Scott Steiner is one of the fewest old school legends who is still actively pursuing professional wrestling. Despite being an aged man, he is a physical specimen like nobody else who can still claim to be in the 40s. Those muscles have stolen the hearts of the young ladies over the years and those are very much capable of doing so, even at this point.
Also helmed as Big Poppa Pump, Scott Steiner is someone who worked through several professional wrestling promotions in the world. While becoming world champions in some of those companies are his car accolades, his big-mouth personality had always left him with controversies wherever he stepped in. His animosity with McMahons and WWE is pretty open but he still managed to spend someday at the biggest pro-wrestling promotion.
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Here’s a look back to his illustrious career.
– Scott Rechsteiner (real name of Scott Steiner) was born on July 29, 1962. Weighing 190 lbs and height of 6’1”, he used to be an amateur wrestler during his time at the University of Michigan. He became a three-time Big 10 runner-up after finishing fifth as a freshman. In 1986, he became an NCAA Division I All-American and placed sixth overall the nation in his senior year. His brother, Rick Steiner, is also a professional wrestler.
– Rechsteiner trained under Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. at Torio’s Health Club in Toledo, Ohio. He later debuted under his real name in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association in 1986. On August 14 of that year in Dearborn, Michigan, he defeated The Great Wojo for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship. He also captured the WWA Tag Team Titles with trainer Graham.
– In 1988, Scott Steiner joined the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) under his real name of Rechsteiner. He formed a tag team with Billy Joe Travis and defeated the Cuban Choir Boys for the CWA World Tag Team Championship on May 29. He won the title for two more occasions before leaving the brand.
– Under the ring name of Scott Steiner, he debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during a backstage interview at Chi-Town Rumble. He later accompanied his brother Rick to the ring for a match where he lost the NWA World Television Championship to Mike Rotunda.
– On November 1, 1989, in Atlanta, Georgia, The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the NWA World Tag Team Championships.
– The Steiner Brothers defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on August 24, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. WCW eventually withdrew its tie with the National Wrestling Alliance (in January 1991) and the title was renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship.
– Rick and Scott Steiner then competed in a WarGames match at WrestleWar 1991, which received a five-star rating from The Wrestling Observer. After winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship on February 18, they vacated the United States Tag Team Championship, two days later. After winning the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki at the WCW/New Japan Supershow on March 21, they had been referred to “Triple Crown Champions”
– In 1992, Rick suffered a torn pectoral muscle and thus left his brother to be a singles competitor. Shortly after he won the WCW World Television Championship on October 17, 1992, Scott Steiner would vacate the title as The Steiner Brothers left WCW for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that November, due to a contract dispute with WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts.
– The Steiner Brothers made their WWF television debut on the December 21, 1992, episode of Prime Time Wrestling. They appeared on the debut episode of Raw on January 11, 1993, whereas their pay-per-view debut came on January 24, at the 1993 Royal Rumble, where they defeated The Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau). Three months later at WrestleMania IX on April 4, The Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu)
– In Columbus, Ohio, on the June 14 episode of Raw, The Steiner Brothers defeated Money Inc. for the WWF World Tag Team Championships.
– Scott Steiner competed in the elimination match main event of Survivor Series which was his only headlining WWF pay-per-view appearance. On January 22, 1994, he was the first entrant in the Royal Rumble where he was eliminated by Diesel. After this, the Steiner Brothers left the WWF in mid-1994.
– From 1991, the Steiner Brothers worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling while being under contract with WCW and WWF. On March 21, 1991, they defeated Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. They dropped the titles to Hase and Keiji Muto on November 5. After leaving the WWF, they had a one-year full-time stint with IWGP.
– On July 28, 1995, The Steiner Brothers debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), at The Orange County Fairgrounds in Middletown, New York, defeating Dudley Dudley and Vampire Warrior. The short stint ended as Scott Steiner made his final ECW appearance on October 28, teaming with Taz that ended in a losing effort to The Eliminators.
– The Steiner Brothers returned to WCW in 1996. They won the World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat on July 24. From late 1997 into early 1998, Scott Steiner went through noticeable physical changes growing muscles.
– On February 22, 1998, he joined the nWo at SuperBrawl VIII, by attacking his brother Rick while they were defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship against The Outsiders. Sooner he adopted the Big Poppa Pump nickname and began wearing sunglasses and chain mail headgear as part of his ring entrance outfit.
– In 1999, Scott Steiner feuded with Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Booker T, and Rey Mysterio, Jr. to win the United States Heavyweight Championship and World Television Championship. In late 1999, he was sidelined with a back injury and thus got stripped of the United States Heavyweight Title.
– On November 26, 2000, at Mayhem, Scott Steiner defeated Booker T to win the World Heavyweight Championship and thus becoming a Triple Crown Champion. He later dropped the World Heavyweight Championship back to him on the final episode of Nitro on March 26, 2001. WWF then bought WCW and Rechsteiner was one of those names who opted not to join the new company owned by Vince McMahon.
– After his contract with AOL-Time Warner expired in November 2001, Rechsteiner joined the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion. At the third WWA pay-per-view, The Eruption, on April 12, 2002, at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, he challenged Nathan Jones for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship and eventually won it by cheating.
– Scott Steiner would finally return to the WWE in 2002 after an eight-year absence at Survivor Series in Madison Square Garden on November 17. The highlight of this WWE stint would be a feud for the World Heavyweight Championship against Triple H whereas he also formed a tag team with Test where Stacy Keibler was their manager. He suffered an injury after the 2004 Royal Rumble, sidelining him for two months. During this injury, he was released from the WWE contract on August 17, 2004.
– Scott Steiner debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Destination X 2006, before making his Impact debut on March 18, declaring himself as Jeff Jarrett’s bodyguard. He enjoyed a solo stint for sometimes before reuniting with brother Rick at Sacrifice 2007. He also continued his solo stint but then torn his ACL after having multiple failed attempts to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
– Scott Steiner and Booker T formed a tag team and Victory Road 2008, they defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) for the World Tag Team Championship. This is the only title reign for Steiner in his TNA run. He left the company in early 2010.
– Scott Steiner joined the Puerto Rican promotion World Wrestling Council (WWC) in March 2010. He defeated Ray González On April 24, in a rematch to become the new Universal Heavyweight Champion.
– In 2011, Scott Steiner returned to TNA to be part of several random storylines before getting released, next year.
– His tour around the indie circuit continues as in 2010, Scott Steiner defeated Brutus Beefcake to become Canadian Wrestling International (CWI)’s first Heavyweight Champion in Caledonia, Ontario. On May 31, 2013, the Steiner Brothers won the Preston City Wrestling Tag Team Championship whereas, on June 2, Steiner won the Dutch Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship.
– Scott Steiner had several appearances in TNA promotion which is now known as Impact Wrestling between 2017 and 2020. On March 6, 2020, during the Impact taping in Atlanta, it was reported that he had collapsed backstage and stopped breathing, requiring his heart to be shocked with a defibrillator.
– Steiner challenged Aron Stevens for the NWA National Heavyweight Championship at the Hard Times PPV during a sudden appearance at NWA where he lost the title shot via disqualification.
– Scott Steiner appeared in television program Charmed on February 1, 2001, playing “Mega Man” in the episode “Wrestling With Demons,” alongside fellow WCW wrestlers Booker T and Buff Bagwell. He appeared in the Disney Channel program, The Jersey as himself. Also, he played the role of Boss in the 2017 Indian Comedy-Drama: 1 Chor 2 Mastikhor. He also made several video game appearances during WCW stint.
– In personal life, he has been married to Christa Podsedly since June 7, 2000. The couple has two children who reside in the city of Detroit, Michigan.
– Rechsteiner’s surprising weight gain in the late 1990s led to allegations of steroid abuse, which he denied. Later in 2012, after getting released by TNA, he went bad-mouth against the company and dealt with a lawsuit.
– Scott Steiner Rechsteiner was banned from attending the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony after Hogan’s wife accused him of accosting her at a San Jose airport. Hogan’s wife allegedly said that Steiner threatened to kill Hogan, and the couple subsequently reported the incident to the police. The bad vibes with WWE remain for Steiner, to date (Sources – Wikipedia)