Steve Austin On WWE WrestleMania 39: "If Vince McMahon Calls, I'll Be There"
'Stone Cold' is open to appearing at WWE WrestleMania 39. All Vince McMahon has to do is call...
Fresh off appearing at WWE WrestleMania 38, where he worked his first professional wrestling match in 19 years, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin is open to showing up at next year's event in Inglewood, California.
The pro wrestling icon said as much during a recent appearance on the Brewbound podcast. Having dusted off the wrestling boots to face Kevin Owens in a much-anticipated, well-received brawl on 'Mania 38's first night (2 April), Austin said that he was feeling 100% coming out of the event, despite picking up a cold soon after (h/t Fightful):-
"I'm 100%, I picked up a little bit of a cold the other day, but I'm back home in Nevada. Sunday, I was 100% and of course, went back into on Sunday to deliver a little bit of extra physicality as part of the show. It was an exciting time for me to go back to a business that I really really love. I never thought I'd be back in the ring, but there we were, headlining WrestleMania for night one and it was an honor to be out there."
As well as wrestling Owens on the Saturday, Austin made a surprise appearance on the Sunday show (3 April) too, hitting Vince McMahon, Theory, and Pat McAfee with Stunners following their pre-main-event segment.
On WrestleMania 39, Austin stated that while he is likely "done wrestling", if Vince wants him there, all he has to do is call:-
"For me to participate at WrestleMania 38, if you had told me, 'you're going to be part of WrestleMania 38,' not only that, 'you're going to main event night one,' I would have said that you're full of s**t and you're crazy. There I was, in Dallas, Texas, headlining the event on day one. Never say never, but I would imagine, within the scope of that show, it's going to be a big show in a big time city. It will be a two-night event again. I'm sure I'm done wrestling, per se, but as part of WWE, I can't imagine that I won't be there in some capacity. I'm not booking myself on the show, because I didn't book myself on 38, that's a Vince (McMahon) thing, and I have a great relationship with him. If I get the call, I'll be there."
WrestleMania 39 takes place in Inglewood, California's new SoFi Stadium on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 April 2023.