Breaking: Stone Cold Steve Austin Announced For WWE Raw Return 1
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A Texas Rattlesnake will be there on the Road to WrestleMania making the running speculations true. WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin will be returning to WWE RAW on the March 16th episode to celebrate “#316Day” with the fans. For weeks now, speculations on a special appearance by the legendary name were running rampant and now it has become a piece of concrete news.

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At first, Stone Cold Steve Austin himself posted the news in Twitter commenting the following,

“AUSTIN 3:16 SAYS I WILL BE LIVE ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW on 3/16!!

OH HELL YEAH!!!”

As mentioned above, Austin is coming back on March 16th which can be dubbed as 3/16 which is the catchline of his iconic promo. As WWE Raw falls on the same day, the creative team did not let such an idea to go out of their hands and throw a celebration.

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WWE has built quite a reputation while throwing celebrations on auspicious occasions and this time around, we can expect the same, as well. WWE.com released an official statement regarding the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin which also revealed special merchandise will be available on WWE shop for the 3:16 day celebration,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin pressed “tweet” and the glass shattered.

The former WWE Champion revealed that he will appear on the March 16 episode of Raw, an occasion that’s been ceremoniously billed #316Day. Additionally, on #316Day, WWE Network will stream a marathon of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin programming, including an all-new episode of “Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions” featuring an in-depth interview with WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart.

#316Day will also feature the release of exclusive Austin 3:16 merchandise will also be available on WWE Shop.com, a special Topps Austin 3:16 digital card set, and custom content across WWE’s global and social media platforms celebrating Austin’s legendary career.”

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WWE is yet to clarify what Stone Cold Steve Austin will be doing on WWE Raw, within two weeks from now. But the official website has indicated that “Stunners will be in store, mudholes will be stomped, and Hells will be Yeah’d.” It’s the WrestleMania season anyway which should have some surprise announcement.

There’s no update on whether WWE intends to use the veteran name at the showcase of immortals. But to date, he is not booked to show up at ‘Mania on April 5th. More on this will be available when glasses shatter at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 16.

Arindam Pal

A WWE writer passionate about the sports.