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Stone Cold Steve Austin is still active in the wrestling world and is constantly a part of various interviews and podcasts. It’s been almost 20 years since Austin retired from in-ring competition, but he can still easily sell out any arena with just a rumor of his appearance. 

Since his retirement, Austin has been a part of many interviews and has hosted shows himself as well. Currently, he interviews wrestlers on his show Broken Skull Sessions. The wrestling universe is always eager to know who Austin will interview next. 

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Recently, WWE shared a post on their Twitter. This was a behind-the-scenes rapid QnA session on TikTok with Stone Cold on Broken Skull Sessions. 

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There Austin was asked, “Current superstar you like to face?” to this Austin replied, Brock Lesnar.”

Steve Austin vs Brock Lesnar is a match that is sure to excite fans and can easily be the main event match at WrestleMania. A match between the two superstars was teased in 2002 for the King of the Ring tournament qualifying round, but it was later canceled. The reported reason behind that was Austin refusing to lose against Lesnar. 

The match would have been a start to a new feud. Just imagine The Toughest Man in WWE vs The Baddest Dude on the Planet. What an incredible match it would have been.

Why did Stone Cold Steve Austin refuse the match against Lesnar in 2002?

Stone Cold has teased his in-ring return many times but hasn’t returned since 2003. Paul Heyman even offered him a match against Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32, which was in Texas. 

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Austin and Lesnar are friends now and share similar hobbies of hunting. Lesnar was also on the Stone Cold Steve Austin podcast in 2015.

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While Austin and Lesnar did not face each other in the ring, they were seen in the ring together at WrestleMania 20 when Austin was a referee in Lesnar vs Goldberg match. It is unlikely to see Austin returning in the ring soon, but if he returns for one match against Lesnar fans would go crazy.