Steve Austin comments on his match with Bret Hart from Wrestlemania 13 being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame

During the March 28th 2025 edition of WWE Smackdown, it was announced that the Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart submission match from WrestleMania 13 will be inducted into the 2025 Hall of Fame as an “immortal moment.” This will be the first time a match is honored at the HOF ceremony and it was also noted that Austin and Hart will be in attendance for the event.

While appearing at an autograph signing with American Icon Autographs, Austin commented on the induction…

“It was a hell of a match and we knew it at the time, I think it was good that it was in Chicago because Chicago is kind of a stronghold for me but it would’ve worked anywhere with the fact that it happened with Bret The Hitman Hart. There’s a couple behind-the-scenes stories that I don’t want to talk about but it was a hell of a match and it’s cool for people to still remember it damn near 30 years later. Yeah, it means something to me because if it wasn’t for the fans, I wouldn’t be sitting here. So, the fact that match is relevant and it’s going into 2025 Hall Of Fame for matches and it’s the first match to be inducted, cool.”

Austin also commented on if he felt he had better matches than the WrestleMania 13 one…

“Man, I had a hell of a barn burner with Steamboat, 30 minute broadway at the LA Forum 100 years ago but there was nobody filming it, it was a house show, but god damn it was a good match. I always liked Rock and Austin at 17 in Houston at the Astrodome because we were cooking and that’s one of the best WrestleManias of all time. Everybody got off that night and everybody had a great match. So when you have to follow everything, main event, of course you’re the biggest reason that the people are there. But it’s everybody together and everybody gets off and you get off to have the best match you can, that was special. I always enjoyed that match with Owen Hart before I got dropped on my head. That was a bad accident but we were having a damn good match up until that point. There’s a bunch of other ones, there’s some ones where we completely s**t the bed.” (quote courtesy of Skylar Russell)