Steve Austin is a legendary wrestler. Also known as a film actor, a leading television show, producer. At birth, he received the name Stephen James Andersen, then became Stephen James Williams. He gained worldwide recognition in the ring as Steve Austin “Ice Block”. Known to the general public and as an actor. Steve Austin and films with his participation are known to many, have rather high ratings.
Carier start
Steve was born December 18, 1968 in Texas, USA. After graduating from school, he was seriously fond of football, but soon cooled to him. In order to receive any income, he became a security guard in a local bar. After some time, he learned that he began enrolling in one of the Texas wrestling schools, which was led by Chris Adams. Entering this institution, he began to train hard. His debut as a wrestler took place in December 1989. At first, he performed under the name Williams, but changed it to Austin so that he would not be confused with Doctor Death, the famous fighter Steve Williams.
Professional career
In 1991, Steve Austin signed the first contract with the Wrestling Federation. For fights, he chose the pseudonym Stunning. Steve's first success came quickly enough. A few months later, he became the World Television Champion, defeating Bobby Upton. Made an attempt to get the belt of the US champion. But in the finals he was defeated by wrestler Sting. He did not leave his plans and in 1993 won the championship belt, with which he broke up in the following 1994. Active performances of Stephen in the ring led to numerous injuries that he healed for a long time. Attempts to catch up ended in failure. This led to the fact that in 1995 he was dismissed from the Federation.
Having lost his job, Steve Austin began to speak in extreme wrestling tournaments. However, there was no success.
Another success came when speaking in the World Wrestling Federation in the winter of 1995. At the same time, Steve took the pseudonym "Ice Block". In 1997, having suffered a serious neck injury during the fight, he was able to bring it to the end and defeat Owen Hart, become an intercontinental champion. However, his health condition did not allow him to participate in the battles for almost three months. This led to the fact that Austin lost all the conquered championship belts.
Championship Race
Federation Champion Steve Austin returned in 1998, when he spoke in the ring against Sean Michaels. During the fight, Austin unintentionally caused a serious injury to the enemy, which caused the latter to leave wrestling. Some time after this fight, Austin had a fight with wrestler Kane before the first blood. In a duel, Steve was beaten with a chair with a chair, he stopped the fight, lost his champion title. In the same year, he challenged Kane for a rematch, defeated him and won the champion title for the second time.
At the end of 1998, the new head of the Federation was wrestler-fighter Vince McMahon. Steve Austin had a complicated relationship with him. Vince constantly interfered with "Ice Block" to speak in title fights. He removed fights from refereeing.
However, Steve Austin was persistent. In 1999, in one evening he defeated three applicants, and also laid him on the shoulder blades of the Federation President himself. By this he achieved the right to claim the title of Champion of the Federation. In the end, he became one. But the intrigues and conspiracies within the Federation led to the fact that he was deliberately hit by a machine. Steve was seriously injured, again injuring his neck and back. I got into a hospital bed, so I could not speak for a long period.
Having recovered, Steve Austin took steps to clarify the circumstances of a car hitting him. He found that he had done a wrestler nicknamed Rikishi. He publicly challenged him to a duel, and in the battle that took place he brutally dealt with him. He even made an attempt to move Rikishi to the truck. In 2001, Steve became the champion for the third time, winning the Battle Royale. In the same year he moved to the New Organization of Wrestlers, which was called the Alliance. This structure did not last long, it was disbanded.
Retirement
Steve Austin's career as a wrestler was nearing its end. He began to act as a judge of fights. Experts said that he had to stop fights back in 1997, when he injured his neck. In 2003, Steve was appointed the general manager of the Federation, however, he did not work for this position for long. Structure President Eric Bischoff announced a team battle in which losers left the Federation. Austin's team was among the losers, and he left the Federation. At the end of the year, he returned and became a sheriff, supervised the order.
Since 2004, begins to act more actively in films. He concluded several significant film contracts for himself. In 2009, he was included in the Hall of Fame of the World Wrestling Federation. During the introduction of his number of legends, Steve Austin ended his career as a wrestler.
But in March 2011, Austin returned by signing a contract with the president of the Federation. He performed occasionally in the ring, led the show since the spring of the same year as the general manager of the organization.
Movie work
In fact, moving away from an active wrestler career in the mid-zero years, Steve begins to devote himself to filming a movie. The most notable role at that time was the character in the 2005 film All or Nothing, where he starred with Adam Sandler. Between 2007 and 2012, Steve Austin starred in the TV series Chuck. In 2010, the successful action movie The Expendables was shot by Sylvester Stallone. In 2012, Austin starred in the action movie "Parcel", his companion for the filming was Dolph Lundgren. In 2013, the former champion, along with Adam Sandler, successfully starred in the comedy Odnoklassniki 2. Steve Austin and films with his participation are quite popular to date.
Film critics and viewers note that the best film in which he starred as an actor is All or Nothing. The best series with his participation are Chuck, WWE RAW, Detective Nash Bridges, WWE SmackDown. As an American actor, Steve Austin starred in 290 films between 1985 and 2015.
Personal life
The first time Steve married on November 24, 1990, his school friend Katherine. However, the marriage was hindered by Steve’s ongoing relationship with Jenny Clark, who performs in the Wrestling Federation under the pseudonym Lady Blossom.
Steve divorced Katherine on August 7, 1992, married Clark in December of the same year. In marriage, they had two daughters. Steve also adopted her daughter Clark from her first marriage. Together they lived for 7 years, divorced in May 1999.
The following year, Steve married Debra Marshall. However, this marriage was unsuccessful. So, in June 2007, Marshall told reporters that Austin beat her several times. They knew about the beatings in the Wrestling Federation, forcing them to make up the beatings on the face, as negative information about the Champion's family life could adversely affect the Federation. Their marriage was dissolved.
For the fourth time, Austin married in 2009. My wife's name is Christina. They live in California or Texas, where Steve has a ranch called the Broken Skull.