Steve Austin Embarrassed By WWE WrestleMania Incident

Stone Cold Steve Austin has broken his silence after his WrestleMania 41 almost ended in complete disaster.

Steve Austin was honoured over WrestleMania weekend at the WWE Hall of Fame with Bret Hart as their WrestleMania 13 classic became the first match to be inducted as an Immortal Moment.

Austin and Hart were on hand to be presented in front of the Las Vegas crowd at WrestleMania 41, and on night two of the event, Steve Austin had another task to complete as he came to the ring to announce the attendance for the event.

Steve Austin wasn’t making the walk down the long ramp in Allegiant Stadium, instead driving his trusty ATV to the ring. After near misses in the past, Austin’s luck ran out as he ploughed the vehicle straight into the ringside barrier, sending a fan to the floor.

Steve Austin Undone By Different Throttle

Speaking on the Ariel Helwani Show, Steve Austin was asked about the incident, and he explained what went wrong and that he was embarrassed by falling short of expectations:

Different throttle set-up than what I’m used to. Long story short, just a different throttle system. I’m pretty dang handy on a four-wheeler. I was embarrassed by it. I think everybody is okay.

You go out there on the biggest night in wrestling and you end up like that, it’s not the greatest day at the office. You go out there and want to give people the best show that you can and when you fall short of that, it’s not great.

Steve Austin turned down $1 million for another role at WrestleMania that may well have been far more embarrassing to the Texas Rattlesnake than a mishap with a four-wheeler.