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Stone Cold had won the WWF Championship 6 times, the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice, and the WWF Tag Team Championship four times, making him the 5th WWF Triple Crown Champion. He is also a record-setting 3-time Royal Rumble winner.
Stone Cold returned on WrestleMania 38 and defeated Kevin Owens in a No Holds Barred match , which was loved by the WWE fans.
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Brock Lesnar has always been a dream match for all WWE fans, as both have had great wrestling careers.
A match between Stone Cold and Brock Lesnar was a worthy WrestleMania main event, but unfortunately, the WWE management didn't see it back then. ..
Following WrestleMania 18, WWE advertised a match between Brock Lesnar and Stone Cold on RAW. But the bout didn't take place as Stone Cold refused to lose to Brock Lesnar.
This controversy ended up with Austin leaving WWE. Stone Cold later explained why he refused to lose to Lesnar. He stated that he would have been happy to lose to Lesnar if the bout was built up properly, which wasn't the case for this scheduled contest.
Stone Cold also said , "I was very protective of myself, maybe too much so," Austin continued. "But it took me seven and a half years to get there, so no-one was going to yank the carpet out from underneath my feet, not even Vince [McMahon]." (h/t TalkSport)
The former WWE Champion returned to WWE a few months later. His final run ended in a match against The Rock at WrestleMania XIX in 2003.
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