Stone Cold Steve Austin Gets The Itch To Have Another Moment In Wrestling, But Not A Match
Austin is not looking to wrestle another match.
As of this writing, the final match of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s in-ring career was in the main event of WrestleMania 38, where he faced Kevin Owens.
In honor of 3:16 Day, Austin is making the media rounds, and he joined Busted Open. He said it’s cool and an honor that people still want to see him in the ring, but he’s not lobbying for that to happen.
“I still get asked about having a match every here and there and when I had that match with Kevin Owens a couple of years ago, they would have sent me down a ring so I could have got some timing and some wind and a lot of things so I could have a better match with Kevin Owens, but, yeah, and I’m done. I mean, I could go out and do something. I’m not lobbying to do that… I guess it’s cool that people would still — and there’s a lot of people that don’t — so, the fact that people are still like, ‘Hey man, it would be cool to see him do something,’ I guess it’s an honor… I was never the chosen one. If you line me up against the wall with all the other WWE superstars at the time, I was 6’1 — before I was 6’2 — before I got dropped on my head a bunch, and with that straggly ass blonde hair I had. I was never the chosen one that, hey man, this guy’s gonna lead the industry one of these days. Cut off my hair, and grew a goatee, and it turned into something so, I was just happy the way it happened and glad that people remember me.”
Austin would go on to state that he gets the itch to have another moment in wrestling, but not a match.
“It’d be to go back for one of those moments. Not a match itch… I got a left knee replacement a little over a year ago and God dang, my leg feels good. I’m glad I got it done. But, yeah, I get the itch for certain moments but, to try to do a match? No.” Austin was asked who he would want that moment to be with, and he replied, “Sh*t, line ‘em up and let me Stun ‘em. All those guys that are selling the tickets now, put ‘em in a line, f*ck ‘em,” he laughed. “I don’t know. It’s not something that I think about. I’m so far gone. I’m happy that 3:16 Day is here and lasts with wrestling fans. I’m happy for the career I had but, in my current life, I don’t think about (it).”
The 3/16 WWE Monday Night Raw is taking place at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.
