WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin made a highly anticipated return to the ring on Monday Night Raw, but for the first time ever, there wasn’t a massive pop from the audience when Austin’s music hit.
Due to the coronavirus, all WWE weekly shows have been taken off the road and moved to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, where they are being staged in a mock arena with no crowd. On Monday, WWE announced that the biggest wrestling event of the year, WrestleMania 36, will be moved from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to the Performance Center, but will still occur as scheduled on April 5th.
Austin was back to celebrate 3/16 Day on March 16th, and declared that it should be recognized as a new national holiday. Austin even played to the non-existent crowd, asking the empty seats to give him a “hell yeah,” and was eventually joined in the ring by commentator Byron Saxton. Austin offered Saxton his own Broken Skull IPAs – and then delivered a stunner as Saxton was drinking.
Austin was then joined by Becky Lynch, who closed the show by pounding a few beers with the WWE legend. After Raw ended, the Street Profits joined Lynch and Austin in the ring – and were quickly stunned.
