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“After Three Rock Bottoms…”: Stone Cold Steve Austin Once Revealed His Exchange With Dwayne Johnson During the Hall of Famer’s Last Match in WWE

Published 02/12/2023, 9:00 AM EST

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Wrestling is a sport full of aggression and violence in which there’s no room for love during the fight. But this has been proven incorrect long back by several WWE legends. In WrestleMania 19, Stone Cold Steve Austin battled against Dwayne Johnson, which gave fans a worthy finale to their epic WrestleMania trilogy. The fans also witnessed something surreal during the match that left them with a common question. However, The Texas Rattlesnake answered it during an interview that satisfied the long curiosity of the fans.

The two WWE legends we mentioned are arguably the biggest stars of the Attitude Era. Even though their run with the promotion has ended, their legacies are everlasting. A beautiful moment from the Hall of Famer’s last match in the WWE has been the most talked about. Everyone wanted to know what conversation The Rock and Austin had during the match. The answer will not only shock you, but delight you as well. 

Wrestling legend revealed what Dwayne Johnson whispered to him in his last WWE match 

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During his virtual appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the six-time WWE Champion was asked about his last match. The host asked the questions that fans had in their minds for the longest time. What were The Rock’s exact words after ending Austin’s career at WrestleMania? To this, Stone Cold answered what no one would imagine can happen in a wrestling ring. 

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He said, “After the three count, after he pinned me, after three rock bottoms, he just said, ‘Man, I can’t think enough for what you did for me. I just want you to know, I love you, man.’

“I’m Having a Heart Attack”: Stone Cold Steve Austin Had a Life-Scare Just Hours Before Facing Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

The Great One knew that after the match of WrestleMania 19, Steve was going to retire and ride off into the sunset. Even though he didn’t wish to get out of the business and get retired, his neck and nerve issues left him with no choice. Now, we know what The People’s Champion whispered, but do you know what Austin replied?

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Stone Cold Steve Austin’s reply to the generous words of The Rock

After listening to the heartwarming words of The Rock, Steve was left with just one reply. When the incident happened, The Bionic Redneck was laying with approximately 70,000 people looking at him and a couple of million people watching on pay-per-view. Still, he did what was needed. 

Austin looked at DJ, closed his eyes, and said, “I love you, too.” This is something one would never imagine happening between wrestlers. 

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Do you know of any such instances in the wrestling world that no one would ever think of?

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Aditi Malhotra

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Aditi is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Being a Journalism graduate, she has sound experience in news writing and digital marketing. From her teenage years, Aditi has been consuming WWE content religiously, and it evidently reflects in her writing as it incorporates the news combined with a fan's perspective.
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