@@Dorotheeslutman9986 He should have never been booked against HHH. A "who do you hate more" match is usually boring. Steiner, like you said, is a natural heel. He was too much of an asshole in real life to even know how to be a face lol
Scott had one of the craziest transformations I’ve ever seen. He went from quiet and never saying a word as part of the Steiners then cut his hair and started going ballistic in his promos
@@jonathancoleman6482 I thought he was a decent promo but he went to far with the steroid use and came across like a bully. He had a few moments but other than kissing his bicep and claiming wcw sucks, his comedic promos in TNA were the only time I enjoyed him but even that was limited.
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Steiner was practically dragging his foot when he walked during this period. You could tell that he was obviously banged up. Scott Steiner in his prime was an absolute beast though.
yeah during that match he had on the final nitro he literally couldn't walk without lifting his knee past a certain point. I think it's called drop foot. like you said he was dragging his foot just to walk.
Thing is, they got Steiner all wrong from day one: yes he got a huge ovation on his debut.. but like, the guy is a natural heel. Steiner as a good guy just doesn’t work
@@superrobz It would’ve worked out if they started him out in the mid card and slowly built him up into the Main event scene if he wasn’t injured and Out of wrestling shape.
Don't forget Goldberg as well. This boring Reign of Terror was designed to build up for the Goldberg feud, only he won after losing the Elimination Chamber, defended it against Triple H at Survivor Series, only to lose it back to him at Armageddon. Pretty poor title run for somebody like Goldberg.
Even as a grown ass man I'm still a Steiner fanboy. Like you said, he's what's wrestling is all about. He was a genuine action figure come to life on screen and was one of the most single entertaining humans on earth that only needed a microphone and a camera. Any time he was on the screen you were instantly captivated by his insane physique or whatever topic he was semi-coherently ranting about. There will truly never be another like Steiner but then again no one would ever get the chance again with the current WWE product.
I am one of those who believe that had he been a heel and drafted to SmackDown!, he would have had a much better run. That roster was filled with cruiserweights, the show was taped and it was booked by a man famous for designing programs to enhance your strengths and hide your weaknesses. He should have been booked in mega squashes against Cruiserweights, then should have faced Rey Mysterio at Mania in a "Freakzilla Freakshow Match" or something, and from then on, if he got better, he could have been a transitional challenger for Brock.
I’ve also always wondered if Scott just got too physically big. When he first began in wcw, he was muscular, quick and athletic. Rick was actually considered the powerhouse of the team. In these matches, he looks very big, slow and clunky.
That's just because of injury and conditioning. Scott had a lot of problems around this time, as mentioned in the video. He was the same size in WCW and worked faster and more athletic, usually, than we see here in his WWE form.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 That's true. I would argue also that he isn't as big here as he was back in 98, at his peak. So I don't think it was size that slowed him down, I think it was other issues.
Triple h got away with being that big because of the height advantage of over steiner but idk steiner especially during the last years of wcw was bigger than when he was in wwe I think it was mainly the foot injury that halted his inring performance
The attitude era was only 97-01. Steiner didn't wrestle there until 03. He had no business being in the main event, he had health issues and alot of people who were there said he had gotten too big for his frame and because of that his mobility was garbage. He wasn't really an icon in his prime either, he was decent enough and had decent enough mic skills at best.... His best days were before he decided to start over doing the roids. Just because you can get that big with HGH and roids, doesn't mean your frame is meant to handle that size.
@@lutherheggs451 he was a great wrestler when he was teaming with Rick. His wrestling ability seemed to go out the window when he put all the muscle on.
I'm still convinced that Scott would've fared better in Smackdown. The workhorses were there to help Scott get back to good ring shape or at least make him look like a million bucks and he has history working with 4 of the Smackdown 6 in WCW
Also, while recovering from his injury, he could have had squash matches consisting of him throwing cruiserweight jobbers into orbit (like one of his best 2000 matches in WCW) until he was healed enough to face Lesnar or Angle.
He should have never been in the main event picture...He hadn't wrestled in awhile, he was having problems with one of his legs or his foot and could barely walk, and he was way too bloated at that point.
Knowing of all the injuries that Scott Steiner was dealing with, way back then, & seeing him botching & getting blown up so easily, in the WrestleMania 19 match. It's absolutely amazing & nothing short of a miracle, that he went on to continue to compete, for many years afterwards. All the way up till 2019!
He didn't appear at all in WrestleMania 19. Wrestling Bios made sure to point that out multiple times. The matches in this video he was botching, was the Royal rumble and No Way Out
This was another feud where watching as a kid I thought it was the best rivalry ever, Steiner was so cool upon his arrival but upon further investigation it was quite flawed, still loved this early 2003 era Steiner was quite sad to see him paired with the guy who shares the same charismatic tendencies as a wood plank aka test
😂😂😂😂😂😂 To be fair Scott should have conditioned better than he did.. Scott wasn't in no shape to wrestle at his full potential.. Scott was throwing frankensteiners and hurricarunas and doing them beautifully! I just don't know what happened with this Scott Steiner??
@@kenrickeason oh yea Steiner was clearly past his prime here and had sacrificed almost all in ring mobility for size. Watching Steiner fall over on his own accord was very sad.
Steiner at this stage is a natural heel. He didn't even have tweener charisma like Austin. He was just an unrelenting prick. Nowadays he is ironically a total face because his character is so ridiculous and Steiner has stopped being a mark for himself and has leaned into his ridiculousness. But Steiner in 2002 was poor foil as a "fight from underneath babyface" for Triple H.
I just watched wcw casually at the end, but could see Poppa Pump was a bona-fide superheel. Maybe as a face he could have gotten over against someone like Jericho, but Hunter was also in that superheel category. Too similar, Jericho is better as a heel but at his core he is a massive babyface. That will always shine through no matter the alignment. Steiner and Hhh will always be heels.
Honestly I think he should’ve feuded with Kurt angle after WM19 and went to smackdown instead there were a lot of people there that could’ve helped him and also a lot of amateur wrestlers that would’ve been a basis for a feud
@@wingedhussar1453 you don't think the good workers on Smackdown would be able to work around another wrestlers limitations and injuries to get the best match.
It was nice to see Scott Steiner back in the WWE in the early 2000's, but you can tell that his stamina and endurance level wasn't the same anymore for him. The man still has a very solid physique.
My favorite part about this whole feud was the night after the rumble. Steiner challenged Hunter to a rematch and Hunter pulled out a doctors note. I go back and rewatch that promo all the time
I never watched Scott Steiner in his peak but I watched some of his promos, matches and segments from late WCW, WWE and TNA and I really like him. The guy understood entertainment and made wrestling look real, by his acts and awesome promos. Triple H is not to blame here. Vince or WWE bookers should have done two things, letting Scott fully recover before putting him in any major storyline and also let him play a heel. They could have done a lot more with him
Scott got too big while recovering from injury. He lost his athleticism. Even his punches are so, so slow. He looked great, but he couldn't move. Very sad, because Steiners in mid 90s WCW were exceptional.
it's a complete and total waste by him. he was already a massive dude. adding more size did absolutely nothing but make him look like a freak. I don't think that's a smart trade off. he was an absolute beast in the early 90s I would even argue he was better in the ring than Lesnar when he first came in. it's really sad what he did to himself.
@@cjvaye99 I’d say he could outperform Lesnar in his heyday. The Frankensteinet! Lesnar isn’t leaping like that. He was like a luchador in a bodybuilder’s body.
@@stansmith5019 He got kicked in the throat by an opponent at a Tna House show in Puerto Rico in 2007 and had his Trachea injured. The physical disorder that Scott Steiner has is known as ‘muscular atrophy’ in medical terms, which involves the partial or complete degeneration of a given muscle or muscular group.
@@shenanitims4006 Lesnar could do a freaking Shooting Star Press in his youth. Sadly he badly bothed one in the biggest show possible and never tried it again, but in developmental his SSPs were a thing of beauty
As someone with nerve damage from my back that drop foot from his back injury is a pretty significant injury to deal with. It's amazing he was able to do much at all.
Goldberg got exposed in WWE. Mediocre wrestling skills and terrible mic work in the era of Stone Cold and Rock wasn't going to cut it. Brock gets to one hit opponents because he is legit skilled athlete unlike Roidberg Botchberg
Goldberg only signed for a year though, and didn't like the day to day/behind the scenes work either which didn't go down well with WWE's upper management. They couldn't plan anything long term with him.
@@destroyerarmor2846 u idiot goldberg never used steroids. Does his body looks like he used steroids???. And he used to play rugby he was big from the start.
@@arslaanpasha3334 Huge musclebound guys like Goldberg, Steiner, Lesnar, etc can't exist irl without steroids. They've been chugging steroids their entire career, all of them. Welcome to the real world.
Scott's 2003 return to WWE was in trouble from the start. He was battling injuries and clearly out of wrestling shape. This showed in his Royal Rumble match against Triple H. Plus, the Big Poppa Pump character works better as a heel as opposed to a babyface, at least in my opinion. And it didn't help that is return happened during the infamous Triple H reign of terror from 2002 to 2005. I think it's safe to say that is first run in WWF in 1993 was a little better than his second. At least in his first run, he was a tag team champion with his brother Rick and the two won their match at Wrestlemania IX. Sadly, it's one of two matches (Shawn Michaels vs Tatanka being the other) worth watching.
He really should have been placed on Smackdown. Kurt could have gotten better matches out of him and worked around his injury. He also could have continued working as a heel, but alas he went to RAW and was a part of the Reign of Terror.
@@walker1984 Even when this was current I remember thinking OMG how can they book the best heel of the late 90s as a face!? Definitely should've been on Smackdown. Scott is my all time favorite wrestler, but he's a terrible baby face. He does not have that kind of acting range! BPP worked because it was believable. It was believable because it was part of his real personality exaggerated to the Nth degree.
@@walker1984 Also, the Cruiserweights. If you've seen that match where he destroyed the Jung Dragons, Jamie Knoble and Evan Karagias, you know he shines in matches where he throws small guys into space.
Just another buried WCW guy that could've made them serious money and been the stepping stones that gave Cena a slower transition to the top (Mike Awesome, Kidman, Kanyon also come to mind) so glad we got Scotty in TNA though, the Samoa Joe feud alone made it worthwhile :)
I wouldn't say he was buried when he got a shot at the world title immediately upon his debut and got to work with the top guy on the brand. If the matches were better, Scott wasn't injured or out of shape cardio wise, it would worked.
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the internet! I remember this feud and remember being excited for Steiner VS Triple H at Royal Rumble 2003, one of the last PPVs I ordered. I remember enjoying the match at the time. It wasn’t until watching back on it years later I realised how much it sucked.
I met Scott Steiner at a bar years ago and he told me he was injured in that match against HHH. Hence why he went for belly2belly the whole time. Cant remember his injury tho.
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I lived through the attitude area and HHH was never over or as big of a star as they try to portray him as. He basically rode on Shawn Michaels and Stephanie’s coat tails.
And you are forgetting New Age Outlawz as well. HHH brought them into DX. When they were clearly over with the fans which made DX popular by association.
That's a damn lie, and HHH was a Devious heel 99 percent of the time during the attitude era he wasn't supposed to be liked he supposed to be hated and he achieve that. Dude was wwe champion before steph and kept DX relevant and elevated it more when Shawn left and elevate the rock and Austin careers when they had a rivalry. Just because you don't like HHH doesn't mean he wasn't over or as liked.
@@jacobtrimble4329 Like Cornette has stated, HHH was the guy who fought with the guy who drew the money. People were watching for the person who HHH was fighting against i.e. Stone Cold,Rock, Mankind,Taker....
I recently seen a video from WWE remenbering the Attitude era, and was embarrasing listening to HHH putting himself over with the likes of Austin, Rock and Taker. Helmsley is delusional using the WWE to rewrite history and put himself in an much higher spot in wrestling history. Attitude Era was about Stone Cold Steve Austin as the top dog who led wrestling into a new era. Second they will come Rock and Taker. And later, another bunch of relevant names of this era, like Kane, Mick Foley and HHH himself along with his DX faction. But he was not even close to Stone Cold level
@@sreerock4661 No it's just Creatine and a high protein diet. Just like every other professional athlete... I'm sure if you did a cycle you could get that big too though.
The build up was classic, we were all laughing about it in high school, the arm wrestling, the bench press, the pose down, these were iconic segments with massive pops and was hilarious build up
Two things: First, Scott Steiner would've worked far better as a heel; the gimmick is nothing but heel all over. Secondly, HHH was absolutely spot on in that last interview segment; people who don't make it and/or marks for the people who don't make it always have to find someone or something else to blame. Locus of attribution.
You're a mind reader! I was watching your HBK vs HHH rivalry video & said to myself: he should do Steiner & Triple H at some point. This is awesome. U always bring back the best memories.
Steiner said the final nail was when Triple H complained to Vince about Steiners "roid rage" and Vince went to him and told him he needed to be randomly tested, and he said he would..if they tested Triple H at the same time.
Wrestlemania 19 should have featured a match were HHH and Steiner attempted to tie their own shoes. Of course HHH would have blown his hamstrings and Steiner would have roid raged the ref so it would have been a draw.
I think the fan reaction towards Steiner was clearly a territorial WCW vs WWF thing. The same thing happened with Goldberg, who came in as a face to defeat The Rock; fans were fine with him beating up mid carders but they didn’t want to see their WWF main event heroes to lose clean to a WCW star. The WWF had publicly told their fans for years to hate WCW so they were hardly going to suddenly take kindly to this. Sting was a bit different as it was so long after the WCW war finished, that fans started to look at the promotion differently and not see it as any threat (the WWE started to promote old WCW content too, acknowledging it was actually good!)
Goldberg got booed because The Rock was crazy popular and the match sucked because Goldberg sucked. This was also after Goldberg stunk it up with Brock at WrestleMania. People just didn't think Goldberg deserved to beat the rock.
@@filho4437 Goldberg beat The Rock at Backlash '03 (this was originally meant to be for WM19 but he wasn't signed in time) and his disaster match with Lesnar was a year later at WM20.
Triple H sells like a BOSS in these matches and makes Scott’s clunky offence look heavy. I’d forgotten Triple H could bump so well when he was younger. The matches had all sorts of interference and everything thrown in to make Scott’s job as easy as possible and he just couldn’t deliver. The fact he got a second title shot shows he wasn’t sabotaged, Trips prob could have demanded not to work with Scott after that first match and got his way given the influence he had at the time. Triple H has had his moments but this is toxic shade thrown by Scott for self preservation.
Love your videos, I think I can shed some like on why HHH was cheered and Steiner was booed in Boston: HHH is a bit of a hometown hero in New England, he's from Londonderry NH which is less than 2 hours away from Boston (Boston is the only major city in New England so people come from all over NE for big events). It's kind of like heel Brett getting cheered in Canada. HHH also trained in Boston. Steiner on the other hand is more well known for his work in NWA/WCW which were more predominant in the south so his northeast following at the time wasn't particularly big.
Steiner was well past his prime during this stint. It seemed like fans were excited initially, but then they saw through the holes of his current move set & lack of conditioning. The pose down was great comedy
Scott Steiner was out of his element at this time. Physically, he was breaking down and getting past his prime. He was also not the same Scott Steiner from WCW that fans wanted to see. They wanted the madman Big Poppa Pump, not a bland babyface. I love Scott Steiner but he was a shell of his former self here and it showed.
@@chaosbringer82 and triple h had a huge part in planning that screw job to begin with. I actually believe when shawn was first told about it he might of refused to do it but was convinced by triple h to do it.
How sad. I remember how angry I was after seeing Scott becoming heel for Survivor Series after this run, like if we had no memory, he was the only hope back then. Now knowing he was hurt and having a diminished potential to sell, I know the real reason why it happened.
I've always told people this is the only feud where HHH actually tried in the ring... Idk if it was to show how much better he was, but I always thought he was trying to get a good match out of Scott
I think Triple H gets so much hate. There's a reason he was being pushed up the mid card to main event status before Steph. He's had some of the best matches and rivalries in the WWE.
He was never going to get a good match out of Steiner. Too much size, too much roids, too many injuries and a lack of mobility both from his foot/leg problems and being too large for his frame.
I agree. Although this was the reign of terror era, I think Triple H at this point was trying as he was looking for his next big rival. I think in his mind, if Evolution was going to be a success, he needed a top opponent. A Dusty to his Flair. With Rock making movies, Mick being part time, Austin about to retire, and Angle hitting it big on Smackdown, Triple H really had no one to go up against that was home grown. Hence why he spent so much of this era going up against other members of the Kliq and main eventers from WCW.
Man, the wwe had so many great wcw Wrestlers during this time. They were all sadly wasted or buried in stupid matches against Trible H. The likes of Goldberg, Scott Steiner, Nash, Hall, Hogan, Booker T. I am starting to think it was done on purpose. No wonder Sting was so reluctant to join the wwe for a long period.
I remember being so excited when this feud happened but then had my doubts as Scott Steiner hadn't wrestled since March of 2001 and triple h was just trying to get his groove back during his return in 2002. Then I lost interest when they did that dumb posedown on raw and that 2003 royal rumble title match did no favors on what little interest I had in this feud.
I feel you may have overlooked some triple h errors, especially the blatent one here where he goes down before Scotty even connected with the clothesline. Far as the fans, this was the smarky smark "tee hee we boo faces and cheer heels" era
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Steiner was requested for a voluntary roid test. He said: "No issues. Just make sure that Hunter accompanies me!" These open secrets of pro wrestling 😂
Steiner was showing signs of wear and tear after years of wrestling. The steroids that he was shooting up in the 90s had sped up his decline as the years went on….
Probably if he hadn't been injured, Steiner would have remained in the main-event spot, no doubt, even if he was a WCW superstar and Vince buried everyone from WCW
I was so disappointed by Steiners return. The survivor series was a huge pop and I was hoping he would be let loose like the madman he was in WCW. Whilst his later matches against Booker T and Goldberg had lost agility and speed from 97/98 time, they were still solid performances. No idea why the WWE booked him in this way. The build up between brands was great. I remember a good friend at the time telling me “Jim Neidhart is back on Raw and he’s jacked”.... I was like WTF is he on about and then saw it the next day and couldn’t stop laughing. They should have let Steiner loose back stage taking out people right left n centre, with pipes n chairs and chasing down Triple H. The storyline could have then had Steiner “fake arrested” or whatever and had a restraining order until WM - Steiner could have murdered jobbers until that time or absolutely kill Ric Flair in a street fight at No Way Out. I 100% agree about both matches being poor. Royal Rumble was particularly terrible. Steiners move set at the end of WCW was a bit limited but he did it with a lot of intensity and would on occasions hit a top rope Frankensteiner. It also didn’t help IMO that Triple Hs wrestling style didn’t put him over in parts. Something of a slight side note as well, I think they should have bought over both Steiners freaks and had him wear the shorts like in WCW. He honestly looked nothing like freakzilla. Wonder if it’d been any different if he had signed for Smackdown?
1. Scott Steiner was NOT EVER going to work as a babyface any point after 1998 2. Vince and Triple H simply wanted someone to go over and bury WCW more 3. Scott Steiner is the originator of ‘Suplex City’ 4. Scott Steiner should have been on SmackDown so he could work with Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and Edge as all could have worked around his injuries and were all perfect workers for Steiner. 5. As soon as it was apparent Scott Steiner was getting booed WWE should have done something to turn him heel immediately
Such a waste, Steiner should have signed to Smackdown and worked with Angle, Lesnar, Guerrero etc... people that could/would work around his injuries instead of HHH who saw to start with WCW burial tour
Did you actually watch their Rumble match? Injuries weren't the issue, the fact Steiner gassed in 6 minutes was the problem, no one can carry a guy who gasses that fast.
Steiner being a face is also silly too. He's a natural heel.
Against Triple H anyone can be a face
@@SKR-97 lol facts
True, but like that's why he shouldn't have been against Trips right away, build him up as a heel first then maybe heel vs heel.
@@Dorotheeslutman9986 He should have never been booked against HHH. A "who do you hate more" match is usually boring. Steiner, like you said, is a natural heel. He was too much of an asshole in real life to even know how to be a face lol
@@DocJerky I disagree. Heel vs Heel gives me that big dog in the yard fight vibe.
Scott had one of the craziest transformations I’ve ever seen. He went from quiet and never saying a word as part of the Steiners then cut his hair and started going ballistic in his promos
Steiner got so large it was almost gross to look at. Like a badly drawn cartoon of a human
I was not impressed with him - he got a few pops but he clearly was on steroids and a temperamental hot head - not a good catch for wwe at all
@@nzelver559 did you like him in wcw?
@@jonathancoleman6482 I thought he was a decent promo but he went to far with the steroid use and came across like a bully. He had a few moments but other than kissing his bicep and claiming wcw sucks, his comedic promos in TNA were the only time I enjoyed him but even that was limited.
"Scott we need you to take a drug test", "I'll take a test if triple h does"
Weirdly enough Scott gets fired
Well Steiner almost got fired in WCW, people act like he was some outspoken saint 🤣🤣
@@outlaw9140 Outspoken yes, a saint hell no lol
@@outlaw9140 I never understood that lol The only explanation I can think of is they weren't aware of his reputation in WCW.
@@DisasterMaggot or were desperately looking the other way...
I heard that one too
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Steiner was practically dragging his foot when he walked during this period. You could tell that he was obviously banged up. Scott Steiner in his prime was an absolute beast though.
yeah during that match he had on the final nitro he literally couldn't walk without lifting his knee past a certain point. I think it's called drop foot. like you said he was dragging his foot just to walk.
What injury did he have?
@@michaelwilson9184 He had nerve damage in his foot (drop foot). He developed it toward the end of the WCW run.
Prime Scott Steiner was underrated when he went up against Goldberg
@King Fox I meant from an athletic standpoint. Pre Big Poppa Pump era, The Steiner Bros era.
Scott "GIMME A FUCKIN' MIC" Steiner
Greatest line ever
😂😂
These few words are better than any Triple Nose Promo
Thing is, they got Steiner all wrong from day one: yes he got a huge ovation on his debut.. but like, the guy is a natural heel. Steiner as a good guy just doesn’t work
Putting him directly in the title picture was a mistake too
@@emanuelsosa8 I don’t know, I mean I think he’d be fine chasing it.
@@superrobz It would’ve worked out if they started him out in the mid card and slowly built him up into the Main event scene if he wasn’t injured and Out of wrestling shape.
@@chandlersbryant4047 it was rushed
When I think of the Reign of Terror, this feud and the feud with booker T instantly come to mind.
When i think of the reign of Terror, Kane and RVD are the first 2 persons that comes to my mind
Don't forget Goldberg as well. This boring Reign of Terror was designed to build up for the Goldberg feud, only he won after losing the Elimination Chamber, defended it against Triple H at Survivor Series, only to lose it back to him at Armageddon. Pretty poor title run for somebody like Goldberg.
Levesque is a damn fraud.
I loved the reign of terror. It wasnt just hhh dominating. 2003-05 had really good storytelling.
@@filmbuff2777 well in fairness to wwe it's not like WCW booked his title run there any better.
The royal rumble promo in 2003 for HHH vs Scott Steiner was sooo damn good... It's a real shame the match didn't live up to the hype
Agreed
He sent his mullet to the shadow realm lol
The maths just didn't work out
It didn't work because HHH wouldn't work. He buried Scott any chance he got. You could see he felt like Scott didnt deserve to be working with him.
@@thomasanthony5306 did you watch the match. Scott was tired way to early on.
I'm such a Steiner mark, dude is hilarious. He is what professional wrestling is all about.
100% agree! He was fantastic in late 90s WcW. One of if not THE best character on the show.
@@GibDozer1 no... Sting was the best character on the show
@@rockk9753
Not who I was tuning in to see. To each their own I suppose.
@@GibDozer1 I was tuning in to see sting haha
Even as a grown ass man I'm still a Steiner fanboy. Like you said, he's what's wrestling is all about. He was a genuine action figure come to life on screen and was one of the most single entertaining humans on earth that only needed a microphone and a camera. Any time he was on the screen you were instantly captivated by his insane physique or whatever topic he was semi-coherently ranting about. There will truly never be another like Steiner but then again no one would ever get the chance again with the current WWE product.
The posedown was almost the funniest thing I seen in the 2000's wrestling shows. Oh man, I'm laughing now lol
The part when Triple H is trying to be seen from behind Steiner's peaks is the best part. He looks so starved for attention.
Old school Rude v Warrior vibes lol
The posedown was gold imo. That moment was hilarious.
Gayest**
@@violentbryan21 Self aware at all?
This is the content I came for.
Making Scotty a babyface was the deathknell in this run 😂
He had a 141 and 2/3rd percents chance 😔
Just like making ddp a heel in his debut.
Could've worked, like how The Rock went face by simply not being heelish towards the audience and changing nothing else about his character.
@King Fox it's not quite a death... It's not quite a knell... But maaaaaaann hahahaha... I don't know...
I am one of those who believe that had he been a heel and drafted to SmackDown!, he would have had a much better run. That roster was filled with cruiserweights, the show was taped and it was booked by a man famous for designing programs to enhance your strengths and hide your weaknesses.
He should have been booked in mega squashes against Cruiserweights, then should have faced Rey Mysterio at Mania in a "Freakzilla Freakshow Match" or something, and from then on, if he got better, he could have been a transitional challenger for Brock.
Steiner should've stayed on the blue brand. Imagine him feuding with Lesnar, Angle or Undertaker
Him beating Lesnar in Survivor Series instead of Big Show will have being epic
I’ve also always wondered if Scott just got too physically big. When he first began in wcw, he was muscular, quick and athletic. Rick was actually considered the powerhouse of the team. In these matches, he looks very big, slow and clunky.
That's just because of injury and conditioning. Scott had a lot of problems around this time, as mentioned in the video. He was the same size in WCW and worked faster and more athletic, usually, than we see here in his WWE form.
@@maxxxmodelz4061 He absolutely slowed down from his peak around 92-93 even to 1998, forget 2002 and 03.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 That's true. I would argue also that he isn't as big here as he was back in 98, at his peak. So I don't think it was size that slowed him down, I think it was other issues.
Totàlly different people lol
Triple h got away with being that big because of the height advantage of over steiner but idk steiner especially during the last years of wcw was bigger than when he was in wwe I think it was mainly the foot injury that halted his inring performance
If you’ve got too much attitude even during the Attitude Era, you know you’ve outgrown WWE. Big Poppa is an unmatched icon.
Big Poppa Pump didn’t join the WWF/E until after the attitude era had finished.
The attitude era was only 97-01. Steiner didn't wrestle there until 03. He had no business being in the main event, he had health issues and alot of people who were there said he had gotten too big for his frame and because of that his mobility was garbage. He wasn't really an icon in his prime either, he was decent enough and had decent enough mic skills at best....
His best days were before he decided to start over doing the roids. Just because you can get that big with HGH and roids, doesn't mean your frame is meant to handle that size.
@@lutherheggs451 he was a great wrestler when he was teaming with Rick. His wrestling ability seemed to go out the window when he put all the muscle on.
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Wcw had attitude before wwe copied it to compete with the former.
I'm still convinced that Scott would've fared better in Smackdown. The workhorses were there to help Scott get back to good ring shape or at least make him look like a million bucks and he has history working with 4 of the Smackdown 6 in WCW
Also, while recovering from his injury, he could have had squash matches consisting of him throwing cruiserweight jobbers into orbit (like one of his best 2000 matches in WCW) until he was healed enough to face Lesnar or Angle.
Such a shame Scott Steiner’s push ended after his feud with Triple H. I would have liked to see Steiner remain in the main event picture.
I wish he never hurt his ankle and back.
He didn’t even wrestle at wm 19 which is wild. Steiner vs taker/rvd/Kane would have been nice to see
He should have never been in the main event picture...He hadn't wrestled in awhile, he was having problems with one of his legs or his foot and could barely walk, and he was way too bloated at that point.
I think he was in his last days anyway if that, especially as a top performer
I don't think he should of come back to wwe at all. His TNA runs were better on average
If only he'd cracked out the Steiner math and realised WWE+bigbadbootydaddy= burial
I still respect Associate Professor Steiner
The numbers don't lie.
Up there with his knowledge of history, like when he informed us Pearl harbour bombed the Germans 🤔🤷
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I still pop for Scott Steiner being asked to take a drug test and his response!
Knowing of all the injuries that Scott Steiner was dealing with, way back then, & seeing him botching & getting blown up so easily, in the WrestleMania 19 match. It's absolutely amazing & nothing short of a miracle, that he went on to continue to compete, for many years afterwards. All the way up till 2019!
He still wrestles sporadically
The roids and lifting massive weights destroys your body. Just look at ronny Coleman dude can barely walk now.
He didn't appear at all in WrestleMania 19. Wrestling Bios made sure to point that out multiple times. The matches in this video he was botching, was the Royal rumble and No Way Out
Got enough commas?
I loved Steiner's promos. The fact that he tripped over his words made them seem so much more real. Steiner always cracked me up.
I'm just here for the remixed themes. 1991-92 Scott Steiner vs. 2000 HHH. That and chin locks.....reliving the chin locks!
I really enjoy mankind's wedgie pile drivers!
It's all about the peaks and the freaks...holla if ya hear me!!!
And the Perks and the Tweaks
And the Roids and the Rage
Rest in peace to Ryan Sakoda, he was one of the judges for the pose down
Yo mama was a judge
R.I.P. to Mr.Sakoda.
Boston is HHH backyard. Had a homefield advantage with the crowd
And Montreal as well where HHH has always been well liked there (he's of French-Canadian descent)
@@CharlesDarkson so you're saying HHH is an Amazing French-Canadian (no not a Quebecer)
For most sports everything in New England is Bostons territory
Amazing per usual, hands down one of the best RUclips productions. Give this man his praise everyone!!! Holla if you hear me!
This was another feud where watching as a kid I thought it was the best rivalry ever, Steiner was so cool upon his arrival but upon further investigation it was quite flawed, still loved this early 2003 era Steiner was quite sad to see him paired with the guy who shares the same charismatic tendencies as a wood plank aka test
😂😂😂😂😂😂 To be fair Scott should have conditioned better than he did.. Scott wasn't in no shape to wrestle at his full potential.. Scott was throwing frankensteiners and hurricarunas and doing them beautifully! I just don't know what happened with this Scott Steiner??
@@kenrickeason oh yea Steiner was clearly past his prime here and had sacrificed almost all in ring mobility for size. Watching Steiner fall over on his own accord was very sad.
Steiner at this stage is a natural heel. He didn't even have tweener charisma like Austin. He was just an unrelenting prick. Nowadays he is ironically a total face because his character is so ridiculous and Steiner has stopped being a mark for himself and has leaned into his ridiculousness.
But Steiner in 2002 was poor foil as a "fight from underneath babyface" for Triple H.
I just watched wcw casually at the end, but could see Poppa Pump was a bona-fide superheel. Maybe as a face he could have gotten over against someone like Jericho, but Hunter was also in that superheel category. Too similar, Jericho is better as a heel but at his core he is a massive babyface. That will always shine through no matter the alignment. Steiner and Hhh will always be heels.
This feud had so much potential. Steiner was a nut. He could’ve been a huge heel.
You’re darn right I could’ve.
@@nocontextpoppapump They screwed you and ddp with the wrong gimmicks of being face and heel.
Steiner probably should have gone to smackdown.
@nocontextpoppapump I appreciate your mark on the business man.
Honestly I think he should’ve feuded with Kurt angle after WM19 and went to smackdown instead there were a lot of people there that could’ve helped him and also a lot of amateur wrestlers that would’ve been a basis for a feud
Smackdown was about wrestling and Steiner could barely wrestle at the time
@@wingedhussar1453 yeah, but those wrestlers could work around Steiners injuries and make him look good. He also could continue work as a heel.
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- Angle
- Benoit
- Gurrero
- Lesnar
- Haas
- Benjamin
Yeah Steiner would've been in great hands in 2002/2003
@@walker1984 doubt it
@@wingedhussar1453 you don't think the good workers on Smackdown would be able to work around another wrestlers limitations and injuries to get the best match.
It was nice to see Scott Steiner back in the WWE in the early 2000's, but you can tell that his stamina and endurance level wasn't the same anymore for him. The man still has a very solid physique.
My favorite part about this whole feud was the night after the rumble. Steiner challenged Hunter to a rematch and Hunter pulled out a doctors note. I go back and rewatch that promo all the time
I never watched Scott Steiner in his peak but I watched some of his promos, matches and segments from late WCW, WWE and TNA and I really like him. The guy understood entertainment and made wrestling look real, by his acts and awesome promos. Triple H is not to blame here. Vince or WWE bookers should have done two things, letting Scott fully recover before putting him in any major storyline and also let him play a heel. They could have done a lot more with him
Scott got too big while recovering from injury. He lost his athleticism. Even his punches are so, so slow. He looked great, but he couldn't move. Very sad, because Steiners in mid 90s WCW were exceptional.
it's a complete and total waste by him. he was already a massive dude. adding more size did absolutely nothing but make him look like a freak. I don't think that's a smart trade off. he was an absolute beast in the early 90s I would even argue he was better in the ring than Lesnar when he first came in. it's really sad what he did to himself.
@@cjvaye99 I’d say he could outperform Lesnar in his heyday. The Frankensteinet! Lesnar isn’t leaping like that. He was like a luchador in a bodybuilder’s body.
Wtf happened to his chest?
@@stansmith5019 He got kicked in the throat by an opponent at a Tna House show in Puerto Rico in 2007 and had his Trachea injured. The physical disorder that Scott Steiner has is known as ‘muscular atrophy’ in medical terms, which involves the partial or complete degeneration of a given muscle or muscular group.
@@shenanitims4006 Lesnar could do a freaking Shooting Star Press in his youth. Sadly he badly bothed one in the biggest show possible and never tried it again, but in developmental his SSPs were a thing of beauty
As someone with nerve damage from my back that drop foot from his back injury is a pretty significant injury to deal with. It's amazing he was able to do much at all.
Well, Steiner is a genetic freak
Bro you need to make a youtube playlist of just your music. You do a great job mixing.
Totally agree
Would be pretty sick.
He did upload a compilation up to the point in time all the remixed themes he made
Think Steiner's pre-existing beef with Flair is what really doomed him as Flair had stroke via his friendship/mentorship with Triple H.
His crooked yellow teeth
Scott and Goldberg were such huge missed opportunities, couldve definitely got many years of service from them if utilized correctly.
Goldberg got exposed in WWE. Mediocre wrestling skills and terrible mic work in the era of Stone Cold and Rock wasn't going to cut it. Brock gets to one hit opponents because he is legit skilled athlete unlike Roidberg Botchberg
Goldberg only signed for a year though, and didn't like the day to day/behind the scenes work either which didn't go down well with WWE's upper management. They couldn't plan anything long term with him.
@@destroyerarmor2846 u idiot goldberg never used steroids. Does his body looks like he used steroids???. And he used to play rugby he was big from the start.
@@arslaanpasha3334 u mean football. He was n da nfl briefly
@@arslaanpasha3334 Huge musclebound guys like Goldberg, Steiner, Lesnar, etc can't exist irl without steroids. They've been chugging steroids their entire career, all of them. Welcome to the real world.
Scott's 2003 return to WWE was in trouble from the start. He was battling injuries and clearly out of wrestling shape. This showed in his Royal Rumble match against Triple H. Plus, the Big Poppa Pump character works better as a heel as opposed to a babyface, at least in my opinion. And it didn't help that is return happened during the infamous Triple H reign of terror from 2002 to 2005. I think it's safe to say that is first run in WWF in 1993 was a little better than his second. At least in his first run, he was a tag team champion with his brother Rick and the two won their match at Wrestlemania IX. Sadly, it's one of two matches (Shawn Michaels vs Tatanka being the other) worth watching.
He really should have been placed on Smackdown. Kurt could have gotten better matches out of him and worked around his injury. He also could have continued working as a heel, but alas he went to RAW and was a part of the Reign of Terror.
@@walker1984
Even when this was current I remember thinking OMG how can they book the best heel of the late 90s as a face!? Definitely should've been on Smackdown.
Scott is my all time favorite wrestler, but he's a terrible baby face. He does not have that kind of acting range! BPP worked because it was believable. It was believable because it was part of his real personality exaggerated to the Nth degree.
@@walker1984 Blame that prude, Stephanie McMahon!
@@walker1984 Also, the Cruiserweights. If you've seen that match where he destroyed the Jung Dragons, Jamie Knoble and Evan Karagias, you know he shines in matches where he throws small guys into space.
Great topic, here! Your channel is a true reference for 90's and 2000's wrestling. Cheers, man!
Just another buried WCW guy that could've made them serious money and been the stepping stones that gave Cena a slower transition to the top (Mike Awesome, Kidman, Kanyon also come to mind) so glad we got Scotty in TNA though, the Samoa Joe feud alone made it worthwhile :)
They actually tried to push Kidman but he kept botching his own finishing move.
@@Nuke2920 yeah but not a lot of people are hitting that move
I wouldn't say he was buried when he got a shot at the world title immediately upon his debut and got to work with the top guy on the brand. If the matches were better, Scott wasn't injured or out of shape cardio wise, it would worked.
@@michaelwilson9184 that dude made the move famous but always messing it up. Look at Brock. Lol the only one to do it proper was Evan Bourne
Awesome, kanyon and kidman🙄😕😂
In a way it was a good thing his WWE run didn't take off, because we might not have got his brilliant promos in TNA.
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the internet!
I remember this feud and remember being excited for Steiner VS Triple H at Royal Rumble 2003, one of the last PPVs I ordered. I remember enjoying the match at the time. It wasn’t until watching back on it years later I realised how much it sucked.
That opening theme would’ve been good if they were a tag team
I met Scott Steiner at a bar years ago and he told me he was injured in that match against HHH. Hence why he went for belly2belly the whole time. Cant remember his injury tho.
Nerve damage in the foot
@@thesuperwahash thanks. I couldn't remember.
Drop foot
His entire foot was numb from the ankle down ... like trying to wrestle with your foot asleep but more painful
You have editing down to a fine art. Your commentary is informative, relaxed, funny and smooth all in one go. As someone who has edited a few very short videos, I realise how much effort goes in to this.
It's a damn shame Steiner had to somehow work as a babyface. He was easily a much better heel than HHH.
No.
@@jacobtrimble4329 Yes
Yep because people enjoyed listening to Steiner talk whereas with triple h people would change the channel.
I lived through the attitude area and HHH was never over or as big of a star as they try to portray him as. He basically rode on Shawn Michaels and Stephanie’s coat tails.
And you are forgetting New Age Outlawz as well. HHH brought them into DX. When they were clearly over with the fans which made DX popular by association.
That's a damn lie, and HHH was a Devious heel 99 percent of the time during the attitude era he wasn't supposed to be liked he supposed to be hated and he achieve that. Dude was wwe champion before steph and kept DX relevant and elevated it more when Shawn left and elevate the rock and Austin careers when they had a rivalry. Just because you don't like HHH doesn't mean he wasn't over or as liked.
@@jacobtrimble4329 Like Cornette has stated, HHH was the guy who fought with the guy who drew the money. People were watching for the person who HHH was fighting against i.e. Stone Cold,Rock, Mankind,Taker....
I recently seen a video from WWE remenbering the Attitude era, and was embarrasing listening to HHH putting himself over with the likes of Austin, Rock and Taker. Helmsley is delusional using the WWE to rewrite history and put himself in an much higher spot in wrestling history.
Attitude Era was about Stone Cold Steve Austin as the top dog who led wrestling into a new era. Second they will come Rock and Taker. And later, another bunch of relevant names of this era, like Kane, Mick Foley and HHH himself along with his DX faction. But he was not even close to Stone Cold level
True I've never seen HHH or Steiner as main eventers. They're the guys who were heels wrestling the main eventers.
The remixes you use are amazing. Imagine if they had just got on and formed a tag
The greatest biceps, in wrestling history, Scott Steiner.
They are not 24 inch pythons, brother!!
On roids
Wrestling History? I think you mean WORLD history.
"I'm the man, with the largest Erms in the World"
-BPP
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No it's just Creatine and a high protein diet. Just like every other professional athlete... I'm sure if you did a cycle you could get that big too though.
The build up was classic, we were all laughing about it in high school, the arm wrestling, the bench press, the pose down, these were iconic segments with massive pops and was hilarious build up
Two things: First, Scott Steiner would've worked far better as a heel; the gimmick is nothing but heel all over. Secondly, HHH was absolutely spot on in that last interview segment; people who don't make it and/or marks for the people who don't make it always have to find someone or something else to blame. Locus of attribution.
I loved the pose off, it was fun to watch and was also included in HCTP game where you do it with HHH.
You're a mind reader! I was watching your HBK vs HHH rivalry video & said to myself: he should do Steiner & Triple H at some point. This is awesome. U always bring back the best memories.
Love your videos man. I grew up watching wwf in 90s till 2001. I Can relive it all through you. Thanks!!
Steiner said the final nail was when Triple H complained to Vince about Steiners "roid rage" and Vince went to him and told him he needed to be randomly tested, and he said he would..if they tested Triple H at the same time.
when did he say that
Wrestlemania 19 should have featured a match were HHH and Steiner attempted to tie their own shoes. Of course HHH would have blown his hamstrings and Steiner would have roid raged the ref so it would have been a draw.
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I watched this feud as it happened, all I'll say is thank GOD for Smackdown in 2003
I remember watching all this too so great back then.
Yup
I am straight up shocked this is just now being made. 😱 but thank you for putting in the work to produce these
The way you mix the two themes together in the intro is incredible
I think the fan reaction towards Steiner was clearly a territorial WCW vs WWF thing.
The same thing happened with Goldberg, who came in as a face to defeat The Rock; fans were fine with him beating up mid carders but they didn’t want to see their WWF main event heroes to lose clean to a WCW star.
The WWF had publicly told their fans for years to hate WCW so they were hardly going to suddenly take kindly to this.
Sting was a bit different as it was so long after the WCW war finished, that fans started to look at the promotion differently and not see it as any threat (the WWE started to promote old WCW content too, acknowledging it was actually good!)
Considering the pop he got when he returned, this theory is dumb.
Goldberg got booed because The Rock was crazy popular and the match sucked because Goldberg sucked. This was also after Goldberg stunk it up with Brock at WrestleMania. People just didn't think Goldberg deserved to beat the rock.
@@filho4437 Goldberg beat The Rock at Backlash '03 (this was originally meant to be for WM19 but he wasn't signed in time) and his disaster match with Lesnar was a year later at WM20.
@@filho4437 rock vs Goldberg did not happen before his match with the rock dumass that was wrestlemania 20 literally a year later 😂
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852Goldberg git a pop to and then got booed at backlash
Scott Steiner was one of my favorite wrestlers as a kid when he came to WWE
That's a killer mashup.
Never thought of a Scott Steiner / HHH mashup.
As always, WB never disappoints. 😌🔥
Dang. Scott was looking more gassed than Ultimate Warrior.
Triple H sells like a BOSS in these matches and makes Scott’s clunky offence look heavy. I’d forgotten Triple H could bump so well when he was younger. The matches had all sorts of interference and everything thrown in to make Scott’s job as easy as possible and he just couldn’t deliver. The fact he got a second title shot shows he wasn’t sabotaged, Trips prob could have demanded not to work with Scott after that first match and got his way given the influence he had at the time. Triple H has had his moments but this is toxic shade thrown by Scott for self preservation.
Love your videos, I think I can shed some like on why HHH was cheered and Steiner was booed in Boston:
HHH is a bit of a hometown hero in New England, he's from Londonderry NH which is less than 2 hours away from Boston (Boston is the only major city in New England so people come from all over NE for big events). It's kind of like heel Brett getting cheered in Canada.
HHH also trained in Boston.
Steiner on the other hand is more well known for his work in NWA/WCW which were more predominant in the south so his northeast following at the time wasn't particularly big.
Just got finished on the WCW Upload and this pops up to my delight 🙌
That holler/our time remix was awesome!
Steiner was well past his prime during this stint. It seemed like fans were excited initially, but then they saw through the holes of his current move set & lack of conditioning. The pose down was great comedy
Scott Steiner was out of his element at this time. Physically, he was breaking down and getting past his prime. He was also not the same Scott Steiner from WCW that fans wanted to see. They wanted the madman Big Poppa Pump, not a bland babyface. I love Scott Steiner but he was a shell of his former self here and it showed.
So was triple h and it took a heart episode for the game to finally a MIT's his steroid use each
Great video as usual and special thanks for Sam and Victor for coming up with those amazing remixes! They really help the channel stand out to me
Channels like yours, wrestlelamia and cultaholic make it fun to be a wrestling fan again!
Montreal cheers for HHH no matter what, he's just really over there.
which is weird when you remember who his best friend is
@@chaosbringer82 and triple h had a huge part in planning that screw job to begin with. I actually believe when shawn was first told about it he might of refused to do it but was convinced by triple h to do it.
They tend to root for heels.
He's an American Heel who is also of French-Canadian descent, that's why they love him.
Oh god yes. This feud is a such a shitshow and I love it.
Wrestling Bios and Wrestlelamia are the best wrestling channels
How sad. I remember how angry I was after seeing Scott becoming heel for Survivor Series after this run, like if we had no memory, he was the only hope back then. Now knowing he was hurt and having a diminished potential to sell, I know the real reason why it happened.
I've always told people this is the only feud where HHH actually tried in the ring... Idk if it was to show how much better he was, but I always thought he was trying to get a good match out of Scott
I think Triple H gets so much hate. There's a reason he was being pushed up the mid card to main event status before Steph. He's had some of the best matches and rivalries in the WWE.
He was never going to get a good match out of Steiner. Too much size, too much roids, too many injuries and a lack of mobility both from his foot/leg problems and being too large for his frame.
I agree. Although this was the reign of terror era, I think Triple H at this point was trying as he was looking for his next big rival. I think in his mind, if Evolution was going to be a success, he needed a top opponent. A Dusty to his Flair. With Rock making movies, Mick being part time, Austin about to retire, and Angle hitting it big on Smackdown, Triple H really had no one to go up against that was home grown. Hence why he spent so much of this era going up against other members of the Kliq and main eventers from WCW.
He tried in the ring by sandbagging Steiner.
@@aboriginalson then you should have NO problem naming the spots in which he did.. Go!
Man, the wwe had so many great wcw Wrestlers during this time. They were all sadly wasted or buried in stupid matches against Trible H. The likes of Goldberg, Scott Steiner, Nash, Hall, Hogan, Booker T. I am starting to think it was done on purpose. No wonder Sting was so reluctant to join the wwe for a long period.
It was just the way for shitty Vince McMann and shitty WWF to get back At WCW WWE was jealous of WCW
I remember being so excited when this feud happened but then had my doubts as Scott Steiner hadn't wrestled since March of 2001 and triple h was just trying to get his groove back during his return in 2002. Then I lost interest when they did that dumb posedown on raw and that 2003 royal rumble title match did no favors on what little interest I had in this feud.
WCW/TNA Scott Steiner was legendary every time he had a microphone
100%
I think Wrestling With Wregret made an awesome point when he said Scott NEVER should have came in as a face. That hurt him too.
Yeah the big poppa pump character never suited the baby face role.
@@martynodonnell8467 Ikr? Never should have happened. He was just too perfect as a big, jock heel. Lol. 🇨🇮
I feel you may have overlooked some triple h errors, especially the blatent one here where he goes down before Scotty even connected with the clothesline. Far as the fans, this was the smarky smark "tee hee we boo faces and cheer heels" era
He's biased.
The shift from hogan / heart to razor / stone cold was a great time.
2003 Tripper mixed it up a bit with his trunks. Reds,purples.
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Steiner for me is the greatest promo guy ever
Steiner was requested for a voluntary roid test. He said: "No issues. Just make sure that Hunter accompanies me!"
These open secrets of pro wrestling 😂
I can’t remember exactly from when I was a kid but years later as old wwe and wwf clips pop up this was super entertaining
Everything about that Rumble match was comedy gold
Steiner was showing signs of wear and tear after years of wrestling. The steroids that he was shooting up in the 90s had sped up his decline as the years went on….
Probably if he hadn't been injured, Steiner would have remained in the main-event spot, no doubt, even if he was a WCW superstar and Vince buried everyone from WCW
The remix with both theme songs, DAMN 🔥🔥
HHH and Steiner’s mixed theme goes CRAZY
I was so disappointed by Steiners return. The survivor series was a huge pop and I was hoping he would be let loose like the madman he was in WCW.
Whilst his later matches against Booker T and Goldberg had lost agility and speed from 97/98 time, they were still solid performances.
No idea why the WWE booked him in this way. The build up between brands was great. I remember a good friend at the time telling me “Jim Neidhart is back on Raw and he’s jacked”.... I was like WTF is he on about and then saw it the next day and couldn’t stop laughing.
They should have let Steiner loose back stage taking out people right left n centre, with pipes n chairs and chasing down Triple H. The storyline could have then had Steiner “fake arrested” or whatever and had a restraining order until WM - Steiner could have murdered jobbers until that time or absolutely kill Ric Flair in a street fight at No Way Out.
I 100% agree about both matches being poor. Royal Rumble was particularly terrible. Steiners move set at the end of WCW was a bit limited but he did it with a lot of intensity and would on occasions hit a top rope Frankensteiner. It also didn’t help IMO that Triple Hs wrestling style didn’t put him over in parts.
Something of a slight side note as well, I think they should have bought over both Steiners freaks and had him wear the shorts like in WCW. He honestly looked nothing like freakzilla.
Wonder if it’d been any different if he had signed for Smackdown?
I would assume hhh was getting the biggest pop at the Royal rumble because it was in Boston (near Conn.)
1. Scott Steiner was NOT EVER going to work as a babyface any point after 1998
2. Vince and Triple H simply wanted someone to go over and bury WCW more
3. Scott Steiner is the originator of ‘Suplex City’
4. Scott Steiner should have been on SmackDown so he could work with Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar, Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Mysterio and Edge as all could have worked around his injuries and were all perfect workers for Steiner.
5. As soon as it was apparent Scott Steiner was getting booed WWE should have done something to turn him heel immediately
i like that "my time" scot steiner mix, sounds like a tag team they woulda had in 2003
Injury or not the wrong man went over. Scotty on his worst day was better than triple h is every area.
Such a waste, Steiner should have signed to Smackdown and worked with Angle, Lesnar, Guerrero etc... people that could/would work around his injuries instead of HHH who saw to start with WCW burial tour
Steiner would’ve lost to them also, he wasn’t that good anymore. “WCW burial tour” them buried themselves for not keeping the company afloat.
Did you actually watch their Rumble match? Injuries weren't the issue, the fact Steiner gassed in 6 minutes was the problem, no one can carry a guy who gasses that fast.
@@timmutohfan These smarks think Steiner was the Steiner of 1998. He was not good anymore.
Meltzer is that you?
@@beengreat8014 Scott pre Poppa Pump was better. I miss that Scott
Dude you are the best youtuber that covers wrestling! Amazing
Scott should've came in during the Invasion.