After weeks of speculations, WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin is confirmed to be on the WrestleMania 38 card. He will be featuring on the KO Show to fight back for the state of Texas, his home state.
As seen on this week’s Raw, Kevin Owens delivered a challenge, calling out Austin for a special appearance of The KO Show at WrestleMania 38. Owens took several verbal jabs on Austin before mentioning how he wanted to leave him laying with a Stunner that people will talk about for years, and then pour a glass of milk over his lifeless body. Owens has also been trash-talking to the state of Texas and the people to begin the storyline.
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Last night, WWE released a new promo from Austin where the bonafide legend has accepted Owens’ challenge. Austin didn’t specifically mention whether this will just be a KO Show appearance, a match, a fight, or a brawl, but he does plan to open up one last can of whoop-ass on Owens at WrestleMania 38.
“Nineteen years ago I wrestled my last match in a WWE ring,” Stone Cold stated in his WrestleMania 38 promo. “After three Rock Bottoms, 1-2-3, I lost the match and for nineteen years I’ve had to live with that defeat, knowing my time was up. Kevin Owens, I want to thank you. I want to thank you for waking something up deep inside me that I’ve kept buried for nineteen years.
Ever since you started running that damn mealy-mouth of yours, talking about the state of Texas, the great state of Texas, you got my attention, and why would you want to do that, Kevin? I can think of two reasons. One, you are one dumb son of a b—h, and two, you are fixing to get your ass kicked by ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin.
But if you want to call this The KO Show, a match, a fight, a brawl, whatever, I will guarantee you this – in Dallas, Texas, where I started my career, at WrestleMania, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin is going to open up one last can of whoop-ass on you, Kevin Owens, and that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.”
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In an update to the scene, Owens took to Twitter issued a response to Stone Cold confirming his status for WrestleMania 38.
“Beautiful! Perfect! I’m looking forward to it, Steven,” Owens wrote on Twitter. Thereafter, WWE has confirmed the segment featuring Austin and Owens segment for the Night One of WrestleMania 38, or WrestleMania Saturday.
Beautiful!
Perfect!
I’m looking forward to it, Steven. https://t.co/BvEIbYDPqR
— Kevin (@FightOwensFight) March 8, 2022
There’s still no update on whether Austin will actually be wrestling at WrestleMania 38. He has not competed in a full-length match since his loss to The Rock at WrestleMania 19 in 2003, but since then she has made several appearances in matches to get physical, mostly delivering the Stunner to Superstars. He delivered Stunners to Xavier Woods and League of Nations members at WrestleMania 32 from the same WrestleMania 38 venue.
Austin also downed WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon at the RAW 25th Anniversary show on January 22, 2018, with Stunners, AJ Styles during the September 9, 2019, Madison Square Garden RAW, and then Byron Saxton and The Street Profits during his final 3:16 Day RAW appearance.
WWE WrestleMania 38 PLE Match Card
WrestleMania 38 takes place on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3 from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Dallas, Texas. The current card for the event is given below,
Night One Match
Logan Paul and The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio
Night One Match
Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Baron Corbin
Night One: RAW Women’s Title Match
Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch (c)
Night One Segment
Kevin Owens hosts The KO Show with special guest WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin
Night One: SmackDown Women’s Title Match
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair (c)
Night Two Match
Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn
Night Two Match
Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory
Night Two Match
WWE Hall of Famer Edge vs. AJ Styles
Night Two: Winner Takes All Title Unification Match
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns
Night Two: Triple Threat for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles
Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley vs. Naomi and Sasha Banks vs. Carmella and Queen Zelina Vega (c)
