There have been rumors that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin may return to the WWE -- possibly at WrestleMania 31 -- and the WWE has fueled this speculation with a poll Monday on its official website asking who fans want to see the WWE Hall of Famer face should he return for another match.
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The company has a poll on WWE.com asking who Austin should face if he came back for a final bout with the choices including WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, John Cena, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Triple H, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Batista or another Superstar.
Lesnar was in the lead upon the early votes being tabulated by WWE.com with The Rock and Cena in second and third, but this is most likely a fantasy poll as opposed to an actual hint that Austin will be returning to the company for another match.
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Austin recently said on one of his podcasts that he wasn't planning on returning to the WWE, but he noted that if he did comeback Lesnar would be staring up at the lights. That could be a contributing factor in the fans voting for Lesnar to face Austin should the "Texas Rattlesnake" return to a WWE ring.
The rumors of an Austin return have been flying around ever since the WWE Hall of Famer casually mentioned on his Steve Austin Show podcast that he was currently training for a return to the ring.
Fellow WWE Hall of Famer and Austin's good friend Jim Ross recently shared his two cents on the matter on his blog at Jrsbarbq.com, saying he didn't believe Austin would be back despite rumors that he was training hard for a comeback.
Austin has been inconsistent in his responses about a return as he told radio host Sam Roberts he had no hunger to come back to the squared circle during SummerSlam weekend while he hinted to PWTorch recently that he could return at WrestleMania 31 or 32.
The current main matches rumored for WrestleMania 31 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on March 29, 2015 include Cena vs. Rusev, The Rock vs. Triple H and Roman Reigns vs. Lesnar while retirement matches for Hulk Hogan and Sting have also been speculated.
Austin hasn't wrestled for the WWE since a 2003 encounter with The Rock at WrestleMania XIX in what was the final battle of their WrestleMania trilogy.
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