‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin set for stunning WWE return aged 57

The legendary Texas Rattlesnake became the biggest name in the wrestling business back in the 1990s during the iconic Attitude Era. His bitter rivalry with WWE owner Vince McMahon made him a huge star with fans, and his famous ‘Austin 3:16’ t-shirt remains one of the company’s best-selling merchandise to this date.

Austin called time on his epic career in the squared-circle in 2003 as he lost to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the main event of WrestleMania XIX. However, now it seems that the six-time WWE champion could be pulling on the famous black trunks and boots again at the age of 57 in his home state of Texas. A report from Fightful Select states that WWE has made ‘significant overtures’ to Austin about an in-ring return at Mania – which takes place over two-nights on April 2 and 3.

PW Insider then reported that the company reached out to the six-time world champion in late December/early January to ‘gauge his interest in doing something at the show’. They also claimed that ‘in the weeks that followed there had been zero confirmation within WWE from any source that Austin agreed to physically wrestle at Wrestlemania 38’. McMahon allegedly wanted him to compete in a one-off send-off match in front of the Texas audience.

And to add further fuel to the fire that a comeback could be on the cards, it has now emerged that Austin has recently had a wrestling ring built at his Broken Skull Ranch home. Highspots posted snaps of some of their team at the ranch and revealed they had constructed a squared-circle for him.

Fans are now beginning to speculate that Kevin Owens – who now uses the legend’s Stunner as his finisher – will be the man to face Austin. He is currently out of the title picture and has no match lined-up for WrestleMania, but he has spent the last few weeks trash-talking about Texas.