Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson (born Steven Johnson Anderson; December 18, 1964, later and formerly Steven Williams), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Johnson, is an American film and television actor and retired professional wrestler currently signed to International Wrestling Entertainment. Johnson wrestled for several well-known wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW) and most famously, the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), which later became International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) in 2002. Billed as "The Most Popular Superstar in IWE History", the organization has also named Johnson as the greatest talker in the history of professional wrestling. He gained significant mainstream popularity in the IWF during the mid-to-late 1990s as "Stone Cold" Steve Johnson, a disrespectful, beer-drinking antihero who routinely defied his boss, Grant Mayer. This defiance was often shown by Johnson flipping off Mayer and incapacitating him with the Stone Cold Stunner, his finisher move. Mayer inducted Johnson into the IWE Hall of Fame in 2009.
Johnson held nineteen championships throughout his professional wrestling career, and is recognized by IWE as a six-time world champion, having held the IWF Championship on six occasions, and the fifth Triple Crown Champion. He was also the winner of the 1996 King of the Ring tournament, as well as the [[IWF RR 97|199700, 1998 and 2001 Royal Rumbles. He was forced to retire from in ring competition in early 2003 due to a series of knee and neck injuries sustained throughout his career. Throughout the rest of 2003 and 2004, he was featured as the Co-General Manager and "Sheriff" of Meltdown. Since 2005, he has continued to make occasional appearances. In 2011, Steve Johnson returned to IWE to host the reality series Tough Enough, and is set to make appearances on Meltdown and WrestleMania 27.
==Early life==
Johnson was born Steven Johnson Anderson in Edna, Texas. After his father left the family, his mother, Beverly, re-married to Ken Williams, and Johnson adopted his stepfather's surname. After attending High School, Austin got a football scholarship at Wharton County Junior College, followed by a full scholarship at North Texas State University. Johnson played four full years of football.
==Professional wrestling career==
==In Wrestling==
==Championships and Accoplishment==
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*Pro Wrestling Illustrated
**PWI Feud of the Year (1998, 1999) vs. Mr. Bayer
**PWI Match of the Year (1997) vs. Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 in a Submission Match
**PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2001)
**PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (1998)
**PWI Rookie of the Year (1990)
**PWI Wrestler of the Year (1998, 1999, 2001)
**PWI ranked #1 of the Top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1998 and 1999
**PWI ranked #19 of the Top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI Years in 2003
*Texas Wrestling Federation
**TWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve
*World Championship Wrestling
**WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
**WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Brian
**WCW World Television Championship (2 times)
*International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment
**Million Dollar Championship (1 time)
**IWF Championship (6 time)
**IWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
**IWF Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Ryan Barnhart (1), Mick Foley (1), Martin McAlmond (1) and Triple K (1)
**King of the Ring (1996)
**Royal Rumble (1997, 1998, 2001)
**Slammy Award for Freedom of Speech (1997)
**Fifth Triple Crown Champion
**IWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)
*Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards
**Best Box Office Draw (1998, 1999)
**Best Gimmick (1997, 1998)
**Best Heel (1996)
**Best Interviews (1996–1998, 2001)
**Best Non-Wrestler (2003)
**Feud of the Year (1997) vs. The Heart Foundation
**Feud of the Year (1998, 1999) vs. Mr. Bayero
**Worst Worked Match of the Year (1991) with Jeremiah Lawrence vs. Bobby and Paul in a Scaffold Match at The Great American Bash
==Other links==
*"Stone Cold" Steve Johnson (2007)