5 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon had a complicated relationship with

#2 Vince McMahon had a complicated relationship with Steve Austin

Many of Vince McMahon’s complicated relationships revolve around one particular incident.

In Stone Cold Steve Austin’s case, that incident occurred in June 2002 when he refused to show up to an episode of WWE RAW after being booked to lose a King of the Ring qualifier against Brock Lesnar.

While The Texas Rattlesnake was happy to put the up-and-coming Superstar over, he did not want the match to take place on free television with no storyline build-up.

Austin no-showed that episode of RAW and he did not speak to Vince McMahon or appear in WWE again for over six months.

In the end, Jim Ross – Austin’s close friend and McMahon’s long-time employee – played peacemaker to bring the two men back together.

Speaking on The Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network in 2014, Austin revealed that Vince McMahon initially fined him $650,000 for walking out on the company. However, that amount was later decreased to $250,000.

Nowadays, Austin has a good relationship with Vince McMahon again. The WWE Hall of Famer currently hosts his own interview series, Broken Skull Sessions, on the WWE Network.