Biggest Takeaways from 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin's Podcast with Brock Lesnar

Anyone expecting the latest edition of the Stone Cold Podcast to lay the groundwork for some epic encounter between "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Brock Lesnar, perhaps at WrestleMania 32, could not help but feel disappointed coming out of the hour-plus-long WWE Network broadcast.

Those who did not arrive at the live stream with any preconceived notions of what it would be, though, left feeling satisfied with what was a very rare look behind the rough exterior of The Beast Incarnate. 

Over the course of Monday's special presentation, the WWE Universe was treated to a very candid Lesnar, who minced no words when discussing his career in sports entertainment, his world championship reign in UFC and his humbling experience in the National Football League.

Though there was no intense staredown between the Texas Rattlesnake and the baddest man in WWE, the show provided fans with an entertaining look at one of the industry's greatest enigmas.

On the heels of the hour-long broadcast, these are just a few of the big takeaways from Austin's sitdown with Lesnar.

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Brock Very Clearly Sees Wrestling as a Business... Nothing More

There are some professional wrestlers who relive their days growing up as wrestling fans, emulating Ric Flair or Hulk Hogan and dreaming one day of becoming the biggest star in the industry.

Brock Lesnar is not one of them.

The former WWE world heavyweight champion admitted to Steve Austin that he did not grow up a fan. Instead of watching WWE television, he watched Little House on the Prairie. Moreover, he has never seen the industry as anything more than a job.

Does he hang out with the current crop of WWE Superstars? No. "I see it as a job. I clock in and I clock out," he told Austin.

It was a refreshing look at someone not interested in sucking up to officials by praising all things Vince McMahon and WWE. Instead, Lesnar was open and honest about the industry and his ability to make a phenomenal living off of it.

Lesnar Was Talked into the WrestleMania XIX Shooting Star Press

Were it not for his defeat of The Undertaker at WrestleMania XXX in New Orleans, Brock Lesnar's signature moment at the Showcase of the Immortals would forever have been the botched Shooting Star Press that left him dazed and confused in the middle of a main event against Kurt Angle.

As he revealed Monday night, Lesnar was talked into the dangerous maneuver, a decision he regrets some 12 years later.

Referencing that conversation he had with the unnamed official, Lesnar recalled being goaded into the move with promises of a WrestleMania moment.

He listened and nearly ended his career.

Lesnar admitted that he failed to listen to his peers just hours before the show, allowing management to get in his ear.

"I Don't Like People"

It has never been much of a secret that Lesnar is far from a personable or social guy. He lives on a farm, secluded from society. He does not appear at autograph signings, nor does he partake in many public gatherings. 

"I don't like people. I wish I could say otherwise, but I just don't," he told Austin, who pushed Lesnar to delve into his intense dislike.

Lesnar admitted to not jelling with others well, to not liking any setting where he has to mingle with people.

Listening to him admit that he does not even like seeing his name, thus the huge distance between the two, hammered home the point that the South Dakota native is socially awkward.

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The Rock Taught Brock to Be Selfish

Lesnar credited The Rock with teaching him an invaluable lesson while he was still a young pup in the industry: be selfish.

Recalling what he was told over a decade earlier, Lesnar gave props to The Great One, who told him that he has to watch his own back because no one is going to watch it for him. 

Lesnar has heeded that advice over the years, leading to a very give-and-take relationship with both Dana White in UFC and Vince McMahon in WWE. 

Lesnar's OVW Class Was the Best in Developmental History

At one point, the topic of conversation turned to the class at Ohio Valley Wrestling that Lesnar found himself part of at the turn of the century. Not only was The Beast under the learning tree of Danny Davis and Jim Cornette, he was also classmates with John Cena, Randy Orton and Batista.

Those four Superstars are the who's who of professional wrestling, men guaranteed to take their rightful places in the Hall of Fame.

While some may point to Finn Balor, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Hideo Itami as one of the greatest developmental rosters WWE has ever put together, NXT has nothing on that inaugural class of future world champions and industry icons.