What’s the latest on Stone Cold Steve Austin’s WWE future after Wrestlemania, we’ll take
a look at that.
We’ll see what’s going on with Paige’s tease and why Batista is calling out a women’s
division tag team
Let’s start things off with another update to Stone Cold Steve Austin’s situation
Stone Cold is coming back to WWE at Wrestlemania 38 for this confrontation with Kevin Owens
It will also be his first WWE appearance in front of fans since long before the pandemic
era
But obviously the advertising and promotion from WWE for this Steve Austin return is much
different than his previous returns
It’s almost as if WWE is promoting it like comeback match for Steve Austin, as if he’s
really wrestling again
They’re talking about how it’s been nearly 20 years since he’s been in the ring and
all these other little things like that which they never mentioned during his last few WWE
returns and Wrestlemania appearances
So a lot of fans have definitely picked up on that.
They’re advertising it as if it was a match for Steve Austin, but at the same time, they’re
just calling it the KO Show
But like Austin said himself in his response to Kevin Owens’ challenge, he said that
you can call it a match, a brawl, a fight, or all these other things
So it’s interesting, they’re definitely hyping it up, and everyone’s expectation
is that it will be more than just an ordinary WWE talk show segment
Everyone always gets excited for Stone Cold Steve Austin returns, but this time around,
fans are a little mixed because if it does turn out to be a little match, some fans are
worried about how that may tarnish his retirement and his last match from nearly two decades
ago
A lot of fans used the Shawn Michaels situation as a perfect example of that
Shawn had a great retirement match against The Undertaker, went out on top with one of
the greatest matches in Wrestlemania history and everyone thought that match would be his
last one that they will remember
But as everyone knows, Shawn actually came out of retirement for that tag team match
of DX versus The Brothers Of Destruction at crown jewel, and as everyone knows that match
didn’t exactly liv up to Shawn’s previous retirement match
So some fans are worried about that similar situation happening here with Steve Austin
Can he really go in the ring at age 57 and put on a show that will remind of us of prime
Stone Cold, is that possible given his knee injuries?
If that’s possible, if he’s fully healthy and can do it, then everyone will definitely
love to see it
Just look at what Sting is doing over at AEW at age 62.
He’s used in a limited capacity, but even he is still launching himself through tables
and competing
So that’s why some fans are mixed on this Stone Cold return, they just wanna make sure
he’s fully healthy and fully into it
Chris Jericho recently appeared on The Kurt Angle show and gave his thoughts on if he
feels like Stone Cold Steve Austin can actually return to the ring for a full run, he had
this to say, quote:
“First of all, if Steve does come back, he’s going to be so big and so jacked up,
he’s not going to come back and just be there wearing a shirt and shorts.
He always told me, ‘If I go back, I don’t want to go back as anything less than before.
And if I go back, there’s going to be so much training going on that I don’t want
to come back just for one [match].’
So maybe he wants to come back for two [matches], I don’t know.
Maybe he doesn’t want to come back at all, but if he does, who’s he going to work.”
End quote
So telling by Jericho’s comments, Austin feels the same fan the fans do… if he comes
back, he doesn’t wanna be anything less than what he was before
And Jericho revealed that if Austin ever did train for a comeback, he would want more than
just one match
So this Wrestlemania KO Show segment will probably show and tell us a lot
Will Austin get really physical during the segment, will it give him a desire to fully
make a comeback?
That’s all questions that we’ll have to wait on for now
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Batista is receiving some mixed reaction from fans for the latest Instagram comment that
he left under a WWE post
WWE had posted a clip of Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan’s entrance that included Rhea’s
leg stomp and pyro
Batista left a comment on that clip that said “Seems familiar somehow”
Everyone assumes he was talking about Rhea’s leg stomp and pyro
Majority of fans under Batista’s comment responded by talking about how Rhea’s pyro
move was slightly different than his
Everyone knows about Batista’s pyro during his entrance.
His pyro became very iconic, but fans were a little mix about him saying Rhea’s pyro
seemed similar to his
As far as the latest update on the women’s tag team division, not much had really changed
The division only had 1 team, which was the current champions, up until a few weeks ago
where WWE slapped two new teams together out of nowhere
Those teams being Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan as well as Sasha Banks and Naomi
Sasha Banks and Naomi was a great pairing, like we talked about when they were first
randomly paired up, they bring star power to the depleted women’s tag team division
Put the titles on Sasha and Naomi and eyes will finally be on the women’s tag team
division
For Rhea Ripley and Liv, it’s still great if they win because it will be Liv Morgan’s
first piece of WWE gold, but for Rhea, it’s weird because she just had this whole big
breakup story with Nikki just to randomly rejoin the tag team division with a new partner
that was just thrown at her, and we’ve seen that happen before, it’s just always weird
to see
Rhea Ripley recently spoke with Under The Ring and she talked about how the women’s
tag team titles deserve more respect from the fans because she always sees everyone
looking down at the titles on social media
And a majority of fans all had the same response for those comments from Rhea Ripley, which
was “tell that to WWE, not the fans”
The fan interest isn’t there because WWE’s interest in the women’s tag team division
isn’t there
There’s currently three teams in the women’s tag team division and two of those three were
just randomly slapped together in the last few weeks
So until more care and effort goes into the women’s tag team division from a booking
point of view, the fans relationship with the women’s tag team titles won’t really
change
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As far as everyone knows, Paige is under contract with WWE throughout the spring of 2022
Will WWE and Paige reach a new deal to get her back with the company after this spring?
That’s something we have to wait to find out
But Paige recently tweeted out and teased another non-wrestling direction for her in
WWE
After Paige posted a picture of her Wrestlemania entrance from Wrestlemania 31, a fan responded
but questioning her she would be open to managing Ronda Rousey
Paige responded by saying: “Female Paul Heyman, let’s go”
Paige was obviously joking there with that tweet, but it is an interesting concept
Paige is a gifted performer, both inside the ring and even in non-wrestling roles.
Everyone saw the amazing work that she did as Smackdown GM and even as a manager for
Aus-ka and Kyrie Sane there for a little while as well
So having a “female Paul Heyman” like paige said honestly doesn’t sound like a
bad idea at all
Especially for someone as talented as Paige, who can no longer wrestle.
At least a big manger role keeps the that individual on WWE television while also bringing
up whatever talent they’re managing
So it’s definitely an option if WWE and Paige can agree on a new deal later this year.
Would they consider bringing her back to television with a role like that?
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