Steve Austin On Why He Never Returned To The Ring For One More Match

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin is without a doubt one of the most legendary wrestlers of all time, and over the years there have been fans hoping to see him come out of retirement to wrestle one more match.

Austin officially hung up his boots after he was defeated by The Rock at WrestleMania 19, but neither Austin nor WWE let fans know ahead of time that the match would be his last.

During an appearance on Talk Is Jericho the Texas Rattlesnake said that Vince McMahon has tried to talk him into making a comeback a few times, but he then went on to explain why he wasn’t on board with the idea.

“If you’re really going to make a comeback, let’s say it was gonna be high-profile match at WrestleMania. Taker, when I talked to him, he trained all year or recovered from having surgery, and then trained for a three or four-month camp to get ready for one match. So, I would really have to undergo a three or four-month camp. I’m one of those guys where I don’t have an addictive personality, but I’m addicted to the wrestling business. All of a sudden, if I’m gonna put in all that hard work and get back to being around the ring, being around the business, that is one of my number one passions in my life – to get hooked on it again just for one match and to me, it would have been so anti-climactic. Go out there and do it, and then whatever the finish was. And then the people go home, but what does it all mean in the big picture? Stone Cold had a comeback, and the match was a three and a half on Meltzer’s five star rating. ‘It ain’t great enough,’ and even if I crushed it, what would it mean? If I couldn’t be 110 percent Stone Cold Steve Austin, it just wasn’t worth doing. I just said, ‘Man, stay away.’ And I’ve stayed away.”

H/T 411Mania.com