STONE COID STEVE AUSTIN

Austin  at  the  San  Diego  Comic-Con  International  in  2010.
Born Steven  James  Anderson
December  18,  1964  (age  50)
Austin,  Texas,  United  States
Residence Los  Angeles,  California,  U.S.
Other  names Steven  James  Williams
Alma  mater University  of  North  Texas
Occupation Professional  wrestler,  actor,  producer
Years  active 1989–2003  (wrestler)
1998–present  (actor)
Net  worth Increase  $45  million  (2014)
Spouse(s) Kathryn  Burrhus(1990–1992)
Jeannie  Clark(1992–1999)
Debra  Marshall(2000–2003)
Kristin  Feres(2009–present)
Children Stephanie  Williams(born  1991)
Cassidy  Williams(born  1996)
Jade  Adams

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) The  Ringmaster
Steve  Austin
Steve  Williams
Stone  Cold
Billed  height 6  ft  2  in  (1.88  m)
Billed  weight 252  lb  (114  kg)
Billed  from Victoria,  Texas
Trained  by Chris  Adams
Debut 1989
Retired 2003

Steve  Austin : (born  Steven  James  Anderson;  December  18,  1964),  better  known  by  his  ring  name  "Stone  Cold"  Steve  Austin,  is  an  American  actor,  producer,  and  retired  professional  wrestler  who  has  been  hailed  as  the  biggest  star  in  World  Wrestling  Federation  (WWF/E)  history.  Austin  also  performed  for  promotions  such  as  World  Championship  Wrestling  (WCW)  and  Extreme  Championship  Wrestling  (ECW).

He  gained  significant  mainstream  popularity  in  the  WWF  in  the  late  1990s  as  "Stone  Cold"  Steve  Austin,  a  disrespectful,  beer-drinking  antihero  who  routinely  defied  the  establishment  and  his  boss,  company  chairman  Vince  McMahon;  this  persona  of  Austin's  has  been  described  as  the  "poster  boy"  of  the  Attitude  Era,  a  boom  period  in  WWF  business  in  the  late  1990s  and  early  2000s.  Addressing  his  box  office  drawing  power,  McMahon  and  former  WWE  executives  Jim  Ross  and  Paul  Heyman  have  declared  Austin  to  be  the  most  profitable  wrestler  in  the  history  of  the  organization.  Ross  asserted:  "Nobody  touches  Austin...  No-one  generated  more  cash  in  the  length  of  their  WWE  career."  Industry  veterans  and  multiple-time  WWE  Champions  Ric  Flair,[9]  John  Cena,[10]  and  CM  Punk  have  each  named  Austin  as  the  biggest  star  in  WWE  history,  and,  along  with  McMahon,  have  stressed  that  he  surpassed  the  popularity  of  Hulk  Hogan.  Austin  devised  the  long-standing  "What?"  chant  in  pro  wrestling.

Austin  held  21  championships  throughout  his  wrestling  career,  and  is  a  6-time  WWF  Champion  as  well  as  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,  making  him  the  only  three-time  winner  of  the  event.  He  was  forced  to  retire  from  in  ring  competition  in  2003  due  to  a  series  of  knee  and  neck  injuries.  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,  and  was  inducted  into  the  WWE  Hall  of  Fame  in  2009  by  Vince  McMahon.  In  2011,  Steve  Austin  returned  to  WWE  to  host  the  reboot  of  the  reality  series  Tough  Enough