Tear Jerker / "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

• Austin's "beer bash" at WrestleMania 25, since Austin and many others considered it his final farewell to the ring.
• The "Thank You Austin" Chant at the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame and during the mentioned "beer bash".
• The last scene of the "RAW is Owen" tribute episode of RAW; instead of giving a speech or a traditional tribute to Owen, Austin cracked open two beers in the middle of the ring, chugged one, and left the other behind in the ring.
• While Austin was present the night there was a ten-bell salute in honor of Brian Pillman after his death, he was nowhere to be seen at the time of it. Instead, he was backstage crying his eyes out over his late best friend's death (and the bitter irony that his beloved "Stone Cold" persona was originally meant for Pillman instead).

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