Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin was married to Kathryn Burrhus from 1990 to 1992 and to Lady Blossom from 1992 to 1999. He married Debra Marshall in 2000, and their marriage later ended. He has been married to Kristin Feres since 2009.

His children include Jade Adams, Stephanie Williams, Loren Williams, and Cassidy Williams. Austin has discussed how his wrestling career affected his relationship with his children and said that he has worked to build better relationships with them as adults.

Austin began training at Chris Adams' wrestling school at the Dallas Sportatorium in 1989 after seeing a television commercial. He started his professional career with the United States Wrestling Association and adopted the name "Stunning Steve Austin" after learning that another wrestler was already known as Steve Williams. Dutch Mantell helped him settle on the name.

He joined World Championship Wrestling in 1991 after Jim Ross recruited him. In WCW, he became part of The Hollywood Blonds with Brian Pillman and won WCW championships. A tricep injury suffered during a 1995 tour of Japan led to surgery, after which WCW vice president Eric Bischoff told him he had been fired.

WWE hired Austin in 1995 as The Ringmaster, a character he later considered a poor fit. He requested a change after six months, and developed the Stone Cold persona, complete with a shaved head, goatee, and a backstory identifying him as being from Victoria, Texas.

Austin won the 1996 King of the Ring tournament after Triple H was removed from the planned victory. Following his defeat of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Austin delivered the line "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass," creating the catchphrase that became central to his public identity. His beer-drinking antihero persona and confrontations with WWE chairman Vince McMahon made him a defining figure of the Attitude Era.

A match with Owen Hart at SummerSlam 1997 left Austin with a bruised spinal cord and temporarily paralyzed him. He later became a six-time world champion and a three-time Royal Rumble winner. After briefly leaving WWE when he objected to losing a 2002 match against Brock Lesnar without an explanation, he returned and chose Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as his final opponent at WrestleMania XIX on March 30, 2003.

After his wrestling career ended, Austin pursued acting in California. His film debut came in The Longest Yard in 2005, followed by roles in The Condemned and The Expendables. He also played Tommy Cavanaugh in Grown Ups 2 in 2013.

Austin later focused on hosting, reality television, and podcasting. His projects included the WWE Network interview program Broken Skull Sessions and the Stone Cold Podcast, which received a WWE Slammy Award for Best Original WWE Network Show.