Scott Steiner Interview With Baltimore Sun

validreasoning! wrote: »

Last year on impact! he claimed to have beaten HHH, i actually don't recall this unless you count the arm wrestling match they had on RAW in 2003. But that comment did make me spit out my beer as i was watching it, was funny stuff. The guy has more waffles than birds eye!

I think I remember the quote you mention and I'm pretty sure he threw Cena's name in there too and I can't ever remember those two wrestling, never mind Steiner beating him.

Edit: I found the quote...

"See Kurt Angle, what makes you think you’re so special. You haven't done anything that I have already done. Who have you beaten that I already beaten. John Cena, I beat him; Batista, I beat him; and I don't care how many times Triple H had to sleep with the boss' daughter, I beat him."

What is he on about? Perhaps he beat Batista but I can't remember that either!

rossie1977 wrote: »

obsessed with wrestling have details of steiner beating both HHH and batista
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/s/scott-steiner.php

Aaaah right, DQ victories. Such great accomplishments there, Scott!
VR!

I’ve always like Steiner’s on screen character, or at least the idea of it – the chain mail, the siren music, the “freaks”, all a very good platform for a guy to really succeed, but as a person he really comes across as an idiot sometimes. I mean, badmouthing Flair is one thing, he’s not the only guy to say Flair treated them like cr*p at one time or another (I don’t know or really even care if this is actually true, the fact is Flair was a real star and deserved the send off he got for it), but I’ve always hated wrestlers repeating stories they heard second hand about people, if they weren’t there themselves, they don’t really know if it’s true. Plus to then defend Hogan, who has been accused of the very same things (Again, I don’t know if it’s all true or not, but I’ve always believed that as least some of the mud thrown at all wrestlers had a good reason for sticking), is strange, especially, as VR said, when Hogan, more so than Flair or anybody else, would have had more to do with Steiner not getting his shot at singles success quicker than he did in WCW
As for his comments on HBK, while I’ve always felt after the whole Montreal thing (Sorry to bring it up again!) that Michaels was a bit of a snake in the grass – not for his actual involment (All parties could have handled the whole thing better) but for his initial denial to Bret in the locker-room afterwards, I mean just be a man and tell the guy to his face why don’t ya .And that about Shawn I know is true, as it’s on the Wrestling with Shadows documentary (Which I know is one sided but doesn’t hide the fact that HBK was really two faced) Plus, it was actually scary how alike Michaels and Flair became in the last few years in WWE - from flamboyant, outspoken main players in their respective companies to humble sidekicks of HHH.
And as for Helmsey, well I think it’s fairly obvious that his personal situation has helped in the last 9 years or so (Fair enough, he won his 1st world title before he hooked up with Steph, but his real dominance in WWE didn’t start until 2000 when they were an item I think), but it must be said that regardless of how he got his hands on the ball, he has ran with it very well at times. Plus, he had achieved more than losing to Henry Godwin before he hooked up with Steph, like joining and then leading DX (I won’t mention KOTR, everyone knows I don’t rate that much!).But Steiner seems to forget how well he was treated when he initially moved over to WWE, he pretty much walked into a main event, world title shot situation, give or take a month, and I only remember one guy stinking up the ring in those matches and that was’nt HHH. So I think he’s lying when he says he not bitter or jealous there, himself and VKM or whatever they call themselves should start a club for guys who think they were hard done by but really dropped the ball themselves. At least with the likes of Angle and Booker, they can say they that they’ve been there and done that and have a right to have opinion on things, people like Steiner and Billy Gunn (Another character I really liked and wanted to succeed) could’nt get the job done properly when they did get his chance so should really keep their mouth shut about others I think. Plus the fact that he resorts to slagging off Chyna of all people, instead of really backing up his statements, doesn’t help his cause.

Fozzy wrote: »

If we're pointing out where Steiner's wrong, then HHH actually won that pig sty match!

Now there's bragging rights!
I wonder who Trips had to sleep with for that on his c.v - HillBilly Jim?!

D-FENS wrote: »

I’ve always like Steiner’s on screen character, or at least the idea of it – the chain mail, the siren music, the “freaks”, all a very good platform for a guy to really succeed, but as a person he really comes across as an idiot sometimes. I mean, badmouthing Flair is one thing, he’s not the only guy to say Flair treated them like cr*p at one time or another (I don’t know or really even care if this is actually true, the fact is Flair was a real star and deserved the send off he got for it), but I’ve always hated wrestlers repeating stories they heard second hand about people, if they weren’t there themselves, they don’t really know if it’s true. Plus to then defend Hogan, who has been accused of the very same things (Again, I don’t know if it’s all true or not, but I’ve always believed that as least some of the mud thrown at all wrestlers had a good reason for sticking), is strange, especially, as VR said, when Hogan, more so than Flair or anybody else, would have had more to do with Steiner not getting his shot at singles success quicker than he did in WCW
As for his comments on HBK, while I’ve always felt after the whole Montreal thing (Sorry to bring it up again!) that Michaels was a bit of a snake in the grass – not for his actual involment (All parties could have handled the whole thing better) but for his initial denial to Bret in the locker-room afterwards, I mean just be a man and tell the guy to his face why don’t ya .And that about Shawn I know is true, as it’s on the Wrestling with Shadows documentary (Which I know is one sided but doesn’t hide the fact that HBK was really two faced) Plus, it was actually scary how alike Michaels and Flair became in the last few years in WWE - from flamboyant, outspoken main players in their respective companies to humble sidekicks of HHH.
And as for Helmsey, well I think it’s fairly obvious that his personal situation has helped in the last 9 years or so (Fair enough, he won his 1st world title before he hooked up with Steph, but his real dominance in WWE didn’t start until 2000 when they were an item I think), but it must be said that regardless of how he got his hands on the ball, he has ran with it very well at times. Plus, he had achieved more than losing to Henry Godwin before he hooked up with Steph, like joining and then leading DX (I won’t mention KOTR, everyone knows I don’t rate that much!).But Steiner seems to forget how well he was treated when he initially moved over to WWE, he pretty much walked into a main event, world title shot situation, give or take a month, and I only remember one guy stinking up the ring in those matches and that was’nt HHH. So I think he’s lying when he says he not bitter or jealous there, himself and VKM or whatever they call themselves should start a club for guys who think they were hard done by but really dropped the ball themselves. At least with the likes of Angle and Booker, they can say they that they’ve been there and done that and have a right to have opinion on things, people like Steiner and Billy Gunn (Another character I really liked and wanted to succeed) could’nt get the job done properly when they did get his chance so should really keep their mouth shut about others I think. Plus the fact that he resorts to slagging off Chyna of all people, instead of really backing up his statements, doesn’t help his cause.

I'm not really sure he had a cause to speak of, he was just bad-mouthing people in hilarious fashion and I loved it. I can't wait till he's 82 and suffering from dementia and he's booked at a fan convention, only to grab a live mike and start bad-mouthing anyone and everyone in incoherent fashion.

You're right about about his character with the chain-mail etc., thats his main selling point. But up until eight years ago when he was WCW champion he was having good matches with everyone, even broomsticks like Sid. Even today, when given the right opponent, he still rocks out.

Aaaah right, DQ victories. Such great accomplishments there, Scott!
VR!

Though you're right to deride him over it in one sense, you're kinda missing the point; he was trying to get himself over and listed a bunch of people he's beaten, and though these victories were non-events, they are at least factually correct. Thats probably one of the few times Scott has been factually correct, but thats a different argument!

the flananator wrote: »

I'm not really sure he had a cause to speak of, he was just bad-mouthing people in hilarious fashion and I loved it. I can't wait till he's 82 and suffering from dementia and he's booked at a fan convention, only to grab a live mike and start bad-mouthing anyone and everyone in incoherent fashion.

You're right about about his character with the chain-mail etc., thats his main selling point. But up until eight years ago when he was WCW champion he was having good matches with everyone, even broomsticks like Sid. Even today, when given the right opponent, he still rocks out.



Though you're right to deride him over it in one sense, you're kinda missing the point; he was trying to get himself over and listed a bunch of people he's beaten, and though these victories were non-events, they are at least factually correct. Thats probably one of the few times Scott has been factually correct, but thats a different argument!

For the record, I found it hilarious as well, but I’m laughing at him rather than with him (I would laugh at the prospect of him getting HHH and HBK's back up a bit though ) And your probably right, he doesn’t have a cause per say, he’s not the Martin Luther King of wrestling or anything, speaking up for the rights of washed up wrestlers! But whether he cares or not (Probably not) and is just mouthing off, he still comes across as a fool with some of the things he’s says, and I’m sure he doesn’t want to be remembered as a fool.
I would also agree that he had his moments as a skilled wrestler in WCW and his first run WWF in the early 90’s, but by the time he got to WWF in ’02, he was way past his best and was down right sloppy in some of his matches, most notably with the title on the line against HHH. You could argue that his health had let him down at that point or that WWF never intended on any real success for him other than using him on the strength of his WCW reputation, but the fact is he could’nt cut it by then .And his work these days in TNA is passable but doesn’t merit a main event spot.