Stone Cold Refused to Wrestle WWE Superstar Embarrassed by His Wife

‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin is undoubtedly one of many best WWE Superstars of all time. ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ was the face of the corporate throughout the Angle Period and helped the trade as a complete attain unprecedented ranges of success.

As in style as Austin was, although, he was fiercely protecting of his character and is understood to have put his foot down each time he wasn’t pleased with the inventive path WWE was taking him in. Among the many matches he turned down was a WrestleMania conflict with Hulk Hogan and a gathering with Brock Lesnar within the 2002 King Of The Ring event (which he was scheduled to lose).

Nevertheless, Austin did not flip down matches just because he wasn’t booked to get his hand raised. A former Intercontinental Champion insists that ‘Stone Chilly’ refused to work with him throughout the Angle Period for a weird purpose – regardless that he would additionally definitely have received their bout.

Marc Mero made his debut for the WWE in 1996, however reached his best fame throughout the Angle Period, partnered together with his real-life spouse, Sable. Austin was arguably at his peak after beating Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 14, however was in want of heels to work with after profitable the title for the primary time.

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Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin WWE Profession Stats

Whole variety of matches

708

Whole variety of wins

505 (71.3%)

Whole variety of losses

169 (23.9%)

Whole variety of attracts

34 (4.8%)

Austin Had Been Set to Feud With Mero in WWE

The Corridor of Famer scrapped the match after Mero was embarrassed by Sable

Having already labored with Mick Foley and Kane after WrestleMania, Austin confronted fellow WWE icon The Undertaker at SummerSlam 1998. Plans at one level had referred to as for Mero to problem Austin for the title over the summer season. Nevertheless, that chance disappeared following an angle on an episode of Uncooked the place Mero was powerbombed by his spouse. Followers might have cherished the second that Sable stood as much as her husband, however Austin wasn’t so thrilled.

As soon as Steve noticed his upcoming opponent get embarrassed by his spouse on worldwide tv, he shortly pulled the plug on these plans. Recalling the second he came upon he would not be working with ‘Stone Chilly’, Mero informed TMPT:

“I used to be the following feud for Steve on the time. [We] had a fundamental occasion match on the Los Angeles Discussion board, and I keep in mind attending to the sector and I observed it was modified [and] I wasn’t wrestling Steve. I used to be like: ‘What occurred?’ By no means pondering it was as a result of Sable powerbombed me. His thought was that: ‘If a woman can beat him up, why would I wish to wrestle him?’ And I get it. So, it modified the entire thing.”

Regardless of shedding out on the largest feud of his profession, Mero is adamant that he does not remorse letting Sable powerbomb him – arguing that he helped set his spouse up for future success.

Folks mentioned: ‘Nicely how would you let a woman beat you up? You ruined your profession.’ Keep in mind, I am making assured cash, and why not construct her up the place she’s making big cash with merchandise and alternatives exterior of the WWE, and completely different visitor spots on all these completely different reveals that she was doing? [That was] an unimaginable time for us.”

Mero by no means ended up dealing with Austin – and inside months he had disappeared from WWE tv. His final look on Uncooked got here on the thirtieth of November 1998. He returned to WCW briefly in 2000, however was in any other case by no means seen on a nationwide stage once more. His marriage to Sable ended once they divorced in 2004. The previous diva is now married to Brock Lesnar.