Steve Austin Names One Thing That Could Get Him Back In The Ring

Steve Austin could be tempted back into the ring.

At WrestleMania 38, Steve Austin stepped back into the ring one more time to defeat Kevin Owens in a No-Disqualification match in the main event of night one.

The match was Austin’s first in almost two decades, but his performance suggested he might have a little more gas left in the tank. This has led to near-constant speculation that he could wrestle again given the right circumstances.

Both Austin and Owens have regularly looked back on their match with great fondness, with many fans seeing it as a fitting farewell for one of the best to ever do it.

During a new interview on The Ariel Helwani Show, Austin was asked whether he was at peace with the match being his last. The Texan legend said that he was, although he could be tempted to take part in an exhibition. But even so, while assessing his career, he said he had fun, ran hard, achieved a lot, and left with no regrets.

“Totally. There is always that part in the back of your mind — there was a match, I think they billed it as an exhibition match between Nick Bockwinkel and Billy Robinson in Japan. Those two guys put on a really nice clinic. It was about 11 to 15 minutes and the Japanese people really appreciated that match. Those guys were badass and could really work.

To do something like that would be fun. It’s an exhibition, you’re not trying to go out there and steal the show, just go out there to do it one more time in front of the fans because you love the business as much as you do and it would be very interesting. You always think in the back of your mind about something like that.

Exhibition-style, so you don’t have all that pressure of trying to be who you were in your athletic prime. When you’re out of prime, there is a night and day difference of how you can perform. That’s the way it is for any athlete in any sport.

If that was my last endeavor in the ring, I’m totally at peace with it. I ran hard, I had fun. We achieved a lot. It was what it was and I have no regrets. I gave it everything I had,”

Steve Austin Embarrassed By WrestleMania Outing

During the same interview, Steve Austin was asked about crashing his ATV at WrestleMania 41. Austin appeared at the event to announce the attendance on night two and made his entrance on his now signature ATV.

However, while enjoying himself, Austin managed to crash the vehicle into a barrier at ringside, knocking a fan back into her seat. Although Austin and WWE President Nick Khan were quickly on hand to apologise, the veteran isn’t especially proud of himself.

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.

Aside from his match with Owens, Austin hasn’t wrestled since losing to The Rock at WrestleMania 19 in 2003. Although he kept the true importance of the match a closely guarded secret, he viewed it as his retirement bout.

Austin’s full-time career had effectively ended a year earlier when he famously walked out on WWE after refusing to lose to Brock Lesnar in a King of the Ring qualifying match on Raw.

H/t to Fightful