Steve Austin Accepts Kevin Owens’ Challenge For WWE WrestleMania 38

For weeks now Kevin Owens has been talking trash about the state of Texas, and this week on Raw he challenged the legendary “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Today Steve Austin accepted the challenge and confirmed that he will be appearing at WrestleMania 38 to confront Kevin Owens.

It doesn’t appear that this will be an official match, but Austin does plan to get physical as he released a video where he accepted the challenge and said, “if you want to call this The KO Show, a match, a fight, a brawl, whatever, I will guarantee you this – in Dallas, Texas, where I started my career, at WrestleMania, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin is going to open up one last can of whoop-ass on you, Kevin Owens, and that’s the bottom line because Stone Cold said so.”

WWE has confirmed that the confrontation between Steve Austin and Kevin Owens will take place on Saturday, April 2nd. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.

WWE posted the following announcement confirming the confrontation:

“After weeks of Kevin Owens “messing with Texas,” “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has accepted the outspoken Superstar’s invitation to confront him on “The KO Show” as part of WrestleMania Saturday.

Still reeling after he and Seth Rollins lost in their Raw Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match earlier in the evening on the March 7 edition of Raw, a defiant Owens reemerged before the WWE Universe with an epiphany. Owens called out “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and shared his desire to deliver a Stunner the world would never forget to the WWE Hall of Famer, whom he called a “broken-down shell of his former self.”

In response to Owens, “Stone Cold” released a video the following day from his beloved Texas and declared that he would return 19 years after his last WrestleMania match to open one final can of whoop a** on KO.

What will happen when The Texas Rattlesnake steps back onto The Grandest Stage of Them All to confront Owens on WrestleMania Saturday? Don’t miss all the action of the stupendous two-night WrestleMania, streaming LIVE on Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, at 8 ET/5 PT on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.”