'Stone Cold' Steve Austin goes toe-to-toe with new challenges on TV show, has words of wisdom after experience

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin put together a very successful pro wrestling career and is now turning his attention to doing things he did not get to do in a new television series.

Austin told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that among the most difficult things to do was to try to compete and be the best at something he has never done before. He admitted there were some situations that were downright "painful" to be in while he had to really get a good grasp of the ropes in others. Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.

"Well, one of the things you would sit there and laugh at – taking someone’s order at a steakhouse, waiting tables for an evening when I did not know the menu. Here’s the thing, the show is called ‘Stone Cold Takes on America,’ you know, I’ve lived my life as Steve Austin so you know I’m not going up to your table and throwing down a menu, saying if you wanna order a steak gimme a hell yeah," he said. "I don’t have that shell of protective armor ‘Stone Cold’ provided me. That’s not what I’m doing during the show.