Stone Cold Steve Austin Stuns WrestleMania Audience With One Last Match

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Stone Cold Steve Austin stunned everyone who tuned into WrestleMania 38by competing in one more WWEmatch. WWE has had a very unique build up to its biggest premium live event of the year. While the WrestleMania 38card contained some class WWE championship matches such as Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar and Charlotte Flair vs Ronda Rousey, WWE decided to include some people who aren't currently active superstars on their roster in the event. The likes of Johnny Knoxville and Logan Paul both found themselves scheduled to be in matches in this year's show of shows, but perhaps the more exciting is the return of WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Stone Cold wrestled his last match in WWE 19 years ago against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at WrestleMania XIXand had not made an in ring return since. Multiple neck and knee injuries caused Stone Cold to retire early and have kept him from wrestling. However, WWE is well aware that Stone Cold is one of their biggest draws of all time so they made sure to include him in this year's WrestleMania, pairing him in a talk-show segment with Kevin Owens. Stone Cold occasionally returns to WWE for brief moments where he’ll cut a promo, drink some beer, and hit someone with a Stone Cold Stunner, so WWE fans weren’t expecting anything mind-blowing from the upcoming confrontation.

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During his WrestleMania 38 appearance, however, Stone Cold accepted a challenge from Owens to have a “No Hold Barred” match in the main event slot. After keeping up the facade of simply being a talk-show for a few moments, Stone Cold and Owens would have a 14 minute match that was full of both nostalgia and brutality. Highlights include Stone Cold being