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 W ... restling (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
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012
as Stone Cold Steve Austin (archive footage)
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WWE Confidential
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Episodes: 80
First Aired: May 25, 2002
Raw
as Steve Austin
Episodes: 40
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
Raw
as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Episodes: 36
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
Raw
as Steve Austin
Episodes: 25
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
WWE Tough Enough
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Episodes: 12
First Aired: Jun 21, 2001
WWE SmackDown
as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Apr 29, 1999
Stone Cold Takes on America
as Stone Cold Steve Austin
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Apr 30, 2023
Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Stone Cold Steve Austin
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 10, 2020
WWE SmackDown
as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 29, 1999
Biography: WWE Legends
as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 18, 2021
WWE This Is Awesome
as Steve Austin
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 29, 2022
Ruthless Aggression
as Stone Cold
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 16, 2020
Chuck
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 2007
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
as Stone Cold Steve Austin
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 18, 2021
Raw
as The Ringmaster
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
Legends with JBL
as Steve Austin
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 21, 2015
Raw
as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (archive footage)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 11, 1993
WWF Friday Night's Main Event
as Stone Cold Steve Austin
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 29, 1997
WWE Heat
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 02, 1998
Nash Bridges
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 29, 1996
The Best of WWE
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Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 24, 2020
WWE Icons
as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 2021
WWE The Bump
as 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 2019
Saturday Night's Main Event
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 11, 1985
The Celebrity Apprentice
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 2004
WWE Backstage
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 05, 2019
WWE's Most Wanted Treasures
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 18, 2021
Dilbert
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 25, 1999
The Bernie Mac Show
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 14, 2001
The Best of WWE
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2020
WWE Legend Profiles
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2025
WWE Raw Classics
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Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 2025
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge
as Himself (host)
Episodes: 61
First Aired: Jul 06, 2014
Redneck Island
as Himself
Episodes: 50
First Aired: Jun 09, 2012
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions
as Self / "Stone Cold" Steve Austin - Host
Episodes: 30
First Aired: Nov 24, 2019
Straight Up Steve Austin
as Self
Episodes: 15
First Aired: Aug 12, 2019
Mr. McMahon
as Self
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 25, 2024
Dark Side of the Ring
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 10, 2019
WWE 24
as Himself
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 30, 2015
WWE Rivals
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jul 10, 2022
WWF Superstars Of Wrestling
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 27, 1992
Celebrity Deathmatch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 14, 1998
Attack of the Show!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 2005
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 2019
Punk'd
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 17, 2003
Teen Choice Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 1999
MADtv
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1995
Biography: WWE Legends
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 18, 2021
Hot Ones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 2015
V.I.P.
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1998
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