The Texas Rattlesnake came back and made his in-ring return after 19 years by taking on Kevin Owens in a no holds barred match.
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WrestleMania 38 was a great show and one of the main reasons for that was the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake came back and made his in-ring return after 19 years by taking on Kevin Owens in a no holds barred match. Austin went on to win the match and closed the first night of WrestleMania 38 in emphatic fashion.
Matt Hardy has now given his take on Austin’s return. When speaking on the latest episode of The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy, he said, “I mean, I loved it, I was so happy Steve got that moment. Steve was always great to me and my brother. But he was always really cool with me, we had a great relationship. I was so happy to see that moment, he looked great, he looked like a million bucks. And I am so glad he got to have a match in 2022, and it was constructed in the right way where he looked great in it.
“I had texted him later that night and had got to talk to him later on. I was so happy for him, and no one more deserving, in my opinion, than Stone Cold Steve Austin.”
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Matt then went on to reveal the advice that Stone Cold gave him at the start of his career about how he should deliver his comebacks within matches.
“One of the first things he told me from a serious aspect. I remember when I would make comebacks. I would come in and I would punch, punch, punch, punch, and if guys were bumping and feeding. He was like, ‘man, just think about this. Maybe come in and just clothesline them, and take their head off. To me, it looks a lot more vicious and like, legitimate. And the more legitimate you look, the better it is for you.’
“And that’s a piece of advice that I always held dear, and I always followed as well. Like, if I am ever doing something and guys are bumping multiple times in the comeback, I will give a stiff-ass clothesline where I take their head off, as opposed to a punch. It always looks better too, and that came from Stone Cold. That’s one of the first pieces of advice he gave me back when Jeff and I were still wearing tights”, concluded Hardy.
