The Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin helped bring WWE to new heights during the Attitude Era. Since then, both men have done some incredible work outside of wrestling. Their influence on the wrestling industry will be felt for quite some time, and now one current AEW wrestler is debating which one of the two had the most significant influence outside of the industry.
Athena recently spoke on the “Complex Unsanctioned” podcast about The Rock and Austin and whether they were equal in terms of their contributions to wrestling.
“If you go cultural, which is outside of wrestling, you hands down have to say The Rock,” Athena stated. “If you’re talking about wrestling, I think they’re both equal because I don’t think you could have Stone Cold without The Rock. If you’re talking about outside of wrestling, hands down, The Rock. That’s not even like, a real question.”
Austin returned to the ring against Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38. It marked Austin’s first wrestling match since losing to The Rock at WrestleMania 19. The Rock, in the meantime, hasn’t wrestled a full match since his battle with John Cena at WrestleMania 29 for the WWE Championship. The Rock has been heavily rumored for a match against his cousin Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 39.
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