6. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

With multiple World titles and a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Stone Cold Steve Austin is a wrestler with a huge fan base making him one of wrestling’s most popular characters. Naming himself the “toughest SOB,” Steve’s aggressivity and intense style had audiences mesmerized with his matches against Bret Hart and The Rock being two of his most acclaimed. Steve also enjoyed the highest pay-per-view buy-rates and television ratings in wrestling history, and became the ultimate fighter during the “Attitude Era.”