- His now legendary "Austin 3:16" promo upon winning the 1996 King of The Ring, forever cementing his place as a future legend.
Austin: Austin 3:16 says "I just whooped your ass!" |
- Austin's feud with Vince McMahon, considered to be the greatest rivalry in Professional Wrestling history, was so huge he literally became The Hero figure of the WWF, on top of the biggest name in the business.
- The match that started the Attitude Era- Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 14. Specifically the ending- A sweet chin music which was countered into a stunner which was countered into another sweet chin music which was countered into another stunner!!
- His Big Damn Heroes moment on the 4/26/99 edition of Raw as he saved Stephanie McMahon from being part of an unholy wedding ceremony at the hands of Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness.
- Bret Hart vs Stone Cold, Wrestlemania 13. The end of the match had Hart putting on the Sharpshooter on Austin, and Austin is bloodied and desperately crawling to the ring ropes and passes out in a pool of his own blood. That iconic image would be the start of Austin's Wrestlemania moments of glory.