Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Road to WrestleMania XIV

[@sammysam2615]

There will never be another era like stone cold's era. He completely changed the game and took it with him when he retired

[@tonyblack7670]

Facts

[@jamesh4780]

Facts

[@bruceky8]

Even more incredible when you realise it was never meant to happen. HHH was due to win KotR and HBK was supposed to face Bret at WM13.

[@rehanpatel9797]

@@bruceky8 it's destiny my friend. Nothing happens by accident.

[@turkN9NE]

@@rehanpatel9797 I usually disagree with such statements of destiny, but I must agree here.

[@kevinpayton2664]

In my opinion, 1997-1999 were the peak years of the Monday Night Wars. Putting the title on Steve Austin in 1998 made sure that things were about to change.

[@Mm0592]

Bringing Tyson in was a stroke of genius by Vince

[@My19812011]

That run from late 1996 to mid 2001 was such a wild one, every week you had to tune in to see what Steve Austin was going to do next and no wrestler has ever provided so many legendary moments. It was such an amazing time to watch WWF, I don’t think we’ll ever see a run like it again.

[@lb2.0.45]

Can never go wrong with Stone Cold content on this channel.

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[@jmendoza2003]

Stone Cold road to Wrestlemania XIV was one of hell of a journey. Those were the best times.

[@tinotica]

Fun Fact: Stone cold is one of only two top guys in the history of the WWE that the audience never turned on during their babyface runs (the other being the undertaker). Nobody did what he did for the business. The GOAT!

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I am always amused when revisiting the Austin-Michaels program in 97. They did some face to face promos, where Shawn hilariously tried to 'out-tough' Steve Austin. Like Steve, Shawn takes to calling Austin 'son' - and he just looks and sounds like a boy in man's world.

[@raphaelmorrata8905]

The Austin push was just perfect. Built slowly from kotr 1996 to wm 14. Nearly two years of push to build one of the best superstar ever

[@DayLateGamerWill]

Greatest WWF Superstar, ever. Even after his potentially career-ending injury, he was still a force to be reckoned with. If only Austin didnt get hurt by Owen's hands, oh man, imagine how much bigger he wouldve been

[@timbartschwolfman]

A video about Stone Cold on my birthday What could be better

[@only1icon1801]

Happy birthday

[@WrestlingBios]

Happy Birthday Tim!

[@timbartschwolfman]

@@WrestlingBios Thanks man 👍👍

[@aidanduffy3407]

Have a happy birthday brother and that's the bottom line so says Austin 3.16 because stone cold said so

[@edgameplays5066]

Happy birthday.

[@hellionsentinel]

Vince has a seizure to sell the effects of the stunner 🤣

[@scottbivins4758]

Swear to God he does man Vince an the rock can sell the hell out of the stunner🤣

[@kaiserrino8774]

As I got older, I started to appreciate Austin even more. Not only is he the biggest superstar of the 90s, but he also was one of the best pure wrestlers in the ring (The Attitude Era doesn't really reflect all of his in-ring capabilities imo). He really had it all and now I truly see why people argue for Austin being the GOAT. Not just as a talker or wrestler but the in the sense of being THE complete package.

[@mrkipling2201]

I started watching the WWF when I was a kid in 1989. By 1993 I had stopped watching. Then one night in early 1997, just after WM13 actually, I was channel hopping and I flicked on to Sky Sports I think it was and the WWF was on. Steve Austin was talking in the ring. I thought sod it I’ll watch a bit of this. After a while I couldn’t believe what I was watching. I thought yeah this guy is worth watching. There was no more cartoon fools carrying bins to the ring. I started watching regularly after that. Because of Austin.

[@nickneurohr5422]

I miss that old school Monday night Raw ramp, curtain and setup. Brings back so many memories just seeing that background. Oh how we miss the attitude era.. Help us and save wrestling SOMEBODY HELP US DAMNIT!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@pizzahighfive2612]

If I make a Attitude Era type product from the ground up, will you support it?

[@jasonmerced718]

OH HELL YEAH!!!

[@thebitgamer2425]

Seth Kaplan What?!

[@mg9138]

NO FREAKIN CUSSING

[@jasonmerced718]

@@mg9138 who cussed?

[@GenericBoringName428]

It’s a tragedy that we didn’t get Austin vs Michaels both at 100% at Wrestlemania 14 like we did at KOTR ‘97

[@mj23allday247]

6:02 - somebody holding a “Shawn Michael Can Die” sign 😳

[@ant0586]

They pretty much learnt from the Diesel experiment. Instead of changing Austin they pretty much left him how he was which was so important

[@KoolKumasi]

Great point!

[@MrScubasteve991]

Love Austin , he made it seem legit when he cut promos and whipe some ass

[@Will-eh6xe]

I wonder if anyone ever found the IC title in that lake

[@only1icon1801]

SCSA for me is the biggest superstar ever in regards to all round "It" factor and having The Rock, Foley and McMahon to go up against only solidified that Would have personally loved to have seen more matches with Bret Hart, especially if he dropped the title to him at WM14 I think would have been unbelievable but obviously it wasn't meant to be SCSA is one of those rare individuals where he will always be relevant and would have been huge in any era Great upload as always WB

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Hogan had 'it' for 20 years. Face and heel. This is incorrect. Austin was a product of a specific time and set of fans.

[@jon_s849]

SCSA is the GOAT and that’s the bottom line...

[@only1icon1801]

@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 Hogan was stale by 91 when Jake Roberts gave him the DDT and they cheered, Taker winning the title at SS91 to a massive pop and when he dropped it back at Tuesday in Texas getting flipped off by a fan. It goes on, yes he had resurgence in 96/97 but once again drove it into the ground along with WCW. So will have to disagree with you

[@LordHeath1972]

Halfway through watching this I had to pause it and go watch the Austin/Michaels match from King Of The Ring 97 after you mentioned that incident with the guy who jumped the railings. I had forgotten about that!

[@johnclaxton9878]

I cant find the full part withn the lad

[@Pahricida]

​@@johnclaxton9878 dailymotion . com /video/x5vv26i starts around 6:30 mark

[@johnclaxton9878]

@@Pahricida thank you

[@kptyler5]

Shawn did the right thing no matter how you see him that was legit off him to do that even tho it’s interrupting him at work it was awesome to see especially when he was waving Steve pointing at him lol 😂

[@edgarryanjose7252]

The days when no spoiler because of internet.

[@karlitosway7474]

It was but it just wasn’t as prevalent as today cuz the internet wasn’t as expansive. Dirt sheets did exist online tho just hard to find

[@sonnywoods6846]

@@karlitosway7474 Didn't Eric Bishof expose one of Raw scripts or something when ManKind won the belt

[@johndonald9239]

@@sonnywoods6846 I think he means something that not happen yet

[@GoddesseyCreations]

@@sonnywoods6846 Eric did that live one night on Monday Nitro, causing ALOT of viewers to switch over to Monday Night Raw. It wasn't on the internet.

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

I'm glad Austin had won the belt. We needed a new face. Austin's championship win was well deserved!

[@TreFKennedy]

Really wish Shawn didn’t hurt is back cause this match would have been better

[@QuackMamba34]

Austin and Shawn's match at King of the Ring 1997 is an underrated classic. Before Austin's neck injury and Shawn's back injury. I can only imagine what they could of done at Mania both healthy.

[@jamesbounds]

Back when I first started watching wrestling weekly.

[@damianpriest196]

*gets on youtube after waking up* *sees wrestling bios stone cold video posted 3 minutes ago* *lights up blunt and enjoys* ❤️ I love this channel

[@morningstar577]

I'm smoking a bowl n watching this! Hellll yeah! 🍁🍁🍁

[@Amikshk]

Love Austin . All time fav only GOAT

[@izzy2802]

I remember our school banded all WWF wrestling finishers at school because we kept giving people stone cold stunners and Rock bottoms in the hallways lol

[@taydafranklin7800]

We'd do the stunner and the pedigree! Lol good times

[@mg9138]

My brother and I did tombstones on each other naked

[@izzy2802]

@@taydafranklin7800 damn! Lol

[@wonder-games3579]

We'd straight up do body slams, Sharpshooters and even a freaking Royal Rumble match in class where we'd use the tables as a replacement for the ropes. It was insanity lmao.

[@ragonel]

Gained a little more respect for hbk with the way he handled that fan.. Really good thing to do

[@lt.danicecream]

When politics have taken over damn near everything, I appreciate these videos. Thank you!

[@jaysontorries7082]

That was the Birth of the attitude era that when wwe was good because of stone cold Steve Austin’s

[@pizzahighfive2612]

Thank you ECW.. Thank you for Stone Cold and the Attitude Era! If it wasn't for ECW, we never would've got this.

[@toddpadgett4692]

Thank you eric bischoff for firing steve austin in wcw

[@brandonperkins176]

Stone Cold will forever be wrestling

[@MozartDylan]

Stone Cold for me is the Greateat Ever

[@darianlynch2687]

Stone Cold was definitely the man back then, but you gotta admit it, The Rock was right there with him. It’s crazy how they both popped at the same time. #TheAttitudeEra #WasTheBestEra

[@KoolKumasi]

Forgot to mention Taker at this time too.

[@darianlynch2687]

Kool Kumasi I actually hated Taker back then. Especially The Ministry of Darkness Taker.

[@KoolKumasi]

@@darianlynch2687 Cool.

[@chuckcalkins5546]

I'm a big fan of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

[@seltal3547]

THE WINNER OF THIS BOUT AND NEW WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jax2433]

Only Howard Finkle can make this the greatest thing you ever heard at the time

[@PrezidentHughes]

I got introduced to the Austin v Shawn situation through WWF War Zone for the PS1 on the Volume 8 Demo Disc in 1998. They were the default players. Good times! I bought the full game as soon as I could track it down a year later. By then it was a 'Greatest Hit'.

[@davidbrian8336]

Amazing Thank you my friend

[@edgameplays5066]

What a Legend.

[@ThaClancyFam2]

PLEASE do a Austin vs McMahon feud video. Still may be one of (if not the #1) greatest feuds in Wrestling History - Hardworking Man vs the Establishment!

[@corneliousworsham1426]

Yeah I can see 2 or 3 videos on that feud

[@heart.ox94]

McMahon, Stone Cold feud!

[@L1KECLOCKWORK]

Wish HBK stayed healthy so he could’ve had epic feuds and matches with people like The Rock etc.

[@anthonyanderson9303]

They had legit heat with each other. Rock didnt wanna work with him after he got big due to how HBk was towards him in the late 90s.

[@Thor-Orion]

Anthony Anderson there’s actually a lot of speculation that HBK was disrespectful towards the Rock’s samoan family at a wrestling show in like the early 90’s. I’m a little hazy on the specifics of it, but i know the Shawn’s attitude when Rock first got to the fed made the issue way worse to the point where Rock never wanted to work with Shawm when he came hack and Rocky was on the very too of the business.

[@Koritrey]

Hbk the goat

[@paulsmith8923]

rock wouldn't have done a program with him

[@ajsgaming83]

@Telly Delucca think that was at the hall of fame were hbk was actully sitting nxt to the rocks mum

[@whatsinanameuask4507]

Hulk Hogan built the WWF, Stone Cold Steve Austin saved it from death.

[@BlackFlash7]

I'd say Bruno built it. Hogan made it massively popular, and Austin saved it

[@sammylane21]

And Cena?? He was just maintenance staff, just that. Don't even mention Reigns to me.

[@nicholasguerrera8936]

Dave Ambrose Yes! We tend to forget about Bruno nowadays. However it wasn’t national for most of his run. In The west coast or down south, I wonder how popular he was....

[@radentstwo9793]

Wrong, HBK saved it

[@whatsinanameuask4507]

@@BlackFlash7 Touche

[@getbk_5452]

The greatest time. The Austin 3:16 era💀💪🏼

[@francodagawd]

Is it possible for you to do a video on Shawn's run as a heel champion up until the loss to Stone Cold?

[@blackmantis3130]

Yeah I really want to know how hbk felt about his career ending prematurely.

[@awokethelion316]

One of the best ones yet. Love your work

[@frankb6819]

This whole storyline was one of the greatest one's told, including the inadvertent injury Stone Cold suffered from Owen Hart. That made his character even larger than life. Kudos to the WWF for not screwing it up. From then on, Vince was smart enough to push younger stars (The Rock, Edge & Christian, The Hardy's, etc.), to eventually beat Nitro & WCW in the ratings.

[@hussainnabi4034]

Lovely great in depth analysis on all videos . Will we see stone cold 98 to 01

[@Bignash83]

That Austin promo was 1 of my first Raw promos

[@BeastNationXIV]

The storyline that officially got me hooked on pro-wrestling. My brother watched more fervently than me, but in late 1997, I knew his theme music by heart before I ever really started to watch.

[@DJDoubleCee]

I always believed that if Shawn Michaels didn’t back out of the world title match with Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13, Stone Cold would have never gotten pushed to the main event spot, since it looked like Austin’s rise to the top really started at the submission match with Bret. I also think Bret leaving WWE after the Montreal screw job helped Austin out too since that left WWE short of main event wrestlers.

[@1996lee1]

I have that same thought about HHH and The Rock if HBK and Bret didn’t leave/retire from the company probably would’ve took longer for them two to get to the top

[@incognito420.69]

@@1996lee1 i think Stone Cold and The Rock would have been big regardless... Helmsley maybe not

[@christianholbrook2686]

Alot of what ifs happened back then. For instance if the curtain call at MSG didn't happen then HHH wins King of the Ring 1996 instead of Austin which means no "Austin 3:16".

[@1996lee1]

Incognito ? I see your point but the only reason why I said that..because I’ve seen a lot of people talking about HBK and HHH using there backstage powers to hold the rock back even Bret Hart said in a interview they wanting him to buried the rock when he (Rock) was the IC champ in ‘97 Bret said he wouldn’t do it I believe its around that one match him and The Rock had I’m probably not quoting it right word for word but it’s a video on. Also I do think HHH would’ve became the star that he is just later on maybe around 2001-2003 time frame not 1999 if Shawn and Bret stayed around that long eventually WWE would have to create new stars HHH probably would’ve been Y2J in 2000 but just in a heel character but I could be completely wrong about that.......S/N: I didn’t even think about Undertaker so now if you think about 1998 time frame where HHH and The rock started to catch fire in upper mid-card but you still have HBK and Bret in the company would’ve been tough get in the main event picture with those two plus Austin and Undertaker at the top also

[@incognito420.69]

@@1996lee1 yeah i understand your point but look at CM Punk he had Vince Mcmahon saying he wouldn't push him but the people spoke and left them with no choice. End of the day its about money with all companies and they will do whatever makes them the most money. So with the people saying no to doing jobs it would end up how it always does, them out of the company and WWE making money with other people.

[@deabreyblowe6226]

Hopefully you could do some bios on the rock and roll express and midnight express rivalry or the the many incarnations of the midnight express. I think that would be cool!

[@paulsletten8985]

Thanks WB.

[@alexbrancato323]

A Foley retrospective would be dope asf. Either way thank you for the amazing content. Much love my guy

[@gameboysleepyd4277]

My first MONDAY NIGHT RAW was the RAW right before WRESTLEMAINIA 14. It was recorded a week in advance at the time in Tucson Arizona. I still have that WWF AUSTIN 3:16 t-shirt to this day

[@imogenaris1697]

Badass remix. It sounds better than his original version. The 1st thought that always comes to mind when watching an Austin vid is what the hell were Bischoff & wcw thinking when they let him go??? Thank you for detailing his match with Shawn at the KOTR '97. Will watch this soon. Where were the parents of the fan? The circumstances during Shawn vs Austin at WM XIV somewhat parallels the Curt vs Bret Summerslam IC match, except Curt was more professional about passing the torch despite his pain. Just opinion but their WM match is highly underrated. They still put on a very physically intense match that didn't disappoint. Tyson somewhat ruined the finish with that horrible fast count. Austin throwing the IC belt off the bridge- one of the best WTF moments!

[@bigbaddawg101]

The way Stone Cold talked and acted always reminded me of my uncle...just with less hair.

[@johanperez9547]

The best of the word💪🏼

[@hussainnabi4034]

The best bio documentary so far and that’s the bottom line cause wrestling bio said so !!!!! Glass shatters

[@Harrycuff91]

So happy this came out ! Thanks!

[@henrythelege14]

I’m really looking forward to the Austin vs Mr McMahon video! Great channel and I love looking back and taking the trips down memory lane. Thank Sir!

[@dubb3835]

The gong (undertaker) and glass shattering (austin) was the literal theme songs of my childhood and it was the best

[@joshwigmore5224]

Oh hell yeah great video brother

[@savharris5702]

Good on hbk for handling that kid, and not allowing him to (and I suggest this because CLEARLY he was the emotional type) be traumatized.

[@konaghbrennan3747]

Brilliant content brilliant video a must watch from wrestling bios!!!

[@hawkesey1161]

Awesome video. I can’t get enough when it comes to re-watching Austin’s career and era.

[@alexrivera633]

Stone cold is my favorite wrestler!💀

[@Eisentours]

Stone cold was the heart and soul of the Attitude era.

[@ReignSupreme2014]

My God! Those were the absolute greatest days of WWF/WCW or wrestling period!

[@gunnarjordan3950]

The AUSTIN Era was the absolute best in wrestling history!!! Austin is The King!

[@Allencartercomix]

Great bio as always, and it's interesting regarding Austin's transition from being booed, to a mixed reaction, to cheers. While he definitely wasn't a traditional clean-cut babyface as you mentioned here, Austin did start doing his "Gimme a Hell Yeah" question/answer bit in his promos to connect with the crowd a little more. Also, I never noticed in those Austin/Michaels clips that Shawn was wearing a Homer Simpson shirt. Nice! Something that I just didn't pay attention to watching it back then.

[@tishkelly2524]

Just came. Across this channel man ill have a good time watching all ur viedeos. U already have up u earned a new subscriber during these crop. Times. U got. Me. Back. Into wrestling again. Good job

[@cl-vision5029]

Revenge of the taker from right here in Rochester ny baby

[@rafa521NOLA]

It would be interesting to see a video on how Vince revealed himself to be the owner of the company. I remember when he was a kayfabe announcer and that it became apparent after the steroid scandal that he was the actual owner. But was that dealt with in tv/kayfabe storyline? I'm having a hard time recalling that.

[@johnepants]

It slowly got exposed over time. I think Heel Jim Ross is the first one to “out” Vince as the owner on live TV, though smart fans already knew

[@rafa521NOLA]

@@johnepants This sounds about right. It would make such a great video topic. I appreciate your response.

[@rex788]

@@johnepants wait! We had a heel JR?

[@johnepants]

@@rex788 for about a month around September-October 1996

[@mikegunn3r596]

Austin vs McMahon fanatic series vhs was one of my favorites as a kid.

[@TheDNAlevelC]

If you used to get shivers when you heard that glass break gimme a hell yeah!!

[@crashdonlay1891]

Wrestling Bios Rocks You make some of the best videos on KZbin or anywhere else The longer the better 😉

[@avisheksurajavi3874]

You're videos are so cool.

[@williamwolfxrivera2418]

One thing to point out about Austin's Reaction to Dude Love's 'Debut' footage was reused alot in future WWE promos involving the Rattlesnake

[@reehot2488]

Was waiting all day ✊🏾

[@michelleleslie85]

Nice shattered glasses remix

[@s0n___791]

Bless you super project Minoru suzuki. He's legendary.

[@AJ_savage16]

Another great bio once again thank you bro can u please a bio on Triple h road to becoming the WWF champion in 1999?

[@wolfieform9514]

Another brilliant bio 👍😎👍

[@th3gr81]

Lovely video, I hope you cover Mankind’s transformation to Dude Love.

[@CarlitosWayTheOnlyWay]

The homie is at it again!!!!!

[@slanderman3296]

7:20 hahahha man that's awesome I totally forgot about the special needs kid coming in but man totally just brought another waves of memories too me. Thanks bios :)

[@tonyelsayed6420]

We all know the Montreal screw job is what really set Mr McMahon into play though

[@eaz54]

What about a video on the Smoking Skull Belt? Or any of the other themed belts?

[@Benjatron-jw2rg]

A fan jumped the guard rail and 97 HBK was not a prick about it. It’s good to hear he wasn’t a total jerk back then.

[@frankrizzo7713]

To be fair it was a much more unique situation. It wasn't that the fans just started liking Austin and disliking Bret Hart. American fans started to Love Steve Austin and the majority of fans from the rest of the world loved Bret Hart. That heel/face dynamic was something that was never really seen before or since. Man, I really wish Montreal didn't happen. We were robbed of years of Austin/Hart feuds. I loved Austin/McMahon as much as the next guy, but I can honestly say I would have liked years of Austin and Hart going at it much more. There was an intensity between those two that you just don't see much of back then and now for that matter.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

When Vince said it's all about the fans opinion that's a nice little quasi-shoot moment...

[@skydiver575985]

Stone cold best ever

[@UFAPAN199X]

Undertaker is the reason for HBK retiring 3 times. Rumble, WM 26, and that shitty tag team match.

[@kazarubossgamearchive7205]

awesome video, Austin 3:16 rules.

[@dannyb7166]

Great job as always man thank you for making this

[@andrewcrouch2362]

Bloody brilliant video to watch again thats another one enjoyed it as always hope to see more Steve Austin vids again soon ok 👌