Steve Austin Net Worth

Steve Austin's Quotes

• Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!
• And that's the bottom line, cause Stone Cold said so!
• You treat me like a dog and you expect me to smile? You remind me of a jack ass.
• I'll drop you on that stack of dimes you call a neck!
• ...and that's all I gotta say about THAT!

Interesting Facts about Steve Austin

1. Was the first wrestler to ever kick out of the Rock's finisher "The Rock Bottom" at Wrestlemania XV.
2. One of the 100 greatest wrestlers of the 20th century. (as determined by Inside Wresting)
3. The 1996 WWF King of the Ring.
4. Ranked number 4 in a poll for the best 10 nicknames in wrestling with the nickname "Stone Cold".
5. Six-time World Wrestling Federation Champion.
6. Two-time World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion
7. Three-time World Wrestling Federation Tag-team Champion
8. Won first WWF title on March 29, 1998 by defeating "The Heartbreak Kid", Shawn Michaels.
9. Won his latest WWF championship by beating The Undertaker on June 28, 1999
10. His ex-wife Jeannie, was married to British wrestler "Gentleman" Chris Adams, who trained Austin in the sport. Jeannie served as Austin's valet for several years. She was known as "Lady Blossom" and used to wrestle Adams' second wife Toni, in mixed tag-team matches (Austin would be her partner while Adams teamed with his wife).
11. Attended the University of North Texas.
12. Played defensive end for the University of North Texas.
13. Has had several serious injuries including a neck injury that kept him out of the ring for 8 months.
14. Lost to Bret Hart - aka Bret The Hitman Hart - in all four of their encounters. While Austin never pinned Bret Hart in a TV/PPV encounter, he did not lose all of their matches. Austin lost Hart's Return match at Survivor Series 1996 and passed out at the "I Quit" match at Wrestlemania 13 (though he never said I quit). However at the April 1997 PPV, Austin won by DQ against Bret when the Hart Foundation interferred while Austin had Bret trapped in Bret's own signature submission move, the Sharpshooter. The following night on Raw, it took several WWF officials to pull Austin off Bret in a "Street Fight" where Austin again had Bret trapped in the Sharpshooter for several mintes. Austin severely injured Bret's leg and allegedly attacked him in the ambulance after the match was over. Since it was a no-DQ match, Austin it is presumed Austin won the match due to Bret's injury.
15. Met his former wife Debra when she was serving as the valet for Jeff Jarrett in the WWF.
16. Wrestled in a barbwire match while in the ECW.
17. Stone Cold got his nickname from his ex wife. She was British and she served Steve Austin some hot tea, and at the time he was thinking of a new nickname because "Stunning" wasn't cool enough anymore. So when his then wife noticed he wasn't drinking his tea she said, "You'd better drink your tea before it gets Stone Cold.". And that is the story of Stone Cold Steve Austin's nickname.
18. When he won the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, he was trying to get over as a heel (a bad guy)
19. On March 18, 2002, due to "creative problems", Steve walked out on the WWF and did not show up for the scheduled Raw taping in Montreal. On June 10, 2002, Steve did the exact same thing, walking out and left for home in San Antonio, Texas. Both of these were done without notice and without WWF company approval.
20. There was another wrestler using Steve Austin's Real name (Steve Williams). So a promoter from Texas Wrestling Foundation asked him where he was born as to Steve Austin's Reply, he said "Austin, Texas". The Promoter then said, "Your name will be Steve Austin".