Name: Scott Steiner
Real Name: Scott Rechsteiner
Birthday: July 29
Nicknames: "Superstar," "Big Poppa Pump," "White Thunder"
Finisher: Steiner Recliner, Frankensteiner
Scott Steiner did the unthinkable
when he turned on his brother Rick to join the New World Order,
but to
many wrestling fans, it was a smart move...the Steiner Brothers,
6-time former WCW World Tag Team
Champions, 2-time former WWF Tag Team Champions, and former IWGP
World Tag Champions, were
considered to be arguably the greatest tag team ever, and had
little else to prove at this point in their
careers...undoubtedly, many have wondered how good the Steiners
would have been if they'd wrestled as
singles wrestlers instead of tag teams, but few believed they'd
have the chance to find out...master of the
"Frankensteiner," the
agile Scott Steiner possesses incredible size, strength and ability,
and could have
possibly gone far as a singles wrestler...interestingly, Scott
Steiner has been a singles champion before and
once held the WCW World Television Championship (after Rick Steiner
left WCW), though he vacated
the title when the Steiners joined the WWF in 1993...some time
after resigning with WCW in 1996, the
Steiners defeated the Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) to
win their 4th WCW Tag title at the first
NWO Souled Out...however, that decision was overturned by WCW/NWO
head Eric Bischoff, who
forced the Steiners to give up the belts...months later, the team
acquired a manager who was himself a
former member of the NWO, Ted DiBiase...together, the three got
redemption against the NWO when
the Steiners beat Hall and Syxx for the titles on a Monday Nitro
broadcast in late 1997...the decision was
upheld by JJ Dillon despite the fact that Kevin Nash, who was
injured at the time, was the rightful
co-holder of the titles, not Syxx...lost the titles to the Outsiders
after Nash returned, but regained them on
Monday Nitro in February 1998...it was prior to this victory that
Scott began having problems with his
brother Rick and DiBiase...often wrestled entire matches by himself
(all of which he won) without tagging
in Rick at all, and began showing a cocky, arrogant attitude...also
began a rivalry of sorts with NWO
member Buff Bagwell over who had the best body...when Rick and
Scott defeated the Outsiders for the
belts on Nitro, however, the brothers appeared to be united once
again...this was not to be though, for at
Superbrawl VIII Scott showed his true colors...in a rematch between
the Steiners and the Outsiders on
that card, Scott hit his brother in the back and attacked him,
then abandoned DiBiase and Rick...he then
left with Hall, Nash and Dusty Rhodes , showing he had joined
the NWO...the next night on Nitro, Scott
came out with the NWO with his hair and goatee dyed blond, and
Buff Bagwell announced that Scott's
new name in the NWO was "White Thunder" (however, this
nickname was changed a short time later to
"Superstar" since WCW felt the previous nickname could
have racial overtones)...surprisingly though,
Scott later extended an invitation for Rick to join the NWO as
well and said he loved his brother and
didn't want to betray him...when Rick came out, he was presented
with an NWO shirt but foolishly tried
to attack the NWO...his efforts were unsuccessful and he was beaten
by several NWO
members...currently, it appears that Scott and Rick will wrestle
each other soon, and after that feud
comes to a close, perhaps "Superstar" Scott Steiner
can finally realize his potential now that he's on his
own. After all, it's about time.