Stone Cold Steve Austin accepts Kevin Owens' WrestleMania challenge with blistering response

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WWE star. Speculation has been rife in recent weeks that 57-year-old icon Austin will be involved in a physical capacity at this years’ Mania after two decades away from competitive action.Owens, one of the most talent members of the current roster, had fuelled that further in recent weeks by mocking Texas – the site of this year’s event and Austin’s home state – on WWE programming.On Monday’s Raw he issued a challenge to the Hall of Fame star to show up in Dallas for a special edition of his talk show, The Kevin Owens Show.In a blistering response filmed for social media and released by WWE, Austin fired back in trademark style.He not only accepted the challenge from Owens but even hinted things could get physical – leaving many fans to hope the veteran might still lace up the boots for one last actual match.The superb delivery – which matched the Canadian’s effort the night before – saw Austin every bit as sharp and biting as he ever was in his Attitude Era prime."19 years ago,” began the Rattlesnake, arguably one of the most popular wrestling stars of all time. “I wrestled my last match in a WWE ring."After three Rock Bottoms; one, two three - I lost the match."For 19 years I've had to live with that defeat knowing that my time was up."Kevin Owens, I want to thank you.

I want to thank you for waking something up deep inside me that I've kept buried for 19 years."Ever since you started running that damn melee mouth of yours about about Texas - the great state of Texas - you got my attention, and why would you wanna do that, Kevin?"I can think of two reasons.