What were the circumstances surrounding The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin leaving the WWE?
The Rock turned down the offer of a new contract and let it run down at the end of 2004.He had previously said in interviews that after the success of The Scorpion King that he wanted to focus on movie career.He felt that he had achieved all he could with WWE and figured the time was right to quit while he was still fit and uninjured.His hosting of the Pie Eating Contest in 2004 was his last appearance under contract. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios… Stone Cold is still under contract to WWE, but with WWE Films division instead of WWE Wrestling.He had already quit Raw after Wrestlemania XX over contract disputes and the storylines he was involved with.But Vince re-hired him later that year on a rolling contract ( which later was changed to WWE Films ) to boost the ratings and add a new twist to Raw.Stone Cold still makes guest appearances and promos on Raw when the production agents require it.
