History Awesome / StoneColdSteveAustin

* His BigDamnHeroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved StephanieMcMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of Wrestling/TheUndertaker's MinistryOfDarkness.

** His even greater BigDamnHeroes moment, Stone Cold returning to his old self in 2001, saving Team WWF from the Alliance, entering to a truly massive pop with ConservationOfNinjitsu in full effect. Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhIj7VQhV5o here]]

* His BigDamnHeroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved StephanieMcMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of [[Wrestling/TheUndertaker]]'s MinistryOfDarkness.

** His even greater BigDamnHeroes moment, Stone Cold returning to his old self in 2001, saving Team WWF from the Alliance, entering to a truly massive pop. Check it out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MHYGTeEus here]]

* Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold, WrestleMania 13. The end of the match had Hart putting on the Sharpshooter on Austin, and Austin is bloodied and ''desperately crawling to the ring ropes'' and passes out in a pool of his own blood. That iconic image would be the start of Austin's Wrestlemania moments of glory.

* The match that started the Attitude Era - Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin vs. Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at WrestleMania 14.

--> [[EstablishingCharacterMoment You sit there and you thump your bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get]] [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts you]] '''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment anywhere!]]''' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16;]] [[MemeticMutation Austin 3:16 says "I just whipped your ass"!]]
* Bret Hart vs Stone Cold, Wrestlemania 13. The end of the match had Hart putting on the Sharpshooter on Austin, and Austin is bloodied and ''desperately crawling to the ring ropes'' and passes out in a pool of his own blood. That iconic image would be the start of Austin's Wrestlemania moments of glory.

* The match that started the Attitude Era- StoneColdSteveAustin vs. ShawnMichaels at Wrestlemania 14. [[spoiler:Specifically the ending - A sweet chin music which was countered into a stunner which was countered into another sweet chin music which was countered into another stunner!!]]
* [[StoneColdSteveAustin Austin]]'s feud with VinceMcMahon, considered to be ''the'' greatest rivalry in ProfessionalWrestling history, was so huge he became TheHero figure of the WWF on ''top'' of the biggest name in the business.
** A standout moment: Austin finally gets to wrestle Vince, in a steel cage no less, at ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' in 1999. It quickly turns into [[KickTheSonOfABitch Stone Cold kicking Vince's ass]] [[CurbStompBattle all over the arena.]] At one point, Vince is ''flung from the top of the cage through the Spanish Announce Table,'' and when Howard Finkel attempts to announce Austin as the winner by forfeit, Austin rightfully points out that ''the match hadn't actually started yet.'' Rarely is that level of sadism so awesome.

* His BigDamnHeroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved StephanieMcMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of [[TheUndertaker The Undertaker's]] MinistryOfDarkness.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRe9PAGfCw His "Superstar" promo]] from ECW. Basically a worked shoot full of {{Take That}}s directed at HulkHogan, RicFlair, DustyRhodes, EricBischoff and WCW in general, it's a powerful and very personal performance. It's also strangely prophetic of Austin's later career.

-->'''Austin:''' Jesus Christ, son, you better get your ass serious, because Stone Cold Steve Austin is gonna take his ass to [[WrestleMania Philadelphia]], [[BorrowedCatchPhrase check right in to the Smackdown Hotel]], roll right in to room 3:16, and burn that son of a bitch '''TO THE GROUND!'''

-->'''Austin:''' Stone Cold is gonna take his ass to [[WrestleMania Philadelphia]], [[BorrowedCatchPhrase check right in to the Smackdown Hotel]], roll right in to room 316, and burn that son of a bitch '''to the ground!'''

--> [[EstablishingCharacterMoment You sit there and you thump your bible, and you say your prayers, and it didn't get]] [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts you]] '''[[EstablishingCharacterMoment anywhere!]]''' [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Talk about your psalms, talk about John 3:16 –]] [[MemeticMutation Austin 3:16 says, "I just whipped your ass"!]]

-->'''Austin:''' Austin 3:16 says "I just whooped your ass!"

* The match that started the Attitude Era- StoneColdSteveAustin vs. ShawnMichaels at Wrestlemania 14. [[spoiler:Specifically the ending- A sweet chin music which was countered into a stunner which was countered into another sweet chin music which was countered into another stunner!!]]

** A standout moment: Austin finally gets to wrestle Vince, in a steel cage no less, at ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'' in 1999. It quickly degenerates into [[KickTheSonOfABitch a bitter employee rather callously kicking his boss' ass]] [[CurbStompBattle all over the arena.]] At one point, Vince is ''flung from the top of the cage through the Spanish Announce Table,'' and when Howard Finkel attempts to announce Austin as the winner by forfeit, Austin rightfully points out that ''the match hadn't actually started yet.'' Rarely is that level of sadism so awesome.
-->'''Austin:''' Now, jackass! Jackass, that's you in the black! Is the son of a bitch still breathing? Well, since he is still breathing, if you want me to finish this can of whoop-ass, [[CatchPhrase gimme a hell yeah]]!
-->'''Memphis:''' HELL YEAH!!!

* His BigDamnHeroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved StephanieMcMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of [[TheUndertaker Undertaker's]] MinistryOfDarkness.
** His even greater BigDamnHeroes moment, Stone Cold returning to his old self in 2001, saving Team WWF from the Alliance, entering to a truly massive pop. Check it out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8MHYGTeEus here]]
** But the best ever BigDamnHeroes moment? Showing up on ''Raw'' after a brief absence, to help Wrestling/MickFoley win his first title over Wrestling/TheRock, and in the process receiving, quite possibly, the ''loudest'' crowd reaction in ''Raw'' history. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybuIy0wKXk It's glorious.]]
* The Raw after Survivor Series 2001 was a simultaneous CMOA for Austin and Wrestling/RicFlair. For Flair, it was his return to the WWF after so many years and becoming business partners with Vince. For Austin, it was his almost effortless HeelFaceTurn one night after leading Team Alliance against Team WWF in the Survivor Series. Turns out that beating the crap out of a DirtyCoward Wrestling/KurtAngle makes turning face real easy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeFZ-5Oxnk Observe.]]
* A championship match on Raw between him and The Undertaker received a 9.1 rating and a 17% audience share, by far the highest rated segment in Monday Night Raw history (yes, even higher than "This is Your Life", despite all insistence to the contrary).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKRe9PAGfCw His "Superstar" promo]] from ECW. Basically a worked shoot full of {{Take That}}s directed at HulkHogan, RicFlair, DustyRhodes, EricBischoff and WCW in general, it's a powerful and very personal performance. It's also strangely prophetic of Austin's later career.

* [[http://www.mediaite.com/online/wrestler-stone-cold-steve-austin-goes-off-on-anti-gay-horsesht/ Coming out (pardon the pun) in support of gay marriage.]]

* A championship match on Raw between him and The Undertaker received a 9.1 rating and a 17% audience share, by far the highest rated segment in Monday Night Raw history (yes, even higher than "This is Your Life", despite all insistence to the contrary).

** There's a moment when Austin begins to pull himself up as if he is going to break the Sharpshooter, and the blood really starts to pull down. The fan response is ''chilling.''

*** Then, to cap it all off, he gets a hose from the beer truck and floods the Corporation with beer. The crowd was going ''crazy'',

** His even greater BigDamnHeroes moment, Stone Cold returning to his old self in 2001, saving Team WWF from the Alliance, entering to a truly massive pop. Check it out [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKz0_JngFmg&t=2m55s here]]

* The Raw after Survivor Series 2001 was a simultaneous CMOA for Austin and Wrestling/RicFlair. For Flair, it was his return to the WWF after so many years and becoming business partners with Vince. For Austin, it was his almost effortless HeelFaceTurn one night after leading Team Alliance against Team WWF in the Survivor Series. Turns out that beating the crap out of a DirtyCoward Wrestling/KurtAngle makes turning face real easy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeFZ-5Oxnk Observe.]]

* The match that started the Attitude Era- StoneColdSteveAustin vs. ShawnMichaels at Wrestlemania 14. [[spoiler:Specifically the ending- A sweet chin music which was countered into a stunner which was countered into another sweet chin music which was countered into another stunner!!]]

* Bret Hart vs Stone Cold, Wrestlemania 13. The end of the match had Hart putting on the Sharpshooter on Austin, and Austin is bloodied and ''desperately crawling to the ring ropes'' and passes out in a pool of his own blood. That iconic image would be the start of Austin's Wrestlemania moments of glory.
** The fans' support for Stone Cold's refusal to tap to the Sharpshooter, despite being a heel, is what would more or less jumpstart his turn to fan favorite and resident badass of the WWF.
* The Raw after Survivor Series 2001 was a simultaneous CMOA for Austin and Wrestling/RicFlair. For Flair, it was his return to the WWF after so many years and becoming business partners with Vince. For Austin, it was his almost effortless HeelFaceTurn one night after leading Team Alliance against Team WWF in the Survivor Series. Turns out that beating the crap out of a DirtyCoward Wrestling/KurtAngle makes turning face real easy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYeFZ-5Oxnk Observe.]]
* Any time he gets behind the wheel (a monster truck, beer truck, [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] Cadillac, cement mixer) one can expect this. The most awesome is regarded as when he drove a zamboni up to the ring so he can fly over the cops protecting VinceMcMahon.
** A moment that may rival the awesomeness is the beer truck. Austin drives a beer truck to the ring, and cuts a fantastic promo on the Rock.
-->'''Austin:''' Stone Cold is gonna take his ass to [[WrestleMania Philadelphia]], [[BorrowedCatchPhrase check right in to the Smackdown Hotel]], roll right in to room 316, and burn that son of a bitch '''to the ground!'''
*** Then, to cap it all off, he gets a hose from the beer truck and floods the Corporation with beer. The crowd was going ''crazy'',

* [[StoneColdSteveAustin Austin]]'s feud with VinceMcMahon, considered to be ''the'' greatest rivalry in ProfessionalWrestling history, was so huge he ''literally'' became TheHero figure of the WWF, on top of the biggest name in the business.

* Any time he gets behind the wheel (a monster truck, beer tanker, [[DwayneJohnson The Rock's]] Cadillac, cement mixer) one can expect this. The most awesome is regarded as when he drove a zamboni up to the ring so he can fly over the cops protecting VinceMcmahon.

* His BigDamnHeroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved Stephanie McMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of [[TheUndertaker Undertaker's]] MinistryOfDarkness.

->'''Austin''': Austin 3:16 says "I just whooped your ass!"

* [[StoneColdSteveAustin Austin]]'s feud with VinceMcMahon, considered to be ''the'' greatest rivalry in ProfessionalWrestling history, was so huge he ''literally'' became TheHero figure of the WWF, on top of the biggest name in the business.