Steve Austin profile
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Steve Austin

18th December 1964 Victoria, Texas, USA Acting

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

287 Movies 52 TV Shows 339 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Angle poster
Angle 2nd September 2023 as Self
Recoil poster
Recoil 16th April 2012 as Ryan Varrett
Damage poster
Damage 5th October 2009 as John Brickner
WWE Rivals poster
WWE Rivals 10th July 2022 as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
WWE Icons poster
WWE Icons 31st January 2021 as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
WWE 24 poster
WWE 24 30th January 2015 as Himself
WWE NXT poster
WWE NXT 23rd February 2010 as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Chuck poster
Chuck 24th September 2007 as Hugo Panzer
Dilbert poster
Dilbert 25th January 1999 as Stone Cold Steve Austin (voice)
V.I.P. poster
V.I.P. 26th September 1998 as Self
MADtv poster
MADtv 14th October 1995 as Self - Special Guest
Raw poster
Raw 11th January 1993 as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin