Stone Cold Steve Austin
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Few wrestlers changed their business the way Stone Cold Steve Austin did. One unscripted speech after a tournament win in June 1996, the Austin 3:16 promo, began the rise of a mid-card villain into the WWF's biggest box office draw, and his war with his own boss, Vince McMahon, became must-see television. This quiz starts with that promo: where it happened, who was on the receiving end and what it was poking fun at. From there it covers his early years in the ring, his time in WCW and ECW, the origin of the Stone Cold name and look, his championship wins and WrestleMania matches against Bret Hart and The Rock, the injuries that ended his career, and his later life in film, television and podcasting. It is written for fans who watched Raw every Monday in the late 1990s and for anyone who knows the bald head and goatee but not the story behind them. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Steve Austin's 'Stone Cold' name came from his then-wife warning him that which drink was going cold?
Tea
Tea was the unlikely source of the name. His then-wife Jeanie told him to drink a cup before it went stone cold, just as he was looking to replace a gimmick he thought was weak.
Q 02Steve Austin's 'Austin 3:16' catchphrase from the 1996 King of the Ring mocks a verse in which Bible book?
Gospel of John
Gospel of John 3:16 was the target because the man he had just beaten was playing a born-again Christian. Austin ad-libbed the parody during his coronation speech.
Q 03Which boxer was the special enforcer when Steve Austin won the WWF title at WrestleMania XIV?
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson had sided with the champion's group, D-Generation X, then turned on them. He made the deciding three-count for Austin and knocked the beaten champion out with a punch.
Q 04Composer Jim Johnston built Steve Austin's entrance theme around a car crash and which other sound effect?
Smashing glass
Smashing glass suited a character who, Johnston said, did not enter a room with subtlety. He felt at once that it sounded as if it had been Austin's theme for years.
Q 05Steve Austin won which annual WWF match a record three times, in 1997, 1998 and 2001?
Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble wins put him in Guinness World Records. In 1997 Bret Hart actually threw him out first, but the officials missed it, so Austin slipped back in and won.
Q 06Which wrestler did Steve Austin beat at WrestleMania 38 in 2022, his first match in 19 years?
Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens already used Austin's finishing move as his own, with Austin's permission. Their No Holds Barred match was Austin's first feud since he retired in 2003.
Q 07Which nickname did commentator Jim Ross give Steve Austin for a character nobody could trust?
The Texas Rattlesnake
The Texas Rattlesnake fit, Ross said, because of the character's mannerisms, motivation and mindset. Austin has called himself eternally indebted to Ross for helping the character catch on.
Q 08At Survivor Series 2000, Steve Austin got revenge on Triple H by dropping his car from which machine?
A forklift
A forklift let Austin lift Triple H's car and drop it 20 feet. It was payback: Triple H had been unmasked as the plotter behind the hit-and-run that sidelined Austin a year earlier.
Q 09Steve Austin passed out from pain and blood loss rather than submit to which Bret Hart hold at WrestleMania 13?
Sharpshooter
Sharpshooter or not, Austin never gave up, so the referee stopped the match. The crowd turned on Hart and cheered Austin, a double turn that made the villain the hero.
Q 10Steve Austin gave the Austin 3:16 promo right after beating whom in the 1996 King of the Ring final?
Jake Roberts
Jake Roberts wrestled the final with injured ribs and refused an offer to stop the match. Austin went after the ribs, won, and then mocked his opponent's preacher persona at the coronation.
Q 11After refereeing the 'Battle of the Billionaires' at WrestleMania 23, Steve Austin hit which tycoon with a Stunner?
Donald Trump
Donald Trump had just helped shave Vince McMahon's head bald, the forfeit their wrestlers had fought over. Austin, the guest referee, then dropped Trump with a Stunner anyway.
Q 12Steve Austin was the most popular wrestler of which WWF boom period of the late 1990s and early 2000s?
Attitude Era
Attitude Era wrestling reached its mainstream peak with Austin as its foul-mouthed antihero. In 2001 he headlined the first WrestleMania to top a million pay-per-view buys.
Q 13Which D-Generation X leader did Steve Austin pin at WrestleMania XIV to win his first WWF Championship?
Shawn Michaels
Q 21Steve Austin dropped Vince McMahon with his finishing move in 1997 on the first Raw broadcast from which arena?
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden went wild when Austin floored the boss, who had just told him he was not physically cleared to compete. Austin was then led away under arrest as part of the storyline.
Q 22Steve Austin disguised himself as which figure before attacking Vince McMahon at Tribute to the Troops in 2003?
Santa Claus
Santa Claus turned out to be Austin, back only weeks after being written out as Raw's co-general manager. Days later he returned to Raw as its self-styled Sheriff.
Q 23Steve Austin made his film debut as a prison guard in the 2005 remake of which football comedy?
Shawn Michaels wrestled despite a severe back injury and did not compete again until 2002. His absence left Austin as the company's top star, ushering in what was called the Austin Era.
Q 14Under which short-lived name did Steve Austin debut in the WWF in 1996, managed by Ted DiBiase?
The Ringmaster
The Ringmaster was a technician character, and Austin soon thought the gimmick weak. Within months he had shaved his head, grown a goatee and asked for a change.
Q 15Whose botched piledriver at SummerSlam in 1997 left Steve Austin temporarily paralysed?
Owen Hart
Owen Hart dropped Austin on his head, bruising his spinal cord. Austin still won the match, but the neck damage turned him from a technical wrestler into a brawler.
Q 16What name links Steve Austin's Texas ranch, his IPA and his interview series on the WWE Network?
Broken Skull
Broken Skull was first the name of his ranch near Tilden, Texas. It went on to brand an IPA, a lager, a CMT reality contest and his interview show, whose first guest was The Undertaker.
Q 17On Raw in January 1999, Steve Austin's steel chair shot on The Rock helped which wrestler win the WWF title?
Mankind
Mankind took the title after Austin struck The Rock in the face with the chair and then draped the challenger's body over him for the pin.
Q 18Steve Austin walked out of WWE in 2002 rather than lose a Raw match with no build-up to which rookie?
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar deserved a proper stage for so big a win, Austin argued, and losing on free television made Austin look weak. Vince McMahon fined him $650,000 on his return, later cut to $250,000.
Q 19Steve Austin lost the WWF title in a 1998 First Blood match to which rival, then regained it the next night?
Kane
Kane was champion for a single day before Austin took the title back on Raw. Months later the same rival helped Austin win a Buried Alive match by dropping The Undertaker into the grave.
Q 20Steve Austin played Dan Paine, right-hand man to the main villain, in which 2010 action film?
The Expendables
The Expendables cast Austin as the muscle for the film's primary antagonist. He soon re-teamed with two of its actors for the film Hunt to Kill.
The Longest Yard
The Longest Yard gave Austin a supporting part as Guard Dunham. It even earned him a Teen Choice Award nomination for his on-screen fight with Bob Sapp.
Q 24Which UFC fighter refereed the submission match between Steve Austin and Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13?
Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock ended the match when Austin blacked out, then had to pull Hart off him. He took Hart down and challenged him to a fight, which Hart declined to a chorus of boos.
Q 25Which Quentin Tarantino film inspired Steve Austin to shave his head with a razor before a show in Pittsburgh?
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction did it: Austin, who had battled thinning hair for years, copied Bruce Willis's haircut in a bathroom on the road. He then grew the goatee, and the look was complete.
Q 26Steve Austin held the WCW and NWA tag team titles for five months in 1993 as half of which team?
The Hollywood Blonds
The Hollywood Blonds were a team Austin did not want at first, since he had been earmarked for a singles title run. His partner pushed for the shared name, ring gear and finishing move.
Q 27The 1996 King of the Ring, where Steve Austin delivered the Austin 3:16 promo, was held in which Midwestern city?
Milwaukee
Milwaukee witnessed a win that was never the plan. Hunter Hearst Helmsley had been due to take the tournament, but was punished for breaking character at a show a month earlier.
Q 28Earlier on the night of the Austin 3:16 promo, Steve Austin badly injured which part of his body against Marc Mero?
Mouth
Mouth bleeding from the semi-final with Mero, Austin still won it. He then took the final and gave his famous coronation speech the same night.
Q 29Austin 3:16 T-shirts were reported in 1997 to be the WWF's best-selling shirts since which 1980s craze?
Hulkamania
Hulkamania was the benchmark, reported less than a year after the promo. Austin's popularity had surged after his WrestleMania 13 loss to Bret Hart, which turned the crowd firmly in his favour.
Q 30Steve Austin sided with Vince McMahon at WrestleMania X-Seven, the first WrestleMania held in Texas, in which city?
Houston
Houston packed a record 67,925 fans into the Astrodome that night. Austin won the title with McMahon's help and shook his old enemy's hand, turning villain for the first time since 1997.