Steve Austin
Victoria, Texas, USA
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Steven James Anderson, formerly Steven James Williams, better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and most famously, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which later became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2002. Billed as "The Most Popular Superstar in WWE History", he gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied his boss, Vince McMahon. This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping off McMahon and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner, his finishing move. McMahon inducted Austin into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Austin held nineteen championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is recognized by WWE as a six-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship on six occasions, and the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the 1997, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles. He was forced to retire from in ring competition in early 2003 due to a series of knee and neck injuries sustained throughout his career. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager and "Sheriff" of Raw. Since 2005, he has continued to make occasional appearances. In 2011, Steve Austin returned to WWE to host the reality series Tough Enough. On August 14, 2002, Austin was arrested and charged with domestic abuse. He pleaded no contest on November 25, 2002, and was given a year's probation, a $1,000 fine, and ordered to carry out 80 hours of community service.] Marshall told Fox News that Austin beat her three times and that the 2002 incident was the result of roid rage. She also stated that WWE knew of the abuse, working to conceal the bruises on her face, and kept her from revealing that Austin hit her, as it would cost the company millions of dollars. During his early years as a wrestler, Austin was a technical wrestler. However, after his neck injury against Owen Hart in 1997, he changed his style from technical to brawler. His most famous finishing move is the Stone Cold Stunner, or simply Stunner. During his time as The Ringmaster he used the Million Dollar Dream as finisher, since it was Ted DiBiase's finisher. During his time in WCW, Austin used the Stun Gun as finisher One of Austin's taunts during the Attitude Era was to show the middle finger. In August 2001, Austin cut a promo, debuting his catchphrase "What?", which is used today by fans when they want to mock wrestlers during promos
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Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
The History of WWE: 50 Years of Sports Entertainment
Gentleman's Choice: The Tragic Story of Gentleman Chris Adams
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories and Rare Matches from Y2J
WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment
WWE: Bloodbath - Wrestling's Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches
WWE: The U.S. Championship: A Legacy of Greatness
WWE: Austin vs. McMahon - The Whole True Story
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Superstar Collection Vol.1
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Superstar Collection Vol.2
This is Ultimate Wrestling: Steve Austin - Master of Mayhem
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Breaking the Code: Behind the Walls of Chris Jericho
WWE: Bret 'Hitman' Hart - The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash
WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship
WWE: The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
WCW Clash of The Champions XX: 20th Anniversary
WCW Clash of the Champions XV: Knocksville USA
WCW Clash of The Champions XVI: Fall Brawl '91
Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity
