Steve Austin appears in the following works: Not to be confused with that other Steve Austin (hence his nickname "Bionic Redneck"). He has made a few more appearances from time to time, including his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame 2009. He was voted the third greatest superstar of all time by the WWE roster for WWE's 50 Greatest Superstars of All Time DVD set (behind Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker). Crazy how much the industry changed in a short amount of time.) WWE almost immediately went back to Rock as its main attraction, and the product gradually returned to its PG roots. (WCW died the week before WrestleMania X7, ECW died shortly after, and the Austin/McMahon feud ended the night of. Unfortunately, Steve's accumulated neck injuries caught up with him, and he bowed out of wrestling once the Monday Night Wars were over. Which wouldn't be the last time Eric screwed himself. Meanwhile, the recently-fired WCW announcer Jim Ross convinced his new boss, Vince McMahon, to give Austin a try. Since Austin was recuperating from injury, Heyman characteristically used "The Extreme Superstar" to run down WCW every chance he got ( "Where the Big Boys Play With Each Other™!"). While wrestling in Japan, he received the standard Bischoff pink slip ( "not marketable") and drifted to ECW, where his former manager Paul Heyman held open a spot for him. Eric Bischoff took over the company in the mid-nineties, and "Stunning" Steve Austin was a victim of his red marker. Originally a heel, Steve had a respectable four-year run in Atlanta as one half of the tag team The Hollywood Blondes.
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin (born Steven James Anderson Decemlater Steven James Williams) is a professional wrestler who wrestled for Jerry Lawler's USWA, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (among others) before signing with the WWF in 1995, under whom he'd wrestle almost exclusively for the rest of his career.