TSC Evaluation #115: Stone Cold Steve Austin

[Metal Face]

Obvious 10.

Spoiler

Rock better tho

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

-Mic work/promos - He became a 10 in this category
He wasnt a good promo in WCW to me until he started tagging with Pillman and improved
He didn't shine on the promo until his brief stop in ECW in 1995. Then it was off the races. 1995-1997 he was damn near unfukkwittable on the mic. Austin 3:16 might arguably the best promo of all time. Cause Stone Cold Said So is the prolly the best wrestling video of all time

-Personality/gimmicks
He had Stunning Steve Austin and Stone Cold Steve Austin...got over with both
the ring master was bullshyt and more on the WWE creative than steve
10 easy..possibly the greatest tweener of all time

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)
Before the neck injury Steve was a hell of a wrestler. In WCW and in the early years of his WWE career. War Games and the SS'96 and WM 13 matches with Bret Hart are by far the best matches he's been involved. Stone cold Stunner is a legenday finisher but his finishers as Stunning Steve were pretty good too: Hollywood & Wine and "Thats a Wrap"..didnt really like the Stun gun though. His Feud with Vince McMahon and Rock changed the wrestling landscape forever. There is too much to go into with him. He easily gets a 10

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores)
If you would have told me that Stunning Steve that used to fly off the top rope in rock n roll express tights would go down as one of the all time greats and be the face of professional wrestling, I would have told you to get the fukk outta here lol. Steve put in that work especially after the broken neck almost ended his career and eventually shortened his career. It's a shame though we never got Steve Austin vs Goldberg or Hulk Hogan as feuds due to varying reasons. He is though an easy 10. No question asked.

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[Mr. Manhattan]

A master in ring psychology

Before his neck injury underrated in a pure wrestling perspective

Makes cutting promos look easy

Saved WWF/E
Revolutionized the business

An Icon and a Legend

11/10

 

[Golayitdown]

Highest grade possible. He's the barometer for what I call the YouTube test. You could search for one single clip of his and wind up watching hours upon hours worth of classic material without ever seeing a match. He's a once in a lifetime legend in every sense of the word.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Anything less than 10 is criminal

 

[OmegaK2099]

 

[OmegaK2099]

 

[richaveli83]

I rate him a 10 just based on his promos from late 1996 to Wrestlemania 13 alone.

 

[Capitol]

I honestly think he loses a point for that what shyt. It was so corny and gets worse with time

 

[Silkk]

I honestly think he loses a point for that what shyt. It was so corny and gets worse with time

Spoiler

 

[OmegaK2099]

 

[Mikael Blowpiff]

Every 6 months someone posts a thread about that promo where he says “I aint no sexy boy. I don’t dance son”. And they should because it’s the GOAT promo.

10.

 

[Devilinurear]

10 nuff said

 

[Riley Escobar]

@Heelish you better try and back that 8 rating up

 

[Tj Bronson]

Easy 10