During an appearance on The Pat McAfee show, Brock Lesnar spoke about "Stone Cold" Steve Austin walking out of WWE back in 2002, when he was scheduled to have an unadvertised match against Brock on RAW.

“I understand from a business aspect at the time, Steve left and didn’t want to work with me. It was probably the right decision for him at the time. I don’t hold a grudge against it at all. Business is business. I had a lot of good mentors coming up in the business.”