WWE make huge Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania announcement and fans think all hell is about to break loose
WWE fans think Stone Cold Steve Austin is coming for The Rock and John Cena after a huge WrestleMania 41 announcement was made on Sunday.
The first WrestleMania live on Netflix takes place at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on 19 and 20 April and will see Cena take on Cody Rhodes in the main event for the undisputed WWE championship.
After winning the Elimination Chamber, Cena is vying to becoming world champion for a record 17th time in his final WrestleMania but his desperation to win gold again saw him turn to the dark side and align himself with The Rock in arguably the most shocking moment in WWE history.
The two, along with rap star Travis Scott, unleashed a violent and bloody attack on a helpless Rhodes in Toronto and the odds looked stacked against 'the American Nightmare' in Sin City.
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However, it appears as though the champion could get a helping hand from a true WWE great in Austin.
Fittingly on 3:16 day, the Texas Rattlesnake has been confirmed to appear at the 'WWE World' fan convention on night one and two of WrestleMania and will be available for autographs and photo opportunities.
Fanatics, who organise WWE's events, took to X to say: "OH HELL YEAH! It’s only fitting we drop this announcement today.
"STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN is headed to WWE World this April 19 & 20. Tickets to purchase autographs and photo ops will be on sale Tuesday at 11AM ET."
The WWE Hall of Famer lives nearby in Nevada and had previously confirmed he would be "in town" and "around" in an interview with Unlikely.
Yet given his history with The Rock, plenty believe things are perfectly set up for the glass to shatter in Vegas and for Austin to roll back the years, dish out a stunner on his old rival and share a beer with Rhodes on the grandest stage of them all.
On Austin evening the odds, a fan said: "Yeah it’s happening."
A second commented: "We are so back!!!"
A third added: "When the Glass Breaks on Night 2 of Wrestlemania 41."
A final person predicted: "He's helping Cody at WrestleMania."
Austin retired in 2003 but made a return to the ring at WrestleMania 38 in his home state of Texas, beating Kevin Owens in a no-holds barred match.
It had been speculated that he was set to come to Rhodes' aid in last year's main event, though it was The Undertaker who took down The Rock in Philadelphia.
Austin comments on his health
Austin has struggled with knee problems throughout his career and recently underwent surgery which he had been putting off for quite some time. He is now free of pain and currently at three months recovery.
Speaking to Sports Illustrated, he said: "I can't run on this knee. So, I would say I'm 25 to 30%. I'm just doing body weight squats and just just other stuff that my physical therapist told me. The best thing about the knee is I'm out of pain. I was in so much pain, because there was so much arthritis and I was bone on bone, so immediately when they cut all that stuff out, you know, you're dealing with the healing process, but it (sucks) being in pain for all those years. I delayed it and I'm in a good place. I just gotta get healed up."
Topics: John Cena, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, WWE, Fan Reactions, WrestleMania
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