5 WWE legends who will never return to the ring

#3 Six-time WWE Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin quietly retired from professional wrestling after his third WWE WrestleMania match against The Rock. The injuries that he had accumulated throughout his career had taken their toll, and it was time to step away from the ring.

There has been speculation about Austin returning to the ring over the years. He was rumored to be interested in working with CM Punk and Brock Lesnar but ultimately decided against it. During an episode of Broken Skull Sessions, Austin revealed that Vince McMahon had unsuccessfully tried to talk him into an in-ring return.

"I think Vince [McMahon] tried talking me into coming back a couple of times. But you know, I love the business so much – I can’t say I love it more than anybody else, I can only speak for myself. But I just love the damn business, and it hurt me so much to leave it. And to me, going back for one WWE match, being like man, why? What am I proving? What are they going to remember? It ain’t about the money," said Steve Austin.