Report: WWE Still Trying To Woo THIS Hall-Of-Famer For WrestleMania 39
Apparently, it's not too late to try to lock down a legend for a Mania payday.
Could Stone Cold Steve Austin still compete at WrestleMania 39, despite it being less than three weeks away?
The answer is maybe, according to Fightful Select, which reports that WWE is still pursuing and making pitches to Austin to appear at Mania next month. Austin of course came out of a 19-year retirement last year to face - and defeat - Kevin Owens at Mania 38, and Fightful indicated that WWE sources believe the Rattlesnake is game to wrestling again under the right circumstances.
Since then, WWE has made multiple pitches to Stone Cold, including facing Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns, but both proposals fell through.
However, Fightful reported that "a very in-shape Steve Austin was made additional pitches" for WrestleMania, though not marquee matches. Online chatter (and fan-made graphics) with LA Knight facing Austin isn't entirely baseless - Fightful confirmed that Knight/Austin was at least pitched. But no one close to Stone Cold or WWE can verify if that's actually happening.
There would be precedent for an Attitude Era legend showing up at Mania and getting an impromptu, undercard match. The Rock "wrestled" Erick Rowan at WrestleMania 32, defeating him in 6 seconds.
Knight has been making noise lately about WWE can't hold Mania in LA without him appearing on the card. It wouldn't be all that hard to envision him walking out to the ring during the show and cutting an angry promo, asking for anyone in the back whose dance card is empty to face him, and then the glass breaks.