Plans For WrestleMania 38 Match Between Steve Austin And Kevin Owens Change, Now Listed As A “Confrontation”

WrestleMania 38 will once again be a two-day event, taking place on Saturday April 2nd, and Sunday April 3rd, 2022. This year’s WrestleMania will be held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

With WrestleMania returning to Texas, there were reports that WWE was planning to have “Stone Cold” Steve Austin wrestle on the card, presumably against Kevin Owens. However, it now looks like we may not get a match involving the WWE Hall of Famer after all.

On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that Steve Austin has yet to agree to a match at WrestleMania 38, as of Friday. While the match had previously been on the books, he stated that it is now being listed as a “confrontation.”

“The big thing was they wanted Vince and they wanted Austin because they’ve got a lot of tickets to sell, and Pat McAfee vs Austin Theory is not going to be selling a lot of tickets. And Steve Austin and Kevin Owens is, you know, they will have a confrontation, but it is not clear if that will be a match or not anymore. It’s essentially up to Austin at this point.

They want the match, they thought they had the match, and, you know, Steve, there’s a reason he hasn’t wrestled for 19 years. I just know that as of Friday he had not agreed to do the match even though it was on the books. Now, it’s on the books as a confrontation.”

We will keep you updated if we hear anything more about WWE’s plans for Kevin Owens and Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38 next month.

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