"I'm having a damned heart attack" - When Stone Cold Steve Austin feared death 24 hours before WrestleMania

Stone Cold Steve Austin is the original bada** of WWE. Whether he was catching beer or challenging Vince McMahon’s authority, he did it with the ultimate swagger.

The Texas Rattlesnake’s retirement match was at WrestleMania XIX against The Rock, where he passed the torch to The Brahma Bull. Unfortunately, he spent the night before The Show of Shows in a horrific state of mind: he thought he was dying.

In his book The Stone Cold Truth, The Texas Rattlesnake revealed that he thought he was going to have a heart attack the night before WrestleMania. He was at the Grand Hyatt in Seattle and was walking to his room when he felt uneasy. Initially, he thought it was a panic attack, but when taking deep breaths didn’t calm him, he called for help immediately.

“Damn, I think I'm dying, dying for sure. I'm getting off the elevator on the twenty-seventh floor of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle, the night before WrestleMania XIX, and my heart's beating so hard it feels like it's going to crack a rib jumping out of my chest. I'm saying to myself, I'm thirty-eight years old and I'm fixing to freaking die, right here, right now. I'm having a damned heart attack!”

In the book, he explained how he had several cups of coffee and energy drinks right after waking up the previous day, which led to his body becoming severely dehydrated. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was given five bags of fluids.

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Former WWE manager reveals why Stone Cold Steve Austin might return

Currently, The Rock is back in WWE, and through a curious series of events, he’s the boss. It so happens that Stone Cold Steve Austin can see this as a money-making opportunity.

Former WWE Manager Dutch Mantell spoke about the same during an interview with ESPN.

"Okay, Steve Austin is not a stupid guy. He sees a new owner coming on the block, The Rock already saw it. Now he's gonna make him a ton of money off of 'em, and now Austin sees that these Endeavor people dropped in off the clouds. Well, he needs his payoff.”

Apart from Stone Cold Steve Austin, fans are hoping to see John Cena at WrestleMania 40 as well.