10 Most Believable Superstars In WWE History
7. Stone Cold Steve Austin
When DiBiase's in-ring career came to an end, he began managing. His final WWF protege, before Ted left for WCW, was The Ringmaster, AKA Steve Austin. This was not a character anyone could get behind, nor was it a WWF superstar fans believed in.
Before long, Austin dropped the cheesy 'Ringmaster' moniker, along with his manager, and won the 1996 King Of The Ring as Stone Cold Steve Austin. Fast-forward roughly a year later, and Austin was well on his way to becoming the hottest superstar in the history of the business, paving the way for the WWF to overtake WCW in the Monday night ratings war.
Austin was an 'every-man': a blue collar working class superstar that embraced a no-nonsense, straight-to-the-point attitude. He talked like an everyday person, he cursed like an everyday person, he drank like an everyday person, and he even wanted to stick it to his boss like an everyday person... with one major difference. Steve actually could.
Austin's star-power allowed him to physically get the better of his real-life boss, the evil Mr. McMahon. Many fans lived vicariously through Steve, and if you're living through the actions of a WWE superstar, it's pretty safe to say it's an easy character to believe in.