Sting Says He Nearly Worked with Steve Austin at WrestleMania 19

– In the new WWE: Attitude Era book, Sting revealed that he nearly made a deal in 2003 to debut at WrestleMania 19. WhatCulture has the story, in which the former WCW and TNA champion said that he would have worked with Steve Austin.

“I had been negotiating with Vince [McMahon], and one of the ideas was for me to debut at the end of WrestleMania XIX and confront ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin,” Sting said. “Negotiations fell apart and it never happened, but it makes you wonder, ‘What if?’ That was one of the times I was talking with Vince, and it would’ve been an incredible night that would’ve translated into some major, major rivalries and match-ups for years to come.”

Austin says in the book that he didn’t know Sting was close to signing at the time but that it would have been a “moment for the ages,” saying that it’s too bad that it never happened.