Scott Rechsteiner
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Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962 in Bay City, Michigan), better known as Scott Steiner is an American professional wrestler who previously worked for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
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Career
He initially earned fame for being one part of the tag team The Steiner Brothers with his older brother Robert, who wrestled as Rick Steiner. They won multiple tag team titles in NWA, WCW, WWF (now WWE) and other promotions. After the formation of the New World Order in WCW they eventually split up, with Scott turning heel. His new gimmick was eerily reminiscent of Superstar Billy Graham's, as Steiner now dyed his hair and beard blond, seemed to bulk up his muscles freakishly almost overnight (creating rumors of steroid abuse). Steiner was also the last "real" WCW champion, holding the title from November 2000 until the final Nitro on 26 March 2001, dropping the title to Booker T, WWF then bought out WCW.
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Steiner resurfaced in the WWE in late 2002, destroying Matt Hardy and Chris Nowinski. General Managers Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon both tried to sign him to RAW or SmackDown! respectively, and Bischoff was eventually successful. Once on RAW, Steiner quickly began a feud with then World Champion Triple H, culminating in matches at the Royal Rumble and No Way Out.
Steiner later aligned himself with WWE Diva Stacy Keibler before forming a tag team with his rival Test. The team split up, with the former partners competing for the managerial services of Stacy. Test later defeated Steiner at Unforgiven, with Steiner having agreed to become Test's manservant if he lost. The duo competed as a tag team until Steiner suffered an injury and was out for eight weeks. At the time, neither man was being used much in meaningful matches or feuds. Hence, the WWE decided to buy his contract out. Steiner never regained his WCW-level of success in the WWE, partly due to the WWE not being sure how to use him, and partly due to the faster and more athletic wrestling style of the WWE that he wasn't able to keep up with (his muscle bulk and leg injuries had significantly slowed him down). Scott Steiner was released by WWE on August 17, 2004.
He claimed to have the "largest arms in the world". He has made a workout DVD available from his website.
Quotes
- "Say something nice and I'll make you scream twice!"
- "This goes out to all my freaks out there. Big Poppa Pump is your hookup; holler if you hear me!"
- "All my hoochies say: there's nothing finer than Scott Steiner!"
Nicknames
- Big Poppa Pump
- The Big Bad Booty Daddy
- Freakzilla
- The Genetic Freak
Previous Managers
- Ted DiBiase
- Tylene Buck
- Midajah
- Stacy Keibler
- Missy Hyatt
- Tojo Yamamoto
- Eddie Gilbert
- Shakira
- Buff Bagwell
- Ric Flair
Finishing Moves
- Steiner Recliner
- Steiner Spiral
- Inverted DDT
- Frankensteiner
- Steiner Screw Driver / Steiner Square Driver / Steiner Death Drop
Signature Moves
- Steiner-Line
- Overhead belly to belly suplex
- Spinning side belly to belly suplex
- Double underhook powerbomb
- Exploder suplex
- Big elbow drop (followed by Press-Ups)
- Lead-pipe shot
Titles and Accomplishments
- 1-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion
- 2-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion
- 2-time WCW World Television Champion
- 5-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Rick Steiner)
- 2-time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Rick Steiner)
- 1-time NWA World Tag Team Champion (with Rick Steiner)
- 1-time NWA United States Tag Team Champion (with Rick Steiner)
- Winner of 1990 NWA Pat O'Connor Memorial Tag Team Tournament (with Rick Steiner)
- 2-time IWGP Tag Team Champion (with Rick Steiner)
- 1-time WWA World Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time WWA Heavyweight Champion
- 1-time WWA Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Graham Jr.)
Other Titles
- 3-time CWA Tag Team Champion (with Billy Travis twice & Jed Grundy once)
- 1-time SSCW Heavyweight Champion
- PWI ranked him # 77 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003. He was also ranked # 2 of the best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Rick Steiner.
- Steiner won several PWI Awards over the years. He won Tag Team of the Year with Rick twice, 1990 & 1993. He also won Most Improved Wrestler in 1989. He was part of the 1991 Match of the Year (Steiner brothers vs. Sting & Lex Luger).
External links
- Official website (http://www.bootydaddy.com)