a few lines from Jake's promo on his way to the tournament's final match against Roberts.
When the match was done and Austin was victorious, he was asked to give a promo. As Roberts was carried out of the ring, Austin shouted:
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The first thing I want to be done is to get that piece of crap out of my ring. Don’t just get him out of the ring—get him out of the WWF. Because I proved, son, without a shadow of a doubt, you ain’t got what it takes any more. You sit there and you thump your Bible and you say your prayers and it didn’t get you anywhere. Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16 — Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your arse!!!
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Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:45 am to trom83
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:47 am to trom83
Wasn't it just a rip-off of the John 3:16 guy at football games in the 80s? It was typical WWF marketing in my mind.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:47 am to trom83
“Find you a cheap bottle of thunderbird” has always been my favorite part of that speech. Makes me lol every time
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:53 am to Zappas Stache
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Wasn't it just a rip-off of the John 3:16 guy at football games in the 80s? It was typical WWF marketing in my mind.
No. Austin said that he wasn’t supposed to win that. Up until the night of the event, it was HHH who was supposed to win it but the “curtain call” incident happened and put HHH in the doghouse.
He didn’t know what he was supposed to say but Michael Hayes just said go out and wing it. Jake The Snake Roberts was using a born again Christian gimmick and it went from there.
This is all per Austin on his podcast
This post was edited on 6/23/19 at 1:54 am
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:55 am to Prominentwon
The fact that you actually know that 
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:57 am to Prominentwon
That may be his spiel but everyone new the John 3:16 guy back then.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 1:58 am to Rize
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:01 am to trom83
He is one of four of my favorite wwf wrestlers as a kid.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:15 am to Prominentwon
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No. Austin said that he wasn’t supposed to win that. Up until the night of the event
The fact that you posted that tells me all I need to know about you.
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:31 am to Rize
Tell me!
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:48 am to Prominentwon
Posted on 6/23/19 at 2:56 am to Rize
Nice. Close!
Posted on 6/23/19 at 3:05 am to Rize
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Rize
Hahahahaha, I’m stoned as hell and you made me laugh thank you! Where does that GIF come from with the dude saying “it’s still real to me damnit”? What’s the back story with that?
Posted on 6/23/19 at 3:22 am to bamagreycoat
Some hillbilly. YouTube “it’s real to me dammit.”
Think I’m sad for knowing the story behind 3:16?
Check that poor soul out in that video
Think I’m sad for knowing the story behind 3:16?
Check that poor soul out in that video
This post was edited on 6/23/19 at 3:22 am
Posted on 6/23/19 at 3:30 am to bamagreycoat
Pretty much he saw all these wrestlers who had become legends suffer through serious injury and drug abuse.
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The day was very memorable for me already. I was so happy that I was able to meet so many legends I had grown up watching and cheering for. During the Question and Answer session with Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey, Jim Cornette, and Funk, that all changed when someone asked about dream matches and Funk mentioned he would like to have one more match with Eddie Gurrerro. Terry also spoke about how most cities have a crack house. He ventured to say that a crack house in Spartanburg would have had less deaths in the last five years than wresting has had. Furthermore, Funk said that the wrestlers needed to clean up their own house by steering the next generation who was being mentored by them away from the illicit substances and negative influences.
All of this was very moving to the audience, but it really resonated with me. While the rest of the Q & A is going on, I sat there in the bleachers thinking about all the things I had witnessed and how I felt that day. I thought about Eddie Guerrero's death the week before. I thought about substance abuse that is going on in the sport. I thought about how so many wrestlers have been injured and how wrestlers pay a such a high price for all their years of bumps in the ring. I remembered the Cactus Jack ECW promos about "How many of you hardcores have called Dynamite Kid up and thanked him for all the dives he did out to the floor? Sorry you don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, but thanks anyways." I thought about how the business has changed and kids won't be able to have the same experiences regarding the sport of wrestling that I had, with kayfabe now non-existent. What an emotional roller coaster I was on as I had went from very happy about meeting all the stars to extremely saddened about the dark clouds and demons that wrestling has.
When I first sat down for the Q& A, I wanted to ask the panel for some Dick Murdoch stories. He is a character who should be remembered for his in-the-ring and out-of-the-ring antics. When I got up to ask my question, I wanted to thank the wrestlers for their sacrifice and hard work. I wanted to say that I appreciated what they did to their bodies for my entertainment.
Well, needless to say, it didn't come out that way at that time. I choked and started crying and said "Thanks, Mr. Funk for saying what needed to be said." I was taken a little aback by this myself as I didn't expect to tear up. I started stammering with nervousness and instead of making a point about the deaths in wrestling what came out was "I don't want to see another one of these." I then yelled out "It's still real to me, damn it!"
This post was edited on 6/23/19 at 3:37 am
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