During Steve Austin’s Hall of Fame induction speech last night, he officially closed the doors on his professional wrestling career. He noted that he now pursuing a movie career and hoped that his fans would continue to support him as they have over the past few years.
For those who may not know, one of the reasons that Austin is closing the door on professional wrestling is due to his health. His neck is in really bad shape, and Jim Ross had actually noted about a month ago in his blog that it would only take one more bump for severe damage to take place.
All in all, it was a great speech by Austin, and was very fitting to have him drink beer to close out the show.
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