TSC Evaluation #115: Stone Cold Steve Austin

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It's really pretty wild how short his career was. He cut all those promos as Real Ass Stone Cold about how long he'd been doing this and all that shyt, but reality was he was the definitive top guy not even a decade into his career and was already in the second biggest company and getting a significant push 2 years into his career. People still talk about how Vince wasn't giving him a push and all this shyt, but he debuted in the Rumble, and within 2-3 months was working Bret and Shawn at house shows and getting a strong TV push. The Ringmaster gimmick wasn't even a gimmick, just a dumb nickname, he was Austin the whole time even from his very first WWF promo, and the name only lasted like 2 months. 6 months in the rocket was already strapped on his back and the company was gearing up to be built around him. Literally changed the entire direction and presentation of the company to fit Austin's personality.

 

[Silkk]

8


His matches were everything else was memorable to say the least

What matches?

 

[stro]

Stunning Steve is a 10 in the ring, 8 on promos

Stone Cold is an 8 in the ring, 12 on promos

Austin's 2001 has two of the GOAT WWE main events (Rock at WM, Angle at Summerslam), a series of GOAT comedy promos/skits that are incredibly memorable by everyone nearly 18 years later despite really only lasting about a month and a half

Dude missed a full year at the height of his popularity and is still perhaps THE GOAT.

 

[ndthentherewasx]

What matches?

Shyt man if any one was memorable i wouldn't of posted what I did


Only remember a whole lot kicking and punching whenever he wrestled; shyt was, is a bore to watch

 

[Silkk]

Shyt man if any one was memorable i wouldn't of posted what I did


Only remember a whole lot kicking and punching whenever he wrestled; shyt was, is a bore to watch

All main event matches in the AE were brawls

 

[Silkk]

Shyt man if any one was memorable i wouldn't of posted what I did


Only remember a whole lot kicking and punching whenever he wrestled; shyt was, is a bore to watch

This is one of the most memorable moments in pro wrestling history

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Austin vs Rock multiple times
Austin vs HHH multiple times, but specifically 3 Stages of Hell
Austin vs Bret at SS97 and WM13
Austin vs Dude Love
Austin vs Angle and vs RVD in 2001
Austin vs Savio Vega (Strap Match)
Austin vs Owen in 97
Austin/HBK vs Owen/Bulldog

I don’t know how anybody could watch any of those matches and sit there with a stone face. Most of those were intense blood feud matches with insane crowds to match

 

[ndthentherewasx]

All main event matches in the AE were brawls

That's all he did

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

@OH SOHH TRILL a 1 rating for Stone Cold breh?

fukk him. Typical great white hype shyt. Plus he’s a woman beater. Plus he started that what shyt. And he tried to hate on The Rock. And they tried to make him the face of WCW and I’m a WCW Stan And he arguably killed WCW So yeah, 1*. That nikka ain’t going to the top of the list on my watch


And I thought the vote was anonymous

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Shyt man if any one was memorable i wouldn't of posted what I did


Only remember a whole lot kicking and punching whenever he wrestled; shyt was, is a bore to watch

umm i think you need a revision on his classic matches, seems like your focusing on his brawls with Mcmahon

and even if it was just punches, kicks
he made it look good and intense which is why all his matches were entertaining

 

[2CT]

fukk him. Typical great white hype shyt. Plus he’s a woman beater. Plus he started that what shyt. And he tried to hate on The Rock. And they tried to make him the face of WCW and I’m a WCW Stan And he arguably killed WCW So yeah, 1*. That nikka ain’t going to the top of the list on my watch


And I thought the vote was anonymous

oh word? let's hear your top 5 of all time

 

[2CT]

Shyt man if any one was memorable i wouldn't of posted what I did


Only remember a whole lot kicking and punching whenever he wrestled; shyt was, is a bore to watch

check this thread

Stone Cold's best matches on Smackdown

plenty of great Austin matches in there, and that's just SD alone

 

[ndthentherewasx]

umm i think you need a revision on his classic matches, seems like your focusing on his brawls with Mcmahon

and even if it was just punches, kicks
he made it look good and intense which is why all his matches were entertaining

Guy knew how to talk and take a beating, but I'm just talking repertoire. Dude had no "offense"


and appreciate the links, it's been a minute since I've seen these

 

[Ribbs]

9s and 8s?

Couple of Jackasses tryna be different.

 

[Ribbs]

Shawn Michaels and Macho Man never got the No nikkas treatment

Austin did