We can't leave out Jim Ross and his commentary, he sold it like no other.

@TrollinThru

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely, people keep bringing up Stone Cold, The Rock, HHH and Undertaker but the commentary from Jerry The King and Jim Ross cannot go unnoticed.

@stevegaza1495

7 ай бұрын

Yeah they had commentary on lock down, WCW had no comparison.

@TheGillenium

7 ай бұрын

“HES STOMPIN A MUDHOLE IN HIS ASS! AND WALKIN IT DRY!!”

@cws480

7 ай бұрын

100%. JR’s voice and emotions are locked instep with all other elements of Stone Cold’s tremendous success and popularity.

@user-ce9mw2fs1i

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely I'll never forget his commentary at no way out when Austin whooped bichoff ass

We also need to give huge props to vince. Him playing as the manipulative evil boss and feuding with austin also played a huge role on his popularity.

@luci4463

7 ай бұрын

More like Vince playing as himself

@orangesilver4568

7 ай бұрын

Stone Cold did what many would love to do by insulting and assaulting his boss.

@GSicko

7 ай бұрын

VUCK FINCE

@abrahamannan5801

6 ай бұрын

@@luci4463 😂

@Nukaze

6 ай бұрын

Yeah Vince allowed himself to be ridiculed, compared to triple h as the boss

Stone Cold single-handedly defined the attitude era just by the pops he received alone. Without him and the Rock, WWF would've never reached the heights as it did in the late 90s. That alone makes him one of the GOAT's.

@younglove3362

7 ай бұрын

Stop, there were other events that played a role as well. Undertaker and the ministry, DX, the Nation of Domination, and other things had a huge role I'm it as well. Stone Cold single handedly alone is nothing without all those other factors. The Rock rising up in his absence is more than enough proof.

@DrWei1111

7 ай бұрын

@@younglove3362 thank youuuuu 💯, it's so annoying when people act like Stone Cold did it all by himself as if there aren't two wrestlers in the main events of Mania or a whole locker room of hard workers to make those plays happen, yes he's the QB but he still had teammates 🤷‍♂️

@eroccha

7 ай бұрын

@@younglove3362 All those wrestlers you named has said Austin was the reason WWE became as big as it did. This doesn't mean others didn't help to make it popular. Austin just took it a level never seen.

@eroccha

7 ай бұрын

@@DrWei1111 A better analogy is he was the Michael Jordan of wrestling. MJ took the NBA to another level of popularity just like Austin did.

@nicholasgreen2012

7 ай бұрын

​@@erocchawithout jake the snake, Brett Hart and Paul hayman there is no stone cold

That crazy walk he makes to the ring talking to himself is so iconic. He's one of those entertainers we all wish we could be.

@ahmardjaved2511

7 ай бұрын

‘Oh he’s walkin, he’s talkin, bah Gawd Stone Cold is here!!!’

@garethrevell5873

4 ай бұрын

Oh he's walking, he's talking, he's ready to kick somebody's ass, Austin has parted the red sea, Stunner, another Stunner, another Stunner, the Texas Rattlesnake is on Fire, the whole game changed when Austin got here 😂😂😂bloody love it

@B0-uh4rr

4 ай бұрын

When he was the most pissed he was talking shit all the way to turnbuckles

@vibsmith555

3 ай бұрын

does he walk like that in real life?

@garethrevell5873

3 ай бұрын

@@vibsmith555 of course he does, everywhere he goes 🤣🤣🤣

Austin hitting McMahon in the head with a bed pan will always make me laugh.

@MajinBadat

7 ай бұрын

That noise! LMAO

@alsoknownas875

5 ай бұрын

It will never not be funny.

@lylesommers1249

5 ай бұрын

yup that was freakin hilarious

@premium7182

4 ай бұрын

lol

@VersaceHarrison

4 ай бұрын

😂😂TOO funny

The late 90s were all about antiheroes. Stone Cold Steve Austin was in the right place in the right time. His work in the ring, his promo ability, his character, and the backing of the fans, all perfectly aligned.

@younglove3362

7 ай бұрын

Stone Cold, Sting, NWO black and white/red, DX, and a few other anti heroes revolutionized the 90's.

@sadetwizelve

7 ай бұрын

Mid 90s,ecw made the antihero cool

@barrytheflashallen3941

7 ай бұрын

Now we're in the Anti-Villain Era with heroic heels.

@42BigNate

6 ай бұрын

Prefect storm, few get them.

@barrytheflashallen3941

6 ай бұрын

@@42BigNate Antiheroes are the most relatable to real life people.

JR screaming "STONE COLD! STONE COLD!" at the top of his lungs during all entrances... Makes it all even more memorable

There'll never be another Steve Austin

@stonecold5373

2 ай бұрын

Or Rock. So legendary

@neetrab

2 ай бұрын

"There'll never be another Steve Austin" - Thank God.

This man not only started the Attitude era he literally saved the WWE

@chesssterling101

3 ай бұрын

The rock was a bigger draw.

@bobmannion4548

3 ай бұрын

@@chesssterling101Cap

@w0nd3r6

3 ай бұрын

@@chesssterling101 Calm down its like saying Ferrari is better then Porsche.

@chesssterling101

3 ай бұрын

@@w0nd3r6 prime rock was better, and by prime rock i mean 99-02 after Austin left and was out in August of 99, from then on Rock started drawing higher numbers for the WWE then Austin ever did.. This is a fact and did it for a longer period. So this comment is bias. Austin with the help of Rock, Triple H, Mick Foley, Undertaker, a crazy stacked tag team divison, a hardcore championship division is what saved the WWE. Not one man

@mayurwalavalkar9219

2 ай бұрын

@@chesssterling101industry need a face to sell their brand in austin rock hhh cena punk did very well

Me and my brother still laugh about the way Rock took a stunner to this day. No-one took it as well as him, absolutely legendary.

@shaneclark3605

6 ай бұрын

Every time the Rock got stunned he would over sell it and do a back flip. I'd bust out laughing every time. If you watch Wrestlemania 17 when Austin stuns him Rock did his usual backflip but way more absurd you can see Austin start laughing.

@luketallman891

4 ай бұрын

What I loved about The Rock was he did everything he could to get someone like Stone Cold or the Undertaker to break character.

@JoshWiniberg

4 ай бұрын

@@luketallman891 trying to make Taker break character is responsible for some legendary WWE moments. Wasn't the People's Elbow mostly an attempt to make Taker corpse (pun intended) as well?

@luketallman891

4 ай бұрын

@@JoshWiniberg haha yeah. He was just trying to get Taker to break character and it stuck

Stone Cold Steve Austin is a jewel among men. Proud to be his fan. Long live champ.

@kiyruchan9535

7 ай бұрын

My favourite wrestler of all time

The rock and Stone cold single-handedly defined the attitude era with the pops they get everyweek.

@TrollinThru

7 ай бұрын

HHH and The Undertaker cannot be ignored.

@sadetwizelve

7 ай бұрын

How the fuck can two people do something SINGLE handedly?

@emogodthe1

7 ай бұрын

Dx undertaker Kane n mankind

@RobertHallVidz

7 ай бұрын

Stone cold rock undertaker kane Kurt angle mick foley (in any iteration) triple h I stopped watching wrestling when roman reins began to be a thing....so boring 💤 let Austin or the rock just make a promo appearance

@juzzie

6 ай бұрын

But without Stone Cold bringing it from the ashes .. The Rock could never have got there

It's simple. He was a part of the real man but turned up to the maximum. He was all we wanted to be; confident, badass, charismatic, a bit mysterious and most of all, relatable.

@rexyz5875

7 ай бұрын

Relatable is so overrated

IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. BEST ERA IN WRESTLING HISTORY

I absolutely love steve but I feel so often we never talk about how timing was the greatest thing to help him out. He was exactly the right kind of character for a late 90s crowd to enjoy

@TheGillenium

7 ай бұрын

He still had to be who he was, regardless of the timing.

@jest3167

7 ай бұрын

BS if prime Austin was thrown into the WWE today he would still be over ASF and a lot of the people who stopped watching would tune back in

@YouKnowUsTV

7 ай бұрын

@@jest3167exactly this is such a dumb take that can be proven wrong by looking at how over LA knight currently is who is bringing that same Austin/rock energy

@xThe_Wendigo

3 ай бұрын

I actually have the opposite take. The attitude era became the attitude era because of Stone Cold. I would argue timing had nothing to do with it because he’s the guy that would have changed the face of wrestling no matter what time you put him in.

For starters he had the best intro music, the best walk, the sweetest rides, and the best finisher. End of story

@JuliusTurner-hm6ff

2 ай бұрын

Stole his intro music from Razor Ramon and he definitely does not surpass The Rock or Hogan for the most popular WWE character of all time. Most entertaining? Yes but definitely not most popular.

@Evan-nw8db

9 күн бұрын

💀​@@JuliusTurner-hm6ff

Stone Cold is all the things Roman Reigns wants to be, for all the reasons Reigns never will be.

@Mr.AlEdits8426

7 ай бұрын

Bro speaking FAX

@typo9434

7 ай бұрын

Roman character worked after he started being himself I doubt he now wants to be someone else

@BrandonHaymon

7 ай бұрын

​@@typo9434😂

@josephroessler7724

7 ай бұрын

Roman Reigns Vs Stone Cold Steve Austin 💀 🍻🍻

@theoldhermit2601

7 ай бұрын

What a dumb comment lmao. Roman is doing the ric flair/triple h type character, roman isnt trying to be stone cold and he knows he could never be stone cold. Roman has become a big draw in his own right; of course hes not as big of a draw as austin because nobody was, not even cena for as big as he got. Hell, The Rock has been hollywood's biggest star for a decade, and in the wrestling boom, even he was behind austin. Dont put down another performer just because they dont match austin. Nobody matches austin.

I'm 42 and got major goosebumps then. Nothing on earth tops a Steve Austin entrance. Our leader of the defiant and rebellious 90s

@stonecold5373

2 ай бұрын

Ohhhh HELLL YEAAAH!

@JuliusTurner-hm6ff

2 ай бұрын

I agree. Him and Rock, but the guy who gave me the most goosebumps back then was when HHH came back from a long injury with his new theme music and the very 1st time he spit that water in the air.

I lived through hulkamania and the Stone Cold era. Unequivocally, Steve Austin was a much bigger star. Arenas would erupt when that glass broke. He had people in the palm of his hand even before he stepped through the curtain. And he never was stale or did his gimmick get old

@richardh8811

6 ай бұрын

Disagree. I saw both live. My ears rang for 3 days after Hogan came out. At worst they were equivalent. Imo Hogan was arguably more popular in their heyday

@richardh8811

6 ай бұрын

Same close tho, could go either way

@richardh8811

6 ай бұрын

*damn

@kenmasters2025

5 ай бұрын

nah. Hogan forever. Wrestlemania 18 baby. Hogan is the goat.

@raymondseiter8182

4 ай бұрын

Steve Austin is the goat and that's the bottom line

I feel like Vince never wanted Rock to be bigger than Austin because Austin saved the company

@Klay_Thompson113

6 ай бұрын

LOL it's just acting my friend

@terrymartin1660

Ай бұрын

The rock was never close to being stone cold!!!

It’s simple. He was the right guy playing the right character at the right time it was a perfect storm of excellence.

Being in middle school and high school during this time was amazing. Never missed a Monday no matter what. Wwf was so damn entertaining. Glad I grew up during this era.

The Rock in the thumbnail smiling in the corner like he's watching his older sibling getting spanked from their parents.😂😂😂😂

@anthonywomack2260

7 ай бұрын

😂😂

That Walking , That entrance , That self-trash talks , That Gimmick , That entire package , That Music , That Attire everything was just phenomenal & was everything & he single-handedly took the entire company to an another untouchable Level & took the Company to the sky. This character was like it's me against the entire roster.

Being a guy in his early 20’s during The Attitude Era was amazing! Stone Cold 🐐

@Spongemonkey26

7 ай бұрын

same!

He was my first favorite wrestler when I first started watching in 1999 and is one of my childhood heroes. Hell watching his match against Kevin Owens last year made me feel like I was 7 years old again lol. God bless The Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin🐐🐐

How could you not mention JR's selling for Austin??? There was that short segment of "STONE COLD! STONE COLD!" you showed, but JR really made it feel like Austin was THE toughest SOB badass the planet had ever seen. JR being Austin's cheerleader made those events truly iconic.

@megavolt67

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, JR definitely helped to put Austin over with a level of enthusiasm that he had for no one else (Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stunner! Stunner!), not to mention the nicknames he appeared to have coined (and if not, he sold them quite sell) like "Texas Rattlesnake" and "Bionic Redneck".

Glass shattering Theme alone is a goosebumps 🔥🔥🔥 Right guy, right time. Attiude 🔥

Iconic entrance. One of the best finishers ever. Fantastic promo. Helped that he had the greatest heel ever to feud with as well

i always loved the rock flipping around after the stunner 😂😂👌

When ever we here the class shatter, the pop from the fans is deafening. No other wrestler gains this much charisma and ovation than Stone Cold. Not even The Rock, John Cena, Roman Reigns and LA Knight.

@RobertHallVidz

7 ай бұрын

Sorry who's LA LIGHT????ITS THAT BAD I DONT EVEN KNOW THESE GUYS

Triple H & The Rock really sold those Stone Cold Stunners in such hilarious fashion

AUSTIN is a true, real life Living Legend! The KING!!!

I use stone cold’s theme to wake me up in the morning. Never fails to wake me up

The greatest ever. A childhood hero to millions. I remember the next morning in school after RAW, there was only ONE thing everyone ever talked about - "did you see how Austin _______"? And even teachers joined in on the conversation! Thank you, Steve. For the amazing childhood memories!

I've always loved the "EHH EHH!!!" 😂🤣😂🤣

That pop from Mankind vs The Rock on Raw still gives me goosebumps to this day; what a moment!

A protagonist can only rise only when the antagonist is more menical. Starting more from WM 13 with his best match of his career with Bret Hart to winning the WWF Championship next WM to outdoing the Rock and finally Vince. The legendary promos of 3:16, iconic Jim Johnson entrace theme,)so many catchphrases, middle figure gestures and drinking nbeers after every match (courtesy of Mark Yeaton).Also don't forget the 90s era we lived a lot of thing that was allowed back then on cable television would never be allowed today.

AUSTIN is EASILY THE GOAT. NO ONE can touch him. Especially 98-99. AUSTIN is HIM.

@sadetwizelve

7 ай бұрын

Ha! Hogan 84-90,Flair 83-90,The Rock 98-02,Cena 05-12 stop smoking crack. Austin was on top for like 2yrs

@jamesprez7296

7 ай бұрын

@@sadetwizelve Rock 98-02? And this guy is talking about crack?? You an Embarrassment brother. AUSTIN PEAK and star power is Unmatched. Not Hogan Rock or ANYONE can F with him. McMahon said it himself hes the boggest star EVEER. Dont even respond you beyond DELUSIONAL

@jest3167

7 ай бұрын

@@sadetwizelve Austin's time at the top was short because of injury in saying that even if it was only 2 years it only took Austin 2 years to out sell everyone you just listed and Austin is still out selling everyone today meanwhile Austin's what chant is still tormenting the current wrestlers today

@BriefKeef

7 ай бұрын

​@@sadetwizelveyou're out your fucking mind...nobody is touching 98-99 Austin he was basically 97-98 MJ...doesn't matter how long his reign was injuries are apart of the game...these other wrestlers are lucky he got hurt...or else he would of been raising hell for a long time...and would have one more championships...doesn't matter how long you do something what matters is what you do with the time you have...and he maximized his time on top 1000%

@marcosleong4613

6 ай бұрын

@@sadetwizelve i like how you named so many people and yet failed to mention bruno sammartino.

Vince McMahon probably has PTSD hearing his theme song

back in 1998, we're all waiting for the sound of glass shattered. the rivalry between Stone Cold and Vince McMahon was unbeatable 😁

Everyone is gangsta until the glass shattered and stone cold came out

mannnn i grew up in this era of wrestling.. i loved it so much. hats off to all the guys who were the stars of the show and honestly, hats off to Vince McMahon for making it what it was, that guy is honestly a genius. his era of wrestling was by far the most entertaining and off the wall. he was even such a huge part of it himself staying in shape with the roster and being such a big part of everyone's career as the big bad boss, the arch villain of the whole show. nobody ever mentions it but the greatest performer of all time was by far Vince McMahon, never broke character, always was down for the wildest shit anyone could come up with and always put on a tremendous show for everybody. thank you Vince McMahon.

@micahasmith1

7 ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Vince was the GOAT as well!

@marcosantana4330

3 ай бұрын

He seriously was.

No one beats the look of defeat that crosses Vince McMahon face when that glass breaks

I'm gonna send this to anyone who says that they grew up during the ruthless aggression era. This perfectly sums up how Cena would never be an Austin, as great as he is.

15:26 Austin breaks his character seeing Triple Hs selling is hilarious to watch 😂😂

JR: "STONE COOLD!! STONE COOLD!! STONE COOLD!! Miss that line so much ❤❤❤❤

STONE COLD STONE COLD STONE COLD -Jim Ross

Stone cold still to this day gets some of the largest crowd pops when he makes appearances. I went to a Raw back in 2019 in NYC because he was gonna be there, and that crowd erupted and was easily the loudest of the night.

Everything in him was explosive, the entrance, the walk, the moveset, finisher, the taunts. The glass crack just changed whole mood in the arena in a second.

Steve Austin was bigger than life. I miss the attitude era. What a time to be alive. WWF at the time was most see tv. I remember in school, everyone talkibg about raw the night before . Times were so much fun before censorship and social media

I have had the pleasure of meeting out in public I was Star struck but a incredible nice person and holy shit did it feel like he was the man no doubt. But every time I hear his music it puts a huge smile on my face

You gotta give credit to vince as he is the fuel for stone cold's fire during the attitude era. Giving stone cold the best story line against him and the rock and basically with everyone. 😅

21:10 celebrity death match was the greatest thing ever if you grew up watching it as a kid

Everyone lived vicariously through Stone Colds antics…Man’s a legend! The GOAT!

Austin in real life is a much nicer guy than he portrays on camera he does that for our pleasure he lost his dog today and he sent a heartfelt post.

"DTA - DONT NEVER TRUST NOBODY!" 😂🤣😂

The real tragedie of Austin's career was after wrestlemania 13 he was finally anointed as the future of the wwf and that summerslam match with Owen cut his career short and changed how he had to wrestle before the injury he was one of if not the best in ring profomers that's why the hit man was a driving froce in giving him his chance and wanting to have his first feud with when he returned that was one of my all time favorite rivalrys and late 96 until Austin was done was the best time to be a fan it will never be like that again he was magic

Reasons Stone Cold is the undisputed GOAT: Austin is the most popular/over wrestler of all time and is in the top 5 of all time in every single category. Technical wrestlers like Bret Heart, Undertaker, Flair, loved matches with him, Heart himself saying his best ever match was WM13 with Austin. He was a world class talker probably only behind rock, he brought out true fan passion and attachment more than anyone in history, merchandise hese number 1 ever, impact hese top 3 ever and a huge reason WWF/E turned around Monday night war ratings. He was the leader of the greatest and most competitive wrestling era of all time! IT AINT EVEN CLOSE

@Thugofchoc

7 ай бұрын

2000 rock was the most over of all time. He carried the company to the highest it's ever been. Smackdown exists for one reason

@sdo1840

7 ай бұрын

@Thugofchoc do your research, Austin was way more over, there wouldn't even be smackdown without Austin

Wrestling ain’t wrestling without Jim Ross screaming “Stone Cold” over and over again at the top of his lungs.

I could just watch compilation of wrestler selling the stone cold stunner all day, very entertaining lol.

Stone Cold! Stone Cold! Stone Cold!

Stone Cold's popularity and you add The Rock as well equals BOOM!!!!!!!!!

15:20 Even stone cold was laughing at HHH’s oversell 😂😂

Stone Cold has one of the most chilling, goosebump raising entrance of all time. Second in my opinion is the bell ring or the Undertaker.

I love a lot of eras of wrestling, but having two superstars as over as Austin and The Rock at the same time was what made the Attitude era my #1

@douglarochelle2620

7 ай бұрын

It was just a perfect storm... There was so many greats... HHH, Jericho, HBK, Undertaker, Kane.... it just all worked and was so entertaining.

@chrisjett6232

7 ай бұрын

@@douglarochelle2620 I so wish HBK hadn't been retired because of his back for most of the Attitude Era.

@douglarochelle2620

7 ай бұрын

Even the “undercard” type guys… Edge & Christian, the Hardy’s, the Dudley Boys… not sure how I forgot about Kurt Angle in the first reply… During the WCW/WWF merge was some of the best stuff.

@BriefKeef

7 ай бұрын

The great part Is Vince had two huge superstars and he knew how to make it work

Bruh, for me, Nothing beats Stone Cold climbing those turnbuckles for his signature F-U arm double arm raise and seeing the Hundreds of cameras flashing away, desperate to capture That one moment. Always gives me goosebumps, even now as a 37yo, going from Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior to, Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels to, Savio Vega vs Stone Cold, I've gone through some eras of wrestling, but, Nothing will ever top attitude era. Every wrestler, from big card to small card had an air about them, skills and movesets in the ring, great titles. Even the Divas were in a league of their back then. Also, a lot of people hate the heel Stone Cold phase but I rather enjoyed it because he gave the floor to a lot of mid-low card wrestlers the chance to try their chops on The mic and in the ring. There'll Never be another Austin!!!

I loved when he gave the middle finger to his opponent when he delivers the Stone Cold Stunner 😁 One of the greatest of all time for sure!

Stone Cold Steve Austin Is The Goat 🐐

Vince was instrumental in the stone cold/vince fued and for that segment it was a 50/50 contribution, Vince selling made Austin's action even more engrossing

An entrance is honestly one of the most important things, and that glass smash is so iconic and imo probably the beat entrance ever. Without that hlass smash it wouldnt have been as good. And i honestly think that one small detail could have been the difference in steve being the GOAT and just someone alot of people liked but forgot about.

Man I’m 37 and that glass shattering still gets me excited as fk

The Tupac of wrestling....

@anthonywomack2260

7 ай бұрын

Facts

I got goosebumps just listening to the pops. Watched this on TV back when I was 10 years old. Memorable times

Hearing Austin curse for 30 seconds straight is fucking hilarious 😂😂

The glass breaking still gives me chills & I'm already 47! 😂

5:43 I still remember that Raw episode, Rock call out Austin immediately after defeating William Regal and then it was an epic segment between those 2 until Rock hit Austin with Rock Bottom and got interfered by Jericho and Angle, great days of wrestling

Greatest Of All Time

Uttlerly wild how tjust the sound of the glass smashing before any theme or song plays gets the crowds immediately pumped 🤩

He got me back into pro wrestling

I still can't believe Eric Bischoff said Steve Austin is Unmarketable.

@stevegaza1495

7 ай бұрын

And we see how that worked Bischoff & Co. The unemployment line at least temporarily.

They'll NEVER be another???Thankyou STONE COLD❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

Wrestling will never ever be this good again ...I was a long time fan since 1988 right up until around 2005 when I kinda drifted away from it ...we didn't realise how lucky we were at the time...I witnessed Hulkamania at its peak , i saw The Undertakers debut ..I watched bret hart and Mr Perfect put on a wrestling clinic at Summerslam 91...I saw the birth of the N.W.O , Austin 3:16 and Goldberg I watched the Rock rise and Kane's arrival aswell as the Underrtaker throw Mick Foley off then through a steel cell..I do truly miss those days

It was vince... i dont whos idea all that was, but vince signed off on it. There's a ridiculous amount of humility needed to be ok with that. Vince owned the company, but he was 100% the best non-wrestling heel in history. Maybe even the best.

@TrollinThru

7 ай бұрын

Vince is the company's greatest heel, HHH takes second.

@jasondyrkacz8270

5 ай бұрын

​@@TrollinThru There was a period where HHH was more hated than Vince.

Austin is the GOAT

One of the best ever and if not the GOAT one of the GOATs for sure. OH HEEEELLLLLL YEAH!

Baby face or heel, they just couldn't get the fans to hate him...that's a true goat

Hulk Hogan is by far the most popular wrestler of all time

@stevegaza1495

7 ай бұрын

No way. WWE head honchos even said it themselves. SCSA all the way!!

@melvynsngltn27

7 ай бұрын

​@@stevegaza1495Hogan made Vince Mcmahon

Let’s face it. Stone Cold is to wrestling what PlayStation is to gaming

It was lightning in a bottle. Austin organically got over with fans and lived up to all the hype, had the best villains against him (Vince, Undertaker, Rock, HHH) and at the perfect time in pop culture.

GOAT. No one compared to Austin on the mic in 97-98. Rock and Austin are the goats on my mic IMO, followed by flair and the other old guys. Austin, however, made this business believable for me. Him and Vince rivalry will never ever come close to being matched. And of course Austin/Rock, Austin/Brett, Austin/HHH and others.

If Austin ever came back they would shut down WWE 😂😂😂😂

Stone Cold rose to fame in 1997, 2-3 years later Eminem blew up. In the late 90’s, America LOVED rebels with bad attitudes who caused controversy. That was the culture. 😎

I think it is also his voice and looks. He looks like a very strong old man even when he is young. So young men love him. His voice and way he speaks definitely played a role in his stardom

The Attitude Era is full of unadulterated, fun trash-talking, catch-phrases, and everything this era can never top or replicate.

No hate to The Rock, he's the most charismatic wrestler of all time, but the coolest and most popular wrestler of all time is Stone Cold. The Attitude Era was really that magical era where everything that could've clicked for the WWF, did. The build video for WrestleMania 17's main event was everything that was great about the Attitude Era, all in one.

@MajinBadat

7 ай бұрын

Austin's merch to this day is still the WWE's all time most selling. I love the Rock, but nobody is on Austin's level of popularity.

@RoseyRK

7 ай бұрын

@@MajinBadatthe rock is on that level. The Rock & Austin are on a level that nobody can reach.

@sdlelwoj-sd6xh

7 ай бұрын

@@RoseyRKno hate but the rock is not. His hollywood career its what bringing his level up

@MrOlaray

7 ай бұрын

​@sdlelwoj-sd6xh the Rock is definitely on that level. Stone cold was earlier on then the rock came to his level. Both were on the same level.

@truthhurts450

7 ай бұрын

Austin talked the same acted the same. Moreover, the script was always on making him the tough guy, but Rock did a whole different ball game. He acted cunning, tough, comedic, baby face or heel he outperformed everytime.

Rock was just as popular, pops just as loud..in a way Rock took what stone cold started and took it to the next level To the point the wwe named its shows after one of Rocks catchphrases

@dewanewelch1744

5 ай бұрын

Rock was never as big. He was big but Steve was on another level.

@aj2rchee530

4 ай бұрын

@@dewanewelch1744Rock was on a level of his own. He eclipsed Steve Austin. That doesn’t take away anything from Austin. Austin is the GOAT, Rock will even say that. Austin on a consistent basis, had louder pops. Rock however, was a diamond in the rough and can never be replicated. Let’s not forget, Austin always got his badass moments. Rocks prime was April/May of 2000 and he never got what he truly deserved. He got so big that he only became about making everyone else look good. He was on every binder of most girls in 7th/8th grade in 1999-2001. He was on every video game cover, he was who McMahon promoted. McMahon was the director and he said what went down. Austin deserved it, but Rocks run was salvaged. He became as big as he did in spite of it. Losing 3 WrestleMania main events in a row, McMahon owed him the honor of beating Hogan, Austin and Cena at WrestleMania. To say Rock wasn’t on Austins level is just absurd. There is a very valid argument for Rock to be the GOAT. I will accept Austin as the true GOAT for what he did for the business. Rock is like Eminem in the sense that although he’ll never probably be considered the GOAT, he sits alone on what he was able to accomplish. He didn’t need to finish the story, he was the story!

He's definitely the G.O.A.T. in my opinion

I'm sorry but the GOAT is Hulk Hogan

@stevegaza1495

7 ай бұрын

SCSA got him beat. I grew up in both eras and everyone including non wrestling fans flockedto see the trash talking redneck

That time with him and Jericho with the "you've got a mic in your hand use it" is pure comedy gold.