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Scott Carl Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962) is an Americanmarker professional wrestler better known by his ring name Scott Steiner or Big Poppa Pump. Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order. He is also known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions, World Wrestling All-Stars and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment. Steiner is currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Among other accolades, Steiner is a two-time world champion (a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion and former WWA World Heavyweight Champion), a two time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a two time WCW World Television Champion. He was a World Tag Team Champion with his brother Rick in multiple promotions.

Career

After graduating high school, Steiner went on to the University of Michigan where he wrestled at 190 lbs. He was a four time NCAA Division I qualifier, taking 5th as a freshman at the BIG 10 championships and then finishing 2nd three years in a row. As a senior at the 1986 NCAA Championships, Steiner made All American honors by taking sixth place. Steiner began training towards becoming a professional wrestler. Despite rumors that Steiner trained first under the Original Sheik, he actually was originally trained and learned to wrestle professionally under Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. at Torio's Health Club in Toledo Ohio and debuted in the Toledo, Ohiomarker-based World Wrestling Association in 1986 as Scott Rexsteiner, a variation of his last name. On August 14, 1986 in Dearborn, Michiganmarker, Steiner defeated "The Great Wojo" Greg Wojciechowski for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship. He held the title until May 3, 1987, when he lost to Wojciechowski in Toledo, Ohiomarker. Steiner then formed a tag team with Dr.Jerry Graham, Jr. and as a team they defeated Chris Carter and Mohammad Saad with their manager, the Dark Angel, to gain the WWA Tag Team Championship on October 6, 1987. Their reign ended in Toledo on December 6, 1987 when they lost to Carter and Don Kent.

In 1988, Steiner joined the Memphis, Tennesseemarker-based Continental Wrestling Association, wrestling under his real name. He formed a tag team with Billy Joe Travis, and the duo defeated the Cuban Choir Boys for the CWA Tag Team Championship on May 29, 1988. Their reign ended on June 6, 1988 when they lost to Gary Young and Don Bass. Steiner and Travis regained the titles on June 27, 1988, but lost to the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis and Tommy Lane) on August 15, 1988. Steiner formed a new tag team with Jed Grundy, and on February 18, 1989 they defeated CWA Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden. Steiner's third and final reign ended on February 25, 1989 when Fuller and Golden regained the titles, and he left the CWA soon after. Steiner went on to form a tag team with his brother Rick known as the Steiner Brothers.

Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling (1988–1992)

Scott Steiner made his debut for WCW at Starrcade 1988: True Grit, cheering on his brother Rick as he defeated Mike Rotunda for the NWA World Television Championship. After Rick lost the belt back to Rotundo at Chi-Town Rumble, Scott and Rick began teaming together in tag team matches.

On November 1, 1989 in Atlanta, Georgiamarker, the Steiner Brothers defeated the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael "P.S." Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles for over 5 months when on May 19, 1990, they were defeated by Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) in Washington, D.C.marker at Capital Combat.

The Steiner Brothers defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on August 24, 1990 in East Rutherford, New Jerseymarker. During their title reign, World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance in January 1991, and the title was renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The Steiners would compete in a WarGames match at WrestleWar 1991, a match that would get a Five-Star rating from Dave Meltzer. Upon winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship on February 18, 1991, the Steiners vacated the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on February 20, 1991. After the Steiner Brothers won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki at the WCW/New Japan Supershow on March 21, 1991, announcers began referring to them as "Triple Crown Champions".

At the same time, Scott Steiner was being groomed as a singles performer. On WCW's weekend TBS shows (WCW Power Hour, WCW Saturday Night, and WCW Main Event), there was a special "gauntlet" match segment where a performer was picked to wrestle a top star on each show on that weekend, winning the sum of $10,000 USD (kayfabe) if they defeated all three. Steiner was the first announced to run the gauntlet with his first opponent being Ric Flair. By way of backfiring interference by the Four Horsemen, Steiner beat Flair by pinfall. He would then get a title match against Flair at Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite on January 30, 1991, which ended in a time limit draw. Steiner would go on to win the WCW World Television Championship on September 29, 1992, and began teasing a heel turn, which was aborted upon the Steiner Brothers leaving WCW for the World Wrestling Federation after being lowballed on their contract renewal by then-WCW head Bill Watts.

World Wrestling Federation (1992–1994)

The Steiner Brothers left WCW in November 1992, with Scott vacating the WCW World Television Championship. They quickly signed contracts with the World Wrestling Federation, making their televised debut in an interview on the December 21, 1992 edition of WWF Prime Time Wrestling as babyfaces. They also appeared on the debut episode of Monday Night Raw on January 11, 1993. They made their WWF pay-per-view debut on January 24, 1993 at the 1993 Royal Rumble, defeating the Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau). At WrestleMania IX on April 4, 1993, the Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu).

Following WrestleMania IX, the Steiner Brothers began feuding with Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster). At King of the Ring 1993 on June 13, 1993, the Steiner Brothers and The Smokin' Gunns (Billy and Bart) defeated The Headshrinkers and Money Inc. The following evening, on the June 14, 1993 episode of Raw, the Steiner Brothers defeated Money, Inc. for the WWF Tag Team Championship in Columbus, Ohiomarker. However Money, Inc. regained the titles on June 16, 1993 at a house show in Rockford, Illinoismarker, but lost the titles to the Steiner Brothers once again at another house show on June 19, 1993 in St. Louis, Missourimarker.

The Steiner Brothers successfully defended their titles against The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray) on August 30, 1993 at SummerSlam 1993. On the September 13, 1993 episode of Raw in New York, New Yorkmarker, the Steiner Brothers defended their titles against The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) in a "Province of Quebec rules" match, wherein titles can change hands via disqualification. The match ended when the manager of The Quebecers, Johnny Polo, threw a hockey stick into the ring, which was caught by Scott. When the referee saw Scott holding the illegal weapon, he disqualified the Steiner Brothers, thus awarding the WWF Tag Team Championship to The Quebecers. Scott gained a measure of revenge by defeating Pierre in a singles match the following week on Raw.

At the 1993 Survivor Series on November 24, 1993, the Steiner Brothers teamed with Lex Luger and The Undertaker as "The All-Americans". The All-Americans defeated their opponents, "The Foreign Fanatics" (Yokozuna, Crush, Ludvig Borga, and Jacques Rougeau), although Luger was the sole survivor.

On January 22, 1994, both Steiners entered the 1994 Royal Rumble, with Scott entering at number one. After Rick entered at number three, the brothers cooperated until being eliminated by Owen Hart and Diesel respectively. The Steiners left the promotion in mid-1994.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995)

The Steiner Brothers debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 28, 1995 at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Middletown, New Yorkmarker, defeating Dudley Dudley and Vampire Warrior. They next appeared with ECW in The Flagstaff on August 4, 1995 in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvaniamarker, defeating Dudley Dudley and 2 Cold Scorpio. The Steiner Brothers made their debut in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniamarker, ECW Arenamarker on August 5, 1995 at Wrestlepalooza 1995, teaming with Eddie Guerrero in a loss to Scorpio, Dean Malenko, and Cactus Jack. On August 25, 1995 in Jim Thorpe they defeated Scorpio and Malenko, and they went on to defeat Scorpio and Chris Benoit the following evening. On August 28, 1995, they defeated Dudley Dudley and Dances With Dudley in the Big Apple Dinner Theater in Kennett Square, Pennsylvaniamarker.

At Gangstas' Paradise on September 16, 1995, the Steiner Brothers joined forces with Taz in a loss to The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) and Jason. On September 23, 1995 in Middletown, they defeated Raven and Stevie Richards. Scott Steiner made his final ECW appearance on October 28, 1995, teaming with Taz and losing to The Eliminators in a tag team match.

Return to WCW (1996–2001)

The Steiner Brothers re-signed with WCW in 1996. They won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat on July 24, 1996, but lost the titles to Harlem Heat just three days later. Following the formation of the New World Order (nWo), the Steiner Brothers began feuding with The Outsiders, who had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat.

The beginning of Scott Steiner's heel turn began in late 1997/early 1998 when Steiner, now with increased muscle mass, having cut his signature mullet, and sporting a goatee and a "Fu Manchu mustache", started a feud with Buff Bagwell over who had the better physique, with both wrestlers showing off their enormous muscles to the public. Scott finalized his heel turn and joined the nWo at SuperBrawl VIII on February 22, 1998, by attacking his brother Rick while they were defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship against The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash); Steiner's heel turn enabled the Outsiders to regain the championship. The next night on Monday Nitro, he adopted a new gimmick that was somewhat reminiscent of "Superstar" Billy Graham, dyeing his hair and beard blond and increasing in muscle mass even further.

Upon turning heel, Scott adopted two new nicknames: "White Thunder" (referring to his bleached hair and goatee and his all-white wrestling gear) and "Superstar" (as a homage to "Superstar" Billy Graham"), including a black 'S' logo in the style of the Superman logo. However, WCW was forced to drop the "White Thunder" name upon receiving complaints from fans who thought the nickname had white supremacist connotations. He finally adopted the nickname "Big Poppa Pump", which many thought was inspired by "Big Daddy Cool", which was Kevin Nash's nickname in the WWF when he wrestled as Diesel. He remained a member of the nWo until the group disbanded in early 1999.

Steiner remained a heel throughout most of 1999, feuding with wrestlers such as Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Booker T, and cruiserweight Rey Misterio, Jr., and winning both the United States Heavyweight Championship and WCW World Television Championship in the process. During this time, Rick turned heel, and the Steiners had a short-lived reunion as heels. In late 1999, Steiner suffered a back injury and was removed from action. On an episode of WCW Monday Nitro in December 1999 in Houston, Texasmarker, Steiner delivered an emotional speech in which he announced his retirement from professional wrestling. Later that evening, Steiner revealed himself to be in perfect health, turning on Sid Vicious. He went on to become an integral part of the reformed nWo in 2000.

After the nWo disbanded once again, Steiner became one of the central members of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff's New Blood faction. On November 26, 2000 in Milwaukee, Wisconsinmarker, he defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

During this time, Steiner picked up a habit of putting down his colleagues, both past and present in so called 'shoot promos'. He would regularly come out during broadcasts and deliver a shoot, this led to him becoming un-popular amongst his peers. One of these shoots was directed to Diamond Dallas Page's on air and off air wife, Kimberly Page. Shortly after, Kimberly and Steiner became embroiled in a backstage confrontation that resulted in Kimberly leaving WCW and the wrestling profession for good. Steiner also delivered a shoot promo on Ric Flair in which he professed the superiority of the WWF (now WWE), blaming Flair for having Stone Cold Steve Austin fired (in reality, Flair had nothing to do with this). Despite these and similar incidents, the bookers continued to push him, and he won the World Heavyweight Championship. In January 2001, he became the centerpiece of Ric Flair's Magnificent Seven faction.

Steiner's feud with Booker T continued several months over several pay-per-views until he lost the WCW World Heavyweight Championship back to Booker on the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001 after the company had been purchased by the WWF. Unlike many of his colleagues, Steiner did not join the WWF, instead opting to wait until his contract with AOL Time Warner expired later that year before seeking further employment.

World Wrestling All-Stars (2001–2002)

After his contract with AOL-Time Warner expired in November 2001, Steiner joined the World Wrestling All-Stars, where he was reunited with Midajah. He appeared at WWA house shows in Europe and Australia throughout 2001 and 2002. At the third WWA pay-per-view, The Eruption, on April 12, 2002 in the Rod Laver Arenamarker in Melbournemarker, Australia, Steiner challenged Nathan Jones for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship. Despite the presence of WWA Commissioner Sid at ringside, Steiner was able to cheat his way to a victory, striking Jones with the title belt and then pinning him. Steiner held the belt for several months, although never defending it, before vacating the title in November 2002 and leaving WWA for World Wrestling Entertainment.

In one of his last appearances before re-joining WWE, Steiner teamed with his brother Rick to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kensuke Sasaki on May 2, 2002 in Japanmarker at the New Japan Pro Wrestling thirtieth Anniversary show in a match refereed by Chyna.

Return to WWE (2002–2004)

In October 2002, Steiner signed a three year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and returned to WWE television after an eight-year absence as a face at the 2002 Survivor Series in Madison Square Gardenmarker on November 17. On that night, he attacked Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski after they delivered a promo insulting New York City. Over the following weeks, General Managers Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon both courted Steiner, with each trying to sign Steiner to their respective brand, Raw or SmackDown!. Bischoff was ultimately successful after McMahon rejected Steiner's advances.
Steiner in WWE.
Once on Raw, Steiner feuded with then-World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, culminating in title matches at the 2003 Royal Rumble and at No Way Out. Steiner won the first match by disqualification after Triple H attacked referee Earl Hebner and lost the later match via pinfall. Both these matches gained a degree of infamy as Steiner botched several moves, including an attempted double underhook powerbomb, one of Steiner's own signature moves, where he tripped on his own boots while carrying Triple H.

Later in 2003, Steiner formed a tag team with Test, with Stacy Keibler as their manager. The team was together for several months and had feuds with other teams such as La Resistance. The tag team separated after Test turned heel due to his misogynistic treatment of Keibler. Steiner defeated Test in a grudge match to win the managerial services of Keibler at Bad Blood 2003 on June 15, 2003, but lost her back to Test in a rematch on the August 18, 2003 episode of Raw. At Unforgiven on September 21, 2003, Steiner faced Test with Keibler's managerial services on the line once again, with the stipulation that Steiner become Test's manservant if he lost. Steiner was defeated following a mistake by Keibler, and the tag team was reunited. After another mistake by Keibler cost the partners a tag team bout on the September 29, 2003 episode of Raw, a frustrated Steiner turned heel by belly to belly suplexing Keibler. Steiner and Test teamed together, with Keibler their reluctant manager. Steiner suffered an injury in 2004, sidelining him for two months. While he was injured, WWE negotiated his contractual release, and Steiner left WWE on August 17, 2004.

Independent circuit (2004–2005)

Steiner underwent foot surgery in July 2004, having six screws inserted into his foot, a tendon transplant, and a bone graft, then convalesced, wearing a cast for eight months. He returned to the ring on August 28, 2005 in Asheville, North Carolinamarker for the Universal Championship Wrestling independent promotion, teaming with his brother Rick to defeat Disco Inferno and Jeff Lewis. Scott Steiner wrestled briefly for the LAW promotion where he worked alongside Buff Bagwell and feuded briefly with tag team Fame and Fortune.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2006–present)

Steiner in TNA.
Steiner made his TNA Impact! debut on March 18, 2006, identifying himself as Jeff Jarrett's bodyguard. In subsequent weeks, Steiner (who had ostensibly not been signed to a contract) began attacking members of the TNA roster, demanding to be hired. At Lockdown on April 23, 2006, Steiner, Jarrett, and America's Most Wanted lost to Sting, A.J. Styles, Ron Killings, and Rhino in a Lethal Lockdown match.

Following the defeat, Steiner and Jarrett challenged Sting and any partner of his choosing to face them at Sacrifice on May 14, 2006. Sting teased three potential partners (Buff Bagwell, Lex Luger and Steiner's brother Rick Steiner) before revealing his chosen partner to be Samoa Joe. Sting and Joe went on to defeat Steiner and Jarrett at Sacrifice. After failing to defeat Sting to qualify for the third King of the Mountain match, Steiner faced, and lost to, Samoa Joe in a singles bout at Slammiversary. At Victory Road 2006, Steiner faced Samoa Joe, Sting, and Christian Cage in a four way bout for the number one contendership to Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship; the match was won by Sting, who pinned Steiner, and Steiner resumed his role as Jarrett's bodyguard. Steiner then faced Christian Cage on the August 10 edition of Impact and was in Jeff Jarrett's corner at Hard Justice.

After Hard Justice, Steiner's short term contract expired and an agreement could not be reached on an extension. After briefly parting ways with TNA and working the independent circuit, Steiner re-signed with the company in January 2007.

On February 8, 2007, Steiner returned to TNA and revealed himself to be the "special consultant" to NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage in Cage's match with Kurt Angle at Against All Odds and joining Christian's Coalition. He appeared at Against All Odds where he played a major role in the match by introducing his signature lead pipe. After the match Scott Steiner suffered from a head injury requiring stitches. He suffered the injury via the chair shot he received from Samoa Joe.

Steiner then started a feud with Kurt Angle after costing him the NWA World title at Against All Odds. Steiner eliminated Angle in a Gauntlet Match where the winner would face then champion Christian Cage at Destination X. Steiner would then lose to Angle at Destination X.

At Lockdown, Steiner was part of Team Cage as they faced Team Angle in a Lethal Lockdown match. Steiner was hailed for the return of the Frankensteiner, a move he became famous for in the 1990s.

Steiner Brothers reunion (2007)

At Sacrifice, Steiner was reunited with the returning Rick Steiner. The Steiner Brothers were scheduled to wrestle Team 3D in a "dream match" at Slammiversary, but Steiner was replaced with Road Warrior Animal after suffering a severe throat injury (see below). Steiner returned to TNA on July 15, 2007 at Victory Road, costing Brother Ray a match. An uncharacteristically humble Scott turned face during an emotional interview acknowledging how close to death he was, and how grateful he was. Team 3D ridiculed Scott and questioned the severity of the injury, turning heel in the process. At Bound for Glory 2007, The Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D in a 2-out-of-3 Tables Match. The Steiners then went on to compete at Genesis against the tag team champions Tomko and A.J. Styles for the titles in a losing effort.

Various feuds (2007–2008)

Steiner in a house show in TNA.
Scott would then go onto Turning Point in the Feast or Fired Battle Royal, where he would successfully capture one of the four briefcases, containing a contract to challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship (though at the time, the cases' contents were a mystery). On the December 13 episode of Impact! Steiner beat Petey Williams, B.G. James, and Christopher Daniels. Following the match, Jim Cornette offered Steiner a check for $50,000 in exchange for his briefcase, but was turned down, with Steiner then choosing to switch briefcases with Petey Williams. He stated afterwards he would get his original case back the following week.At Against All Odds Steiner defeated Petey, winning both of the briefcases, after a distraction from an unknown, tall, muscular African American woman later named Rhaka Khan. This resulted in Steiner turning heel once again bragging about winning and insulting Canada. After winning both cases, Scott Steiner issued a challenge to anyone after a match with Abyss, in which Petey Williams was the man to answer. Williams lost, after yet another interference by Khan. Scott, then started training Petey as his protege, and gave him the X Division title shot on the April 17 edition of Impact!. Later that night, Williams cashed in the opportunity, beating Jay Lethal for the X Division title with the Canadian Destroyer. At Sacrifice, Steiner came up short in his title hunt by losing to Samoa Joe, and sustaining a knee injury.

In March 2008, Steiner participated in the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración event Rey de Reyes beside Konnan's Legion Extrangera, with Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki and Ron Killings they beat Alebrije, Charly Manson, Laredo Kid and Chavo Guerrero, Sr.

On June 24, it was revealed that Steiner had surgery and had to take time off to recover from a torn ACL in his knee.

Main Event Mafia (2008– 2009)

On the October 30 edition of Impact!, Steiner returned, joining The Main Event Mafia and attacking several superstars with a lead pipe. On the November 13 edition of Impact!, Steiner turned on former protegé Petey Williams after Williams tried to talk with Steiner about the Main Event Mafia situation and subsequently threw him off of a ladder after a beatdown backstage by the Main Event Mafia. At Genesis, Mick Foley, A.J. Styles and Brother Devon defeated Steiner, Booker T, and Cute Kip, the latter of whom replaced Kevin Nash due to Nash suffering an injury, after Foley pinned Steiner following a double underhook DDT onto a steel chair. At Against All Odds, Steiner defeated his former protegé Petey Williams after a Steiner ScrewDriver, a move Steiner had not used since the 1990s. Steiner entered a feud with the returning Samoa Joe, where Joe would threaten and attack Steiner for several weeks until Destination X where they finally faced off. Steiner would win in which Joe would get himself disqualified. Joe would then drag Steiner out and seeming to have "killed" him. However, Steiner was seen the next week on Impact! with his face covered to hide the storyline injury. Recently, Steiner and Booker T seem to have formed the Mafia's resident tag team, immediately setting their sites on the TNA Tag Team Championship. At Victory Road, Steiner and Booker defeated Beer Money, Inc. to win the World Tag Team Championship, giving Steiner his very first title in TNA. At Bound for Glory Steiner and Booker lost the TNA World Tag Team Titles to the British Invasion in a four way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match, which also included Team 3D and Beer Money. On the following edition of Impact! Angle announced the death of the Main Event Mafia, something Steiner refused to admit. Following the death of the Main Event Mafia, Steiner entered into a feud with Bobby Lashley, whom he defeated with a pipeshot in a Falls Count Anywhere match at Turning Point.

Personal life

Steiner is married to his wife Christa, with children He also attended the University of Michiganmarker, where he was an All-American wrestler.

Acting career

Steiner appeared in the television program Charmed on February 1, 2001, playing "Mega Man" in the episode "Wrestling With Demons".

2007 injury

While wrestling Apolo at a TNA house show in San Juan, Puerto Ricomarker on June 3, 2007, Steiner sustained a stiff kick to the throat. After he began coughing up blood, he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a torn trachea and given five hours to live. Steiner was put into an induced coma for two days, during which time doctors cut through his ribs and lung and repaired the tear, then began draining fluid from his lungs, a process that lasted two weeks. Unable to fly (because the change in air pressure would have caused his lung to collapse) Steiner eventually left Puerto Rico on a cruise ship and arrived back in the United States one week later.

Controversy

Steiner's weight gain in the late 1990s led to allegations of steroid abuse, which he denied. Steiner claims that, upon returning to World Wrestling Entertainment in late 2002 he was asked to undergo a steroid test. According to Steiner, who said he would gladly take it, the request was dropped after he told the WWE that he would go in and test with Triple H.

On April 21, 1998 in Cherokee County, Georgiamarker, Steiner threatened Georgia Department of Transportation employee Paul Kaspereen after Kaspereen informed him that an exit ramp leading off Interstate 575 was closed. He then twice hit Kaspereen with his Ford F-250 pickup truck (Kaspereen was not badly hurt). Steiner was subsequently arrested, and on March 17, 1999 he pled guilty to aggravated assault and making "terroristic threats" (felonies carrying a maximum sentence of 30 years imprisonment). Under Georgian first-offender rules, which stipulates that a first-time offender will be found not guilty if they do not violate the terms of their probation, Judge C. Michael Roach sentenced Steiner to 10 days in the Cherokee County jail. He also placed Steiner on a seven year probation order, ordered him to pay USD$25,000 in fines, restitution, and legal fees and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service.

Towards the end of his tenure in World Championship Wrestling, Steiner embarked upon a rivalry with wrestler Diamond Dallas Page after insulting Page's wife Kimberly during an interview. Kimberly had fallen afoul of Steiner after claiming that drug paraphernalia found backstage belonged to Tammy Lynn Sytch, an accusation that, despite Sytch's vehement denial, led to her being released from the promotion soon after. The acrimony between Steiner and Page eventually descended into violence, with the two men engaging in a locker room fight before being separated by other wrestlers.

On the February 7, 2000 episode of Nitro, Steiner angered WCW officials when he directed disparaging remarks towards World Championship Wrestling and Ric Flair during an interview. In the course of the interview, Steiner claimed that when Ric Flair appeared on WCW programming, "the people at home, all they did was grab their remote, and change their channel to the WWF, and watch Stone Cold - a person you and your own friends got fired from here, 'cause you're a jealous old bastard." Steiner went on to call Flair an "ass-kissing, butt-sucking bastard" and finished the tirade with the words "WCW sucks!". He was suspended for two weeks with pay for the incident.

In January 2001, Steiner was arrested after inadvertently assaulting Randall Mankins, an emergency medical technician employed by the Kernersville, North Carolinamarker fire department. As part of an episode of WCW Monday Nitro, an EMT was sent to the ring to tend to Michael Modest and Christopher Daniels, who were selling leg injuries ostensibly inflicted by Steiner. As the EMT entered the ring, Steiner struck him twice. Steiner was arrested for assault the following morning as he tried to board a plane. Charges of assault were later dropped when it was determined that Steiner was not made aware that this EMT was not a paid actor.

In 2001, Steiner fought backstage with WCW road agent Terry Taylor.

In December 2005, Steiner, along with Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell, were removed from a flight from Minneapolis, Minnesotamarker to Winnipegmarker, Manitobamarker following a disturbance onboard the plane. The three men were detained for several hours before Steiner and Bagwell were released and permitted to continue on their journey (Luger, however, was held without bail and later charged and jailed). Steiner would later invoke the incident in his in-ring interviews, describing himself as a violent criminal with little regard for the forces of law and order.

In wrestling











  • Nicknames
    • "The Big Bad Booty Daddy"
    • "Big Poppa Pump"
    • "The Genetic Freak"
    • "Freakzilla"
    • "Superstar"
    • "White Thunder"




Championships and accomplishments

Amateur wrestling

  • National Collegiate Athletic Association
    • 1983 Division I Big 10 – Fifth place
    • 1984 Division I Big 10 – Runner up
    • 1985 Division I Big 10 – Runner up
    • 1986 Division I Big 10 – Runner up
    • 1986 Division I All American – Sixth place


Professional wrestling













  • Stars and Stripes Championship Wrestling
    • SSCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)














1This title reign occurred after Ted Turner's purchase of Mid-Atlantic from Jim Crockett, Jr. in 1988 and renaming it World Championship Wrestling but prior to the title being renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship.

2Tournament was won in 1990, after Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling's purchase and renaming.

3This Mid-Atlantic promotion, while currently operating out of the same region of the United States and having revised some of the championships used by the original Mid-Atlantic promotion, isn't the same promotion that was once owned by Jim Crockett, Jr. and was sold to Ted Turner in 1988. It is just another NWA affiliated promotion.

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