{"id":11057,"date":"2014-11-26T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T10:34:55","slug":"steve-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=11057","title":{"rendered":"Steve Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Championship Titles<\/strong>: 6<\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode\" class=\"sixtop-post-quote post-quote-right\" >\n<div class=\"quote-sign-box hidden-on-desktop\"><\/div>\n<p>        &ldquo; Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ASS! &rdquo;<\/p>\n<div id=\"quote_shortcode_after\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Finishing Move<\/strong>: Stone Cold Stunner<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin gained popularity in the late \u201890s as being one of the most disrespectful characters that WWE ever had. His \u201cantihero\u201d persona disregarded everyone including the boss of WWE, Vince McMahon.<\/p>\n<h3>Stone Cold Steve Austin, hated yet loved by everyone<\/h3>\n<p>McMahon on the other hand has declared that, despite Austin\u2019s defiance, he\u2019s the most profitable wrestler that his organization has ever had. Former WWE executive Jim Ross said that:\u201d Nobody touches Austin&#8230; No-one generated more cash in the length of their WWE career\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11072 size-full\" title=\"Stone Cold Steve Austin popping some beers in the ring\" src=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Steve-Austin-coll.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestler Steve Austin\" width=\"1000\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Steve-Austin-coll.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Steve-Austin-coll-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Steve-Austin-coll-768x352.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stone Cold Steve Austin, alongside The Undertaker\u00a0releasing a great Hell in a Cell:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kZ7yTVck16k\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other wrestling champions like Ric Flair, CM Punk and John Cena have gone so far as to naming Austin WWE\u2019s biggest star and even implied, along with McMahon, that he has surpassed Hulk Hogan\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Kick back, relax and enjoy this ultimate collection of Stone Cold Stunners, we know Steve Austin enjoyed them:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MdxC6cMqTQE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Austin became linked to the beginning of the Attitude Era, where wrestling focused on more adult-oriented language and violence. Despite his mockery and \u201cantihero\u201d character, \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin held 21 championship titles throughout his career as a wrestler. He conquered the title of WWF Champion (now WWE World Heavyweight Championship) for six times (March 1998, June 1998, March 1999, June 1999, April 2001 and October 2001).<\/p>\n<p>Stone Cold&#8217;s theme song, considered by many the Attitude Era national anthem:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IXSn1cPz9eg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IXSn1cPz9eg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Austin was the fifth wrestler to win the distinction of Triple Crown Champion. Austin also took the title of King of the Ring in 1996 and won the Royal Rumble of 1997, 1998 and 2001.<\/p>\n<h3>WWE Hall of Fame and permanent injuries<\/h3>\n<p>Forced to leave the ring behind, in 2003, due to injuries to his knees and neck, Austin didn\u2019t leave wrestling forever. For the rest of 2003 and in 2004, Austin was present on Raw as the Co-General Manager. Since 2005, Austin made several appearances, but nothing similar to what his fans wanted. However, Austin was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 by the one he fought with over his years as a wrestler and also the man that gave him the most recognition, the chairman and CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/the-undertaker\/\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"prev\" >\n<div id=\"prev_link\" >The Undertaker<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/ric-flair\/\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"next\" >\n<div id=\"next_link\" >Ric Flair<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11057"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42096,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11057\/revisions\/42096"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}