Steve Austin

Known for ActingBorn 1964-12-18 (age 61)Victoria, Texas, USA

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 promosRead more

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Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased

WWE: 30 Years of SummerSlam

Wrestlemania's Greatest Moments

WWE: WrestleMania Monday

Kurt Angle: The Essential Collection

1997: Dawn of the Attitude

WWE 24: Wrestlemania Dallas

WWE: Monday Night War Vol. 2: Know Your Role

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2014

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 1

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 2

WWE Greatest Wrestling Factions

WWE United We Slam: The Best of The Great American Bash

WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches

Bret Hart: The Dungeon Collection

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009

WWE: The Best of King of the Ring

WWE's Biggest Knuckleheads

WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment

WWE: The Legacy of Stone Cold Steve Austin

WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time

The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling

WWE: The History Of The WWE Championship

WWE: The Best of the Intercontinental Championship

MTV’s Behind WWF Tough Enough

WWF: Stone Cold Steve Austin: What?

WWF: Funniest Moments

WWF Action!

Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues

WWF: Hell Yeah: The Stone Cold Saga Continues

Austin 3:16 Uncensored

WWF: The Rock - Know Your Role

WWF: Best of Survivor Series 1987-1997

WWF: Best of Wrestlemania I-XIV

WWF World Tour '96

WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker

WWE King of the Ring 1997

WWF Summer Flashback!

WWF Friday Night's Main Event

ECW November to Remember 1995

WCW Slamboree 1993

WCW Clash of The Champions XXII

WCW Beach Blast 1993

The Best of WWE

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary

WWE Confidential

WWE Backlash: In Your House