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Post by mcstoklasa on Feb 15, 2022 20:51:44 GMT -5
If he can do it, why not make him a big 4 attraction. Summerslam Survivor Series Royal Rumble Wrestlemania If he can make it work. Because he's 57 years old. |
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Post by Evil Homer on Feb 15, 2022 21:13:42 GMT -5
Austin has said many times he wouldn’t return because he knows that he couldn’t give a 100% - and why would he want to anyway. The only way I could see this happening is if it was against the Rock or John Cena
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Post by Kay Faban on Feb 15, 2022 22:20:42 GMT -5
My only problem with this is Owens as the opponent. It should be Reigns, Lesnar, Cena or Orton.
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Post by polarbearpete on Feb 16, 2022 0:00:04 GMT -5
Austin has said many times he wouldn’t return because he knows that he couldn’t give a 100% - and why would he want to anyway. The only way I could see this happening is if it was against the Rock or John Cena He doesn’t usually say it’s because he couldn’t give 100%. He usually says he can get ready, train and have that one more match, but then what? |
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Feb 16, 2022 0:07:01 GMT -5
Austin won't (and shouldn't) do it. But if you're WWE and seeing the show is in Texas, on Peacock, and a year from The Rock wrestling, why not?
It's a smart marketing strategy... but it won't happen.
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Feb 16, 2022 5:38:56 GMT -5
If he can do it, why not make him a big 4 attraction. Summerslam Survivor Series Royal Rumble Wrestlemania If he can make it work. Because he's 57 years old. Hard to fathom Steve Austin is 57. He's kind of eternally 34 years old in my mind. |
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Post by Evil Homer on Feb 16, 2022 6:29:51 GMT -5
Because he's 57 years old. Hard to fathom Steve Austin is 57. He's kind of eternally 34 years old in my mind. he looks pretty damn good for 57 |
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Post by mcstoklasa on Feb 16, 2022 7:09:19 GMT -5
Because he's 57 years old. Hard to fathom Steve Austin is 57. He's kind of eternally 34 years old in my mind. Same here 😞 |
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Post by eJm on Feb 16, 2022 8:13:39 GMT -5
My only problem with this is Owens as the opponent. It should be Reigns, Lesnar, Cena or Orton. Well, think about it this way; Austin would have to win his first match back, it’d be super weird if if he didn’t. Any of those men you mentioned, besides Cena, are still consistently on the shows and are the most protected, biggest stars on the show. Are you going to have any of them lose to a 50 something year old Steve Austin who hasn’t wrestled a full match since 2003? |
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Post by ghost on Feb 16, 2022 8:46:21 GMT -5
If Austin was going to wrestle again after 2003 it should have been against Hogan some time in the mid-late 2000’s. Having him come back in 2022 at his age is insanity for him. I doubt he does it.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Feb 16, 2022 9:08:59 GMT -5
...but why??? A match??? Why???
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Feb 16, 2022 9:23:51 GMT -5
If Austin does wrestle, it’ll be because he thinks he can do it. He has too much professional pride to go out there and not give what he feels the audience deserve, which is as close to peak Stone Cold as possible.
Also WrestleMania is in Texas this year which will have a lot more attraction to Austin rather than a random Saudi show for blood money.
Plus if he is actually wrestling Owens, then he’ll be in there with someone who will be able to take the bumps and fly about to make Austin look amazing. Post-97 Austin wasn’t exactly known for high flying action.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 16, 2022 9:29:29 GMT -5
If Austin does wrestle, it’ll be because he thinks he can do it. He has too much professional pride to go out there and not give what he feels the audience deserve, which is as close to peak Stone Cold as possible. Also WrestleMania is in Texas this year which will have a lot more attraction to Austin rather than a random Saudi show for blood money. Plus if he is actually wrestling Owens, then he’ll be in there with someone who will be able to take the bumps and fly about to make Austin look amazing. Post-97 Austin wasn’t exactly known for high flying action. I think something we haven't totally discussed is like...yes, Austin's last match was fitting from a storytelling standpoint, but he was in the hospital beforehand and was apparently living really hard at the time and had a really tough time with letting go. It may be good from a storytelling standpoint, but maybe he wants a different end. A match at a huge WrestleMania in Texas when he's at a different point in his life and feeling better overall seems like a fitting end. Maybe it's later on than we wanted or maybe even he wanted, but maybe it's something that he just wants to do. I understand that could just be me speculating, but it's just something I figured I'd throw out there. |
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Post by doinkmark on Feb 16, 2022 10:43:37 GMT -5
What'll get the Stone Cold character out of retirement? A title shot? A dream match with Goldberg? A shot at The Streak when that was a thing? Heyman calling him out for a Brock match on the podcast? One last shot at Vince? Or even Shane?
Nope! But someone was talkin' 'bout Texas, y'all!
When something like this is the key, I don't know if it makes Owens look really smart or Austin look really dumb, so I'd rather they just not do that story at all. Even Austin vs Theory would make more sense.
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Post by Saiyanic Panic on Feb 16, 2022 10:54:20 GMT -5
I'd rather he didn't return to pull a Sally Squirrel but it's his life, his career. If he's healthy and raring to go more power to him.
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Post by markymark on Feb 16, 2022 16:16:53 GMT -5
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Feb 16, 2022 16:19:02 GMT -5
Well, if that's actually the plan I take back what I said. Don't do it. Yikes. |
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Feb 16, 2022 16:22:00 GMT -5
Well, if that's actually the plan I take back what I said. Don't do it. Yikes. Zarian clarified below that tweet he was just speculating on potential opponents for Austin rather than outright saying he’s facing Goldberg. |
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Post by markymark on Feb 16, 2022 16:22:30 GMT -5
Well, if that's actually the plan I take back what I said. Don't do it. Yikes. Zarian clarified below that tweet he was just speculating on potential opponents for Austin rather than outright saying he’s facing Goldberg.
Just saw it, glad that he clarified it.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 16, 2022 16:27:10 GMT -5
Well, if that's actually the plan I take back what I said. Don't do it. Yikes. Zarian clarified below that tweet he was just speculating on potential opponents for Austin rather than outright saying he’s facing Goldberg. I almost had a conniption before I saw this clarification. What a truly awful idea that would have been. Someone coming off a 19 year retirement who needs to be protected in the ring and the person you trust with taking care of him...is Goldberg. |
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