After almost a decade away from the company CM Punk finally made his big return to WWE last month at Survivor Series. Punk has yet to wrestle a match since returning, but there’s been a lot of talk about who he could face in the future.
Steve Austin vs. CM Punk has been a dream match among wrestling fans for years, and it’s been rumored that WWE may be interesting in trying to make the match a reality now that Punk is back with the company.
However, it’s far from a guarantee that Steve Austin will return to the ring to face CM Punk, and Booker T recently explained on his Hall of Fame podcast why he doesn’t think a Punk vs. Austin match is realistic.
“Of course it’s something that people will pay to see. People will definitely tune in to see something like that, but Steve Austin is 58 years old now, somewhere around there. People got to be realistic,” Booker said. “I don’t think Steve Austin is going to be the new Undertaker just because Steve Austin is just as old as The Undertaker. We all are. We move in life, and [wonder] ‘What happened?’ He got old, we all got old. I don’t see Steve Austin sitting at home at 58, 60 years old, whatever it is, thinking about a match at all … Yeah, WWE can make some money out of [the potential Punk-Austin match], but money, at the end of the day, none of that can help you when you’re in dire straits. You gotta know when to think of doing something like this, and me personally, I just don’t see Steve Austin being at home thinking about having a match at WrestleMania or anywhere with anybody.”
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