Talk:Stone Cold Steve Austin

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this is way to pro and just bs softball stuff "Austin had his first starring film role as Jack Conrad in the 2007 thriller The Condemned. He will next star as "Dan Paine" in "The Expendables" for director/star Sylvester Stallone. Austin recently wrapped production on "Damage," a hard-edged, bare-knuckles fight film that focuses on the tough choices people make in times of recession. The film is the first in a multi-picture deal between Austin, Nasser Entertainment, and Caliber Media. Austin also recently signed a television development deal with Original Media and Caliber Media." too make this better they should type in "Slurp" "SLurp" slurp..ever 5 words..to simuate what that paragraph is doing.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.255.46.89 (talk) 02:19, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Blurs fantasy and reality?

The descriptions of segments and feuds read as if written by someone who's not quite sure if they're real or fake; certainly they don't make it clear enough. 99.234.182.107 (talk) 23:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

is this the bottom line? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.148.6 (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Is Category:Fictional kings really appropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.160.154.12 (talk) 00:56, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Pre-WCW

I have no dates or links or such, but Austin performed in the World Class/USWA organization before WCW. I believe he was a "trainee" or somesuch of Gentleman Chris Adams, under the name Steve Williams. When the inevitable backstabbing occured, he changed his name to Austin.

Go4thAndDie (talk) 21:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.21.252.135 (talk) 21:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

That has some truth to it, but that was more of the storyline side of him changing his name. The real purpose of the name change was because of the fact that there would have been two people wrestling under that name, with Dr. Death Steve Williams already as one of them.Scca8704 (talk) 06:56, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Article name change suggestion

Since Austin moved into acting, I was wondering if it's okay to move the article name to Steve Austin (entertainer), instead of the current title. -- CollisionCourse (talk) 09:47, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

This is the name people have known him by since King of the Ring 1996--Nascarking 22:52, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

I was just wondering, since he isn't a wrestler anymore, and that is his former ring name. Although he did change his real name to Steve Austin. -- CollisionCourse (talk) 23:47, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Well I mean its like...WP:COMMONNAME^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 23:51, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I see your point. -- CollisionCourse (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Also, why should the article be called "Stone Cold Steve Austin" when he also went by "Stunning Steve Austin" and his old school fans knew him by that name? I say the article should just be called "Steve Austin". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.133.63.5 (talk) 01:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Jafeluv (talk) 08:35, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

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Stone Cold Steve Austin → Steve Austin (actor) — Relisted. Vegaswikian (talk) 00:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC) Steve Austin has retired from wrestling in 2003, and Stone Cold was his ring name. He has become an actor in 1998, and has been credited as Steve Austin since 2005. Dwayne Johnson is also a wrestler-turned-actor, but the article about him does not have his ring name on the title. I do not see why Stone Cold should be on the title of the article about Steve Austin. Wiikipedian 11:41, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Given that we have to disambiguate anyway, I personally prefer to use a natural disambiguator rather than a parenthesized one. Powers ^T 13:05, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

See above. WP:COMMONNAME^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 20:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

I do agree with Wiikipedian on that front, or at least that it's arguable whether "Stone Cold" is part of his WP:COMMONNAME at this time. Powers ^T 22:12, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Should we try a google count?^{--UnquestionableTruth--} 07:46, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm not thrilled with the "(actor)" disambigautor, as he is probably still better known for his wrestling career than any subsequent acting work. How about a move to Steve Austin? Looking at the dab page, he is clearly the most notable individual known by this exact name. PC78 (talk) 07:53, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, no way. The Six Million Dollar Man is right up there. Powers ^T 12:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Debatable. PC78 (talk) 19:15, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Precisely! Powers ^T 20:19, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

• OPPOSE OPPOSE OPPOSE He's been known as Stone Cold since King of the Ring (1996). And I'm pretty sure people outside WWE know him as Stone Cold not to mention WP:COMMONNAME.--Nascarking 21:17, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

I suggested before that the article name be moved to Steve Austin (entertainer), since he is an actor, and also makes part time appearances in the WWE.

Common Name is Stone Cold people know him as Stone Cold.--Nascarking 23:55, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

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Requesting Restrictions

Someone who doesn't know the differences from ring names & nicknames keeps editing it the wrong way. I really suggest putting some editing limitations on this page because I feel the incorrect information is being given out and it can't be permanently changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.239.149 (talk) 10:31, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Birth place

Early life section says he was born in Victoria, TX, but the info box says Austin, TX. I've always heard that he was born in Victoria, but I could be wrong. Can we get some clarification? Ryziun (talk) 05:11, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Steve Austin's First Film

It was not the longest yard, it was beyond the mat 1997 where he came in front of the camera and started to talking to Mick Foley where they filmed back stage of the pay per view where Mankind defended his WWE Championship against the Rock. I want credit for this too. AnthonyTheGamer (talk) 22:23, 20 June 2011 (UTC) AnthonyTheGamer

Name confusion

His name at the start of the article, "born Steven James Anderson, later and formerly Steven James Williams; December 18, 1964" confused me. It reads as if he had a pre-birth name of Williams, was then born Anderson, and later changed it back to Williams. What does 'later and formerly' mean in this context? The only thing I can think of is it's supposed to be 'formally', but even that wouldn't really make sense. Can someone clarify in the article? BulbaThor (talk) 17:33, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

He was born Steven Anderson, then his name was changed (after his mother's remarriage) to Williams, and that was his formerly his name, until he changed it by law to Steve Austin, so that he could use a trademarked name to star in films. It reads fine. Darrenhusted (talk) 18:33, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

It was clarified but Gattusomahdi90 (talk · contribs) deleted the "Early life" section. I've restored it. --Jtalledo (talk) 19:13, 2 October 2011 (UTC)