Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin, born Steven James Anderson on December 18, 1964, is an American professional wrestler, now retired from the ring, who also worked as an actor and media personality. He began wrestling in 1989 after playing college football at the University of North Texas, and he first made his name in World Championship Wrestling, where he won the World Television Championship and the United States Heavyweight Championship twice each. After a short stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling he signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 1995 and became the face of its Attitude Era in the late 1990s and early 2000s through feuds with The Rock and Vince McMahon. He won the WWF Championship six times and the Royal Rumble three times, and he was forced to retire from in-ring competition in 2003 after serious neck and knee injuries. He has been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice.