Stone Cold Steve Austin(the taxes rattle snake:the hunter)
The one and only
SOB on the planet the taxes rattle snake Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin redefined the wrestling business. PERIOD! No man before
him or after him will ever have quite the same effect on the business as this man has. Hulk Hogan may have set the precedent,
but Steve Austin redefined it. He was very instrumental in World Wrestling Entertainment's rise to fame in 1998, during the
infamous period of "Attitude". Austin, to the fans, was "attitude". And it's hard to believe that the WWE would have been
so successful without having Austin at the helm. He was the biggest name in the business and by carrying the shows allowed
the WWE to build up other stars and send them climbing to main-event status (The Rock, Triple H). While the WWE product has
taken a downward spiral so much as of late that I have stopped watching, Austin has not changed. He still gives it his all,
and he still loves this business. His departure last year from WWE was truly the icing on the cake, and the WWE was never
fully able to recover. Despite his vow to "never bring Austin back", McMahon knew damned well that his only chance at trying
to save his precious company was to bring Austin back. It's a shame that even Austin can't dig the WWE out of this massive
black hole that it has been creating since 2001.
Profile
Height: 6'2" Weight: 252 pounds WWE Championship (6) Intercontinental
(2) Tag Team (4) 1996 King of the Ring 1997, 1998, 2001 Royal Rumble winner
Steve Austin was born in 1990 when a 25 year old Steve Williams decided to pursue a life long interest
and enrolled in a wrestling school run by Chris Adams. In 1991 'Stunning' Steve Austin debuted in World Championship Wrestling.
Steve Austin spent five years in WCW. He held the TV Title twice, the US Title twice, and the Tag Titles
once with the late Brian Pillman.
1991-06-03 Steve defeats Bobby Eaton winning the WCW World TV Championship. On 1992-04-27
Barry Windham defeats Austin for the TV Title in a best of three. Austin's reign fell 9 days short of Arn Anderson's record.
1992-06-23 Steve Austin defeats Barry Windham for his second TV Title reign. On 1992-09-02 Austin loses the
title to Ricky Steamboat in a no-DQ match.
1993-03-02 wins Tag Titles with Brian Pillman defeating Ricky Steamboat and Shane
Douglas. The Hollywood Blondes become a top team. Several months later (1993-08-18) Pillman goes on the injured list and Austin
loses the Tag Titles, with replacement Steven Regal, to Arn Anderson and Paul Roma. The Blondes breakup.
1993-12-27 Steve defeats Dustin Rhodes (aka Goldust) two out of three to win the US Title.
1994-09-18 Austin regains US Title from Ricky Steamboat, who forfeited due to injury. Jim Duggan defeats
Austin immediately after. At this point Austin is no longer given a push and is held back. Eventually Austin goes on the injured
list and leaves WCW.
In the summer of 1995 'Superstar' Steve Austin debuts in Extreme Championship Wrestling. Later
that year Austin signs with the WWF.
Steve Austin debuts as Ted Dibiase's Ringmaster. Soon a feud with Savio Vega leads to a match, 1996-04-28,
stipulating that if Austin loses Dibiase must leave the WWF. Austin later claims he threw the match to get rid of Dibiase.
Austin begins to take on his Stone Cold persona.
1996-06-23 King of The Ring. Stone Cold defeats Jake 'the Snake' Roberts marking the rise of Austin 3:16. Later that year, Austin begins bad mouthing Bret Hart. At the 1996 Buried Alive, Austin defeats Hunter
Hearst-Helmsley (Triple H). 1997 Royal Rumble Austin defeats Bret Hart. At WM XIII Stone Cold loses to Bret Hart in a submission
match, passing out rather than submitting. Thus elevating his career even higher.
(1997-05-27) Austin and HBK Shawn Michaels win the Tag Titles defeating Owen Hart
and Bulldog. HBK takes time off, Austin is stripped of the Tag Titles. On July 14 Stone Cold is prepared to fight Owen and
Bulldog by himself to reclaim the Tag Titles when none other than Dude Love, perhaps better known as Cactus Jack (Mick Foley)
came to Stone Cold's aid. Together they defeat Owen and Bulldog to recapture the Tag Team Championship belts.
(1997-08-3) Summer Slam. Austin defeats Owen Hart for his first IC Title win. But
vacates the IC and Tag titles due to an injury sustained during the match by a badly executed pile-driver. Stone Cold returns
to defeat Owen Hart at Survivor Series (1997-11-09) to win the IC Title a second time. On 1997-12-06 Austin
defeats Rocky Maivia (The Rock) retaining the IC Title, however the next night on Raw he hands it to Rocky and goes after
the WWF Championship. Actually the Rattlesnake took the IC belt and threw it in a river. Stone Cold eliminated Rocky
at the 1998 Royal Rumble, earning his title shot at WrestleMania XIV. Steve Austin defeated HBK with Mike Tyson as the enforcer/referee
and has fought to hang on to the title as much as possible since then. Stone Cold held the Tag Titles for a third
time with, his then number one contender, the Undertaker. They defeated Kane and Mankind at Fully Loaded 1998. Austin's most recent WWF Championship reign ended when Mankind won a Triple Threat match at Summer Slam 1999.
When Stone Cold walks to the ring in his black boots and black trunks everyone watching the show knows
anything can happen (and probably will). Most of Stone Cold's success may be attributed to three words: "Don't trust
anybody!"
On Byte This 1999-11-04 Austin said that he is indeed dating Debra, the two went on a hunting
trip recently. He likes working with Triple H and said he, or the Undertaker, would be his first choice for a partner if he
had to have one. On training he commented, "I like my hamburgers and beer." Austin likes to enjoy life, so he doesn't train
as seriously as some other stars. He also mentioned that he may be getting new entrance music. One of his favorite past WWF
stars was Ricky Steamboat. Also he remarked that Shawn Michaels was kind of a jackass.
At Survivor Series (1999-11-14) Steve Austin was hit by a car (scripted) in the parking area and Big Show took his place
in the Triple Threat WWF Championship match defeating Triple H and Rock. Austin took the time off to undergo surgery to repair
some prior injuries to his neck as well as film two more episodes of Nash Bridges which aired May 5 and May 19.
Austin underwent surgery in January of 2000. His return to the WWF in some capacity was definite but
his in ring ability was questionable. The doctors stated a recovery time of around 6 months. On 2000-01-30 Stone Cold was
interviewed at his home by Jim Ross, the Rattlesnake plans to be back in the ring in 3 to 4 months. But refuses to get back
in at less than 100%. Steve was at the pre-WrestleMania show but did not get involved in any matches. His rehabilitation was going well but doctors still were
reluctant to say he could ever compete again.
Austin appeared on WWF TV on SmackDown (2000-04-27). The Rattlesnake blew up the DX Express bus after Rock announced that Austin would indeed make an appearance.
Then Stone Cold made his presence known at Backlash as he assisted Rock to regain the WWF Championship. Although it was a premature return since he was not
physically ready for action.
On 2000-09-13 Steve Austin married Debra in a small Las Vegas ceremony. A couple weeks prior
to Unforgiven 2000 Stone Cold announced he was going to be at the show to open the Stone Cold Court of Law and find the
person who ran him down. Stating he had waived any legal proceedings he promised to open the biggest can of whoop ass the
WWF had ever seen.
When Steve Austin defeated World Wrestling Federation veteran Jake 'The Snake' Roberts at the 1996
King of the Ring, Stone Cold informed the 'Snake' and the world that, "Austin 3:16 says: I just whooped your ass!"
Some people have a problem with this quote, feeling that its sacrilegious. Well I didn't see the Jake
Roberts vs Stone Cold match and don't know if Austin created the line or the marketing department but I'm sure no sacrilegious
intentions were present. If anything, Roberts character at the time may've been sacrilegious but I don't know what the man's
true beliefs were. In any case,
John 3:16 is: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
A very important line in the Bible, which Roberts quoted at the event. This provoked Austin's response
of Austin 3:16.
This section contains brief comments and news about Steve Austin that will eventually be
incorporated into the articles above.
After Austin returned he defeated The Rock on 2001-04-01 for the WWF Championship (5th time) then defected
to the Alliance (WCW and ECW resurrected to take over Sports Entertainment). Austin's ring time decreasesd during this period.
He lost the title to Kurt Angle then regained it for a 6th reign as WWF Champion. Austin (WWF Champion) and The Rock (WCW
Champion) were defeated by Chris Jericho in a tournament match to name an Undisputed Champion (2001-12-09).
By this point the ECW and WCW were reabsorbed, then the WWF became the WWE, and RAW and SmackDown split
the roster. Along the way Steve Austin walked out on World Wrestling Entertainment.
2003-04-28 After walking out on the WWE, Stone Cold and Debra went their separate ways. While Stone
Cold was gone, Eric Bischoff mocked Austin a couple times and eventually drove Jim Ross to quit. Lita quit about a week later
when Bischoff insisted she pose for Playboy. Linda MacMahon made one of her infrequent visits to Raw, on April 28th, and announced
a co-general manager to keep Eric inline - Stone Cold Steve Austin.
2004-03-15 Stone Cold remained as co-GM till November of 2003. Circumstances occurred that forbid Austin
from striking a wrestler without being provoked. Austin put his career on the line at Survivor Series but his team lost and
Stone Cold left Raw. Fan response helped to bring Stone Cold back under his own terms - as Sheriff of Raw. Austin is still
Sheriff and upholding Stone Cold's law.
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