Steve Austin Before the WWE
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- Wrestling Bios Presents - Steve Austin Before the WWE
What can be said about the popularity and superstardom that Steve Austin achievied in the WWE that hasn't been said before? Stone Cold Steve Austin became a household name during the rise of the Attitude Era, becoming the biggest draw in the history of professional wrestling. Steve Austin's career in the WWE was really special, a once in a lifetime superstar that generated new viewers towards the world of wrestling.
Steve Austin had a solid career in WCW, working as Stunning Steve Austin, before making his way to New York, but it wasn't without bumps in the road. After training under Gentleman Chris Adams and working in the USWA, Steve made his WCW debut in 1991 and nearly instantly captured the WCW Television Championship. From here, Steve would work alongside Paul Heyman, team up with Ravishing Rick Rude, become one half of the Hollywood Blondes tag team with Brian Pillman, and have an exciting feud with Ricky Steamboat (just to name a few).
This video takes a look at Steve Austin before he became a massive success in the WWE. Topics include:
01:51 - Steve Austin gets trained by Gentleman Chris Adams
04:09 - How Steve Austin got his name
06:01 - Stunning Steve Austin becomes a heel in the USWA
07:52 - Stunning Steve Austin's WCW Debut
09:24 - Steve Austin becomes a Paul Heyman Guy in WCW
11:58 - Brian Pillman and Steve Austin tag up as The Hollywood Blondes
13:38 - Steve Austin vs Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
15:54 - Steve Austin is released by Eric Bischoff
16:43 - Steve Austin in ECW
- Much More!
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Thank you!
ur gr8 dude keep it up, and i know it would take a while, but id love to see full careers like the bret one more often
can you do a video on what or who came up with Paul bearer ??
I think the best DVD about Austin's career is the bonus DVD for PlayStation 3 wwe raw 2008 or 2007 I forgot about the year of release!
Can you do diss the diva segment??
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Tends to be forgotten that in his earlier years, Austin was a phenomenal technician and high-flyer in the ring.
Breaking his neck made him change his style
I always wonder if his career would have lasted longer if not for Owen's botched piledriver.
His matches from 1996-Owen dropping on his head he was the best wrestling’s total package of all time
The Hollywood Blondes were fun for sure 👍
beautiful blondes
"I had awesome hair, but it did not come with the lifetime guarantee!"
did he actually say that? cus that's hilarious lol
At least when he started losing it he shaved it off. Unlike someone else we know 😂
@@haydendivine8412 who? Lol
@@blacjackdaniels200 some guy who was super self conscious about his horseshoe 😂 mustve been the prayers and vitamins
@@haydendivine8412 It took him from 1989 to 1995/1996 to finally shave it off.
One of my all time favorite promos is Austins ECW promo. Its the one that he said, "I'm going to be the superstar that I always knew I could be". Goosebumps!!!!!
Large23 I love the one he said I’m sorry take me back Eric cause I don’t have what it takes to get it done in ECW man
@@Kas58223 that's my personal favorite too. It was just gold.
And that's the bottom line
& then watching his 2009 wwe hall of fame tribute video makes it even more satisfying especially hearing JR saying "he has earned the reputation... as THE... TOUGHEST... SON OF A BITCH IN THE WWE!" & hearing cult of personality play for his video. It's beautiful
Everyone says that though
Bischof being like "I can't see this Austin Fella ever Drawing" will, at least in hindsight, never not be the most hilarious mistake in wrestling history
tbh thats really how WCW was for its lifetime, literally threw away all their talent with extreme potential like Steve Austin, Eddie Gurrero, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio etc. just so they could keep the old guys from WWF on the main event. Hulk Hogan was an actual cancer to WCW.
Heyman knew that Steve would be the guy from EARLY. He got him included in his Dangerous Alliance in what 92? He hand picked Austin for that group.
So there definitely were people who understood the business who knew Steve would get over.
Getting fired from WCW was the best thing that ever happened to Steve. He never would have gone on to do what he did without it.
Imaging Jim Ross screaming out "whippersnapper, whipprsnapper" instead of "stunner". Thank God he rebranded the move
Same like the Cutter move
How about the Chart Buster!
Well, his previous finisher was called the Stun Gun, thus a stunner would be a smooth transition.
@@rlouie05 the stun gun is classic
I remember those matches with the Sandman, Sandman was doing the beer thing first, drinking cans of Bud in the ring.
Steve was the best personality ever but people seem to overlook his absolute skill at wrestling! He was one of the best technicians in the ring!
Screw the "iron man" you are a man only AFTER the "tuxedo" match....
Austin is a very modest guy these days. Truth is WCW dropped the ball big time with him.
If you do take opinions the first African American world champion underated Ron simmons bio
I'd love to see that one.
Dream Match: Ron Simmons vs Booker T
Bobo Brazil was the first African American world champion.
FSU All-American DT Ron Simmons
@@randomnerd3402 ahahahahah!!! That is kind of racist.
He went from Stunning, to Stone cold stunner.
Although I think Steve was adorable with the hair, shaving his head was a million dollar decision...
He had no choice, his steroid abuse made it fall out
@@JayJackson1981 Perhaps but it happened very quickly. His bald look was much more cool and intimidating looking.
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I'm not denying that at all but I remember Austin with the full head of hair and was actually shocked to see him bald (even balding when he was the Ringmaster) at first. It took a second to adjust to it as I had spent my whole preteen years acting him as Stunning Steve.
@@JayJackson1981 dude his hair was always thin
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No one ever said he had the Dusty Rhodes afro dude.
His short transitional period in ECW helped Steve Austin enhance his natural skills on the microphone and he transformed himself into the most successful wrestler of all time.
"Eric didn't see any marketing opportunities with Steve Austin"
Probably not one of Eric's best business decisions...
That time Steve Austin was not a great performer. He learned later on.
Ahmad Shoaib Austin was a great performer but his look with hair was rather bland.
Same with triple H. Aj Styles. Rey mysterio. Chris Jericho. Eddie. Benoit. He didnt have ant idea how to make stars only wanted premade thaats why wwe ended up winning
Isn’t Eric still adamant that he didn’t have as much money as Vince when it came to running his live TV shows? To this day, it’s a wonder how Jim Herd & Vince Russo get most of the blame for WCW dying than Eric!
@@rlouie05 it was time warner and AOL fault they took the show off the air
Aghhh good old stunning Steve ,check out Austin vs steamboat;W C W BASH at the beach 94
They had a great match that night, when I saw that match I didn't know Steve was that good on the technical side of wrestling.
"Wait ref, are you telling me this isn't real!?"
A man hops up to him like a frog
"I can't believe it!"
I recommend watching Steve's matches with Ricky Steamboat in WCW and also, for curiosity's sake, his NJPW match against Masahiro Chono where he accidentally broke Chono's neck with a botched Piledriver. Also, speaking of Steve Williams.... Dr. Death Steve Williams bio in the future please?
Steve and Rick Steamboat had some great matches.
Ironically it was the exact same Piledriver that had his neck accidentally broken too.
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Correct. That was with owen hart right?
His breaking of Chono neck was what happened to him 😳 by the late Owen Hart
Back then, Stunning Steve Austin really got on my nerves and didn't like him. He did his job.😓
Dude had major charisma
One I would like to see is "The Story of Heel Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2001"
I was enjoyed Steve’s matches in WCW, good pace, he had the talent and mic skills
Man now I'm starting to understand why Stone Cold blew up the way he did. He changed his image and attitude and people already sublimnally attached him to big stars. I don't remember him in WCW at all. But I remember most of the matches/moments mentioned in this video. I never made the connection that was Stone Cold and he was hands down my favorite tv wrestler.
Bishoff did Austin a big favor by firing him. If he would've stayed at WCW we probably wouldn't have ever seen the stone cold character and Austin would've been 1 of many talents wasted in the business.
The thing is, mid carders had free reign with their characters .
Big WCW fan and Stunning Steve Austin was damn good. Could tell he was being groomed to be World Champ one day.
I love the Stunning Steve character and then being a tag team with Brian Pillman the Hollywood Blondes was dope as kid for me..
Strange how you said that Steve had to change his name from Williams to Austin due to a name clash with other wrestler, when in his autobiography he stated that the name change was due to his parents not wanting to be embarrassed by him using the family name. I guess your explanation makes more sense though. Regardless Stone Cold is my favourite wrestler of all time I was born and raised on the attitude era and Austin was the king.
Damn Austin looked so diffrent..almost hulk hogan look almost
Paul Bearer with a big head of blonde hair is something I cant unsee. Thank You.
I always forget people don’t know about Paul Moody’s long career in Dallas.
When Steve went to ECW some of the promos he cut were the best.
U are right
His ECW run is crinimally underrated
Birth of Austin 3:16
So funny.
The Hollywood Blondes theme was amazing
Seeing him with...HAIR!! HE HAD HAIR!! lmao.
I call bs that he didn't find out it was all a work until his first televised match. Thats beyond ridiculous.
Stunning Steve was dope.
PREACH!
You do a great job with these bios brother. Even the superstars I’ve watched since the beginning like Austin, I almost always pick up something I hadn’t heard before. Keep it up brother!
its a great day to be a blonde
They Broke him and Pillman up too soon...
@Razh 80 Johnny Ace sucks
The higher ups was hatin smh
After finishing work every morning once I get home n chill this is 1st thing I look for love these vids,, Should do a Bio on the Pillmans got a Gun Angle which I believe was the start of the Attitude Era
Do a bio on Ron Simmons
DAMN!
I'd like to see that!
Yes that's a good one. I'd love to see how he started...
I second that
He was a beast as a singles guy in WCW. His partnership with Butch Reid as DOOM was very over as well.
Mr Nash . He already did dumb ass
Stone Cold was the backbone of the Attitude Era. 😊
@Damien Jones that's false big time no ecw their was no attitude era.
@@smhgaming3259 Wrong, without the Nitro Girls we wouldn't have the attitude era.
Backbone? He was the entire fn skeleton.
The guy's that wcw a young Steve Austin,taker,HHH,and even a young Scott Steiner..wow..just think about that
Hulk Hogan signing with WCW,
Might be the most significant action EVER too Change the Industry.
Hulkamania birthed it all,
Thanks Vince.😅
All time greatest wrestlers.
1. Bret Hitman Hart
2. Stone Cold Steve Austin
3. Macho Man Randy Savage
4. Shawn Michaels
5. The Rock
Stone cold is my wrestling hero.
The very cool thing about Steve and Dr death teaming against roads and Windham Steve wasn't even scheduled in that match but because Terry Gordy was apparently injured Steve was just fixing to go out on his BMX motorcycle when he received the call to be a replacement in the match
Got to appreciate how Austin worked the 'stunning' moniker into the name of his finisher in WWE
Has any wrestler ever contacted you because you do a great job and would really think alot of them would really appreciate your work.
What
@@jginger245 WHAT?
When I was exposed to WCW proper for the first time in 1994, there were two guys that really caught my eye. 'Lord' Steven Regal and 'Stunning' Steve Austin.
Part of me always wished they had had some guy 'revert' to their old characters when defecting to 'The Alliance'.
Imagine the heat had Austin started growing his hair out.
It's amazing how different he looks with long hair. He just looks like your run of the mill jobber,.but bald he looks like, well, a star
Looks can be deceiving
@@harryblake4808 very true. It's weird how something so innocuous like hair can make such a difference in overall impressions
i never seen any uswa stuff. but wcw he had alot of great stuff. hollywood blondes was great on its own. and stunning steve was great. he did alot of great wrestling matches showing off his wrestling skills. and his matches against ricky steamboat was so worth watching alone too
That was great. Thankyou 👍👍
I’ll admit my knowledge of WCW in the early 90s is scarce, but I did watch a lot of ECW and Superstar Steve Austin was one of my favourite gimmicks before he became Stone Cold
I'll always remember him as the first guy to use profanity on WWE...
His matches with Dustin, Barry, and Ricky are the stuff of legend.
Remember when Mick Foley saw him at Chris Adams school? It was in have a nice day
Okay he wasn't wrestling then he was training that's why it wasn't in this video
Foley claimed he only saw Austin having any potential amongst the group.
Wasnt there
That promo he cut bashing the WCW management is absolutely legendary. If you haven’t seen it. It’s a must watch!
Vincent Kennedy McMahon bio would be cool.
Steve had awesome matches in Wcw, long reigns with all titles, well except for World title 🤦🏽🤦🏽, did he ever have any shots at top title?
got to watch Stunning Steve Austin wrestle Gentleman Chris Adams at a national guard armory in the early 90s. great feud. great environment, maybe 200 people
Sandman was my dude in ECW! That's where Stone Cold got his beer persona from, Sandman used to walk to the ring with a can of Bud drinking as he strolled down the aisle and smashing it on his head.
Yes Austin was a Paul Heyman guy and probably The Paul Heyman guy at that.
It was really weird for me in the uk. We didn’t have sky so I got early 90s wcw and knew the wwf guys in the hogan cartoon. Then I picked it up again (after it was ditched) mid 90s to see sting, undertaker, pillman, Austin and nwo going all edgier and a bit off. Familiar yet not how I remembered 😂
Just goes to show that nothing is easy or a given in anything, especially wrestling. Thank God that SCSA stuck to it though as he truly was a one of a kind and the biggest superstar wrestling has, and most probably, will ever see. Great upload again, thank you
No that's Hulk Hogan
@@melvynsngltn27 No, it really wasn't
We need a vid about Mick foley 96-2000 plz
Steve Austin and Paul Heyman tell a road story as to why you should never take the Lord's name in vain around Rick Rude.
Hell YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!! The Ending was sublime... You could do a Stone Cold ECW too
Watching him in The Longest Yard, it’s evident that Steve was a gifted football player
That war games is my favorite. As a kid I taped it on ppv and still have my bootleg copy. Almost everyone bleeds in that match. And Austin definitely showed skill.
I first saw Steve Austin when he was WCW US champion. I really liked his work, but he also got lost in the shuffle when the WWF guys came over. I remember some of his final promo's he cut, and he was digging into Hulk Hogan. I honestly think they would have had a good spod for him in a revised Horsemen with Brial Pillman, Arn Anderson Flair and Col. Parker. As good of a mix that would have been, would never have been as big as his WWF run.
HOW bout when he lost to Hacksaw Jim Duggan in like 20 seconds. That was to funny. Off a backdrop no less
Thanks for doing the career of the greatest pro wrestler to ever of laced a pair of boots. Excellent work as usual
That statement is a bit of a stretch. Learn wrestling history before posting such asinine comments.
@@shannonmurray34 I've lived wrestling for the 34 years I've been on this earth. I'll admit there are some awsome wrestlers out there, Sanmartino, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, The Dead Man, Hogan, Rock, Sting, Hitman, Randy Savage. The list is endless but my G.O.A.T is Austin. Not forgetting the new era of AEW. Love Luchasaurus and Darby Alin
Your statement still doesn't hold any water so to speak.
@@shannonmurray34 Great psychology for the business put a lot of asses in the seats top 3 in merchandise sold but my opinion not even in the top 20 best to lace the boots opinions are opinions though. Definitely a little bit of a stretch.
@@shannonmurray34 who's the greatest in your eyes?
Steve Austin promos in ECW was so brilliantly done cause he was pissed off at WCW and he got he frustrations out WCW where the big boys play with each other 😂😂😂 and dressing up as Hogan was classic he would have been a great ECW heavyweight champion
According to the 'Rise and Fall of ECW', Heyman wanted Austin to win the belt. Austin refused it.
Biscoff: Steve, you're getting hard to work with. You're fired.
Vince: Steve, you're getting hard to work with. Let's make all the money.
I’ve always wondered if Steve has any hair on top left cause he’s had shaved to the skin for so long.
You have a bigass forehead dude.
No Stone Cold is probably the most famous person in the world to men in between 45 and 21. Stone Cold broke the mold he's like the GOD of Wrestling
“When Doink the clown had green hair and rubber nose,stone cold steve Austin had his first beer in ECW”Paul E Dangerously
in ECW stone cold was born
I find it hilarious that Steve became a superstar right about the time his body broke down.
Ironic isn't it?
2:05: Ha! For a minute, I thought you were going to say he got an injury and switched careers. It seems like nearly every superstar was a basketball or football star who got injured and switched careers.
bruh, that Paul Bearer pic
BRUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those unaware:
It's mentioned in this video that Steve worked with Matt Borne and Big Josh. That's the same person (real name Matt Osborne) and he was also the original Doink.
To the maker of this video. Can you please do Gold Dust?!!
Great video mate! Stunning Steve has a great pre wwe career and it shows he was legitimate before “ringmaster” and vince! Stun gun was a great finisher as well !!
Hahha, awesome, I didnt know Paul Bearer was his manager, too cool
The Whiper Snaper lol i love it. I member years back whimpreck was never given a proper finishing maneuver. He'd usually be the underdog in each match.
Sandman was my dude, chugging Buds walking to the ring!
This video was a piece of wrestling history
WCW had Undertaker, HHH, Jericho and Stone Cold Steve Austin who all helped shut WCW down due to ratings/cash. All they cared about was Hogan, Sting, Flair, Luger, Hall, Goldberg, and Nash. WCW was so "one sided".
@@melaniel.4269 nah 'Takers gimmick was pure gold. When everyone else's persona was brash and more brash, we couldn't get enough of the silent, brooding badass.
WCW especially with Austin HHH and Jericho. The bosses never wanted to give them the push and said they are only good enough to be midcards
Arturo Zuniga, WCW had Kane too. Sting vs. Kane. They even messed that up too, here’s the link: th-cam.com/video/IOsFUIyeXnc/w-d-xo.html
Nanoblu Electro Buzz Vince knew how to utilize the stars that WCW had no idea to do with
poopsyko, Vince is a genius for taking those wrestlers giving them a gimmick and letting them run with it.
Man ol stone cold really held onto that hair
Shane Douglas vid would be cool one of the best promo guys going in ECW era
John Lindley u sir are right he was great
I remember WCW Austin for Lady Blossom. Lol.
When its hits you😓
The Stunner and him being called Stunning ffs
Damn this one was good. I can't wait for the next installment.
I remember watching Austin at a local arena when I was growing up when he blew up I was like WHAT? Lol
Steve Austin was the WWF's version of Pantera.
Lol yep stone cold gimmick was basically a Pantera album come to life
The Mikey Whipwreck thing in regards to the stunner is completely inaccurate, it was very much Michael Hayes who gave Steve Austin the idea, here's the quote from Stone Cold himself:
"I guess the year was 1996. We were in Fayetteville, NC. at a Monday Night Raw. It was just a normal Monday. I was hanging around the arena killing time before the show started, minding my own business when Michael P.S. Hayes came up to me and said “Hey, Kid…You got a minute? I wanna show you something”. I said “Sure” and followed him to the ring. As we walked he started explaining to me that he had maybe come up with a better finishing move for me than the one I was using at the time. I had been using the Million Dollar Dream, H.O.F’er Ted DiBiase’s old finish that I had been given when I first came into WWF, with Ted as my manager. It had been a great finisher for Ted, and it was working well for me too, but I needed something a little more explosive that fit my personality. Michael explained that Johnny ‘Ace’ Laurinaitus had been using a version of the this finish in Japan with great success."
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Today I learnt: Jim Duggan once had a championship belt..........
Thank U Soooo Much For Doin This Video!! So Awesome and I learned more bout him! Luv Me SomeStone Cold Steve Austin 3:16! Oh Hell Yeah!! That's why I luv Ur Channel! I get to learn bout All the Wrestlers that I grew up watchin! Appreciate it Man!!
Isn’t ironic that Austin was involved in the dangerous alliance 91’ with Paul heyman, the same duo alongside with Shane and Steph who would form the wcw/Ecw alliance in 2001
Steve Williams? No idea that was his name. Bet they confused Austin with Dr. Death on a number of occassions.
If you’ve never seen his ECW promos, do yourself a favor and go watch them. They’re funnier than 1998/1999 Rock.
i'm sorry, but watching Steve Austin with hair is like watching old Bruce Willis movies when he had hair. Just very strange to see!!!
I'd always heard the Stunner was invented by Steven Regal and Johnny Ace.