Noted Podcast Host 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin Will Appear on WWE 2K16's Cover

And we thought the IC belt was being buried...

That's not just a championship belt! That's Stone Cold's Personal Property, The Smoking Skull belt!

This just made me realize how much I miss the winged eagle belt. The current one is just...bad. Looks like a fan designed it for a contest and won through appealing to the ego by slapping the logo on there.

Is this a hint of Stone Cold going to be at wrestlemania 32? I could see it for that. Stone cold is awesome and I do listen to his podcast, great work, but if not that it is very odd. Even if odd and that isn't the case, I still support it as long as they add the story creator.... seriously what depends on me buying that game is story creator or no creator. I didn't buy the last one only because of that.

@knightdehumidifier: Thank you sir

For those confused as to why a retired wrestler would be the cover star, I would imagine it means the showcase mode will feature his career prominently.

The recent podcast where hes talked about falling in the shower, calling the 911 operator and trying to explain "shoot" and "kayfabe" is freaking gold.

HOLY SHIT!

We've realized you assholes only cared about wrestling in the late 90s, and we can't afford The Rock so here you go.

But really, just put Dan Ryckert on the box, the real face of wrestling.

I remember when this started running in Canada and it was news because it was so out of left field. I wish all Wendy's ads were as clever and funny as this one.

This is why we need a LIKE button on these forums. That's priceless.

@ripelivejam: there's an episode where he does a shoot promo on the Loch Ness Monster.

Hey guys! remember Stone Cold? you sure do! because NOBODY gives a fuck about the wrestlers we have these days.

BUY OUR GAME.

Pretty sure I read Vince is against any of the retired wrestlers having matches now after Lawler's heart attack in Montreal. Austin has also said many times he will not be wrestling at WM32 I could see him doing stuff on the show but I don't see it being a match.

So, will the post-match instant replay segment with a T-posed crowd be brought to us by CougarLife?

Haven't been watching wrestling in a decade, so maybe I'm too out of the loop. I was under the impression this guy retired a long time ago. Pretty impressive that he doesn't look like he's aged or lost any muscle mass.

Stone Cold is one of my heroes! This better be awesome 2k

There is and I shit you not an entire episode where Austin talks to a fly in his hotel room. And then proceeds to do a skit where him and the fly have a wrestling match.

Brought to you by Dollar Shave club.

So as someone who finds wrestling vaguely hilarious hearing about it second hand here i feel like i should start listening to stone cold's podcast.

I just watched that Monday Night Wars episode about Stone Cold. And yeah, he was fucking awesome.

What do I mean, was?

3 words... dangerous alliance dlc

@poser: I would play this.

WWE 2K16: We wish wrestling was still as good as it was back in WWE 1K996 too.

Theres been a rumor that the WWE have been wanting him in one last match for a little while now. This might be a way to appeal to him to get him in the ring.

Who can say.

Totally missed the chance to have the game come out in March, 2016...

Steve Austin promo in ECW.

@excast There has been a rumour going around for awhile that their "recreate old matches" single player mode this year (like Attitude Era, 30 Years of Wrestlemania & Showcase from previous years) is going to involve going through classic matches from Austin's career, so if that's the case, putting him on the cover makes perfect sense.

Reunite The Shield and put them on the cover. It's the only viable option.

Even beyond that, John 3:16 signs were very common at US sporting events at one time. I haven't seen any in awhile, but back in the late 70s one dude started holding up signs for it at football and baseball games, trying to get on camera with it, etc, and it spread from there and was a whole fad for awhile. You'd see at least one at pretty much every major US sporting event.

So the reference to Austin 3:16, followed by t-shirts and signs with it, is playing off that.

@excast: I would think austin is the special edition cover like Jordan is the cover for the SE version of NBA 2K16

This is the BEST!!!

PhD candidate, legendary wrestler, Giant Bomb news guy. This man has it all!

This is necessary. I need to post this.

Here's a better story than everything on Raw (in just 6 minutes!) from noted podcast host "Steven Austin"

Hey guiz, remember when wraslin was good? Well all that shit's dead now, and buried out in this field.

This is only good news if it happens to be compatible for VGCW.

@grapesoda: not really, its realistic to think Austin will be involved in Wrestlemania 32 somehow especially since its in Texas. This gives him an excuse to be on TV and possibly start a feud with someone. As long as he can go medically, my money would be on him in a match in Dallas. That would put butts in seats.

@phunkenstein: That's awesome. That kind of wrestling talent is so hard to come by.

Man they really missed out on a great marketing opportunity, if they had just waited another thousand years they could have put him on the cover for WWE3K16.

Money left on the table that is.

@neon_knight: Seth Rollins doesn't deserve shit, if anything Anbrose does

csl316 says I'll probably buy this for Austin 3:16. Like a sucker.

@excast: It's not that weird when you consider how weak the product is at the moment. Throw the most popular face from the most popular period of wrestling on the box and you hopefully boost interest and sales.

Couldn't care less about the current state of wrestling but FUCK I love Stone Cold

@focks_macleod:

He didn't bury it very deep. Surely anyone with some time and a metal detector could have dug that thing up.

Haven't really paid attention to wrestling since Stone Cold was actually wrestling, and fell off before any of this belt burying nonsense. Is he wrestling again or something? Can we start a petition for The Rock on the cover of 2K17? How does any of this work? Is this Fame Douglas' doing? We need answers, people!

It's not actually a time, but a Bible reference of sorts.

Kind of an involved story, but it basically began with a promo Austin did during a King of the Ring. He had just beaten Jake "The Snake" Roberts who I believe was either doing some kind of religious gimmick at the time or had actually embraced religion in his real life. So Austin, mocking Roberts, brought up the Biblical passage John 3:16 and then said "Austin 3:16 says I just kicked your ass".

It became very popular and sort of launched Austin to stardom, along with a major amount of Austin 3:16 shirts that I am sure Vince loved selling.

I never got the obsession with the time 3:16. Is it 3:16 AM or PM? Did something significant happen then? All Google searches turn up something about him kicking someones ass.

That was good, but it was no "Canadian Wendy's pulled pork sandwich ad"