The aforementioned event saw Hulk Hogan compete against The Rock in a WrestleMania 18 rematch while Austin faced the RAW General Manager at the time, Eric Bischoff.
When recently reviewing the 2003 high-profile live event, current AEW commentator Jim Ross recently gave an explanation for why a confrontation between the two former WWE Champions never took place. He spoke about this on his “Grilling JR” podcast.
“Austin didn’t want to work with him. It was the wrong place at the wrong time. There was a time in both of their careers when that match should have been the dream match. The two biggest stars in the last two generations of wrestling fighting each other. But, again, and I’m not trying to make excuses for Hogan, but all truth be known, he should not even have been in a ring because he couldn’t get it done anymore.”
Jim Ross
Jim Ross previously revealed that Stone Cold Steve Austin refused to collaborate with Hogan because he believed their working styles would be incompatible. The high-profile collision, in The Texas Rattlesnake’s opinion, would not have lived up to the anticipation.
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