Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time

He is perhaps the most popular Superstar in the history of the WWE. In the 1980s, Hulk Hogan was the face of the World Wrestling Federation. He was the man who fans inside and out of the business recognized. As the business began to change and become more edgy in 1997, there was a new man who arrived. He simply arrived, raised hell, and left. His name, Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Steve Williams, better known as Stone Cold Steve Austin arrived in the WWE in 1996 as the Ringmaster Steve Austin and he was managed by the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase. DiBiase handed the Ringmaster his coveted Million Dollar belt. Austin, who later admitted on an episode of Tough Enough, that he knew the ringmaster gimmick sucked, would began to create his own character. Borrowing some of his tactics he used while in ECW, Austin became a ruthless individual who went against tradition. His first victim would be, Bret the Hitman Hart. Austin was one of the most hated individuals on the WWE roster, as he was trying to take out one of the companies top babyfaces. At WrestleMania 13, Austin and Bret would engage in a submission match, a match in which Austin would not give up. Instead he passed out and left the world with a visual of him laying in a pool of his own blood. A year later Austin would go onto to defeat Shawn Michaels to earn his first WWE championship. 

In this story, Austin beings with his career as a high school football player and talks about his dreams of being a professional wrestler. He even takes the viewer through his time at World Championship Wrestling and how politics and lies held him back, including his original promise of being pushed as a singles competitor. This would lead to his great run as a tag team with the late Flyin Bryan Pillman as they became the Hollywood Blondes. Austin explains how they were just a thrown together tag team, into becoming a cohesive unit. Arn Anderson also gives his point of view on exactly why Austin was not pushed as a main event superstar in WCW. 

Fans who loved the Attitude era will love the chapters where Austin explains who he came about the name Stone Cold Steve Austin. He also talks about his time where he battled the Rock on three different occasions and on how some of these matches he would changed somethings around. Austin gives us his personal opinion of the Brahma Bull outside of the ring. 

Stone Cold Steve Austin abruptly left the WWE in 2002. There was a disagreement with Vince McMahon and the creative team and in this story, he goes in depth and gives us his point of view. Viewers also get McMahon's point of view on this situation. 

As time began to wind down, the viewers understand from the eyes of Stone Cold Steve Austin on exactly what it was like during his final run in the WWE. We also learn what it was like for him to come back and work with Eric Bischoff as general manager, especially since Bischoff was the one of the men responsible for holding him back while he was in WCW. 

In the Blu Ray Exclusive, fans are treated with some of his funnies promos including some from his WCW days. There are also four additional matches, including his last WrestleMania match against The Rock at WrestleMania XIX. This will be a great investment for any Stone Cold Steve Austin fan, as the DVD includes well over 10 hours of footage.