It's the biggest dream match of them all for a lot of people. As most fans know, Austin was supposed to face and lose to Lesnar on an episode of Raw in June 2002 as part of WWE's King of the Ring tournament. Austin refused to do it and quit the company, not to be seen for several months. Austin's absence wasn't due to a problem with Lesnar. He just thought that they should have built the match up rather than put it on Raw without any build or warning. He was right to be upset about things, although perhaps they could have handled it differently. Austin has admitted in the past that he wished he had have reacted differently, but it is what it is. In 2004, they had an amazing brawl on Smackdown as a way to hype up Lesnar vs. Goldberg at WrestleMania XX (with Austin as the ref). It's unfortunate that Austin retired a year earlier because they clearly had great chemistry and Austin had a lot left in the tank, but his neck injury was too much for him to overcome. Earlier this year, Austin had Paul Heyman on his podcast and they ended it with Austin doing a promo that led to many people thinking we might get Austin vs. Lesnar at WrestleMania 32. Nope. WWE was quick to shoot down that rumour and Vince McMahon was apparently very upset that they would tease it because he knows Austin can't wrestle anymore. More to the point, he doesn't want him to. With better booking and planning, this is a match that could have happened in 2002 or 2003. They could have done some incredible stuff with Austin as the popular veteran face against the rising heel Lesnar. But it never happened, and instead has to go down as the biggest missed opportunity in Lesnar's WWE career.