During Court Bauer's appearance on Fightful's In The Weeds, he recalled Vince McMahon pitching Stone Cold Steve Austin to lose to Jonathan Coachman.
"Iโve been in some writer rooms in wrestling where you were like, โIs this going to be a show called The Laughterhouse cause itโs getting really funky and weird.โ I think there was a Cyber Sunday (it was actually Taboo Tuesday) that got so funky and weird that you really thought it was a laughing house kind of deal where someone was supposed to go to Steve Austin and tell him he was going to lose to Jonathan Coachman in a two-on-one handicap match. That was pretty interesting. Iโm sure the writers caught some heat for that. But that was an idea from the chairman at the time, Vince McMahon. Iโm like, โWell, thatโs a pretty ballsy move. This guyโs one of the biggest stars in history and I know you think a lot of Coachman in his heat, and so did Kevin at the time, but itโs like, โReally?โ Of course, I think Steve may have hurt his back moving that week and couldnโt come to the show in San Diego unfortunately. That was also I think a match that ended up with Goldust, Vader, and Jonathan Coachman in it. Somehow, I think in the middle of the match, Vader got vertigo. You watch him, heโs like breaks gravity, like flips and twirls like a fish out of water and falls. This poor Dustin Rhodes is looking like, โWhat am I going to do with this live TV, man? You never know whatโs going to happen.โ I was like, โI guess this Steve had some good instincts here. This could have been Steve.โ He dodged a bullet that day, but you look back and you laugh at it. Some of these ideas, man, theyโre not all good."