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NFL Fines Stefon Diggs $13,659 for Stone Cold Steve Austin-Style Celebration After Scoring Touchdown Against Miami Dolphins

Published 10/08/2023, 5:30 AM EDT

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Football season is underway and fans are going crazy with the madness. As we get closer to the Super Bowl, each of the 32 teams are fighting a tough battle to gain the final two spots. The athletes are putting in their best effort to help their respective teams to succeed. And when they do achieve a touchdown, a big celebration is just waiting to happen. One such celebration got football star Stefon Diggs in a soup after he tried to celebrate like WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Steve Austin is known for two things by his fans, Stunners and chilled beers!

Stefon Diggs got fined $13,659 for clanging beers like Steve Austin

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Each and every hardcore WWE fan at some point in time has tried to mimic their favorite wrestler. Be it tearing one’s tee like The Hulkster or Raising one’s eyebrow like Dwayne Johnson, we all have done that. Just like a Hogan fan who tore his tee during a fight in a casino and instantly regretted it.

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Hence when NFL star Stefon Diggs scored a touchdown during his game against the Miami Dolphins, he only felt appropriate to celebrate like his favorite WWE superstar, Steve Austin. And so he went straight to the crowd, took two canned beers, opened them up, and clanged them just like Steve Austin did in the Attitude Era days. Buffalo Bills fans went crazy when Diggs began celebrating like this. He clanged beers several times before throwing them back towards the crowd. Sadly, such behavior involving alcohol is not condoned by the governing body of the NFL. As a result, they fined the NFL star $13,659 for his erratic behavior.

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Irrespective, WWE fans deciphered the exact meaning of the celebration and thoroughly enjoyed that moment. But going back to Steve Austin’s love for beer, the rattlesnake once downed a crazy amount of beers in a single celebration.

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Steve Austin once drank 115 brewskis in a single celebration

Every WWE fan knows Steve Austin’s synonymous connection with beer. The Attitude Era gained notoriety with Steve Austin asking for beers from the crowd and drinking them every time he wanted to celebrate with the fans.

In an interview with the Independent, Austin revealed that he partook in a hectic celebration with other WWE stars. Austin, the Dudley Boyz, and Stacy Keibler once drank 115 beers while celebrating. This happened one night when they all were performing in Japan.

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The only other wrestler who has come close to that number is Andre The Giant. According to Ric Flair, once drank 106 beers in one go. But what are your views on Stefon Diggs accruing a fine of $13,659 for celebrating like Steve Austin?

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Christopher Lazarus

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Christopher Lazarus is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports with over 12 years of experience in radio, television and music streaming. After completing his Bachelors in Chemistry, he moved on to media for his love for the creative aspect. He has been an avid fan of WWF/WWE since the dawn of cable TV in India when main events like 'King Of The Ring' and 'Royal Rumble' were aired on Sundays through VHS cassettes.
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Amal Joyce