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Steve Austin Timeline

By Eric Cohen, About.com

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The following is a timeline for Steve Austin's WCW and WWE career. Listed is every PPV match (excluding battle royals in which he was not involved in the ending) and title change that he has been involved in. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses.

1991
6/3 – won the TV Title from Bobby Eaton
6/14 Clash of the Champions – beat Joey Maggs
7/14 Great American Bash - Scaffold Match: Bobby Eaton & PN News beat Terrance Taylor & Steve Austin
9/5 COC – beat Tom Zenk
11/19 COC – beat PN News
12/29 Starrcade - Steve Austin & Rick Rude beat Big Josh & Van Hammer

1992
1/21 COC - Sting & Ricky Steamboat beat Steve Austin & Rick Rude
2/29 Superbrawl - Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes beat Steve Austin & Larry Zbysko
4/27 – lost the TV Title to Barry Windham
5/17 Wrestle War - War Games: Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff beat Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbysko
5/23 – regained the TV Title from Barry Windham
6/20 Beach Blast - Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff & Barry Windham beat Steve Austin, Bobby Eaton , and Arn Anderson by DQ
9/2 COC – lost the TV Title to Ricky Steamboat
10/25 Halloween Havoc - WCW & NWA Tag Team Titles: Champs Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes fought Steve Austin & Steve Williams to a time limit draw

1993
1/13 COC - NWA & WCW Tag Titles: Champs Shane Douglas & Ricky Steamboat beat Brian Pillman & Steve Austin by DQ
2/21 Superbrawl - Steve Austin & Brian Pillman beat Erik Watts & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
3/2 - w/ Brian Pillman beat Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglass to win the NWA & WCW Tag Team Titles
5/23 Slamboree - World Tag Team Title: Champs Steve Austin & Brian Pillman beat Dos Hombres in a steel cage match
6/17 COC – Best-of-3 Falls for the NWA & WCW Tag Titles: Ric Flair & Arn Anderson beat Brian Pillman & Steve Austin 2-0 but didn't win the titles because one of the falls was by DQ.
7/18 Beach Blast - World Tag Team Title: Champs Steve Austin & Brian Pillman beat Arn Anderson & Paul Roma
8/18 Clash of the Champions - WCW Tag Titles: Arn Anderson & Paul Roma beat Steve Austin & Steven Regal (subbing for Brian Pillman) to win the titles
10/24 Halloween Havoc – lost to U.S. Champion Dustin Rhodes
11/10 COC – beat Brian Pillman
11/20 Battlebowl - Ric Flair & Steve Austin beat 2 Cold Scorpio & Maxx Payne
12/27 Starrcade – Best-of-3 Falls Match for U.S. Title: Steve Austin beat Dustin Rhodes 2 falls to 1 to win the title

1994
2/20 Superbrawl - Thundercage Match: Sting, Brian Pillman, & Dustin Rhodes beat Steve Austin, Rick Rude, & Paul Orndorff
4/17 Spring Stampede – beat the Great Muta by DQ
5/22 Slamboree – beat Johnny B Badd
6/24 COC – lost to Johnny B Badd by DQ
7/17 Bash at the Beach – beat Ricky Steamboat
8/24 COC – lost the U.S. Title to Ricky Steamboat
9/19 Fall Brawl – won the U.S. Title from Ricky Steamboat via forfeit
9/19 Fall Brawl – lost the U.S. Title to Jim Duggan
11/16 COC – lost to U.S. Champ Jim Duggan via DQ

1996 - present is on the next page

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