3 WWE injuries that were fake and 3 that forced Superstars to retire

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#3 Stone Cold Steve Austin retires on The Grandest Stage Of Them All

Stone Cold Steve Austin is quite possibly the greatest Superstar to ever step foot in a WWE ring. He was instrumental in Vince McMahon defeating Ted Turner's WCW in the Monday Night Wars, leading to WCW shutting down in 2001. In 1997, Austin was yet to compete in his first WrestleMania main event. He suffered a neck injury against Owen Hart in a match, when the latter executed a Piledriver on Austin.

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Stone Cold Steve Austin retired from WWE in 2003

By the time 2003 came around, Austin's neck issues had worsened. When he entered Safeco Field for his WWE WrestleMania 19 match against The Rock, fans didn't know that this was it for The Rattlesnake in terms of an in-ring career. Austin lost the match, and was given a deserving ovation by the fans in attendance. He kept making appearances for WWE over the next several years, and was involved in major WrestleMania matches like The Battle of the Billionaires, and Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg.

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