5 WWE Superstars who were compared to Stone Cold Steve Austin

#1. CM Punk

CM Punk with Steve Austin and Jim Ross.

Here comes the guy who established himself as his generation's Stone Cold Steve Austin, more than anyone else ever did. CM Punk went from a dastardly heel to the voice of the voiceless, over the summer of 2011. His pipe-bomb promo on an episode of Raw shook the wrestling world to its core and turned him into a top star overnight.

CM Punk spent the next several months feuding with Vince McMahon and Triple H, clamouring for bringing in a change to the company. He soon won the WWE title again, kicking off a 434-day reign that ended at Royal Rumble 2013 when The Rock dethroned him.

Punk was the definition of an anti-hero, who took it upon himself to face the authority and try to change things around him. The comparisons between him and Austin led to WWE teasing a potential match between the two, during a heated-up sitdown interview with Jim Ross.