Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson; December 18, 1964, later and formerly Steven Williams),better known by his ring name"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American film and television actor and retired Professional wrestler. Austin wrestled for several well-known wrestling Promotios such as 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", the organization has also named Austin as the greatest talker in the history of professional wrestling.He gained significant mainstream popularity in the WWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a disrespectful, beer-drinking Anti hero who routinely defied his boss, Vince Macmahon .This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the Stone cold Stunner, his Finihsing 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 Chamionship 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 the1997,1998 and 2001 Royal Rumble. 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-Gen Manager and "Sheriff" of Raw. Since 2005, he has continued to make part-time appearances |
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