Professional wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner who is a former WCW World Heavyweight champion and a former two times WWE Tag Team Champion recently looked back at warning Dixie Carter that Hulk Hogan would drive him away from TNA Wrestling.
Scott Steiner is indeed a legend of professional wrestling who started his professional wrestling career during the 1980s. He mostly became famous as a tag team wrestler along with his brother Ric Steiner. After spending 3 years in the WCW he joined WWE in 1992 along with his brother. They were treated as a big threat in the Tag Team division during the time.
Scott Steiner Remembers Warning Dixie Carter About Hulk Hogan
The Steiner Brothers won the WWE Tag Team Championship 2 times in total during their short two year run in WWE. They have also worked in Japan during this time. In 1996 they return to WCW and what in the promotion till its death. The Steiner Brothers had been two of the biggest attractions of WCW during their time.
WWE brought back Scott Steiner in 2002 for the first time as a singles wrestler. He was treated as a main event star upon his return but it did not work out very well as he was turned into a jobber soon. In 2004 he was let go by WWE and he went to TNA Wrestling. Here he reunited with his brother as well. In 2022 the Steiner Brothers were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Scott Steiner who is a former WCW World Heavyweight champion and a former two times WWE Tag Team Champion recently spoke to My World with Jeff Jarrett Podcast where he looked back at warning Dixie Carter that Hulk Hogan would drive him away from TNA Wrestling. He said;
“I was on the outs. Dixie sent me home. He (Scott Steiner) went and had the conversation with Dixie, looked her in the face, and said, ‘Do you think you made the right decision sending Jeff home?’ It was straight up, no string attached, no frills, no political b.s. He said, ‘Dixie, we’re running a business here.
“Do you think you made the right decision?’ Obviously, I wasn’t there, but Scott said she couldn’t get away from him quick enough. It got uncomfortable and Scott didn’t want to be uncomfortable. He looked Dixie in the eye and said, ‘Hulk Hogan will run you out of business. He will put you out of business.”
“I had been sent home. The Main Event Mafia was disbanded. Hulk had come in, promised her the moon, got rid of the six-sided ring, and this and that. So it was clearly Dixie and Hulk leading the charge. Scott Steiner went up to her and said, ‘Do you think you made the right decision? We’re making money and the ratings are good.’ He understood how fragile the dynamic could be. He didn’t want to come off screaming or hollering. He said it low key.”
“I always loved Scottie. I respected him. He has been there for me in the darkest hours of my life when I wanted nobody around. He has, in some really difficult times, been there for my daughters. If you have Scott Steiner as a friend, you have a friend. When he told me that story months later, maybe even a year later, I had no idea he said that to Dixie. He’s not your ordinary average thinker.
“He really thought this through and made sure he didn’t have the conversation with me before he had it with her or long after. Scott is very good with his money and always has been. He said, ‘Jeff, I saw it, and I saw it coming way before anybody else did.’ I know a lot of folks that I would have put on a list that I thought would have had that conversation that ran from the hills. You can fill in the blank. Scottie didn’t. You put that, and what eventually transpired, and I have a good feeling Dixie never forgot that conversation.”
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