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Stephen Williams (born December 18, 1964), better
known by his stage name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is a professional wrestler
from Victoria, Texas. His birth name was Stephen James Anderson; he took on the
surname Williams when he was adopted by his stepfather (his biological father
had left the family when he was a small child). There are also several sources
that claim that his middle name is Shane, not James and there is much debate
over this.
He went on to play football at North Texas State
University (now the University of North Texas), and, after holding down various
odd jobs, began his wrestling career in the late 1980s in Texas. He took the
ring name Steve Austin when he turned professional in 1990 because there was
already a prominent, if not massively famous, wrestler with the ring name (and
real name) Steve Williams. Austin states that he received the blessing of actor
Lee Majors to use the name "Steve Austin", which was first used as the name of
the character Majors played in the 1970s sci fi TV series The Six Million Dollar
Man. Austin was trained by "Gentleman" Chris Adams amongst others.
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Statistics
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Stage names
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"Stunning" Steve Austin
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"Superstar" Steve Austin
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The Ringmaster
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Height 6'2" (188 cm)
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Weight 252lbs (114 kg)
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Born December 18, 1964
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Hometown Victoria, Texas
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Trained by Chris Adams
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Debut 1989
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Steve Austin got his start in professional
wrestling in his home state of Texas, back in 1990. Austin was trained by
"Gentleman" Chris Adams, an Englishman who was a mainstay on the Texas wrestling
circuit for several years. Austin's debut match was a victory over Frogman
LeBlanc. Shortly thereafter, Austin was a part of his first major storyline,
ironically against his trainer, Chris Adams. To further antagonize Adams, Austin
took on Jeannie Clarke, Adams' ex-wife, as his first manager. Austin and Adams
feuded up and down the circuit for several months, with Adams' current wife at
the time, Toni, getting into the mix as well. Austin would go on to win the USWA
Southern title from Jeff Jarrett in 1991. It was only the beginning of things to
come for the future wrestling legend.
World Championship
Wrestling
In early-1991, "Stunning" Steve Austin moved on
from the USWA to Atlanta-based World Championship Wrestling. Initially, Austin
was managed in WCW by a woman named "Vivacious Veronica", but was soon rejoined
by his USWA manager Jeannie Clark, now using the name "Lady Blossom." From the
start of his WCW run, Austin experienced success in the ring. On June 3, Austin
won the WCW World Television Championship from Bobby Eaton, kicking off the
first of two WCW TV title reigns. Months later, Austin joined a faction called
The Dangerous Alliance, led by manager Paul E. Dangerously. The young sensation
from Texas was in veteran company, aligned with "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Arn
Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, and the same man Austin defeated to win his first TV
title, Bobby Eaton.
On September 2, 1992, Austin's second TV title
reign came to an end at the hands of Ricky Steamboat, as part of WCW's "20 Years
on TBS" special. Not long after, the members of The Dangerous Alliance parted
ways. Austin would soon find success once again, as he formed a heel tag team
with the late Brian Pillman, calling themselves "The Hollywood Blondes." On
March 2, 1993, the Hollywood Blondes reached the top of the tag team division,
winning the WCW Tag Team Championship from Ricky Steamboat and Shane Douglas.
This kicked off what the Blondes called their "Brush with Greatness" tour, in
which Austin and Pillman would give lesser-known grapplers a "brush with
greatness" by granting them a match each week. In the summer of 1993, the
Hollywood Blondes experienced an unexpected breakup, when Pillman was felled by
injury. Lord Steven Regal substituted for Pillman for a tag team title defense
at Clash of the Champions against Four Horsemen members Arn Anderson & Paul
Roma. Austin & Regal lost the titles on this night, and Austin blamed his
partner Brian Pillman for the loss, citing his inability to team with him due to
injury. A feud between the two former partners started, which culminated in
November 1993 at Clash of the Champions, with Austin getting the win.
Austin won the WCW United States Championship on
December 27, 1993 at Starrcade, defeating "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes in two
straight falls of a two-out-of-three-falls match. Austin would go on to hold the
title on two different occasions. His second reign lasted all of a few minutes,
on September 18, 1994 at Fall Brawl. The champion at the time, Ricky Steamboat,
was asked by then-WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel to forfeit his title to
Austin due to injury. After Austin was awarded the championship, he was forced
to defend the title immediately against "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. A shocked Austin
lost his title to Duggan in a match which lasted a mere 35 seconds.
In 1995, Austin toured Japan, where he suffered a
knee injury. WCW Vice President Eric Bischoff fired Steve over the phone,
telling Austin he was unmarketable. This embittered Austin for several years. At
the time, Austin was living close to the location of WCW headquarters, and felt
Bischoff could have visited him while convalescing and fired him to his face.
Little did anyone realize this would turn out to be the best thing that ever
happened to Steve Austin.
Extreme
Championship Wrestling
As Austin healed from his knee injury, he was
contacted by his former manager in WCW, Paul Heyman. Heyman was in charge of his
own promotion at the time, the Philadelphia-based Extreme Championship
Wrestling, and wanted to offer Austin a platform for which he could air out his
frustrations toward WCW. This is where Austin would develop his future "Stone
Cold" persona. Austin would use his wit and biting sense of humor to air out his
grievances, imitating Eric Bischoff and other WCW luminaries. One of his most
famous vignettes centered around Austin (in the role of Bischoff) announcing the
lineup for what he called "Monday Nyquil". "Bischoff" announced there would be a
"Bottle of Geritol On a Pole" match, in which WCW wrestlers who were past their
prime would use their sticks and walkers to do battle. As "Superstar" Steve
Austin, he was able to connect with the viewing public in a manner he was never
allowed to do while with WCW.
Austin also made his return to the ring under the
ECW banner, feuding with The Sandman and Mikey Whipwreck. Whipwreck, who was the
ECW World Champion at the time, scored a huge upset win over Austin at ECW's
November To Remember, on November 18, 1995. Years later, Paul Heyman stated he
originally wanted to book Austin to win the World championship, but Austin
disagreed, feeling it would be better for business if Austin was the "hunter"
instead of the "hunted."
World Wrestling
Federation / Entertainment
In January 1996, Austin joined the World Wrestling
Federation. Initially, Austin used the moniker "The Ringmaster", holder of Ted
DiBiase's unsanctioned "Million Dollar Belt", a title DiBiase created for
himself in 1989. Not liking his ring name at all, Austin asked WWF writers to
come up with a new name for his character that would suggest a ruthless,
cold-hearted persona; according to legend and Mick Foley in particular, the
writers suggested "Chilly McFreeze" and "Ice Dagger." Austin then came up with
the name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, reportedly after his then-wife Jeannie Clark
(the same woman who managed Austin in the USWA and WCW) advised him to drink his
tea before it became "stone cold." There is also another story claiming that the
moniker was taken by Austin from a TV documentary on serial killers. Austin
shaved his head bald, a look he has maintained for a decade now, and overcame
Savio Vega in a tough bout at WrestleMania XII. At an In Your House PPV event
subtitled "Beware of Dog", Austin lost a "Caribbean Strap Match" to Vega. In
accordance to the pre-match stipulations, DiBiase was forced to leave the WWF.
With DiBiase no longer with the WWF, Austin had the opportunity to forge his own
path. He would later tell announcer Dok Hendrix he purposely lost the match in
order to rid himself of his manager.
Austin 3:16
Austin's genuine rise to superstardom began on June
23, 1996, when he was booked to win the WWF's annual King of the Ring
single-elimination tournament on PPV. After toppling Marc Mero in the
semi-finals, he defeated the veteran Jake "The Snake" Roberts in the final; a
popular 80s star who was then incorporating a moral, Christian message in his
gimmick. After the match, Austin cut a promo during his coronation which
viciously mocked Jake's reformed lifestyle: "You sit there and you thump your
Bible, and say your prayers, and it didn't get you anywhere! Talk about your
Psalms, talk about John 3:16... Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!"
Austin 3:16 ultimately became one of the most popular catchphrases in wrestling
history, but not instantly. Austin later turned face, as spontaneous fan support
for him grew larger by the week.
Interestingly, he was not originally intended to
win the tournament. The WWF originally booked Hunter Hearst Helmsley, now Triple
H, to win. However, the WWF changed its plans a few weeks before the PPV because
of the MSG Incident. For more details, see Clique.
Strangely, Austin was somewhat underused by the WWF
for the next few months, and was mired in pointless midcard feuds with the likes
of Yokozuna and Triple H, the latter of whom was still firmly in the WWF
doghouse. One thing drove Austin on, however: the in-exile and unhappy WWF
legend Bret Hart. Austin spoke about Hart constantly and taunted him
relentlessly on TV, before Hart finally accepted Austin's challenge and returned
to the WWF in October 1996. At the Survivor Series that November, Hart cleanly
pinned Austin in a well-paced match which helped create the foundations for the
eventual year-long feud between the two. Austin's ever-growing popularity and
notoriety multiplied after his strong showing and in spite of his loss. The
match came hot on the heels of a highly controversial incident broadcast live on
Raw, which saw Austin "break into" the injured Brian Pillman's house, with
Pillman allegedly brandishing a gun.
Austin then won the 1997 Royal Rumble match two
months later after already being eliminated, sneaking back into the ring
unnoticed to eliminate the "real" winner, Bret Hart. After a subsequent, complex
turn of real-life events largely revolving around Shawn Michaels, Hart and
Austin were booked at the 11th hour for a re-match at WrestleMania 13 in March
1997. Hart defeated Austin in a submission match refereed by Ken Shamrock, but
the iconic image of the night was Austin's grimacing, bloody face being
massively cheered on by the live Chicago crowd, as the bitter Hart refused to
release his patented Sharpshooter. Despite Austin's passing out that eventually
led to his defeat, he did not tap out and refused to give up, which thus made
Austin the new fan favourite. Because of Austin's refusal to submit and give up,
he became one of the iconic heroes of the WWF and thus began to replace Bret
Hart as the new hero of the WWF, although Austin was not going to be the
traditional hero. One of the main disguishing features about Austin's character
was that he was one who broke the rules and defied authority, and thus was
considered to be an "anti-hero", or as the fans would put it "he was a hero that
didn't try to be one". For many reasons, Austin's persona and his attitude would
led the WWF in their greatest era yet- one the WWF fans call the "Attitude" Era,
which went from 1997 to May of 2002.
After a PPV rematch with Hart, a PPV WWF World
Heavyweight Championship shot against The Undertaker, and brief tag team runs
with both Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley, Austin challenged Bret Hart's younger
brother, the late Owen Hart. Austin's anti-Hart and anti-Canada stance made him
easily the most popular star the WWF had for over a decade, but he certainly
wasn't popular up in Calgary during the fondly-remembered "Canadian Stampede"
PPV in July 1997. Austin was almost booed out of the country by the fiercely
Hart-loyal crowd, and the sight of a handcuffed Austin being led out of the
arena by "policemen" while flipping the bird to the fans is still potent. Four
weeks after that, at SummerSlam 1997, disaster struck when Austin suffered a
near-career ending neck injury as a result of an botched piledriver by Owen.
After being briefly paralyzed, Austin recovered and was able to win the match as
planned, but the incident would force him to take time off for surgery in 1999,
and would be one of the factors that shortened his career. Owen Hart had felt
guilty about doing such a move, but Austin would not hold a grudge, realising
that he made a mistake. Infact, during that match of SummerSlam 1997, after
realising that Austin was hurt, Owen pranced around the ring claiming that
Austin was going to "Kiss his ass" (as the stipulation of the match was that if
Austin lost, he would kiss Owen's ass). In reality though, he was shocked and
scared of the possibility that he may have ended Austin's career. Interestingly
enough, the WWF would use Austin's injury as a backdrop for his intense rivalry
with Owen Hart- leading to various backstage beatings, match interferences and
even costing Owen Hart and The British Bulldogs their WWF Tag Team Championship
at WWF In Your Hour: Ground Zero, in 1997. Survivor Series 1997 would roll
around, and Owen Hart would walk into the Montreal arena wearing a T-Shirt
mocking Austin's "3:16" moniker: "Owen 3:16" and the back would say "I Just
broke your neck". Owen would lose the WWF Intercontinental Championship that
night at the Survivor Series to "Stone Cold".
By this point, things out of the ring were stepping
up a level: "Austin 3:16" T-shirts were the hottest thing in wrestling; and the
"Austin 3:16" interpretation of the classic "#1" foam hand, now flipping a
middle finger to the world, was also a best seller.
Austin vs. McMahon
After regaining the WWF Intercontinental
Championship at WWF Survivor Series in 1997, and retaining it at December's "WWF
In your house: D Generation X" PPV, he would hand that championship over to The
Rock, as his sights were now on bigger things. Austin won the 1998 Royal Rumble
in January, his second consecutive win, which triggered a storyline feud with
WWF owner Vince McMahon, which in turn ultimately helped lead to the WWF's final
victory over WCW in their war for the pro wrestling marketplace and Monday night
TV ratings. Simultaneously, the feud catapulted Austin to mainstream
superstardom, the likes of which had not been seen since the glory years of Hulk
Hogan in the 1980s. Austin was even cast in recurring roles on two TV series:
MTV's animated series Celebrity Deathmatch, and CBS' Nash Bridges, and featured
in the nationwide "Got Milk?" ad campaign.
Austin went on to win his first WWF Championship in
March 1998, defeating Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XIV in Boston. Mike Tyson
served as special guest referee for their contest and photgraphs of Austin &
Tyson celebrating together after the bout made newspapers worldwide. By now,
Austin's authority-challenging, beer-swilling everyman persona was firmly over
with the fans, who loudly lapped up every middle finger, swear word and
catchphrase, including "Hell Yeah!" and "Cause Stone Cold Said So!"
The next night on RAW, Vince McMahon offered to
work with Stone Cold, but only if Austin would agree to do things "his way."
Austin refused, giving McMahon the Stone Cold Stunner and thereby choosing to do
things "the hard way." The feud built over the next few weeks until finally
McMahon challenged Austin to a match on RAW that ended in a disqualification due
to interference from Dude Love. The Austin vs. McMahon match resulted in the
first ratings victory by the WWF in the Monday Night Wars against WCW in 84
weeks.
The two feuded throughout the next year, with
Austin being challenged by McMahon's Corporation, resulting in some of the best
TV the company ever produced. The success of the feud helped usher in the most
successful era in WWF history, the Attitude Era. The rivalry was "blown off" at
St. Valentine's Day Massacre in February 1999, when Austin defeated McMahon in a
Steel Cage Match.
Towards the end of 1998 and throughout 1999, Austin
got caught up in a vicious and complicated feud with Kane, Mick Foley, and The
Undertaker, among others. Austin lost his title to Kane that June, but regained
it 24 hours later on Raw. Then, in September 1998, he lost the title again,
regaining it the next March from Mr. McMahon's latest charge, The Rock, at
WrestleMania 15.
After more feuds and arguments with The Undertaker,
Mr. McMahon and the re-emerging Triple H, Austin's body began to genuinely wear
out, forcing him to wear braces on his knees, and he also was still suffering
lingering effects from his SummerSlam 1997 neck injury. That injury, compounded
by years of general wear and tear, forced him to undergo serious spinal fusion
surgery in late 1999. When it was learned by the WWF that Austin needed the
surgery and a year away from action, Austin's injury was staged as a backstage
hit-and-run incident at Survivor Series 1999. Austin would not wrestle for a
full 11 months after the surgery.
Comeback
Austin made a successful wrestling comeback in
October 2000 to avenge his on-screen storyline hit-and-run attacker. It
transpired that the driver was actually Rikishi, but when their battles failed
to set the world on fire, the focus was shifted to Austin taking it out on
Rikishi's alleged puppetmaster, Triple H.
The Road To WrestleMania X-Seven, And A Shock To
The World
During this time, Austin won his third Royal Rumble
in January 2001, last eliminating his old nemesis, Kane. Then, on April 1, 2001
at WrestleMania 17, Austin made one of the most shocking heel turns ever,
barbarically dismantling The Rock with a steel chair to win the WWF
Championship, and in the process aligned himself with his long-time enemy, WWF
boss Vince McMahon, and, confusingly, Triple H. They called themselves The Power
Trip.
The fans, however, never really got into the
storyline, which is strange, as Hogan's heel turn back in 1996 helped take WCW
above the WWF. Natural fan reactions meant that Austin briefly returned to being
a babyface in the spring of 2001, but he turned heel again by turning on then-babyface
Kurt Angle at the Invasion PPV, and he soon joined The Alliance that was
"attacking" the WWF from the outside. Again, fans were not entirely fond of the
storyline, although Austin's switch was largely done to make up for the fact
that many major WCW stars had yet to sign up with the company after the WWF
purchased WCW that March, such as Goldberg and Sting.
It was during the Invasion storyline that Austin
inadvertently coined a new popular catchphrase, "What?!", which fans would yell
at any pause during a promo. At first, this would happened only for Austin, but
eventually it would happen for any wrestler who came out to speak on the mic.
Austin lost and regained his title in the feud with
Kurt Angle, then during that year's Survivor Series main event of Team Alliance
(WCW/ECW) vs. Team WWF, Austin turned face again when Angle, now a member of the
Alliance, turned his back on Austin mid-match. Angle was supposed to turn face
during that time and Austin was supposed to be the heel, but The Rock didn't
forgive Angle when he betrayed the WWF and joined the Alliance. The storyline
changes were a concession to the fact that the whole series of storylines hadn't
really worked out, but Austin was still the champion regardless. He then lost
the belt to wrestling's first Undisputed World Champion, Chris Jericho, that
December.
Austin's subsequent feuds also didn't really
challenge him or draw big money either, especially his spat with the nWo and in
particular Scott Hall in early 2002. Bored and run down, Austin walked out on
WWE in June 2002. He later publicly admitted that he had never fully recovered
from his injuries, especially his nagging knee injuries and the neck injury, and
that he was frustrated with the booking and direction of his character. In
February 2003, he returned to the WWE, mainly in a non-wrestling role.
(Soon after walking out on WWF, the company would
change its name from WWF to WWE in an unrelated legal fight with the World
Wildlife Fund. The company's slogan for the brand name change, "Get the F Out!"
was perceived by some as a jab at Austin leaving the company. The Rock used the
line in a WWE vignette about the name change, further fueling such speculation.)
Return to
WrestleMania
Austin was finally defeated by The Rock at
WrestleMania XIX in, to date, his final match. Afterwards Austin became
co-general manager for RAW, alongside his old WCW nemesis Eric Bischoff (outside
the ring, the two have largely settled their differences). (In earlier
storyline, in 1999, Austin also had a stint as CEO of WWE). After a rather
ordinary 2003, on the November 16, 2003 edition of Raw, Austin was "fired" as
co-GM of RAW as the result of a stipulation in a match at WWE's Survivor Series
PPV. He sat out TV shows for several weeks to sell the storyline and make it
appear like a real firing, but quickly returned to WWE television before the end
of 2003, when he was part of a WWE Christmas special taped live in front of U.S.
troops in Iraq. On December 29, 2003, he returned to regular WWE TV as the
troubleshooting "Sheriff" of RAW.
Austin guested as referee for the match between
Brock Lesnar and Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, then on April 17, 2004, WWE put
out a press release on their website claiming that Steve Austin and WWE were
unable to settle long-running contract disputes and had again parted ways,
reportedly over a contract dispute about WWE's control of Austin's non-WWE
projects, such as movies and music. Austin could thus no longer use "Stone Cold"
to promote himself, as that name is trademarked by WWE; Austin had to correct
many in interviews to ensure they do not refer to him by that moniker. Another
issue that may have influenced WWE in its decision is Austin's recent history of
domestic violence incidents, which WWE saw as tarnishing their popular image. In
November 2002, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor assault charge after
striking his then-wife during an argument. Police in San Antonio were
investigating charges that he threw his current girlfriend to the ground during
a domestic dispute on March 24, 2004.
Returning To WWE
WrestleMania
Steve Austin made his first appearance on WWE TV in
a year on April 3, 2005 at WrestleMania 21 in Los Angeles. Austin was
interviewed by 2005 Hall of Fame inductee "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in a Piper's Pit
segment, and would use his finishing move, the "Stone Cold Stunner" on both
Piper and WWE wrestler Carlito Caribbean Cool. Austin then made an appearance at
the following night's WWE Raw show - also from Los Angeles - in a segment with
Maven and Simon Dean. After berating both men, Austin gave them both Stunners.
Austin appeared at the WWE-promoted ECW One Night
Stand PPV on June 12, 2005. The following night on Raw, Austin came back to
"listen" to the complaints of Muhammad Hassan, who claimed he was mistreated
purely for being an Arab American. Austin then granted him a title match against
then-Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin, and personally acted as a
special guest enforcer. After Hassan cheated by low-blowing Benjamin, Austin
attacked him and cost him a submission victory by breaking his camel clutch.
After awarding the decision via disqualification to Hassan, Austin promptly
delivered Stunners to both Hassan and Hassan's manager Daivari, then drank beer
with Benjamin to celebrate.
Return to the Ring?
Jim Ross, in his WWE.com exclusive "Ross Report",
has reported that Austin is training and priming to make another return to the
ring.
Film career
On January 19, 2005, Steve Austin and Vince McMahon
held a press conference to announce an agreement for a three picture deal with
WWE Films.
Steve Austin also played the role of Dunham, a
prison guard in the 2005 movie The Longest Yard.
In 2005, Steve Austin was Punk'd by his current
manager.
Trivia
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His entrance theme was based on a Rage Against
The Machine song, something which he openly admitted to in one of his
official WWF Videos. That theme is mainly heavily recognised due to the
shattering glass window in the begining of the theme and is considered as
one of the most popular WWE Themes. Where it stands in entrance theme
recognition (if that ever mattered) is unknown.
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The band Disturbed did a remixed version of his
entrance theme which debuted in Septemeber of 2000 at WWF Unforgiven. It is
the only entrance theme that he has used that features a form of singing
lyrics (mainly his entrance themes are instrumental).
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Regards The Rock as one of his best and closest
friends in the business.
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Is a friendly man both in the business and
outside the business also. The WWF fans also consider him a nice man to meet
with when meeting him in public
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Has in total 5 official WWF DVDs/Videos that
are released that focus on "Stone Cold" himself. They are "Cause Stone Cold
Said So" (1997), "Austin 3:16: Uncensored" (1998), "Hell Yeah" (1999),
"What?" (2002) and "The Stone Cold Truth" (2004).
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Wears a gold necklace which was originally
given to him by former tag team champion and partner Brian Pillman as a prop
for their "Hollywood Blondes" gimmick. He now wears it in memory of his
friend, who had died.
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Was taught the "Stone Cold" Stunner by Michael
P.S Hayes- a former member of the Freebirds.
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Is close friends with "JR" Jim Ross.
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Considers his submission match with Bret Hart
from WrestleMania 13 as his favourite match and one that helped make Austin
the superstar that he became.
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Once stated that at WWF WrestleMania X-Seven
that although it was an honor for him to win the WWF Championship in his
home-state of Texas he was not nervous, because he was clearly the fan
favourite walking into WrestleMania. The fans would be emotionally hurt when
he viciously assasulted The Rock with the assistance of Vince McMahon.
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Is the WWE's only man to win the Royal Rumble
match 3 times (1997, 1998, and 2001).
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Has never lost a main event match at
WrestleMania- he has been in the main event three times (WrestleMania XIV,
WrestleMania XV, and WrestleMania X-Seven).
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Is the first WWF Superstar to establish an
"anti-authority" character. Traditionally WWF Superstars portrayed phony
characters. Vince McMahon at first was against the idea of a beer swilling,
finger gesturing anti-hero as he was concerned with it's image and that the
USA Network (in which the WWF was at first boardcasted on) may cancel the
WWF Raw show, thus killing off the WWF. However, he finally gave in and
allowed the character to stand, especially when he was in a desperate war
against WCW and Eric Bischoff in the ratings, and the result lead to
ultimate ratings and great profits.
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Admitted that he was proud to have lost his
last match to The Rock at WWE WrestleMania XIX in 2003, claiming that The
Rock had "put him over" twice at a WrestleMania and that he wanted to do the
same for him in his last match.
In wrestling
Finishing and
signature moves
Stone Cold Stunner
Lou Thesz Press
Spinebuster
Axe Handle Elbow Drop
Mudhole Stomping
As The Ringmaster
Million Dollar Dream
As "Stunning" Steve
Austin
Stun Gun (Hotshot; victim is dropped on top rope)
That's a Wrap (Standing Figure Four Leglock)
Hollywood and Vine (Shin Grapevine with Achilles
Tendon Hold)
Trademark quotes
As "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
"Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass!"
"And that's the bottom line, 'cause Stone Cold said
so!"
"Give me a Hell Yeah!"
"I'll open up a can of whoop ass on you!"
"I will stomp a mudhole in your ass and walk it
dry!"
"DTA: Don't trust anybody."
"DTA: Don't Trust Austin."
"Oh Hell Yeah!"
"I'm here to drink beer and raise hell!"
"What?"
"And that's all I got to say about that!"
"Does anybody have cold beer for Steve Austin?"
As "Stunning" Steve Austin
"Your brush with greatness is over!"
Previous managers
Lady Blossom
Paul E. Dangerously
Ted DiBiase
Debra
Col. Rob Parker
Harley Race
Percy Pringle III
Veronica Lane
Mr. McMahon
Stephanie McMahon
Previous factions
Dangerous Alliance
Hollywood Blondes
The Power Trip
The Alliance
Championships and
accomplishments
World Wrestling
Entertainment
6-Time WWF Heavyweight Champion
2-Time WWF Intercontinental Champion
4-Time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Dude Love,
Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker and Triple H)
1-Time WWF (Unsanctioned) Million Dollar Champion
1996 King of the Ring winner
1997 Royal Rumble winner
1998 Royal Rumble winner
2001 Royal Rumble winner
Only wrestler to win the Royal Rumble on three
separate occasions.
World Championship
Wrestling
2-Time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion
1-Time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Brian
Pillman)
2-Time WCW World Television Champion
National Wrestling
Alliance
1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Brian
Pillman)
Texas Wrestling
Federation
1-Time TWF Tag Team Champion (with Rod Price)
Pro Wrestling
Illustrated
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 19 of
the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He as also ranked #
50 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Brian Pillman.
He has won several PWI Awards over the years. He
won 1990 PWI Rookie of the Year, 1998 Most Popular Wrestler, 2001 Most Hated
Wrestler, and Wrestler of the Year in 1998, 1999 and 2001. He won Match of the
Year in 1997 (vs. Bret Hart) and Feud of the year in 1998 and 1999 (vs. Vince
McMahon both years).
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