Steve Austin reacts to his new Hall Of Fame induction.
On Friday, March 28, WWE shook up the world of wrestling by announcing a new wing of the WWE Hall Of Fame, Immortal Moments. Notably, the WrestleMania 13 match between 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and Bret Hart was the first match announced for the new wing.
During a recent autograph signing with American Icon Autographs, Steve Austin was asked if the induction means anything to him.
“Yes and no. I men’s, it was a hell of a match and we knew it at the time, I think it was good that it was in Chicago because Chicago is kind of a stronghold for me but it would’ve worked anywhere with the fact that it happened with Bret The Hitman Hart. There’s a couple behind-the-scenes stories that I don’t want to talk about but it was a hell of a match and it’s cool for people to still remember it damn near 30 years later. Yeah, it means something to me because if it wasn’t for the fans, I wouldn’t be sitting here. So, the fact that match is relevant and it’s going into 2025 Hall Of Fame for matches and it’s the first match to be inducted, cool.”
Austin was then asked if there is another match of his that he would've wanted to go in first.
“Man, I had a hell of a barn burner with Steamboat, 30 minute broadway at the LA Forum 100 years ago but there was nobody filming it, it was a house show, but god damn it was a good match. I always liked Rock and Austin at 17 in Houston at the Astrodome because we were cooking and that’s one of the best WrestleManias of all time. Everybody got off that night and everybody had a great match. So when you have to follow everything, main event, of course you’re the biggest reason that the people are there. But it’s everybody together and everybody gets off and you get off to have the best match you can, that was special. I always enjoyed that match with Owen Hart before I got dropped on my head. That was a bad accident but we were having a damn good match up until that point. There’s a bunch of other ones, there’s some ones where we completely shit the bed."
Triple H, Michelle McCool, Lex Luger, and The Natural Disasters have also been announced for the WWE Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025.
Steve Austin was recently announced for WWE World during WrestleMania week. Learn more here.
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