[1999-11-26] Inside Edition: Report on Steve Austin Neck Injury

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Inside Edition wonders if this is the end of Stone Cold Steve Austin. It's not a guarantee that he will be back. Other doors are opening for him outside the ring, and his doctors have encouraged him to step away.

[Tim Evans]

They talk about his movie roles and role on Nash Bridges which is some nice foreshadowing. I wonder what Stone Cold the announcer would have been like?

[Zenjo]

According to this report Austin was making $5-10m a year. Not for himself I would wager.

[Loss]

Whatever his best year was during this time, he pulled down $13 million.

[Zenjo]

Damn. It really was the golden age for wrestlers. I thought only Hogan pulled in those type of figures in the 90's.

[Loss]

I think Hogan's best year was in WCW and was in the $6-8 million range.

[PeteF3]

Inside Edition refers to the WWF's storylines as "carefully orchestrated"--ha. Speculation that Austin may have to become an announcer or sideline character...a sheriff, perhaps.