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KELLER: Austin says no to Lesnar match, and he's right; Sting & Taker are wrong

Sep 26, 2015 - 2:34:46 PM

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By Wade Keller, editor

Will people believe Steve Austin now? If you missed it, yesterday on Twitter he emphatically that he is not wrestling Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32 and called the speculation “bullshit reporting.”

With what happened to Sting at Night of Champions and after seeing how physically spent Undertaker was after his recent matches, especially against Brock Lesnar, I don’t understand how any Steve Austin fan would want to see him, at age 50, with the pride he has in his work in the ring (and thus the risks he might take to satisfy his fans), wrestling Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 32.

The pressure Austin would put on himself to have a good match, and with his neck issues that led to his in-ring career ending prematurely, I don’t know if I could comfortably watch the match.

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