{"id":151682,"date":"2022-12-29T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=151682"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T20:25:36","slug":"kevin-owens-talks-about-how-wrestlemania-match-with-steve-austin-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/29\/kevin-owens-talks-about-how-wrestlemania-match-with-steve-austin-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Owens talks about how WrestleMania match with Steve Austin happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2556114646\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Kevin Owens says that he was flattered to be chosen to work with Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38, but that he still doesn&#8217;t fully know about how the match came together.<\/p>\n<p>Owens spoke with the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/29\/wwes-kevin-owens-still-in-awe-of-his-steve-austin-match\/\">New York Post<\/a> and discussed the match in detail, revealing that Austin, Vince McMahon, and Bruce Pritchard all said he was the best choice for that spot on the card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t have a full grasp on how that happened,\u201d Owens said of the match with Austin. \u201cAll I know is I was told by several people, from Steve to Vince McMahon to Bruce Prichard, it couldn\u2019t have been anybody other than you \u2014 meaning me \u2014 with Steve. I\u2019m not sure who suggested it, who asked for it or how it came about. One day I\u2019ll find out. But the point is that it\u2019s extremely flattering to me that those three all thought I was the best choice. There\u2019s really no higher compliment than that for me. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t get any better than that. I said it the day after the match: It\u2019s all downhill from here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/04\/03\/4-3-wwe-wrestlemania-38-results-kellers-detailed-match-report-with-analysis-including-lesnar-vs-reigns-edge-vs-styles-knoxville-vs-sami-mcafee-vs-theory\/\">WrestleMania 38<\/a>, Kevin Owens welcomed Austin to the Kevin Owens Show in the main event segment of night one. Austin and Owens talked a bit before Owens challenged Austin to a match. Austin accepted right away and the two men brawled all over AT&amp;T Stadium in Dallas. Austin won the match with a Stunner. It was the first time Austin wrestled a true match since retiring at WrestleMania 19.<\/p>\n<h3>Steve Austin keeps the door open for WrestleMania 39 return<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin says he\u2019s feeling 100% coming out of WrestleMania 38 and to \u201cnever say never\u201d about future WWE work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/04\/19\/steve-austin-keeps-door-open-for-wrestlemania-39\/\">In an interview on the Brewbound Podcast<\/a>, Austin discussed his WrestleMania return in detail and left the door open for involvement at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am 100 percent,\u201d Austin said of his health coming out of WrestleMania 38. \u201cI picked up a little bit of a cold the other day, but I am back home in Nevada. Saturday I was 100%, and then, of course, I went back into action on Sunday. Did a little bit of extra physicality as part of the show. It was just an exciting time for me to go back to a business that I really, really love.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/12\/29\/wwe-reportedly-signs-dragon-lee\/\">WWE reportedly signs Dragon Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2610647059\"><div id=\"pwtor-4193483662\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kevin Owens says that he was flattered to be chosen to work with Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38, but that he still doesn&#8217;t fully know about how the match came together. 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