"Stone Cold" Steve Austin officially Retires


On April 28, 2003, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin released an official statement announcing his retirement from all in-ring competition. Though Austin has teased returning to the ring multiple times, and has returned to deliver the Stunner on several occasions, he has properly stayed retired. Undeniably the reason that WWE and wrestling in general became some popular in the late 90s, it makes since that Austin was officially inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. "Stone Cold's" retirement statement can be read below:

"In this business, I've learned you never say never...But I would say probably 99.9 percent out of 100 that you'll never see Rock and "Stone Cold" in the ring again...I'm not wrestling anymore. That was my last match.

 I've got some serious problems in my neck. It's too long and too complicated to discuss. But a lot of the reasons I walked out of this company sever or eight months ago were things I didn't want to talk about at the time because we had WrestleMania coming up. The biggest reasons I walked away was because my health is going downhill so badly, and I can't compete at an acceptable level to me, and at a risk factor that's high enough to me. Everything I do in that ring is very dangerous and makes me go even further downhill. It's potentially something where I could end up being a quadriplegic. That was the biggest reason I walked out. The creative and the political issues were just icing on the cake -- the straw that broke the camel's back.

 I refuse to go out there anymore, perform at a substandard level and have people judge me on what I'm putting out right now. I had a hell of a run. I'm completely satisfied with it."


Credit for photo to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

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