Steven Austin to return to WWE in 2011

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    Entertainment Weekly is reporting tonight that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will be returning to WWE to host Tough Enough when the reality show returns to the USA Network on April 4th, 2011. The hope is that Austin's starpower will help to deliver ratings.

    Here is the article from EW.com:

    EW has learned exclusively Tough Enough, the back-from-the-dead WWE reality contest series, has its new host: Stone Cold Steve Austin. The show will premiere April 4, after Monday Night Raw.

    Sigh. I was so hoping there’d be some way to get Al Snow back, but I guess I will just have to, er, toughen up. Steve Austin is one of the WWE’s crossover stars — even non-wrestling fans like me are pretty familiar with him, and he obviously has plenty of on-screen experience. What I liked so much about Snow as the mentor, though, was his ability to turn off that in-ring persona and be a strict teacher, a focused father figure, and occasional goofball. I’m hoping Austin has that same knack, and isn’t just Stone Cold Steve Austin TM with his mentees; I hope sometimes he’s just a regular dude.

    Does the presence Stone Cold Steve Austin make you more likely to tune in, PopWatchers?



    This is kind of a let down if you ask me.

    I was hoping to see him on the actually RAW or Smackdown show considering his neck is finally 100% healed but now i find out this:sigh:


    source:ewrestlingnews.com
     
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    I never saw the show. Is it like a pro wrestling version of The Ultimate Fighter or more like that shit Hogan and Brian Knobbs had a few years back?
     
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    More like an American Idol of wrestling
     
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    Fan voting with somewhat suspicious results?
     
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    I'll check it out. I can't be much worse than NXT...which I still inexplicably watch.

    And I'd love to see Stone Cold back in WWE wrestling again...but I feel like the PG rating would kill his character anyways, and make him less entertaining.
     
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    Yea i agree that it would kill his character that we all love.

    Which is why i've been torn between wanting my favorite wrestler to return but not wanting him to receive a overhaul on his character.

    This is one of the reasons why i've always dreamed that he would go to TNA but there is pratically no chance in hell thats going to happen lol.
     
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