10 Potential WWE WrestleMania 31 Opponents For Stone Cold Steve Austin

If Austin is training for a Mania comeback... who should go toe-to-toe with The Rattlesnake?

Stone Cold John Cena For the past few weeks, the internet has been abuzz with rumors that Stone Cold Steve Austin will come out of retirement for a final match at WrestleMania XXXI. Though by next March it will have been 12 years since Austin last competed in the ring, sources have stated that the always-fit former WWE Champion is training harder than ever, and that the company has increased production on the Texas Rattlesnake's merchandise. It's not too farfetched to believe that something is up. As wildly popular as Austin was during his prime, though, a comeback is only going to go as well as the program he gets upon his return. To get the full bang for their buck, WWE needs to put Austin against a top guy -- someone who comes off as worthy of the challenge, not simply a warm body or a flavor of the month. Just as Rock versus Cena was a record-setting match a couple of years ago, Austin's return needs to break new ground. Here are ten opponents for Austin that could generate some major interest -- en route to making WrestleMania XXXI the biggest show of all time. Got any ideas for whom you'd rather see Stone Cold fight? Leave 'em in the comments!
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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013