15 of the Greatest and best wrestlers in WWE history

#4 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Austin was the face of the WWE back in "Attitude Era"

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin was the WWE’s biggest star, fired from WCW, Austin reinvented himself in the '90s as a babyface, beer-chugging, an anti-authoritarian superstar who entered into a high-profile feud with his boss, Vince McMahon and make him for his sins.

Austin was the face of the WWE back in "Attitude Era," the company’s most popular time.

No wrestler impacted the WWE like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. but in 2003 he was forced to retire due to a broken neck injury he suffered, which left a void in the WWE yet to be filled.

The biggest WWE superstar of all time, Austin was the money-maker for the WWE back in that era.

He was a bigger star than John Cena, The Undertaker, The Rock and Hulk Hogan. Austin’s influence on pro-wrestling can be seen not only in WWE’s financial success but also in how it influenced storylines and characters for the years to come.

Austin proved that realistic characters based on a wrestler’s own personality were much more relatable and interesting than over-the-top cartoon characters.

Austin’s promos, rivalries, storylines, and matches all had a personal edge to them because the narratives of these segments blurred the lines between scripts and reality.