8 Wrestlers Steve Austin Refused To Lose Against

If you wanna see Stone Cold Steve Austin refuse to do a job, give me a Hell Yeah!

The wrestling business is full of stories of wrestlers using their stroke and position in a company to keep themselves on top or to knock back the idea of working with certain other, supposedly lesser talents. Now whilst Stone Cold Steve Austin isn't on the level of a Hulk Hogan when it comes to refusing to do the J.O.B., he has certainly refused to do business a fair few times over the years. However, just because Austin refused to work with a superstar or put them over doesn't necessarily mean that he was wrong to do so, and sometimes the proposed plans from those in charge, in this case the WWF/WWE, don't really make all that much sense in the grand scheme of things... particularly when you're a true top superstar who is protecting his own spot and can call the shots. Sometimes the Texas Rattlesnake was well within his rights to say 'no', whereas other times you could maybe say that ego and paranoia played their part. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, here are 8 performers who the legendary Steve Austin refused to lose to or, in some cases, even work with.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.