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>In the summer of 1997, the wrestling world witnessed a pivotal moment in the career of “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Following a match with Owen Hart, a botched tombstone piledriver left Austin temporarily paralysed and inflicted him with lasting neck issues that would shape his wrestling trajectory.
>WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash shared a thought-provoking theory on the Kliq This podcast, suggesting the ripple effects of Austin’s injury on another iconic star of that era: The Rock. Nash proposed that if Austin had not suffered the neck injury, The Rock might not have attained the remarkable success he did. He remarked:
>If Steve doesn’t get hurt, I don’t think Rock hits the f**king heights that he does. Like everything happens for a reason, because, basically, I mean, not to be a d**k, but Rock has came out and said that when he sees something that gets over, he takes it. When Steve went down with the neck injury, f**king Dwayne took a lot of f**king Steve’s s**t and incorporated it into what he did. And lo and behold, Steve comes back.
