
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 |