Steve Austin
Biography
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
Acting (261 movies)
Never Forget: WWE Returns After 9/11
2021
Damage
2009
WWE Royal Rumble 1998
1998
The Longest Yard
2005
The Expendables
2010
Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows
1998
The Condemned
2007
The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
2012
The Stranger
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001
Hunt to Kill
2010
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time
2011
WWE Royal Rumble 2013
2013
Tactical Force
2011
WWE Action Zone!
1997
WWF World Tour '96
1997
Recoil
2012
Austin 3:16 Uncensored
1998
WWE Wrestlemania XIX
2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
Knockout
2011
WWE WrestleMania 13
1997
WWE Wrestlemania X8
2002
WWE WrestleMania XII
1996
WWE WrestleMania XIV
1998
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
WWE: 'Cause Stone Cold Said So
2004
WWE WrestleMania 38: Saturday
2022
WWE Royal Rumble 1997
1997
WWE Royal Rumble 1999
1999
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2001
2001
WWE Royal Rumble 2002
2002
Grown Ups 2
2013
WWE: 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'
2010
Trish Stratus: 100% Stratusfaction
2003
The Package
2013
WWE WrestleMania 38: Sunday
2022
Maximum Conviction
2012
WWE RAW Homecoming
2005
Hell Yeah: Stone Cold's Saga Continues
1999
WWE Survivor Series 2003
2003
WWE Tagged Classics: Austin 3:16 Uncensored / Three Faces Of Foley / Chris Jericho: Break Down The Walls / Kurt Angle: Its True
2012
WWE Judgment Day: In Your House
1998
WWE No Way Out 2001
2001
WWE WrestleMania X-Seven
2001
WWE Unforgiven 1999
1999
WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001
WWE WrestleMania XV
1999
WWE Survivor Series 1998
1998
WCW War Games: WCW's Most Notorious Matches
2013
WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History
2013
WWE Breakdown: In Your House
1998
WWE Capital Carnage
1998
WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House
1998
WWE Over the Edge
1999
WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House
1999
WWE Backlash: In Your House
1999
WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
1999
WWE King of the Ring 1999
1999
WWE Fully Loaded 1999
1999
WWE SummerSlam 1999
1999
WWE No Mercy 1999
1999
WWE In Your House 9: International Incident
1996
WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive
1996
WWE SummerSlam 1996
1996
WWE Survivor Series 1996
1996
WWE In Your House 13: Final Four
1997
WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
1997
Angle
2023
WWE King of the Ring 1998
1998
WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell
1997
WWE SummerSlam 1997
1997
WWE King of the Ring 1997
1997
WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
1997
WWE No Mercy 2000
2000
WWE Mayhem in Manchester
1998
WWE D-Generation X: In Your House
1997
WWE Survivor Series 1997
1997
WWE Unforgiven: In Your House
1998
WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House
1998
WWE Over the Edge: In Your House
1998
WWE Survivor Series 2000
2000
WWE SummerSlam 1998
1998
WWE Armageddon 2000
2000
WWE Rebellion 2000
2000
WWE Backlash 2001
2001
WCW Halloween Havoc '91
1991
WCW Beach Blast
1992
WWE Judgment Day 2001
2001
WWE Insurrextion 2001
2001
WWE King of the Ring 2001
2001
WWE InVasion
2001
WWE SummerSlam 2001
2001
WWE No Mercy 2001
2001
WWE Rebellion 2001
2001
WWE Vengeance 2001
2001
WWE Backlash 2002
2002
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Recoil | 2012 | Executive Producer |
| Maximum Conviction | 2012 | Producer |