“Stone Cold” Steve Austin has reacted to receiving another induction into the Hall of Fame.
WWE announced on March 28th that a new wing of the Hall of Fame is being created. The new wing would consist of iconic matches and moments throughout the history of the company. The first match announced for the new “Immortal Moments” wing was the famous “Stone Cold” Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart match from WrestleMania 13 in 1997.
Steve Austin was asked about the induction at an autograph signing for American Icon Autographs and whether it means anything to him, and the legendary wrestler responded with his opinion on the moment being immortalized in the Hall of Fame:
“Yes and no. I mean, 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 also asked if he felt there was another match of his that deserved 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 sh*t the bed.”
