Steve Austin revealed why he didn’t show up at WrestleMania 40.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Austin confirmed that WWE did approach him about potentially appearing at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. However, Speculation picked up steam for months that Austin could be making some type of appearance involving the closing moments of Night Two, a role that ultimately went to The Undertaker during Cody Rhodes’ title win over Roman Reigns.
The WWE Hall Of Fame Explains: “Things just didn’t line up. I had other things going on. I remember when they pitched that to me. I said, dude, I got some things going on. I don’t see myself being there. That was way in advance. Was it pitched to me, or did they want me there? Yeah. But I wasn’t in a position to go.”
Austin continued to explain why it didn’t work out when he added, “No, there was a possibility that I could have been there had I chose to go there. I had other s*** going on. WWE is this multi-billion dollar corporation. I got a metal shop that we’re sitting in. So sometimes the multi-billion dollar company has an idea that the dude that has the metal shop [should make an appearance], it just don’t work. So it didn’t work. I’m over here in my metal shop. I like to do as much as I can with WWE when it works, when it works for them, when it works for me, and when it’s going to be fun. But in that and saying that not everything lines up on a timeline basis, I had other s*** going on.”
