#4 Stone Cold Steve Austin
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When that glass shatters, so does any chance of a dead crowd. How many times have we seen the camera pan while Stone Cold’s theme plays and children and grown adults jump to their feet? Stone Cold Steve Austin made bad guys cool, and fans are still begging for one last match from him.
It took a while for Austin to get the fans behind him, however. It was a slow process. From the WCW to ECW to the beginning of his tenure in the WWF, fans weren’t really in love with Austin. When he came to the WWF, he came in as Ted Dibiase’s new protege, The Ringmaster, even using the Million Dollar Dream as a finisher.
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However, once he split from Dibiase and gave his iconic “Austin 3:16” promo, the rest was history. Soon the “What” chants followed, and fans fell in love with the no-nonsense badass brawling style of Austin.
From Austin’s feud with his former tag partner Brian Pillman to the iconic submission match with Bret Hart to his almost decade-long feud with the Rock, all the while playing the foil to Mr McMahon even to this day, the WWE Universe went crazy for the Rattlesnake.
Every time he came out, fans were on the edge of their seats, hanging onto every word, just waiting for him to stun some bystander.
Even to this day, too many pauses in a promo will lead to “What” chants. Austin was involved in so many angles and memorable scenes that, when someone thinks of the Attitude Era, the first person that comes to mind is Stone Cold Steve Austin.
