WWE star and a former WWE Universal Heavyweight champion Kevin Owens who is also a former three times WWE United States champion recently talked about wrestling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38 and discussed how it felt to him.
Stone Cold Steve Austin worked in his last televised match back in 2003 at WrestleMania XIX Against The Rock. He was only 38 back in that time and fans had a lot of big expectations from the Rattlesnake. But unfortunately, it turned out to be his last match and he had two step down from wrestling because of the neck injury that ended his career.
Kevin Owens Discusses Wrestling Steve Austin At WrestleMania 38
Fans had a lot of dream matches that were actually plan for him in the future but they could never take place. For example a match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan. The match was actually planned but never took place. It was first planned for WrestleMania X-8 but could not happen for some reason. In 2005, Hogan challenged Austin on an episode of Monday Night RAW. We all thought this might be the time. But ultimately we had to see disappointments only.
In the recent years it had been rumourd that Austin is coming back to action very soon. But a lot fans were not ready to believe the rumours. But the dream actually came true. Austin finally made his professional wrestling return at WrestleMania 38. He was scheduled to meet Kevin Owens at the said event in a Talk Show segment.
But during the segment, Owens made a challenge for Stone Cold Steve Austin and the world was in shock when Austin accepted the challenge. The match actually took place and it was a No Holds Barred match. At first it seemed like Owens would have to carry the whole match but that did not happen. Austin did really good coming back to action after nearly two decade. WrestleMania 38 will always be remembered for this epic showdown.
Kevin Owens who is also a former three times WWE United States champion recently spoke to WWE After The Bell with Corey Graves where he talked about wrestling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38 and discussed how it felt to him. He said;
“I watched the moment where I say I’m looking for a fight. It’s funny because that’s when he (Austin) turns and gives me that glare. When I say I’m looking for a fight, you see people behind him start standing up and you kind of hear the buzz. Moments like that are special. Another thing that I remember really well is before, and this might have been caught by like a 24 documentary crew or whatever.
“You know, we have so many people documenting what’s happening backstage during WrestleMania, camera crews and stuff. At one point right before we went out, I caught a glimpse of him just pacing back and forth. He looked like a caged lion just ready to murder people. I was like, oh, man, this is gonna be wild. It’s really all very surreal. It’s very hard to put into words.”
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