5 times WWE fans didn't realise it was a wrestler's last match

#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold sat with John Cena at the Hall of Fame

Stone Cold Steve Austin has one thing in particular over everyone else who has appeared on this list thus far. Not only did Steve know that his final match was indeed going to be his last, but it was a choice he made and he got out while the getting was good.

At WrestleMania XIX, Steve stepped into the ring with The Rock for their third Mania match in just five years. It was a feud that defined an entire generation of pro wrestling and one that really brought a close to the era that they had championed when they had that final match.

Austin has often discussed the fact that he knew that match in Seattle was going to be his last. When The Rock beat him, Austin has said as he lay there on the mat it felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, and he hasn't wrestled another match since.