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"Stone Cold's" Biggest Stunners: photos
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In Your House: Ground Zero: No one is safe from the bite of The Texas Rattlesnake, and that includes one of Austin's closest friends, Jim Ross.7 p' O# | l: d* D; F9 g0 \
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Monday Night Raw, Sept. 8, 1997: This Stunner to then–WWE Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter cemented "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's reputation as an anti-authority hero.& ?, }6 x% V9 m, P6 N) p% y
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: H$ ^: V7 R8 y5 e1 ~9 OThe Stunner that set WWE on fire: "Stone Cold" attacks WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon.
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Monday Night Raw, Dec. 22, 1997: Austin Stuns an imposter Santa Claus. "You shouldn't have done that," Austin says moments after the Kris Kringle imposter kicked a child out of the ring.- O7 A! f( s! e/ L
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Monday Night Raw, Dec. 29, 1997: Dressed as "Baby New Year," Goldust should have resolved to stop irking The Rattlesnake. Instead, he eats a Stunner and winds up in a portable toilet labeled "Crapper 3:16."& X8 y R6 ~+ m' m; D6 g4 R
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WrestleMania XIV: The Texas Rattlesnake nets his first WWE Title, using a Stunner to unseat Shawn Michaels.: l/ L. }! N1 n; t
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Mr. McMahon's "Stooges," Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson, often wound up on the wrong end of the Stunner.0 w2 L a+ S( q# y6 p
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WrestleMania XV: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin Stuns The Rock to win the WWE Title on The Grandest Stage of Them All for a second year in a row.) y: ~% V3 \, y) k4 N! k
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5 H0 |: b6 j- q. ^8 GUnforgiven 1999: Triple H may have won the WWE Title in a match partly officiated by The Texas Rattlesnake, but that still didn't mean it was wise for The Game to boast about the victory.8 r, {4 \% A. b6 _( E0 i! n0 o* p
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+ m/ g I: `% j5 dVengeance 2001: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin stuns Kurt Angle en route to advancing in a tournament to decide the first Undisputed Champion.
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WrestleMania X8: Scott Hall's fatal mistake was trying to use Austin's own Stunner against him. Hall would pay the price: back-to-back Stunners.
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- F2 C# B8 W2 O, KWrestleMania XX: Austin drops a disrespectful Brock Lesnar. This would be the last the WWE Universe saw of Lesnar for years.# }- b6 p- `' I/ E# S
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+ r7 [9 O1 b( y* [6 n5 s: M/ ?% f9 bWrestleMania XX: The Texas Rattlesnake then turns his attention to a fellow bald, black-tights-wearing Superstar, Goldberg.# |6 Z/ c) X g; Q# G8 f$ j( k$ r5 G: E
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No Way Out 2003: Austin scores retribution against his former boss at WCW, Eric Bischoff. Bischoff let Austin go in 1995, roughly a year before the term "Austin 3:16" found its way into the vernacular.
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WrestleMania 23: Fully embracing his blue-collar roots, Austin Stuns one billionaire (Mr. McMahon) ...
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... after another (Donald Trump). |
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