# Any WWE fans in the audience? (Part 1)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** boxing-wrestling-mma\
**Created:** [June 5, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124 "2014-06-05T15:34:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-fans-in-the-audience-part-1/690124/8642 "2019-09-11T13:52:49Z")

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> [@What athlete with the shortest career is considered an all-time great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-athlete-with-the-shortest-career-is-considered-an-all-time-great/840005/5):
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> It’s not entirely within the constraints of the OP (but it’s not entirely outside of them either) Stone Cold Steve Austin. Most WWE fans remember him and his feud with the McMahons and all the stuff he did in the attitude era, but his career only lasted about 4-5 years.

No one in the “short career” thread cares, so I thought I’d address this here. Austin’s career started in WCCW (Von Erich territory) in the late 80s/early 90s and he got a decent push right out of the gate, moved to WCW (Dangerous Alliance and Hollywood Blondes tag team with Brian Pillman), and a short stint in ECW before his **8** years (1995 to 2003) in WWE. The Stone Cold era started 96-97, so even that is ~6 years.

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