5 WWE Superstars who retired too soon

Modified Jan 18, 2019 09:04 GMT

2. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

When you compile a list of greatest WWE superstars of all-time, ”Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s name will be right at the top. Steve Austin was one of the poster boys for the Attitude Era. He was the company’s biggest stars and was one of the biggest reasons why WWE finally overtook WCW in the ratings.

He represented what almost every employee wanted to do, and that was to stick it to their boss. His work with Vince McMahon led to some of the finest and funniest segments in WWE history. However, Austin’s career was plagued by multiple injuries and ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ was wrestling on borrowed time ever since he suffered a serious injury at the hands of Owen Hart in 1997.

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His injuries finally caught up with him and he was forced into early retirement. Since his retirement, he has made many guest appearances at important WWE PPVS and events and also has his own podcast on the WWE Network.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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Edited by Gabby Duran