WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin has worked several matches at WrestleMania during his career. It seems that he could possibly be making a return to the company at next year’s WrestleMania 38 event. As it turns out, ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ had initially disagreed with WWE’s idea to use Mike Tyson as part of his WrestleMania 14 storyline with WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.
The highlight of Mike Tyson’s time in WWE came at WrestleMania 14 when he performed as the guest enforcer for Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin. Having sided with Michaels in the build-up to the event, Tyson turned against the D-Generation X member and counted the pinfall for Austin’s victory.
Steve Austin shares his thoughts on the matter
In the late 1990s, both WCW and WWE regularly worked with celebrities in an attempt to create more interest in their television shows. While WWE recruited Mike Tyson in 1998, television host Jay Leno competed in a WCW match in the same year. WCW legend DDP appeared on the latest episode of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions show. Discussing Tyson’s WWE appearances, Austin admitted he did not understand why Vince McMahon wanted to do business with the boxer.
“My first thing was just like, ‘Oh, man, we don’t need Mike Tyson.’ Idiot, right? But Tyson brought so much interest, eyeballs to our product, it was unbelievable, and just how dumb I was not to see the big picture,” Austin said.
Austin made his last appearance on WWE television on the March 16, 2020 episode of Monday Night Raw where he was there to do a segment in order to celebrate 3:16 Day. It was a comedy segment with Bryon Saxton before Austin hit him with a Stunner to close the show. We will have to wait and see if Austin makes his way to the show.
