Ranking All 50 WWE World Heavyweight Champions - From Worst To Best
1. Stone Cold Steve Austin
There was more money in wrestling by the time Stone Cold Steve Austin started breaking Hulk Hogan's box office records in 1998, but the fact that he managed to topple some of the highs of Hulkamania during the relatively tiny time he spent atop the industry only advertises the money-spinning magic of 'The Rattlesnake'.
Steve Austin was the answer to Vince McMahon's prayers after years of dropping to his knees and looking up, helping pull the company back from the brink and back into the same black that made up his simplistic, era-defining tights and boots aesthetic. At his in-ring peak in 2001, his matches far outstripped Hogan's too, even after his drawing power at long last began to diminish.