Steve Austin Addresses Possible WWE WrestleMania 41 Appearance
The legendary “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has discussed what it will take to appear at the next WrestleMania.
It seems like any time “Stone Cold” Steve Austin does an interview, he gets asked about future WWE appearances. That’s because Austin is arguably the biggest WWE superstar who left the fans wanting more.
At WrestleMania 38 in 2022, Steve Austin wrestled in his first match in 19 years when he defeated Kevin Owens in the main event of WrestleMania Saturday.
Even though Austin was rumored for WrestleMania 39 and 40, he didn’t appear at either of those shows. Austin did recently confirm he talked to WWE about showing up at WrestleMania 41, but he had other things planned with his wife that day.
While talking to Fox News Digital, Austin also made it clear that he’s not that interested in leaving the state of Nevada where he lives.
“I’m totally reality based, but I think it’s a young man’s sport. WrestleMania 40] was in Philly – too far to go. Kind of out of my wheelhouse. I don’t leave Nevada if I don’t have to.”
The good news for WWE fans is that WrestleMania 41 in 2025 takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, so Austin did seem open to it the appearance makes sense.
“I said something about it this year just because it’s 400 miles down the road. I do spend several trips a year in Las Vegas, so, to think that WWE’s biggest signature pay-per-view event is 400 miles away, in a state that I live in, that I’m going to be there, make a couple of appearances, I’ll be promoting my beer if they, WWE, reached out and said, ‘Hey, maybe you want to do something,’ I’d be happy to do it as long as it makes sense.’”
Steve Austin Explains How Difficult It Would Be To Wrestle Again
The WWE Hall of Famer, who will turn 60 years old this December, spoke more about what it takes to get into the ring and seemed to dismiss the idea of having another match.
“But to get in there, put trunks on, and to try and be the guy that I once was … I did that, two years ago and tried to do something but I never had a ring to practice in.”
“[Hulk Hogan] hit it right on the head where he goes, ‘Well, he’s not calloused up. His body isn’t going to be ready for what he feels.’ Undertaker hit it right on the head when he said his timing was not going to be there, which it wasn’t, because I didn’t have any timing. Triple H hit it right on the head where he goes you never go out there, you never know what you’re going to go out there with because you don’t know what you have. You haven’t been in a ring in 20 years. And I didn’t know what I had.”
“But there’s so much going on. They got such a stacked roster with so many great superstars these days that they’re not going to have any problem filling two nights of entertainment. But if I got out there and be a part of it on one hand and do something positive that works for the company and works for what they want to do, and it satisfied a crowd, I’d be happy to.”
For now, WWE fans will likely have to keep following Stone Cold on Instagram where he is known for posting videos of his casts from his Nevada farm.