10 rare photos of 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin you might not have seen

#1 Reminiscing

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Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels had a great rivalry in 1997/1998 that led to Austin capturing the WWE Championship for the first time at WrestleMania XIV.

The two Hall of Famers in this picture appear to be talking about times gone by and probably thinking how they could tear the house down if they were still active wrestlers. This was just before WrestleMania XXVII in the Georgia Dome where Austin actually made an appearance on his ATV.

We didn’t see too much more of Austin vs. Michaels as Michaels retired after dropping the title to the Rattlesnake and by the time he came back in 2002, Austin was winding down his career and having creative difficulties with the WWE.

As they look on in the venue that would host one of the worst WrestleMania’s there has ever been, there seems to be something in Austin’s eyes that suggests he can’t believe he wasn’t main eventing it, and that his own wrestling career was over.

'Stone Cold' Steve Austin is an absolute legend as we have seen and I hope you have allowed these photos to open doors to those moments when you saw this legend in the ring, tearing the roof single-handedly!