Steve Austin(IV)
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was born in Victoria, Texas, as Steven James
Anderson, on December 18, 1964, the youngest of five children. His
mother, Beverly Jane (Harrison), remarried to Kenneth Williams, and he
took his stepfather's surname. He played football at the North Texas
State University. He was worthy of achieving a free education because
of his football skills in school. Williams then began training at Chris
Adams's wrestling school as a rookie near the end of 1988, and made his
professional wrestling debut at the end of 1989. He then moved over to
minor wrestling companies to wrestle for money, and later entered WCW
under the name of 'Stunning Steve Austin'. He didn't make a large name
for himself in the company, as he only held an embarrassing two TV
titles. Austin was fired by WCW and joined the WWF (now known as WWE)
in December 1995. Austin left after a while to go to ECW but only
stayed for a couple of weeks before he came back to the WWF as 'Stone
Cold Steve Austin'. Austin then disposed of his old finishing move the
'Million Dollar Dream', which was the trademark of 'Million Dollar Man'
Ted Dibiase, and began racking up the victories with his Stone Cold
Stunner (kick to the gut followed by a jawbreaker).
Austin then had a good winning streak going by 1996 and wrestled to
become the 1996 King Of The Ring. Austin cut his lip open during one
match, and had to get it stitched up in between matches. In the grand
final of the KOTR he defeated Jake 'The Snake' Roberts with a Stone
Cold Stunner, and invented his famous motto as 'Austin 3:16'. As 1997
rolled around Austin's career soared to new heights. WCW realized
Austin's popularity, and tried to make a 'clone' when they invited
'Bill Goldberg' to compete for them. During that year, Austin won the
WWF Intercontinental Championship twice and the Tag Team Championships.
When Austin successfully defended the IC title against Rocky Maivia
(now known as The Rock, real name
Dwayne Johnson) on a taping of
RAW, he was ordered to defend it again because he drove his pickup
truck to the ring and delivered a Stunner to D'Lo Brown
('A.C. Conner') on the roof, which Vince McMahon
saw as weapon usage. Austin refused to defend the title again and
dumped the old belt in a river, and therefore McMahon crowned Rocky
Maivia as the new champion. However, Austin said he didn't care about
that title, and set his sights on the Heavyweight Championship.
Although Austin had won the 1997 Royal Rumble to qualify as the Number
1 Contender for the championship at WrestleMania XIII, he didn't get
the place because he was eliminated but referees didn't notice, so
instead, Austin fought Bret Hart in an Iron
Man match which Hart won when Austin passed out from blood loss when he
was trapped in a Sharpshooter. However, Austin successfully won the
1998 Royal Rumble when he eliminated Rocky Maivia. A stipulation was
made for the main event at WrestleMania XIV (Austin vs.
Shawn Michaels): the special
guest referee would be Iron
Mike Tyson! Austin had made a
friendship with Tyson, but all though Tyson betrayed him when he joined
DX! However, Tyson shocked the world when Austin hit Michaels with a
Stone Cold Stunner and covered him while Tyson made the count, to win
his first heavyweight title! Austin then went on to enjoy three months
as champion when he lost the title to Kane
(Glenn Jacobs)in a First Blood match on
June 28, 1998, at King Of The Ring. However, Austin regained the title
a day later, and was forced to compete for it in a tournament at the
1998 Survivor Series. He was defeated by Mankind ('Mick Foley'), and
later that night, The Rock won the championship and joined the
Corporation.
As 1999 came around, Austin became embroiled in a feud with The Rock
when Vince McMahon eliminated him from the Royal Rumble while The Rock
had him distracted. However, Austin still got the place in the main
event at WrestleMania XV, and he won his third championship from The
Rock with a Stone Cold Stunner. He retained the title against The Rock
in a Boiler Room Brawl at Backlash 1999. Austin lost the title to The
Undertaker ('Mark Callaway'), but regained it in July 1999. Later that
year, at the 1999 Survivor Series Austin was ran over by a car and had
to have spinal surgery, and was out of action for the next 11 months.
However, Austin returned to the wrestling scene at Backlash 2000 when
he helped The Rock win his fourth WWF Championship from Triple H
('Michael Paul LeVesque'). Austin was then welcomed back to wrestle in
October 2000 at No Mercy, when he fought Rikishi ('Solofa Fatu') in a
No Holds Barred match which had to be stopped when Austin was about to
run Rikishi over but was arrested by the police. The mystery was
revealed that it was Triple H who had Rikishi run Austin over, and
Austin battled Triple H at Survivor Series 2000, and won the match.
Steve had a chance to win the WWF title from
Kurt Angle, who was reigning at the time, at
Armaggedon 2000, in a Six-Man Hell In A Cell Match, which also had Kurt
Angle, The Rock, Triple H, Rikishi, and The Undertaker. Austin had the
title in his grasp when he hit The Rock with a Stone Cold Stunner, but
Angle snuck up and covered The Rock to retain the title.
Austin's hopes raised yet again when he eliminated Kane from the 2001
Royal Rumble, therefore becoming the first and only ever three-time
Royal Rumble winner, and the Number One Contender for the WWF
Championship. At No Way Out 2001, Austin lost a 2-Out-Of-3 Falls match
to Triple H, when they both knocked each other out, but Triple H fell
on top of Austin. Later that night, The Rock defeated Kurt Angle to
become the first-ever six-time WWF World Champion, therefore deciding
that the main event at WrestleMania X7 would be The Rock vs. Stone Cold
Steve Austin. Austin defeated The Rock on April 1, 2001, for his fifth
WWF title, but turned heel when he joined forces with Vince McMahon.
The Rock was suspended from the WWF for almost four months. Austin's
reign as Champion lasted for 5 months and 22 days, which was the
longest championship reign in several years. Austin won the Tag Team
Championship with Triple H at Backlash 2001, but they lost them again
on May 21, on a taping of RAW to
Chris Jericho and
Chris Benoit. In that same match,
Triple H tore his quadricep muscle and had to go to hospital for eight
months of surgery. At King Of The Ring 2001 on June 24 Austin retained
the title successfully from both Jericho and Benoit in a Triple Threat
match.
Austin shocked the world by turning heel again on July 22, 2001 when he
joined the WCW/ECW Alliance, helping them win the Inaugural Brawl
against the WWF, and also invented the catchphrase of 2001, which was
"What?". However, Vince McMahon reinstated
The Rock on July 30. In August, Kurt Angle started feuding with Austin
and was determined to take the championship back from him at
Summerslam. Austin disqualified himself to remain the champion,
however, Angle won the title back from him at Unforgiven on September
23, 2001. Austin then regained the title from Angle on RAW in October,
when William Regal came to his aid. In November, Austin narrowly
escaped losing the title to The Rock at Rebellion, with a little help
from Kurt Angle. Later that month, The Rock put the WCW/ECW Alliance
out of business in the Winner Take All match, which was also Austin's
first loss to The Rock. However, Austin returned to the federation,
still as the heavyweight champion the night after, but lost it to Chris
Jericho on December 9, 2001, when Jericho became the first-ever
Undisputed Champion when Austin was defeated in the grand finals.
Austin then challenged Jericho for the Undisputed title at No Way Out
2002 in February, and would have won the match, but the nWo interfered
and attacked Austin, helping Jericho retain the title. Austin then
feuded with the nWo's Scott Hall and
faced him in a match at WrestleMania X8, which Austin won, even putting
away the difficulty that was made by the constant interfering of
Kevin Nash. At Backlash 2002 Austin
faced the Undertaker in a Number 1 Contender match for the Undisputed
Championship, but Austin was screwed out of the decision when The
Undertaker booted a steel chair into his face and covered him for the
pinfall. Austin had his foot on the rope, but special referee
Ric Flair didn't notice. Austin began feuding
with Flair and faced him in a 2-On-1 Handicap match at Judgment Day
2002 - Flair's partner was Big Show
Paul Wight. That would be Austin's
last PPV match, as early in June, he did not show up for a taping of
RAW. Austin has not been seen since. He is 6'2", and when he first
entered the federation he weighed 241 pounds, but boosted up to 252
later on in his career. He says that his weight "depends on how much
beer I drink".
Anderson, on December 18, 1964, the youngest of five children. His
mother, Beverly Jane (Harrison), remarried to Kenneth Williams, and he
took his stepfather's surname. He played football at the North Texas
State University. He was worthy of achieving a free education because
of his football skills in school. Williams then began training at Chris
Adams's wrestling school as a rookie near the end of 1988, and made his
professional wrestling debut at the end of 1989. He then moved over to
minor wrestling companies to wrestle for money, and later entered WCW
under the name of 'Stunning Steve Austin'. He didn't make a large name
for himself in the company, as he only held an embarrassing two TV
titles. Austin was fired by WCW and joined the WWF (now known as WWE)
in December 1995. Austin left after a while to go to ECW but only
stayed for a couple of weeks before he came back to the WWF as 'Stone
Cold Steve Austin'. Austin then disposed of his old finishing move the
'Million Dollar Dream', which was the trademark of 'Million Dollar Man'
Ted Dibiase, and began racking up the victories with his Stone Cold
Stunner (kick to the gut followed by a jawbreaker).
Austin then had a good winning streak going by 1996 and wrestled to
become the 1996 King Of The Ring. Austin cut his lip open during one
match, and had to get it stitched up in between matches. In the grand
final of the KOTR he defeated Jake 'The Snake' Roberts with a Stone
Cold Stunner, and invented his famous motto as 'Austin 3:16'. As 1997
rolled around Austin's career soared to new heights. WCW realized
Austin's popularity, and tried to make a 'clone' when they invited
'Bill Goldberg' to compete for them. During that year, Austin won the
WWF Intercontinental Championship twice and the Tag Team Championships.
When Austin successfully defended the IC title against Rocky Maivia
(now known as The Rock, real name
Dwayne Johnson) on a taping of
RAW, he was ordered to defend it again because he drove his pickup
truck to the ring and delivered a Stunner to D'Lo Brown
('A.C. Conner') on the roof, which Vince McMahon
saw as weapon usage. Austin refused to defend the title again and
dumped the old belt in a river, and therefore McMahon crowned Rocky
Maivia as the new champion. However, Austin said he didn't care about
that title, and set his sights on the Heavyweight Championship.
Although Austin had won the 1997 Royal Rumble to qualify as the Number
1 Contender for the championship at WrestleMania XIII, he didn't get
the place because he was eliminated but referees didn't notice, so
instead, Austin fought Bret Hart in an Iron
Man match which Hart won when Austin passed out from blood loss when he
was trapped in a Sharpshooter. However, Austin successfully won the
1998 Royal Rumble when he eliminated Rocky Maivia. A stipulation was
made for the main event at WrestleMania XIV (Austin vs.
Shawn Michaels): the special
guest referee would be Iron
Mike Tyson! Austin had made a
friendship with Tyson, but all though Tyson betrayed him when he joined
DX! However, Tyson shocked the world when Austin hit Michaels with a
Stone Cold Stunner and covered him while Tyson made the count, to win
his first heavyweight title! Austin then went on to enjoy three months
as champion when he lost the title to Kane
(Glenn Jacobs)in a First Blood match on
June 28, 1998, at King Of The Ring. However, Austin regained the title
a day later, and was forced to compete for it in a tournament at the
1998 Survivor Series. He was defeated by Mankind ('Mick Foley'), and
later that night, The Rock won the championship and joined the
Corporation.
As 1999 came around, Austin became embroiled in a feud with The Rock
when Vince McMahon eliminated him from the Royal Rumble while The Rock
had him distracted. However, Austin still got the place in the main
event at WrestleMania XV, and he won his third championship from The
Rock with a Stone Cold Stunner. He retained the title against The Rock
in a Boiler Room Brawl at Backlash 1999. Austin lost the title to The
Undertaker ('Mark Callaway'), but regained it in July 1999. Later that
year, at the 1999 Survivor Series Austin was ran over by a car and had
to have spinal surgery, and was out of action for the next 11 months.
However, Austin returned to the wrestling scene at Backlash 2000 when
he helped The Rock win his fourth WWF Championship from Triple H
('Michael Paul LeVesque'). Austin was then welcomed back to wrestle in
October 2000 at No Mercy, when he fought Rikishi ('Solofa Fatu') in a
No Holds Barred match which had to be stopped when Austin was about to
run Rikishi over but was arrested by the police. The mystery was
revealed that it was Triple H who had Rikishi run Austin over, and
Austin battled Triple H at Survivor Series 2000, and won the match.
Steve had a chance to win the WWF title from
Kurt Angle, who was reigning at the time, at
Armaggedon 2000, in a Six-Man Hell In A Cell Match, which also had Kurt
Angle, The Rock, Triple H, Rikishi, and The Undertaker. Austin had the
title in his grasp when he hit The Rock with a Stone Cold Stunner, but
Angle snuck up and covered The Rock to retain the title.
Austin's hopes raised yet again when he eliminated Kane from the 2001
Royal Rumble, therefore becoming the first and only ever three-time
Royal Rumble winner, and the Number One Contender for the WWF
Championship. At No Way Out 2001, Austin lost a 2-Out-Of-3 Falls match
to Triple H, when they both knocked each other out, but Triple H fell
on top of Austin. Later that night, The Rock defeated Kurt Angle to
become the first-ever six-time WWF World Champion, therefore deciding
that the main event at WrestleMania X7 would be The Rock vs. Stone Cold
Steve Austin. Austin defeated The Rock on April 1, 2001, for his fifth
WWF title, but turned heel when he joined forces with Vince McMahon.
The Rock was suspended from the WWF for almost four months. Austin's
reign as Champion lasted for 5 months and 22 days, which was the
longest championship reign in several years. Austin won the Tag Team
Championship with Triple H at Backlash 2001, but they lost them again
on May 21, on a taping of RAW to
Chris Jericho and
Chris Benoit. In that same match,
Triple H tore his quadricep muscle and had to go to hospital for eight
months of surgery. At King Of The Ring 2001 on June 24 Austin retained
the title successfully from both Jericho and Benoit in a Triple Threat
match.
Austin shocked the world by turning heel again on July 22, 2001 when he
joined the WCW/ECW Alliance, helping them win the Inaugural Brawl
against the WWF, and also invented the catchphrase of 2001, which was
"What?". However, Vince McMahon reinstated
The Rock on July 30. In August, Kurt Angle started feuding with Austin
and was determined to take the championship back from him at
Summerslam. Austin disqualified himself to remain the champion,
however, Angle won the title back from him at Unforgiven on September
23, 2001. Austin then regained the title from Angle on RAW in October,
when William Regal came to his aid. In November, Austin narrowly
escaped losing the title to The Rock at Rebellion, with a little help
from Kurt Angle. Later that month, The Rock put the WCW/ECW Alliance
out of business in the Winner Take All match, which was also Austin's
first loss to The Rock. However, Austin returned to the federation,
still as the heavyweight champion the night after, but lost it to Chris
Jericho on December 9, 2001, when Jericho became the first-ever
Undisputed Champion when Austin was defeated in the grand finals.
Austin then challenged Jericho for the Undisputed title at No Way Out
2002 in February, and would have won the match, but the nWo interfered
and attacked Austin, helping Jericho retain the title. Austin then
feuded with the nWo's Scott Hall and
faced him in a match at WrestleMania X8, which Austin won, even putting
away the difficulty that was made by the constant interfering of
Kevin Nash. At Backlash 2002 Austin
faced the Undertaker in a Number 1 Contender match for the Undisputed
Championship, but Austin was screwed out of the decision when The
Undertaker booted a steel chair into his face and covered him for the
pinfall. Austin had his foot on the rope, but special referee
Ric Flair didn't notice. Austin began feuding
with Flair and faced him in a 2-On-1 Handicap match at Judgment Day
2002 - Flair's partner was Big Show
Paul Wight. That would be Austin's
last PPV match, as early in June, he did not show up for a taping of
RAW. Austin has not been seen since. He is 6'2", and when he first
entered the federation he weighed 241 pounds, but boosted up to 252
later on in his career. He says that his weight "depends on how much
beer I drink".