5 regrets of WWE Superstars and Legends

#2. WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brock Lesnar

Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the greatest superstars in WWE history, but he let his ego get in the way of business once, which he now regrets.

June 10th 2002, RAW. Steve Austin walked out of the WWE after he was scheduled to lose to Brock Lesnar. #WWE pic.twitter.com/drdWVe5lrm

— WWE Today In History 🌐 (@WWE__History) June 10, 2016

In 2002, Austin was still at the peak of his career when WWE scheduled a match between him and then rising star Brock Lesnar. WWE creative booked Stone Cold to lose to Lesnar, but the Hall of Famer did not like the decision and walked out on the company. Thirteen years later, he confessed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he regrets what he did:

"My biggest regret is when I walked out on Brock Lesnar in Atlanta. I’d worked with [Ric] Flair in a cage the night before in Columbus, Georgia, and had a blast because he’s my all-time favorite pro wrestler. Then, all of a sudden, I get the creative that they want me to do the favors for Brock in a non-advertised, qualifying match for some bull---- thing." said Austin

I'm glad we never got a match between Austin and Lesnar. It would have never lived up to the hype. pic.twitter.com/KLSrFJ1aVk

— 𝙒𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙖 (@wrestlelamia) March 21, 2021

Although he still believes losing to Lesnar was not the right way to go for his character, Austin admitted his decision to walk out on The Beast was hard-headedness on his part.

"I disagreed with it. I never like to blow smoke up my ass, but guys like myself, like Hogan, and a few others, they don’t grow on trees. So you want to sacrifice what you’ve built up in me? And with no buildup? But that walk out was still total stupidity and hard-headedness on my part. I should have shown up, and that is my biggest regret in the business of pro wrestling." Austin admitted

Austin and Lesnar never faced each other despite Austin's return to WWE in February 2003. Upon his return, the WWE Hall of Famer wrestled only a few matches before retiring from in-ring competition nearly a month later.