Steve Austin

Austin married his high-school sweetheart, Kathryn Burrhus, on November 24, 1990. However, his marriage to Burrhus ended when he started dating Chris Adams’s former girlfriend, Jeanie Clarke aka “Lady Blossom.”

Austin and Clarke married on December 18, 1992. Soon, they had two daughters, Stephanie and Cassidy. Austin also adopted Clarke's daughter with Chris, Jade.

Austin and Clarke divorced in 1999. Austin then married wrestling valet, Debra Marshall, on September 13, 2000. In 2002, Debra accused Austin of domestic violence. She called the police on June 15 and told them that Austin had beaten her on the head, back, and legs before leaving the house.

Steve was born Steven James Anderson, on December 18, 1964, in Austin, Texas, Austin. He was around a year old when his parents, James and Beverly Anderson got divorced.

Following the divorce, his mother got married to a man named Ken Williams. Austin adopted his stepfather’s surname and changed his name to “Steven James Williams.”

He has three brothers, Scott, Kevin, and Jeff. He also has a younger sister named Jennifer.

Steve spent most of his childhood in Edna, Texas, and attended ‘Edna High School.’ He earned a football scholarship at ‘Wharton County Junior College.’

He attended the ‘University of North Texas’ on full scholarship. However, he dropped out soon, to work at a loading dock in Houston, Texas.

Steve made his wrestling debut in 1989 with a televised ‘World Class Championship Wrestling’ (WCCW) match against Frogman LeBlanc. Steve traveled around the US, lived in his car, and earned as much as $20 per fight.

He was named “Steve Austin” by a booker named Dutch Mantell, to avoid any confusion with “Dr. Death” Steve Williams, who was quite popular then. Soon, Austin joined the ‘United States Wrestling Association’ (USWA), which he left in 1990, to return to Dallas and begin a feud with Chris Adams.

He finally joined ‘WCW’ and adopted the nickname “Stunning.” He made his ‘WCW’ debut in 1991, where he defeated Bobby Eaton and won his first ‘WCW World Television Championship.’

He joined Paul E’s ‘The Dangerous Alliance,’ which disbanded within a few months. After defending his title for a while, Austin lost it to Ricky Steamboat.

In 1993, he became the tag-team partner of Brian Pillman and called their team ‘The Hollywood Blonds.’ They also won the ‘WCW Tag Team Championship’ and held the title for five months.

Steve turned heel on Pillman after the latter returned from an injury at ‘Clash of the Champions XXV.’ He then won the ‘WCW United States Heavyweight Championship.’

He lost the title to Jim Duggan and was soon fired by the ‘WCW’ vice president Eric Bischoff who did not consider him a remarkable wrestler. He joined the ‘Extreme Championship Wrestling’ (ECW) in 1995, where he developed his future “Stone Cold” persona and also learnt how to cut a promo.