108 Facts About Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin is signed to WWE as an ambassador.

Stone Cold Steve Austin signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1991 and adopted the persona of "Stunning" Steve Austin, a villainous in-ring technician, and he won the WCW World Television Championship and the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship twice each, alongside one reign with a double crown of the WCW World Tag Team Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship, with Brian Pillman.

Stone Cold Steve Austin won the WWF Championship six times, the WWF Intercontinental Championship twice, the Million Dollar Championship once, and the WWF Tag Team Championship four times, making him the fifth WWF Triple Crown Champion.

Stone Cold Steve Austin is a record three-time Royal Rumble winner, won the 1996 King of the Ring, and headlined multiple WWF pay-per-view events, including its flagship event WrestleMania four times.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was forced to retire from in-ring competition in 2003 after multiple knee injuries and a serious neck injury at the 1997 SummerSlam event, making sporadic appearances ever since.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009, and returned for a final match against Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022.

Austin hosts the podcast The Steve Austin Show, and the video podcast Broken Skull Sessions available on the WWE Network and Peacock.

Stone Cold Steve Austin hosted the reality competition series Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge and Straight Up Steve Austin.

Steve Austin was born Steven James Anderson on December 18,1964, in Austin, Texas.

Stone Cold Steve Austin later married Ken Williams, who adopted the children; Austin's name was legally changed to Steven James Williams.

Stone Cold Steve Austin has a third brother, Jeff, and a sister, Jennifer.

Stone Cold Steve Austin attended Edna High School and played college football at Wharton County Junior College before transferring to the University of North Texas.

Stone Cold Steve Austin began as a linebacker but switched to defensive end after a knee injury.

Stone Cold Steve Austin developed an early interest in professional wrestling, regularly watching Houston Wrestling promoted by Paul Boesch.

Stone Cold Steve Austin legally changed his name to Steve Austin in December 2007.

Steve Austin began his wrestling training in 1989 under Chris Adams at the Dallas Sportatorium, while Adams was affiliated with World Class Wrestling Association.

Stone Cold Steve Austin competed primarily in Dallas and was managed by Percy Pringle during this period.

In late 1992, Stone Cold Steve Austin began teaming with Brian Pillman, soon called the Hollywood Blonds.

At Starrcade in December 1993, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Dustin Rhodes to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.

Stone Cold Steve Austin lost the title to Ricky Steamboat in August 1994, was awarded it by forfeit at Fall Brawl, and immediately lost it to Jim Duggan.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was unable to recapture the title in subsequent attempts.

Stone Cold Steve Austin credited Heyman with helping him refine his promo skills during this period.

Steve Austin joined the World Wrestling Federation in December 1995.

Unenthusiastic about the Ringmaster persona, Stone Cold Steve Austin soon requested a character change.

Stone Cold Steve Austin adopted the moniker "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, shedding the more traditional wrestling gimmick in favor of a minimalist and cold, no-nonsense persona.

Stone Cold Steve Austin entered a brief feud with Savio Vega, defeating him at WrestleMania XII but losing a strap match at In Your House: Beware of Dog.

Stone Cold Steve Austin's ascent began in earnest with his victory in the 1996 King of the Ring tournament.

Later that year, Stone Cold Steve Austin began a feud with Bret Hart, who had returned from a hiatus.

Stone Cold Steve Austin retaliated the next night on Raw by interfering in Hart's title defense, costing him the championship.

The feud culminated at WrestleMania 13 in a submission match, where Hart forced a bloodied Stone Cold Steve Austin to pass out in the Sharpshooter.

Stone Cold Steve Austin briefly held the WWF Tag Team Championship, first with Shawn Michaels and later with Dude Love.

At SummerSlam in August 1997, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart to win the Intercontinental Championship, but suffered a neck injury during the match, which sidelined him temporarily and forced him to vacate both the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles.

Stone Cold Steve Austin reclaimed the Intercontinental title from Owen Hart at Survivor Series and entered a feud with The Rock, who had taken possession of the championship belt.

Stone Cold Steve Austin openly resisted, and the tension between the two became the focal point of WWF programming throughout the year.

Stone Cold Steve Austin briefly lost the championship to Kane in a First Blood match at King of the Ring, but regained it the following night on Raw.

At Survivor Series, Stone Cold Steve Austin was eliminated from a one-night tournament for the vacant title after interference from Shane.

Stone Cold Steve Austin went on to defeat The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match at Rock Bottom: In Your House to qualify for the 1999 Royal Rumble.

However, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated McMahon in a steel cage match at St Valentine's Day Massacre despite interference from Paul Wight, earning a title shot at WrestleMania XV.

At WrestleMania, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship for a third time.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was later removed from the role after losing a handicap ladder match to Vince and Shane McMahon at King of the Ring.

Stone Cold Steve Austin returned in April 2000 at Backlash, costing Triple H to lost the WWF Championship to The Rock.

Stone Cold Steve Austin challenged The Rock for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania X-Seven after winning the 2001 Royal Rumble.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was pinned in the final fall by The Rock, resulting in the Alliance's storyline disbandment.

At the 2002 Royal Rumble, Stone Cold Steve Austin reached the final four before being eliminated by Kurt Angle.

Shortly after WrestleMania, Stone Cold Steve Austin walked out of the company for several weeks, citing burnout and dissatisfaction with creative direction.

Stone Cold Steve Austin returned in April as part of the newly launched Raw brand but left again in June 2002 after refusing to lose a televised match to then-rookie Brock Lesnar.

Stone Cold Steve Austin reconciled with WWE in early 2003 and returned at No Way Out, defeating Eric Bischoff.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was challenged by The Rock, who sought to avenge previous losses at WrestleMania.

At WrestleMania XIX, Stone Cold Steve Austin was defeated by The Rock in what would be his final match for 19 years.

Stone Cold Steve Austin's team lost after Batista interfered on behalf of Bischoff.

Stone Cold Steve Austin returned before the end of 2003, appearing at Tribute to the Troops.

Stone Cold Steve Austin posed as Santa Claus before delivering a "Stone Cold Stunner" to both Mr McMahon and John Cena.

Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared on-and-off as 2004 began, culminating in him being the special guest referee for the Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg match at WrestleMania XX on March 14.

Stone Cold Steve Austin hurt his back before the match and could not wrestle unless he was heavily medicated, so the match was canceled.

Batista substituted for Stone Cold Steve Austin, defeating Coachman along with Vader and Goldust.

Stone Cold Steve Austin inducted Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1,2006.

Stone Cold Steve Austin returned to WWE programming in March 2007, partially to promote his starring role in the release of WWE Films' production The Condemned.

Stone Cold Steve Austin hit McMahon and Coachman with Stone Cold Stunners before leaving.

Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared on the Raw 15th Anniversary special, attacking Vince McMahon.

On October 26,2008, at Cyber Sunday, Stone Cold Steve Austin was the special guest referee during a match between Batista and Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship.

On January 12,2009, on Raw, Stone Cold Steve Austin was announced to be the first member of the Hall of Fame class of 2009.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was inducted by his long-term on-screen rival Vince McMahon, who referred to Austin as "the greatest WWE Superstar of all time".

Stone Cold Steve Austin would appear at WrestleMania 25 the next night, driving an ATV to the ring.

Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared as the guest host of Raw on March 15,2010, moderating a contract signing between McMahon and Bret Hart for their match at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28.

In early 2011, Stone Cold Steve Austin was announced as the head trainer and host for the revival of Tough Enough.

Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared on Raw the following night with the cast from Tough Enough, while getting into an altercation with The Miz and Alex Riley.

Stone Cold Steve Austin served as the special guest referee in the evening's tag team main event of John Cena and Alex Riley against The Miz and R-Truth, hitting Miz with a Stone Cold Stunner and aiding Cena.

Stone Cold Steve Austin later appeared as the special guest General Manager on the "WWE All-Stars" episode of Raw, during which he destroyed the Anonymous Raw General Manager's laptop by running over it with his ATV.

In July 2012, Stone Cold Steve Austin was announced as the cover star of the special edition of the video game WWE '13.

Stone Cold Steve Austin then began a brief, verbal feud on Raw with fellow cover star CM Punk in the months leading to release.

Stone Cold Steve Austin made an appearance on the October 19,2015, episode of Raw, introducing The Undertaker and promoting the WrestleMania 32 event.

Stone Cold Steve Austin again appeared on Raw the following week, where he promoted the WWE 2K16 video game in a backstage segment.

On July 22,2019, Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared on the Raw Reunion episode and raised a toast alongside Triple H, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, and various other wrestlers from his era.

Stone Cold Steve Austin shared a beer with commentator Byron Saxton before giving him a Stone Cold Stunner.

Stone Cold Steve Austin then shared a beer with Becky Lynch and The Street Profits before giving The Street Profits Stone Cold Stunners.

Stone Cold Steve Austin made a second appearance the following night, delivering stunners to Vince McMahon, Austin Theory, and Pat McAfee.

Stone Cold Steve Austin made another brief appearance at WrestleMania 41 in 2025, crashing an ATV into the ringside barricade.

Stone Cold Steve Austin has been described as the most influential wrestler in Raw history, and the poster boy for the Attitude Era.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was the biggest box office draw in WWE since Hulk Hogan.

Stone Cold Steve Austin headlined WrestleMania X-Seven, the first WrestleMania to achieve a 1 million buy rate.

Stone Cold Steve Austin has said he is "eternally indebted" to Ross for helping his character become popular.

On both his podcasts, Stone Cold Steve Austin credited Bret Hart as the wrestler who got him over the most, had most influence on his early wrestling style, and who he had his best matches with.

Audiences at WWE shows have since widely used this chant during performer promos, and Stone Cold Steve Austin has stated his regret at inventing the chant.

Stone Cold Steve Austin says the song was inspired by Rage Against the Machine's song "Bulls on Parade".

Stone Cold Steve Austin had guest roles on Celebrity Deathmatch and Seasons 4 and 5 of CBS's Nash Bridges, where he played San Francisco Police Department Inspector Jake Cage.

Stone Cold Steve Austin had his first starring film role, as Jack Conrad, a dangerous convict awaiting execution in a Salvadoran prison, who takes part in an illegal deathmatch game that is being broadcast to the public in the 2007 action film The Condemned.

In 2010, Stone Cold Steve Austin appeared in The Expendables as Dan Paine, the right-hand man for the primary antagonist of the film James Munroe, played by Eric Roberts, and bodyguard with Gary Daniels who plays The Brit.

Shortly after Stone Cold Steve Austin re-teamed with Eric Roberts and Gary Daniels in Hunt to Kill.

Stone Cold Steve Austin has starred in Damage, The Stranger, Tactical Force, Knockout, Recoil, Maximum Conviction, and The Package.

In February 2018, Stone Cold Steve Austin announced that the "Unleashed" version of the podcast had been dropped and merged with the family-friendly version in order to appeal to more sponsors.

In November 2019, Stone Cold Steve Austin began an interview segment on the WWE Network called the Broken Skull Sessions, taking its name from the ranch owned by Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Stone Cold Steve Austin hosted the reality competition show Redneck Island on CMT, which began in June 2012 and concluded with its fifth season in April 2016.

In July 2014, his reality competition show Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge premiered on CMT.

Stone Cold Steve Austin played college football at the University of North Texas.

Stone Cold Steve Austin married his high school girlfriend Kathryn Burrhus on November 24,1990.

Stone Cold Steve Austin adopted Clarke's daughter Jade from a previous relationship with Chris Adams.

In 2010, Stone Cold Steve Austin became a grandfather for the first time when Jade gave birth to a son.

On September 13,2000, Stone Cold Steve Austin married wrestling manager Debra Marshall.

Stone Cold Steve Austin told officers that Austin had hit her and then stormed out of the house before police arrived.

In 2007, Marshall told Fox News that WWE knew of the abuse, but worked to keep her from revealing that Stone Cold Steve Austin had hit her as it would cost the company millions of dollars.

Stone Cold Steve Austin responded to the incident in 2003 through WWE Raw Magazine, citing his regret over their relationship breaking down and stating his love for Marshall.

Stone Cold Steve Austin ridiculed allegations that the incident was alcohol-related.

Stone Cold Steve Austin filed for divorce from Marshall on July 22,2002, which was finalized on February 5,2003.

In March 2003, during the hours leading up to WrestleMania XIX, Stone Cold Steve Austin was rushed to the hospital for twitchiness and a high heart rate.

In late 2009, Stone Cold Steve Austin married his fourth wife, Kristin Feres.

In 2014, Stone Cold Steve Austin voiced support for same-sex marriage on his podcast.

Also in 2014, Stone Cold Steve Austin released his first beer, Broken Skull IPA, with El Segundo Brewing Company in California.

Stone Cold Steve Austin has owned two large ranches, the first, the Broken Skull Ranch was near Tilden, Texas.