Steve Austin returned to the ring at WrestleMania 38 when he faced Kevin Owens on the Grandest Stage of Them All, and it was recently reported that WWE made Austin an offer to return to the ring once again. With Austin possibly returning for another match, and CM Punk seemingly parting ways with AEW, there’s been a lot of talk on social media about a potential Austin vs. Punk match at WrestleMania.
Whether or not there’s potential for the match to happen remains to be seen as CM Punk is still under AEW contract and it’s unclear if WWE would actually bring him back if he were a free agent.
One way or another it doesn’t seem that Ric Flair is interested in a CM Punk vs. Steve Austin match as he recently addressed the reasons why he doesn’t think it would be the right move on his To Be The Man podcast.
The Rock and him [Austin]? I don’t know, they could look at each other. And be just a question of who’s doing the favour? They’re not gonna wrestle for an hour. John Cena, I like that idea too. But, you know, it’s like we talked about with The Rock. You know, the decision was made sooner than we know about it. Because if Steve’s getting ready to wrestle a real match, real time in LA, it’s gonna be damn good.
But I mean, come on, I don’t mean this bad. But CM Punk just can’t act like he acts in one company and go the other and act like that and come over and expect to be in main events. If he was in a main event at WrestleMania there would be a riot in the locker room. Think about it, he didn’t leave on good terms. He’s not leaving the other place on good terms. And to roll in with Steve. I mean, it’s not about his ability.
I’m just talking about it. You know, I can’t, even I can’t fathom it, I mean, even entertain bringing a guy in. That will be putting him ahead of Styles, Orton? I mean, you could have Steve wrestle either one of those guys, if Steve can work. If his neck is okay, Steve is working full. He could wrestle Randy. I mean, you know, I mean, you’d have guys jumping off the roof if they brought Punk in there and threw him in main event at WrestleMania.”
