Ranking The 10 VERSIONS of STONE COLD from WORST to BEST

Ranking The 10 VERSIONS of STONE COLD from WORST to BEST | Wrestling Flashback

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Here I rank the 10 versions of Stone Cold Steve Austin from WORST to BEST.
Which is your favourite version of The Texas Rattlesnake?!
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TIMESTAMPS (Spoilers):
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - 10. The Ringmaster (1995-1996)
02:09 - 9. Stunning Steve Austin (1991-1995)
04:28 - 8. ECW (1995)
06:07 - 7. Raw GM (2003-2004)
08:08 - 6. What? Era (2002-2003)
10:36 - 5. Returning Legend (2005-2022)
12:46 - 4. Hollywood Blonds (1993)
14:15 - 3. Heel Turn (2001)
17:11 - 2. Rise Of Austin 3:16 (1996-1998)
22:30 - 1. Face Of The Company (1998-2001)

Пікірлер: 148

@shawnmichaels568 Жыл бұрын

1998 stone cold legit got the loudest pops every week and it wasn't even close.

@itz3ree-z706 Жыл бұрын

The rock beat his pops later on

@Big_3000 Жыл бұрын

@@itz3ree-z706I always like to say that Austin and Rock lead two halves of the attitude era. Austin lead the first half from 1997-99, Rock lead the second half from 2000-02.

@itz3ree-z706 Жыл бұрын

@@Big_3000 No, the rock took over by 1999 -2002

@Big_3000 Жыл бұрын

@@itz3ree-z706 id say Austin from November 1997-November 99, Rock from November 99-April 2002. But to be honest, there was a period from late 2000 to early 2001 where they both had legitimate cases to be the top star.

@c3realK1ll4h 11 ай бұрын

@@Big_3000by end of 1998 and the rocks heel turn, the rock was getting cheered as well as booed, but fans were well behind him, first quarter of 1999, The Rocks face turn made him the biggest superstar in wrestling history, also doing a single with wyclef jean ‘it doesnt matter’

@Mos41f Жыл бұрын

It's such a shame that due to his retirement we never got to witness Stone Cold have rivalries with top superstars John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Randy Orton, Batista, Edge etc.

@everythingisawesome2903 Жыл бұрын

@@carter3369Bad take.

@UndergroundSkat2000 Жыл бұрын

I think he was in the right time frame for his style. The Rock would have had better matches with those guys

@thegarbagefly 11 ай бұрын

Mehh, leaving you wanting more isn't a bad thing.

@DragonBallzMoviesHD 11 ай бұрын

Except The Rock. No one was close to Austin's lvl

@BSG1892 11 ай бұрын

It was a crying shame that we had the 2 greatest at the same time with him & the Rock and their peak was about 5 years max. Can’t believe they were both gone by 2003, for different reasons of course but at least they can both say when they left when wrestling was still the best thing on TV

@FunkSwaggMusiK Жыл бұрын

1996-Mid 1997 Stone Cold was very unfiltered and move set was more versatile before SummerSlam 1997. Imagine If we had that version throughout the Attitude Era and beyond.

@Draconamous Жыл бұрын

At the age of 31, you forget how brief of a period all those memories made in the attitude era truly was. The rock only 4 years, stone cold only 5 to 6. It's amazing how little time people need to become iconic and considered the best when allowed free reign.

@UndergroundSkat2000 Жыл бұрын

Actually Austin took frequent sabbaticals from the ring during his reign on top

@Draconamous Жыл бұрын

@UndergroundSkat2000 I can totally see that because of his neck. Still insane that one of the best. If not THE BEST era in wwe since hogan slamming Andre was so short.

@TheDanielShepherd 11 ай бұрын

If you notice, in the 90s, nothing lasted very long. Then you get to the 2000's onwards and everything lasts forever. I don't know why this has happened. Every 2 years in the 90s looks like a totally different WWF. Where as, apart from the performers you'd be hard pushed to tell the difference between a 2010 WWE show and a 2023 WWE show. The Undertaker went through about 8 versions of himself from 1991 to 2001. Then he came back as the final form and stayed EXACTLY that way until he retired. Everyone in the 90s had short runs. Bret, Shawn, Austin, Rock. Roman's been a champion longer than someone of them were in their entire run.

@Draconamous 11 ай бұрын

@TheDanielShepherd and that's why it is so insane to think about. Back then I was a kid and had no responsibility and so it felt a lot longer to me. Now 6 to 7 years seems short but a longer career then most in wwe.

@ryanlashton Жыл бұрын

If Stone Cold never had the neck injury, I truly believe that he would’ve stuck around in some capacity up until 2011. Very part-time after 2005 though.

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Thus you have to look at the parallel of Takers career and wrestlemania matches at the time

@CeemPlay Жыл бұрын

Does anyone else ever realize how much Austin has done for the business & just cry like a baby? Especially during emotional video packages or when you see it all together like this. He gave so much, he's the absolute greatest of all time.

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

They all did especially Taker...

@rajakghosh6602 Жыл бұрын

Little credit is given to how good Austin was in the ring. Though after the devastatingly carrer ending neck injury his style became more of the brawler. His each journey from WCW pairing with Brian Pillman to ECW making shoot promos to finally then WWF, he made quite a journey. Frankly his style of promos during his fued with Bret and later Rock were the best moments of Austin's legacy. He did add Brian Pillman's loose cannon gimmick Anti Authority heel gimmick to his own.

@Doragonrenja Жыл бұрын

Steve didn’t begin using the stunner until 6 months into his WWF run when it was given to him by Michael Hayes, whom originally gave it to Jimmy Garvin in 1994, which is where Mikey Whipwreck picked it up.

@rickyrichreacts9667 Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t lucky enough to watch stone cold from 96-98-99ish, seeing as I didn’t start watching wrestling sometime around 99. But to me, my favorite one was 2000-2001, just before he turned heel and joined the alliance

@growing.grounds4054 11 ай бұрын

8:20 the rocks face moving with the what is HILARIOUS!

@w4bm892 Жыл бұрын

7:09 they both broke character 😂😂😭

@devondavis5119 Жыл бұрын

The face of the company and the what era will always my two favorite versions of Steve Austin

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Yup

@nOT_sURE08 Жыл бұрын

The dream of Stone Cold and the Rock coming back kept me watching for years...

@brandonjones8059 Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite matches was the Sone Cold vs Dude Love match where by Vince McMahon’s own hand counted the 1-2-3 after having the odds stack against him.

@DragonBallzMoviesHD 11 ай бұрын

1996-1998 Austin was in prime. He was the biggest star in pro wrestling during that time. He surpassed Hulk Hogan by a mile and because of his persona people like The Rock and Taker adopted tweener personality instead of superman hogan gimmick

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Because Saggitarius rule the earth, that's why... you're welcome.. do further study

@reggiewolfpac Жыл бұрын

I like the Attitude Era , Heel , GM & the Alliance/What gimmick versions of Stone Cold & damn even in his young days he was great on the mic this was a great video. #BMF #DTA #WHAT #SCSA

@Firefly139 Жыл бұрын

His marriage to Debra fell apart due to her manipulative and controlling behavior (preventing his kids from visiting him, leaving him stranded at arenas, etc.) mixed with his own personal health issues and professional frustrations. The domestic violence allegations didn’t raise their head until weeks before he sought to file for divorce from her.

@BSG1892 11 ай бұрын

1998 to 99 was his peak. He was still great until 2001 and of course he had Mania 17 with the Rock but because of the neck injury it was never the same again after that 2 year period

@chrisseals6191 7 ай бұрын

These vids you do are really put together well. The time you take to put all these clips together makes your vids really good. Keep these vids coming

@Mjwara 11 ай бұрын

2:07 Let's be honest people, seeing Steve Austin with hair looks so weird now.

@jamesburgess2k Жыл бұрын

I had no idea that the "What?" chant came so late in his career. With how widespread it became, I assumed it was something that had to have been tied to him when he was at his highest in popularity, considering how well it stuck with crowds.

@danielwebster5748 Жыл бұрын

I watched wrestling starting with the wccw which I remember with fondness and I also though didnt know the what started so late. Vince mcmahon was right although rock was a close second stone cold was the goat

@godfatherz6716 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Video, now please make a video ranking Chris Jericho's Gimmicks.

@reggiewolfpac Жыл бұрын

Far as I know Stone Cold is the only wrestler that drove 8 different vehicles in the arena man it's crazy.

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Undertaker has about half of that... he comes in a casket, motorcycle, chariot, and a Hearst lmao...

@gworn6870 7 ай бұрын

So entertaining. Both. Austin and your Videos....❤

@omega.male4231 11 ай бұрын

Heel Austin number 1 from me, yeah it was bad for business and all they stuff everyone said but it made for the most consistently, wild, funny and absurd segments in wrestling history. Slightly relatable as well I must say

@TheImapotato 6 ай бұрын

Loved Austin before the injury...after it, his matches, his angles and the whole company became ludicrous. #1 for me is Stunning Steve, every match was unique

@daxmoney5011 9 ай бұрын

12:47 it’s crazy that two architects of the attitude era of wrestling were in the same tag team

@MadMagic88 Жыл бұрын

What a great video man 🥺🙌

@SeanLiu4 22 күн бұрын

@13:35 "The last time I saw a body like that, it had an apple stuffed in its mouth!" Lmfao!!!🤣

@michaelweech6432 4 ай бұрын

Definitely the version we’ve always remembered him for (that we saw in 1996, although, technically, made his WWF debut in late 1995), that played a colossal / whopping / gargantuan role in (exactly said era’s initial year) 1998’s ‘attitude’ era - bald head and goatee (signature move the ‘Stone Cold Stunner’, and theme ‘Hell Frozen Over’).

@ironsentinel6047 11 ай бұрын

The pan to the head never gets old 🤣

@metalanarchy5186 Жыл бұрын

96-98 was peak Austin when was first becoming stone cold and the bret hart feud to the early days of the Mr mcmahon feud were the very best stunning steve was awesome to weather in the Hollywood blonds or on his own

@Costanza1459 Жыл бұрын

When he took his ball and went home. “I didn’t see the point.” Hahahahaha!!!

@wwemonkey619 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion late 1996-1997 is his best work especially vs Bret at WrestleMania 13

@FunkSwaggMusiK Жыл бұрын

Ok now I see where he got that TV Land Promo from🖐🏿

@dillonwhite634 Жыл бұрын

The GOAT, my childhood hero, and a wrestling legend!

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 9 ай бұрын

🤦‍♂️ 25:58 I remember watching this happen and just shouting at the TV with my friend "Please! Just pick up the chair and hit Vince with it now! Fine, just use the title when he turns around and everything will be ok!" But of course that's not what he did, that's not what he did at All. 😅👍

@cymandeh Жыл бұрын

97 Austin dude was little talk and all stunners!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jamesburgess2k Жыл бұрын

I've always heard that Stone Cold was a great in ring wrestler yet I was never impressed with his work in the Attitude Era, but I never connected the dots that he had to change his style after his neck injury. All his great work was (unfortunately) before his rise to fame. With that said, in the video it's said that he changed to the style that would define the Attitude Era... so would he have still gotten over so much if it never changed into the brawler style that fit his character more?

@smoking_skull Жыл бұрын

intro is really fn cool

@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 9 ай бұрын

The version of Austin that fought Bret at Mania 13 and the version that had the cage match with Vince that busted him wide open (a little while before Mania X7) were the two best Stone Colds ever. It's a shame what happened with his neck, there could have Easily been one more All Time run for Austin before "hanging it up" Also, Surfer Sting is the Best Sting. 😅👍

@aaron4310 10 ай бұрын

The what era was quility. How it ranked below stone colds guest appearance is beyond me!

@amanivista1143 8 ай бұрын

Heel Austin was soooo funny 😂 that version almost became my favorite

@itz3ree-z706 Жыл бұрын

The "What"? Era is just fun to watch.

@ColinoDeani 4 ай бұрын

20:51... geez that shirt owen is wearing is some creepy Ironic shit... RIP Owen...

@jameshlightseyiii5930 11 ай бұрын

I like 2001 heel version of Stone Cold the paranoid rattlesnake.

@castlebravocrypto1615 9 ай бұрын

I didn't know there was any more than 1 version

@kussamanga 7 ай бұрын

Paul really can smell talent

@jimsheppard3166 9 ай бұрын

Oh wow. I definitely wasn't expecting the Ringmaster to be at the top of your list.

@XThirdEyeX 9 ай бұрын

It wasn't...it's at the very bottom, ranked #10.

@jimsheppard3166 9 ай бұрын

@@XThirdEyeX You can't fool me. I watched the video and the Ringmaster was at the top of the list at number 10, and then they worked their way down to number 1. I saw it with my own eyes.

@XThirdEyeX 9 ай бұрын

@@jimsheppard3166 Exactly...I'm not trying to fool you. It was ranked #10, as in the last spot, at the bottom, not the top. They just started with #10 and counted down to the #1 top spot.

@siddhantpawar258 5 ай бұрын

1997-2001 was the Stone Cold Steve Austin Era 🔥

@thegarbagefly 11 ай бұрын

Punk steve in ecw was pretty cool

@danielwebster5748 Жыл бұрын

they keep saying stunning steve austin in wccw but he got the moniker in uswa in the sportatorium. of dallas

@chris_t2020 Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows '98 was peak Austin. Although '97 Stone Cold had skills in the ring too.

@UndergroundSkat2000 Жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed heel Austin what? I said enjoyed heel Austin....what?

@melaniewhitt9271 3 ай бұрын

love Stone cold and the What erra

@ThePrinceTheWorld-ux2cj 11 ай бұрын

favorite austin is Heel run 2001 and WHAT Austin and gm of raw

@drewellis95 Жыл бұрын

10:56 Listen to Vince 😂😂😂😂

@RyanGriffiths28 11 ай бұрын

????

@Vandstein 11 ай бұрын

I didnt know austin was a paul heyman guy before....😂

@RyanGriffiths28 11 ай бұрын

22:10 what segement was this

@forestgrumpy119 5 ай бұрын

Brother, please do this for Mick Foley

@mikeg7430 5 ай бұрын

DTA, BMF, 3:16

@LongHoang-ul5uz 4 ай бұрын

What's the intro song?

@danielwebster5748 Жыл бұрын

I have a soft spor for stunning steve austin in the uswa and his feud with gentleman chris adams. Each week Chris adams would insult stunning steve austin saying his name is steve williams and i had to loan him a pair of my boots it was the top wrestling as a kid

@sarthakbhalerao1045 4 ай бұрын

Frankly beside nWo, which was an inspiration from the NJPW and not his original idea, Eric Bischoff had no idea what he is doing, why he was booking certain talents, and that's why EB led to demise of two great wrestling firms..... The short run success of WCW should not be considered a great decision because going concern is a principal for any company and the 2 or 3 years of being at top doesn't really count. Calling SCSA not a marketing wrestler, poorly utilising Sting, Bret Hart and ending the streak actually showed us what a failed manager/decision maker Eric Bischoff was in hindsight.

@JohnTheBaptist87 Жыл бұрын

97 Austin is my personal favourite

@armaggon5920 Жыл бұрын

Alliance Stone Cold was most entertaining in my book. They should do videos like this for other wrestlers.

@Slick_Rick859 9 ай бұрын

Dang Steve got that kind of physique with a single can of tuna and raw potatoes. I’m have to try that. 😂

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Food js different now than back then, especially canned tuna dummy..connect the dots will you

@baneandeddu8115 11 ай бұрын

LOVE IT

@attitudewrecker591 Жыл бұрын

Next shawn Michaels kurt angle batista brock sheamus punk styles please

@Suge8263 9 ай бұрын

To think he sat on top while you had a young rock taker hhh Shawn Michaels kane kurt etc him rock and taker are all my number 1s

@Airestotle09 11 ай бұрын

Greatest star in the greatest era

@letsgobrandon7297 11 ай бұрын

The best ever, has the merchandise sales record, ticket sales record, PPV buys record, was voted superstar of the decade back in 03 and just cpl years ago was voted greatest of all time. Least favorite is ring master. Favorite is hard cause i liked the head rattling Austin but think he stopped doing that after neck injury. Comic Austin was great too. Any version from 1997 till he retired were all great.

@Tin24k 10 ай бұрын

Stone Cold with long blonde hair is cursed

@theevn7 11 ай бұрын

Great

@chisomibezim1481 Жыл бұрын

Theres 10 versions? I thought it was only 3

@XThirdEyeX 9 ай бұрын

Damn...I still can't help but wonder how everything would've went if his neck had not been broken by Owen. 😕🤔...would anything have been different? Be about the same?...or...would ALOT have been different?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@mikejenz7180 9 ай бұрын

The bald one 👌

@PoeticProphetic Жыл бұрын

And that’s the bottom line because The Ringmaster said so!

@theupliftchannel Жыл бұрын

I know this is besides the point but how does one eat a raw potato?

@Bomtombadi1 Жыл бұрын

See Creed Bratton

@TheDanielShepherd 11 ай бұрын

Easy, late 1996 Austin/early 1997. It wasn't as good when it got too popular. The mainstream loved him but the act was a bit stale for me through most of the 98 onwards with McMahon. I liked it when it was fresh and raw.

@SouSporting 9 ай бұрын

Austin was Destined to Beat WCW.

@NiGiff Жыл бұрын

Clearly it was the Ringmaster.

@jjaaamm Жыл бұрын

Might I suggest not doing worst to best and just do them in chronological order?

@AS-iv7kg 14 күн бұрын

I would put the raw gm much higher

@ajk Жыл бұрын

I think there could be an argument made for 11 versions of Austin......you skipped over his Hollywood Blondes run with Brian Pillman (RIP) while he was Stunning Steve.

@tkh525 Жыл бұрын

The hell are you on about? Number four is Hollywood Blondes…

@ajk Жыл бұрын

@@tkh525 So it is, I guess I cut it early, my bad.

@DirtyDemon917 Жыл бұрын

The what-era started in 2001.

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

Because i know most all of you dont know this..... SCSA and DMX have the same birthday... you all are welcome, now things will make more sense to you all..... WHAT!?

@malone4735 Жыл бұрын

Stone Cold Steve Austin is The 🐐

@Alltheabovec_p Жыл бұрын

97 stone cold is the best !!!

@VanshSharma-qf6xm 2 ай бұрын

How can return legend be on 5 , come on

@DrDM87 Жыл бұрын

The Best Version Of SCSA was SCSA

@RyanGriffiths28 11 ай бұрын

His stone cold name came from his wife

@babalarassrah 10 ай бұрын

the what version

@TGBurgerGaming 11 ай бұрын

What?

@NiteDriv3r 11 ай бұрын

Didn't receive

@ColinoDeani 4 ай бұрын

Whaat?

@justina9137 Жыл бұрын

He was good right up until he turned crybaby sadistic heel. Other people loved it but it was annoying to me

@freddiemercury2075 11 ай бұрын

My 2nd favourite wrestler after The Rock. Ahead of Shawn Michaels, Undertaker and Daniel Bryan.

@ctbcardinal 2 ай бұрын

As much as I love Austin, he is literally not above the undertaker.. watch your mouth..

@freddiemercury2075 2 ай бұрын

@@ctbcardinal you are totally right. But that was just my preference. Without a doubt Taker is a living legend, which is the least I can say about him.