"And that's the bottom line, 'cause Stone Cold said so"

Steve Austin: "The first thing I want to be done, is to get that piece of crap [Jake Roberts] out of my ring. Don't just get him out of the ring, get him out of the WWF! Because I've proven, son, without a shadow of a doubt: You ain't got what it takes anymore! 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've just whipped your ass!' All he has got to do, is buy him a cheap bottle of Thunderbird, and try to dig back some of that courage he had in his prime.

As the King Of The Ring, I'm serving notice to every one of the WWF Superstars. I don't give a damn what they are, they're all on the list--and that is Stone Cold's list--and I'm fixing to start running through all of them. As far as this championship match is concerned [HBK vs. British Bulldog], son, I don't give a damn if it's Davey Boy Smith or Shawn Michaels. Steve Austin's time has come. And when I get the shot, you are looking at the next WWF Champion. And that's the bottom line, 'cause Stone Cold said so."