8 Biggest Tweeners In WWE History

1. Steve Austin

There's no finer example of a WWE tweener than 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin in 1997. Displaying all the traits of a traditional heel, Austin was rough around the edges, prone to colourful language and never played up to fan support. Somehow, that only made him more popular.

Wrestling's greatest renegade, what made Stone Cold exist in the space between heel and babyface was the fact he didn't discriminate; attacking both good and bad alike, Austin was one of the most unique characters on the roster back then. His work would change the way audiences reacted to characters and blur the lines like never before.

Nobody else possessed Austin's degenerate aura in '97, not even D-Generation X. The almighty Bret Hart couldn't keep Austin heel either, because fans had already decided they were firmly in his corner. Just listen to the reception Stone Cold received at both Royal Rumble '97 and WrestleMania 13 for proof of that.

A beer-drinking, foul-mouthed redneck who lived by his own rules was exactly what people wanted in 1997, curiously turning someone who should have been a top heel into the biggest antihero of all time.

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