3 WWE careers that ended too soon and 2 that went on too long

By Thomas Lowson

Modified Apr 15, 2019 07:51 GMT

Both The Undertaker and Daniel Bryan have had huge careers in WWE.

#1: Ended too soon: 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin

The Rattlesnake's career came to a sudden end at WrestleMania 19.

There are plenty of what-ifs in wrestling: What if CM Punk returned? What if WCW had won the Monday Night Wars?

But here's one rarely mentioned: What if Stone Cold hadn't broken his neck at Summerslam 1997?

Suffering the devastating blow after a botched Piledriver by Owen Hart, Austin's career was forever changed, and though he'd go on to become one of wrestling's biggest stars, it wasn't the same Rattlesnake pre-Summerslam.

Having his last match at WrestleMania 19, neither his opponent The Rock nor WWE knew that this would be last calls for the Bionic redneck.

Though fans have hoped to see Austin have one more match, this has never transpired, as the WWE Universe now have to rely on the WWE 2K series to see the Rattlesnake compete with the stars of today.

Edited by Nishant Jayaram