5 Times WWE Superstars refused to work together

#4 "Stone Cold Steve Austin and Brock Lesnar

Stone Cold refused to put Brock Lesnar over on TV

In 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin's wrestling career was nearing its end while Brock Lesnar was starting off as the Next Big Thing in WWE. Austin fought through his injuries for many years before retiring, especially the botched piledriver he received from Owen Hart that broke his neck.

By 2002, the Monday Night Wars were over and the Ruthless Aggression Era replaced the Attitude Era. Stone Cold was already butting heads with the company over creative issues and he became very difficult to work with.

Vince McMahon, on the other hand, built himself a new machine in the form of The Beast Incarnate who was booked to run through everyone on his way to the WWE Championship. Before getting there, Lesnar was set to win the King of the Ring tournament first.

He was scheduled to defeat The Rattlesnake on Monday Night Raw among other Superstars on his way to the crown.

Steve Austin, however, was not in favor of putting a rookie over in an unadvertised match on free TV. A big Superstar such as Stone Cold losing to a rookie just like that sounds absolutely absurd.

Austin refused to put Brock Lesnar over or participate in the bout. Although he did not outright refuse to face Lesnar, he walked away from a match that was designed to literally crown him as WWE's new biggest Superstar. During that time, Austin walk out of WWE and went on to have his final match in 2003.

In an interview with Jon Robinson of ESPN to promote the WWE '12 video game, Brock Lesnar was asked which Superstar he would like to wrestle at WWE WrestleMania that he has never faced before. The Beast responded by saying:

"Ironically it's probably the guy that walked out on me. The guy that took his ball and went home. A guy that I was supposed to face and I think that he was just plain downright scared to get in the ring with me because he was one of those guys that was on top and saw a huge threat in Brock Lesnar at the time. That's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin."