"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Returns to the WWE!

On Monday March 5^th in Phoenix, the U.S. Airways Center experienced one of the biggest "pops" in wrestling history as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin made his return to sports entertainment. Fans went nuts when Austin's trademark music hit and the "Texas Rattlesnake" made his way to the ring, much to the chagrin of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. On Monday's edition of WWE "Raw" Austin was named by board of directors as the special guest referee in "The Battle of the Billionaires" to take place at Wrestlemania 23.

With his movie The Condemned to be released in late April of this year it had been rumored that "Stone Cold" Steve Austin would be involved in this year's Wrestlemania in some fashion. Austin's appearance Monday proved that not only would he be involved this year, but his involvement could also be a thorn in the side of WWE's Vince McMahon in respect to a match that may result in the loss of the chairman's hair.

Donald Trump had challenged McMahon to a match, which then evolved into a "hair vs. hair" match in which Trump's man, ECW champion Bobby Lashley will face McMahon's representative, "The Samoan Bulldozer" Umaga with the hair of either billionaire at stake.

Despite his recent confidence, it had been thought that the deck would be stacked against Donald Trump and his representative ECW champion Bobby Lashley at Wrestlemania 23. With the appearance of Steve Austin, now it seems that the tables may have been turned. As Austin celebrated his return in the ring amidst his usual shower of beers, the chairman was obviously shaken to say the least.

Following his appearance on "Raw", Austin appeared on Tuesday's edition of "ECW" on the Sci-Fi channel where he claimed that he would call the match at Wrestlemania 23 right down the middle. Fans are left now to wonder, because Vince McMahon has made Steve Austin's life a mess for years in the WWE, and Austin is not one to easily forget, can he truly call the match fairly?