While his interview with Dean Ambrose on the WWE Network for the Stone Cold Podcast may have been a bit awkward, Steve Austin delivered the goods on his Podcast One program today by welcoming Braun Strowman to the show. The entire interview is worth the listen, if only because the big man is so well spoken despite what you’ve seen of him on television, but here are some highlights:

On the plan for him at first:

"For a long time, there was talk that it wasn't going to happen. When I first got to talking about being brought up to the main roster it wasn't going to be at all. They were talking about cutting my hair, my beard, giving me a different look, going with something else. And then the powers that be decided that that's not what they wanted, they wanted me to be with The Wyatt Family and I tell you what, the little experience that I have had coming up and wrestling and getting and then being put in with a group of guys like that to hide some of my weaknesses while I honed my skills... I couldn't have been in a better spot. One, three of the greatest human beings that I've ever met, just to be around outside of the business. Then, as far as in the ring, Luke Harper is one of the best working big men I have ever seen. Rowan is the same way, now that Harper's been hurt for a while, Rowan's stepped up in Harper's position, working on the house shows and things, and he's the one flying around bumping, doing all this crazy stuff. And then walking out with Bray and just... even him mesmerizing me and I'm in the ring knowing what's going on and just listening to him talk is just like... I was very, very blessed to be put in that spot. I think it really helped me, like, I don't know what would have happened if I would have been brought in doing something else. Who knows? You know with this business it's fly by the seat of your pants, you either get over or you don't."

On The Wyatt Family embracing him:

"Bray and I have had a special connection I think ever since we met. He's kind of wanted me since the first time that he saw me. Him and I... in real life it's almost scary how much we're alike. He calls me Evil Windham like I pretty much do all the stuff that he doesn't do, which is nothing really. But he's wanted me since day one and he was ecstatic, I think, when he found out 'here, we're going to give you this guy, I know you been wanting him, let's see what happens.'"

On his wrestling psychology and where he's at on it:

"Still at the 101, still just learning everything. I've been very grateful that the last like three months I've been in a program on live events, me and Erick Rowan have been working Kane and Big Show on the live events. So just going out there with those guys and, you know, they've done everything there is to do. Both guys have been in the business 20 years, they've won every title there is to win, they've done it all. Just having the opportunity to go out with two greats like that with so much knowledge and just listening to them and the psychology of telling a story... I always keep in the back of my mind what the head coach at the WWE Performance Center, Matt Bloom, told me: I'm willing to bump for anyone but we're going to tell a story to get to it. I don't want to go out there and be some guy that's just flopping around and flying around like a 185-pound guy."

On the future:

"Right now I am not with The Wyatt Family at all anymore. They've drafted the entire... all three of the other brothers are on SmackDown, I've come to Raw. They were wanting to change my look -- new music, new hairdo, still same big bad Braun but with what direction? Right now, I'm kind of just running rampant because I don't have anyone that's holding my chain anymore. Bray Wyatt is gone, he was my leader and I followed him. Now, the door is open and who knows what's going to happen."

How confident he is: