d_henderson1810
Mid-Card Championship Winner
1) Austin has a career-ending neck injury. Which part of this sentence do you not understand.
What I understand is, Steve Austin's neck is fragile, and he can't risk taking even one bump in the ring, because if he falls the wrong way (even accidentally) he could be paralysed. Austin also has knee problems.
Remember, this is a guy who was lucky to come back last time after Owen dropped Austin on his head. Austin came back mainly because he was getting pushed and to help out the company. He was still a young man. He hadn't made the money to retire like he has now.
Besides, Austin is set for life. He has taken care of his money. He has a Legends contract and a film contract with WWE (where he gets two films a year, and gets paid, whether WWE make them or not). WWE have looked after one of their biggest superstars.
Also, Austin likes his leisure time. The fact that he couldn't be bothered to show up for either Raw 20th Anniversary or Raw 1000, because he had "better things to do" shows that he likes having his time to use as he wishes.
Austin can't wrestle healthwise, he doesn't need to, and probably doesn't want to. The fans may want it, and the fans may beg for it, but he won't wrestle again. I'm not a fan of the guy, but he has earnt his retirement, and the right to be left alone on this. He has nothing further to prove.
The only way I can see him ever doing another match is to do a 6-Man, where he is tapped in, kicks the guy against the ropes, flips him off, does a couple of punches, and does a Stunner, and leaves the heavy lifting to the other guys. This way, the match won't suck, even though Austin is limited. The Evolution vs Rock N' Sock Match at WMXX, could have included Austin, and he could have made a cameo in the ring, while Rock and Foley do the majority of the work. But a one-on-one means that Austin is on offense, and can't let the other guy get a punch in, or he risks permanent injury.
2) C.M. Punk has left WWE. Who is to say that C.M. Punk will ever wrestle in WWE again? We don't know why he has left, but maybe he doesn't want to follow their rules anymore. Until he steps back in a WWE ring (and there is no certainty of that), then Punk even having another Wrestlemania match is a pipedream (not a pipebomb), let alone against Austin, who hasn't wrestled for years.
Besides, it would make more sense if it were Austin v Cena. The figurehead of the "Attitude Era" versus the figurehead of the "PG Era". That won't happen either.
Look, there is more chance of Sting-Undertaker at WM31 than Austin/Punk.
I think the only chance you have of seeing Austin v Punk is if you play it on WWE 2K14 video game. Outside of that, I can't see it happening.
What I understand is, Steve Austin's neck is fragile, and he can't risk taking even one bump in the ring, because if he falls the wrong way (even accidentally) he could be paralysed. Austin also has knee problems.
Remember, this is a guy who was lucky to come back last time after Owen dropped Austin on his head. Austin came back mainly because he was getting pushed and to help out the company. He was still a young man. He hadn't made the money to retire like he has now.
Besides, Austin is set for life. He has taken care of his money. He has a Legends contract and a film contract with WWE (where he gets two films a year, and gets paid, whether WWE make them or not). WWE have looked after one of their biggest superstars.
Also, Austin likes his leisure time. The fact that he couldn't be bothered to show up for either Raw 20th Anniversary or Raw 1000, because he had "better things to do" shows that he likes having his time to use as he wishes.
Austin can't wrestle healthwise, he doesn't need to, and probably doesn't want to. The fans may want it, and the fans may beg for it, but he won't wrestle again. I'm not a fan of the guy, but he has earnt his retirement, and the right to be left alone on this. He has nothing further to prove.
The only way I can see him ever doing another match is to do a 6-Man, where he is tapped in, kicks the guy against the ropes, flips him off, does a couple of punches, and does a Stunner, and leaves the heavy lifting to the other guys. This way, the match won't suck, even though Austin is limited. The Evolution vs Rock N' Sock Match at WMXX, could have included Austin, and he could have made a cameo in the ring, while Rock and Foley do the majority of the work. But a one-on-one means that Austin is on offense, and can't let the other guy get a punch in, or he risks permanent injury.
2) C.M. Punk has left WWE. Who is to say that C.M. Punk will ever wrestle in WWE again? We don't know why he has left, but maybe he doesn't want to follow their rules anymore. Until he steps back in a WWE ring (and there is no certainty of that), then Punk even having another Wrestlemania match is a pipedream (not a pipebomb), let alone against Austin, who hasn't wrestled for years.
Besides, it would make more sense if it were Austin v Cena. The figurehead of the "Attitude Era" versus the figurehead of the "PG Era". That won't happen either.
Look, there is more chance of Sting-Undertaker at WM31 than Austin/Punk.
I think the only chance you have of seeing Austin v Punk is if you play it on WWE 2K14 video game. Outside of that, I can't see it happening.