Stone Cold Steve Austin WWE WrestleMania 42 Plans

With Stone Cold Steve Austin making a few appearances related to 3:16 Day (March 16 of course), he has noted he’s open to appearing WWE WrestleMania 42.

While the icon was humble in his note that today’s talent deserved the time to shine, there are still plenty of intriguing things for Stone Cold to get up to in Las Vegas.

Here are six potential Stone Cold Steve Austin WWE WrestleMania 42 plans.

6. Co-Host with Danhausen

Since it has yet to be revealed what Danhausen could be getting up to at WrestleMania 42, perhaps the best use of the Very Nice, Very Evil star would be appearances throughout the weekend.

If both Danhausen and Stone Cold Steve Austin were to serve as concurrent hosts for WrestleMania 42, their coverage could be both hilarious and legendary.

With Stone Cold able to anchor down an on-screen position from one of the On Location suites with fans to throw back to the announce team, Danhausen on the other hand could spend most of the weekend trying to find Austin.

Setting him on a course of running into a variety of circumstances backstage (i.e. advertiser’s on-screen activations with WWE stars), the move towards adding a wink & nod to fans through Danhausen could be amazing.

5. Stone Cold Open Challenge

One way for Stone Cold Steve Austin to get involved with the fun at WrestleMania 42 would be to host his own open challenge.

Rather than a literal match however, the nature of the challenge could end up being any number of amusing party games.

Pitting some of NXT’s best and brightest against one another in some random challenges throughout the night could serve a dual purpose as not only advancing their reach on the main roster but also adding some frivolity.

Easily able to be partnered with the various event sponsors, challenges like a WingStop wing eating contest or even a Stone Cold Broken Skull IPA chugging contest — the possibilities are endless.

4. Answer Brock Lesnar’s Open Challenge

A fascinating piece of WWE history is that Brock Lesnar was in part an impetus to Stone Cold’s famed walk-out of the company in 2002.

After being pitched to lose to Lesnar on an episode of WWE Raw in a King of the Ring Qualifier bout, Austin’s frustrations with creative direction and growing burnout led him to walk out.

While the pair would have a run-in later before The Beast’s battle against Goldberg at WrestleMania XX by which Austin arguably opened a can of whoop ass on Brock Lesnar, there has still never been a singles bout.

Since it seems that retirement may be on the horizon for Brock Lesnar and reports that he doesn’t intend to lose until his final bout — perhaps a singles match against Austin by which The Beast wins adds some intrigue.

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3. Cold Open with Kevin Owens

After last year’s mishap by which Stone Cold ended up coming around the ring on a four-wheeled motorcycle but crashed into the barricade instead of completing the turn.

Talking about the incident on a recent edition of Busted Open Radio, Stone Cold referred to it as “sh***ing the bed” on the grandest stage of them all.

However, perhaps he could make good on the mistake if he were to feature in a cold open segment with Kevin Owens by which the pair could be revealed to be riding ATVs together in the desert ahead of the event.

Leading to each being able to have a moment in front of the Las Vegas crowd (which is sure to shower them with adoration), it could be the legendary team of Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kevin Owens who welcome fans to either night of WrestleMania 42.

2. Tag Team with Jelly Roll

After a recent interaction on WWE SmackDown, it certainly seems as though Jelly Roll could be headed on a collision course with The Miz.

However, if he were to need a tag team partner (with the rumored addition of Kit Wilson to Miz’s side already), perhaps the perfect partner is Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Able to link up with Jelly Roll to have an enjoyable albeit mostly amusing match against Wilson and The Miz, it could be a dream come true for Jelly Roll to tag team with Stone Cold and a major PR victory for WWE.

Doubling down on the media coverage potential by joining the pair on-screen, there would sure to be worldwide coverage of their raucous antics.

1. Catalyst for Sami Zayn’s heel turn

Since it certainly seems as though Sami Zayn could be teasing a switch to the dark side in the near future, perhaps he’s turning heel in order to face a massive return.

Certainly if Sami Zayn were to viciously assault Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 42 in a tirade against returning legends, he would end up uniquely positioned to take on a potential newcomer in the future.

With disrespect for the legendary Stone Cold perhaps being taken up by a returning hero such as Chris Jericho, likely able to return to an adoring crowd as well as babyface reception — at least at first.

Able to still craft a character full of arrogance, Jericho frequently commenting about how many times he has been a WWE World Champion in addition to World Champion in a number of other promotions could serve as the perfect foil for Zayn’s hopeful quest to win the title.

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