History Awesome / StoneColdSteveAustin

* The 25th Anniversary of Raw starts with Vince [=McMahon=] boasting about himself when the sound of glass cracks and Steve Austin arrives, stunning both Vince and his son (the latter twice) and celebrates by chugging down several cans of beer as usual.

*** 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''.

* A meta and retroactive example, Austin giving the Stone Cold Stunner to UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 23'' could be considered a CMOA, since he actually gave a Stunner to ''a future United States President''.

-->'''Austin:''' I appreciate the fact that you and the World Wrestling Federation care. And I also appreciate the fact that, hell, you can kiss my ass! (proceeds to give McMahon a stunner)

* Meta-example, Austin stunning Creator/DonaldTrump at Wrestlemania XXIII is consider a CMOA, since he actually attacks a future US President.

* Any time he gets behind the wheel (a monster truck, beer truck, [[Wrestling/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 in Detroit so he can fly over the cops protecting VinceMcMahon.

* After Brock Lesnar attacked him and stole his ATV, Austin appears on the last SmackDown before Wrestlemania XX and face off with the Beast himself. Paul Heyman sends the SmackDown locker room to stop him but no one listens to him, not even Heyman's other client, Big Show. Austin enters the ring and beat the crap out of Lesnar, even causing him to bleed, and take back his ATV. Probably the closest thing we have for an actual Austin vs. Lesnar match.

*** On a meta level, this is the best-known example of a [[HeelFaceTurn double]]-[[FaceHeelTurn turn]] in Wrestling history.

* January 12th 2014 on Raw marks the debut of Austin's signature ATV. He first uses it to chase Teddy Long away from the arena during Rob Van Dam's match with Mark Henry.

-->'''Memphis:''' '''HELL YEAH!!!'''

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

** 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 ''while'' [[CrazyAwesome standing on top of the beer truck]].

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

* 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 Wrestling/TheUndertaker's Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness.

-->'''Austin:''' For the last few weeks, I come out here, and I sit here and listen to you spin your little nursery rhymes about "Jabroni Avenue" or "Know Your Role Boulevard"; Jesus Christ, son, you better get your ass serious, because Stone Cold Steve Austin is gonna take his ass to [[Wrestling/WrestleMania Philadelphia]], [[BorrowedCatchphrase check right in to the Smackdown Hotel]], roll right in to room 3:16, and [[KillItWithFire burn that son of a bitch]] '''''TO THE GROUND!'''''

* Any time he gets behind the wheel (a monster truck, beer truck, [[Wrestling/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.

-->'''Austin:'''For the last few weeks, I come out here, and I sit here and listen to you spin your little nursery rhymes about "Jabroni Avenue" or "Know Your Role Boulevard"; Jesus Christ, son, you better get your ass serious, because Stone Cold Steve Austin is gonna take his ass to [[Wrestling/WrestleMania Philadelphia]], [[BorrowedCatchphrase check right in to the Smackdown Hotel]], roll right in to room 3:16, and [[KillItWithFire burn that son of a bitch]] '''''TO THE GROUND!'''''

-->'''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 [[KillItWithFire burn that son of a bitch]] '''''TO THE GROUND!'''''

* His now legendary "Austin 3:16" promo upon winning the 1996 King of The Ring, forever cementing his place as a future legend.

* 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.

-->'''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:''' 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!'''''

* 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 Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness.

* 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" [[note]] In all likelihood, the reason that WWE doesn't promote this segment in favor of "This is Your Life" is because Vince McMahon has always been trying to push the fact that his company is more than just a wrasslin' business, it's an [[InsistentTerminology ENTERTAINMENT]] business. [[/note]]).

** 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.

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

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

--> [[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"!]]

* 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").

** 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''.