Every Paul Heyman Guy Ranked From Worst To Best

8. Steve Austin

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Long before 'The Rattlesnake' blew through his nightly allowance of cans in WWE, he famously drank his first beers in ECW. And long before that, he was a longstanding WCW Television Champion alongside Paul Heyman as part of the Dangerous Alliance.

Heyman's ability not just to see the best in Austin but also extract it served the future Stone Cold extremely well throughout his career.

The pair had one final run together as part of the Alliance in 2001, but those brief exchanges couldn't hold a candle to the early-1990s WCW vintage.

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