“Stone Chilly” Steve Austin is within the historical past books as certainly one of professional wrestling’s hottest performers, however such a epic success has required nice bodily sacrifice. Final week, nonetheless, Austin supplied a optimistic replace following his newest stint below the knife.
“I’m 7 weeks publish op on a complete knee substitute,” revealed the WWE Corridor of Famer on Jan 21, 2025, through Instagram. “My left knee was on its final leg, and I’ve been placing surgical procedure off for years.” This implies Austin would possible have been working via immense ache throughout his final match thus far with WWE. (That bout happened in 2022 at WrestleMania in Dallas.) Luckily, “The Rattlesnake” went on to elucidate that his publish op X-rays have confirmed “the whole lot is therapeutic properly.”
‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin All the time Comes Again Stronger
Austin is not any stranger to going below the knife. His most vital harm occurred within the ring again at SummerSlam 1997, when the late Owen Hart dropped him on his head and precipitated spinal injury whereas executing an inverted piledriver. Whereas the previous six-time WWE champ wrestled for years following reconstructive neck surgical procedure, he needed to scale back his transfer set to be able to extend his profession. Extremely, “Stone Chilly” was 57 when he made a return and beat Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38. Following the widespread vital approval for that match, Austin mentioned he couldn’t rule out placing on his boots another time. Nonetheless, wrestling has taken a again seat to off-road racing in recent times, and “Stone Chilly” (now 60) has joined forces with the GFI Nevada Racing group, driving Kawasaki.
Will ‘Stone Chilly’ Steve Austin Ever Return to a WWE Ring?
As of late, Austin in busy along with his extremely profitable “Damaged Cranium” beer model however revealed that he’s “again within the gymnasium and coaching” after attempting to hurry his restoration and struggling an preliminary set again. “I got here out of the gate aggressively and began strolling manner too quickly.” Austin defined, including that restoration will possible take him a yr. This implies the probabilities of him meting out certainly one of his trademark stunners at this yr’s WrestleMania appears fairly unlikely. Nonetheless, they do say that something can occur in WWE.
One factor is for certain, the professional wrestling legend has been wanting ripped as of late and totally intends to get again to racing. “I’ve my sights set to race in The Mint 400 exterior of Las Vegas,” he mentioned. “I’m grateful to have discovered the problem of desert off street racing. I really like the competitors and the arduous situations that include it. So, right here goes…” God velocity, Stone Chilly!
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