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USA Network orders reality series 'Straight up Steve Austin'

By Wade Sheridan   |   Updated May 26, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Steve Austin has a new reality series heading to USA Network. File Photo by Terry Wyatt/UPI

May 24 (UPI) -- USA Network has ordered a new reality series featuring professional wrestling legend Stone Cold Steve Austin titled Straight Up Steve Austin.

The series, which will debut on Aug. 12 at 11 p.m. ET following USA Network's airing of WWE Raw, will feature the WWE Hall of Famer interviewing and sharing stories with a different celebrity every episode.

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USA Network has ordered seven, half-hour episodes.

Singer Trace Adkins, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., comedian Gabriel Igleslas, WWE's Becky Lynch, NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield, actor Rob Riggle and Impractical Jokers star Sal Vulcano, are set to be interviewed by Austin.

"In this unique interview format, there's no studio, no couch, and no cue cards -- just a straight-up good time and some good old-fashioned American fun," USA Network said in a statement.

USA Network is the current home of WWE's Raw and Smackdown along with reality series Miz & Mrs. which follows WWE stars The Miz and his wife Maryse.