Steve Austin On Why He Won’t Return To WWE For One More Match Like Goldberg

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin has ruled out returning to the ring for another WWE match.

Austin, a six-time WWE Champion, last competed in 2003 at WrestleMania XIX when he was defeated by The Rock.

Austin has appeared on WWE television numerous times since then, including when he dished out a Stunner to Xavier Woods at WrestleMania 32.

But the 52-year-old says he will not follow in the footsteps of Goldberg, who ended a 12-year absence from the ring to squash Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series.

“I’m 52, and I get these emails all the time asking why I don’t come back. They’ll say, so and so did it. Goldberg did it, and you know what, I’m happy for all my friends that are making comebacks. Bill [Goldberg] going in and beating Brock Lesnar was awesome, setting it up for Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando, but I’m not making no comeback,” Austin said on a recent edition of his podcast, The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed!.

He continued, “I had someone cuss me out on the email the other day saying that they hated my guts because I wouldn’t do it a comeback, but listen, I’m done. I rode off into the sunset in 2003, whenever it was, after Wrestlemania 19; came back for a couple of appearances, but I’m done, and I’m happy being done, and I don’t want the pressure of having another match on my shoulders, because I don’t have to have another match because I’m satisfied with the career that I had. I appreciate everyone that had supported my career. Pro wrestling has spring boarded every endeavor that I am involved in right now, and I love the business, and the WWE and all the organizations that I work for, but man, I’m done.

“It’s like when we did that last DVD, but I’m enjoying my time outdoors and the things I want to spend my time with right now that I am passionate about, like learning how to do Long-Range Shooting for example. I’m working on stuff that I want to do, and I really don’t want to go back to the business. The wrestling business is now for the younger generation that is in there right now, and you do it for as long as you can, and you then ride off into the sunset and adjust accordingly. I’ve adjusted accordingly. I have so many great memories of the wrestling business. I’ve worked real hard to get to the top, and how many flukes and breaks to have happened that had allowed me to have the success that I did.

“For the Goldberg and everyone else that wants to make a comeback, man, I sit there and watch, and I am cheering for them, and wanting to see great matches, and wanting people to cheer for them, and like them, but I’m done brother, I really am. I’m happy that I am done because I’m happy with where I am at right now in my life. I’m done, I don’t need a comeback; end of story.”