The legendary wrestler takes a walk down memory lane with EW ahead of his A&E/WWE biography debut.
“I was at the gym with Kevin Nash and my reflexes were very touchy that day.
We were on recumbent bicycles and my feet kept twitching.
Stone Cold Steve Austin at his final match at WrestleMania XIX on March 30, 2003.©️ 2021 WWE, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
I didn’t think anything of it.
The Texas native was rushed to the hospital in secrecy where a multitude of tests were run.
“Almost nobody on the roster that day knew that was going to be my last match.
Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania XIX.©️ 2021 WWE, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
I damn near started crying [in the documentary].
Deciding to retire from that dream at 38 was extremely hard.”
“Normally when somebody wins a match, they stay in the ring,” he explains.
He gave me that moment and it was really cool.”
He had long hair and a booger was prominently displayed unbeknownst to him but captured by cameras.
“Man, that wasn’t funny at the time,” he exclaims while laughing.
I’m from Texas.
Somebody could’ve let me know before I went out on national TV but it turned out okay."
“Oh yeah, what could’ve been…” he says with a sly smirk.
Biography: ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austinairs April 18 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on A&E.
