1 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:03,203 - Yeah, it's a great feeling. 2 00:00:03,270 --> 00:00:04,438 Never thought it'd happen, 3 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:05,873 but finally, you know, we made it. 4 00:00:05,939 --> 00:00:07,908 [soft music] 5 00:00:07,975 --> 00:00:09,476 - Yeah, it's good to be back. 6 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:10,711 Never thought I would. 7 00:00:10,777 --> 00:00:13,046 ♪ 8 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:15,148 - You feel like all you've done 9 00:00:15,148 --> 00:00:16,717 now meant something. 10 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:18,385 ♪ 11 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:21,622 - My brother and I wrestled a lot of great teams. 12 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:23,357 - Been all over the world. 13 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,959 But when you get to do it with your brother-- 14 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:27,227 he was always there. 15 00:00:27,294 --> 00:00:28,795 He always had my back. 16 00:00:28,862 --> 00:00:30,898 ♪ 17 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:32,866 [crowd yelling] - There's never been 18 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:34,868 a tag team in the sport of wrestling 19 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,870 as dominant as the Steiner Brothers. 20 00:00:36,937 --> 00:00:39,206 [dramatic music] 21 00:00:39,273 --> 00:00:42,910 - It's hard to overestimate how good those guys were. 22 00:00:42,910 --> 00:00:44,511 - They were the real deal. 23 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:45,913 They could both go. 24 00:00:45,979 --> 00:00:48,515 - The way they manhandle people is amazing. 25 00:00:48,582 --> 00:00:50,183 I've never seen a team like this. 26 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:51,985 ♪ 27 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:55,222 - They were always feared collegiate wrestlers. 28 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:59,059 - My brother and me are at the top of the food chain. 29 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:00,661 - In terms of having each other's back, 30 00:01:00,661 --> 00:01:03,397 I don't think you could find two people tighter. 31 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:06,266 But Scott was always a shorter fuse. 32 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:08,602 Scott could be dangerous if you pushed him too far. 33 00:01:08,669 --> 00:01:10,470 Scott got physical backstage. 34 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:13,840 - I'm not one to hide my emotions. 35 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,442 I'll tell you how I feel about you, 36 00:01:15,509 --> 00:01:17,544 and if you don't like it, 37 00:01:17,678 --> 00:01:18,912 I don't give a [bleep]. 38 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,113 ♪ 39 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:22,549 - He had a short fuse, but so did Robbie. 40 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:24,785 - Rick did not mind showing his dominance. 41 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:27,621 - He's amateur wrestler. He could handle himself. 42 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:29,656 I was amateur. Handle myself. 43 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:31,825 - It was a blessing to have my brother with me. 44 00:01:31,892 --> 00:01:33,961 - But this business can be rough. 45 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,662 You know, every time something goes wrong, 46 00:01:35,662 --> 00:01:36,863 I worry about my brother. 47 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:38,832 - Like, are you freaking kidding me? 48 00:01:38,899 --> 00:01:41,635 You just tore your trachea, almost died. 49 00:01:41,702 --> 00:01:43,604 I'm just gonna have to accept the fact that 50 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:45,472 this is what makes him happy. 51 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:47,207 - They always had a respectful understanding 52 00:01:47,274 --> 00:01:48,308 between each other. 53 00:01:48,375 --> 00:01:50,911 Those two brothers had it worked out. 54 00:01:50,911 --> 00:01:54,147 - Those guys are as tight as two brothers could be. 55 00:01:54,147 --> 00:01:55,549 Yeah. [laughs] 56 00:01:55,549 --> 00:01:58,185 Never really wanted to piss them off too much. 57 00:01:58,185 --> 00:02:03,457 - Bow down to the greatest tag team that ever lived. 58 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:10,430 ♪ 59 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:13,467 - Rob was born March 9th in 1961 60 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,502 in Bay City, Michigan. 61 00:02:15,636 --> 00:02:20,474 Scott was born July 29th in '62. 62 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:23,910 16 months' difference between the two. 63 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:27,114 They were very busy, and they were boys, 64 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:30,784 but they learned early that there are rules. 65 00:02:30,784 --> 00:02:32,586 - My dad was a strict marine. 66 00:02:32,586 --> 00:02:34,021 He made us toe the line. 67 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:35,822 He was very strict with us. 68 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:38,358 When we talked to him, had to look him in the eye, 69 00:02:38,425 --> 00:02:39,993 or he'd whack ya. 70 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:41,662 - He kept us in line. 71 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:43,030 Well, the thing is, my brother and I, 72 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:44,664 we always used to fight growing up. 73 00:02:44,731 --> 00:02:47,267 And I think, at one point, my dad had enough, 74 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:49,403 and so he said, "You guys want to fight?" 75 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:52,205 Well, he taped our mouths shut with duct tape 76 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,041 and then put a belt around us. 77 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:55,709 And then we had to stare each other. 78 00:02:55,776 --> 00:02:57,711 - It's good to have rules. 79 00:02:57,711 --> 00:03:00,514 And you abide by 'em, or there's consequences. 80 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:02,349 And we trained the kids that way. 81 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:04,584 And we told 'em the Lord was first in our family 82 00:03:04,584 --> 00:03:05,986 and you gotta go with it. 83 00:03:06,053 --> 00:03:08,422 - Their mother instilled in them--my Aunt Babe 84 00:03:08,422 --> 00:03:11,825 would always push those guys to excel, to do their best. 85 00:03:11,892 --> 00:03:13,794 So they wanted to win all the time. 86 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,629 - My brother and I wrestled each other 87 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:17,431 growing up all the time. 88 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:19,900 We used to get four carpets together, 89 00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:21,468 'cause we couldn't afford a mat, 90 00:03:21,468 --> 00:03:23,270 and wrestle on that. 91 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:25,672 I wasn't gonna let my younger little brother 92 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:27,708 take me down or even anything. 93 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:31,144 - You know, being two years older is a big difference. 94 00:03:31,278 --> 00:03:34,147 I mean, I could get him every once in a while, 95 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,882 cheap shot him. 96 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,784 It was fun, man. 97 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:39,319 We're real close. 98 00:03:39,386 --> 00:03:41,755 My brother played football and wrestled in high school, 99 00:03:41,822 --> 00:03:42,756 and I did the same. 100 00:03:42,823 --> 00:03:44,825 So I did what he did. 101 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:47,027 My junior year, I was undefeated. 102 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:49,296 That was when I won the state championship. 103 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:52,999 - In recruiting Scotty, traveled to his home 104 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:55,836 and talked to he and his mom and dad. 105 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:59,873 And they were all saying how Rob was a good wrestler too. 106 00:03:59,873 --> 00:04:03,243 And so that kind of planted the seed for us to 107 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:05,679 go ahead and look into Rob also. 108 00:04:05,746 --> 00:04:08,548 ♪ 109 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:09,883 - Oh, man. 110 00:04:09,950 --> 00:04:12,385 College life was the best, man. 111 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:17,023 - My brother and I got away from that strict household. 112 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:18,258 We went wild. 113 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:20,160 I mean, we were a couple kids off the farm. 114 00:04:20,227 --> 00:04:22,863 - Yeah, them guys were nuts. They were absolutely nuts. 115 00:04:22,863 --> 00:04:25,031 - I don't know how much I should say, but I mean, 116 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:27,434 we were taking cars and... 117 00:04:27,434 --> 00:04:30,003 - They took this guy's car and then got it down through 118 00:04:30,070 --> 00:04:31,872 the tunnel and put it right on the block M 119 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:34,307 on the 50-yard line in the Michigan football stadium. 120 00:04:34,307 --> 00:04:36,109 - They were a little crazy. 121 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:37,110 They had a big dog. 122 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,478 It was on a chain, 123 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:40,947 and the chain was leashed just so 124 00:04:40,947 --> 00:04:42,749 it could get to the sidewalk. 125 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:44,985 - People would be walking, and they didn't know 126 00:04:44,985 --> 00:04:46,586 how far that leash went. 127 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:48,255 And they would jump on the car. 128 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:50,624 - They scared the hell out of students. 129 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:51,591 - Scott and Rob would be sitting there 130 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:53,460 just crying laughing. 131 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:54,694 - Just having fun. 132 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:56,663 We're bored. - Nobody messed with them. 133 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:58,031 But they were good-natured guys. 134 00:04:58,098 --> 00:05:00,033 But you didn't wanna cross 'em, 'cause you crossed one, 135 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:02,502 you had two Rechsteiners you had to deal with. 136 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:04,638 They were probably two of the closest brothers 137 00:05:04,704 --> 00:05:07,707 I think I've been around probably in my entire life. 138 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:10,644 - Scott always looked up to Rob, and then, you know, 139 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:14,514 Rob would basically always look after Scott. 140 00:05:14,581 --> 00:05:15,749 - We were tight. 141 00:05:15,816 --> 00:05:18,518 You gotta trust somebody, right? 142 00:05:18,585 --> 00:05:19,553 - We lived together. 143 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:22,222 We practiced together. 144 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:24,357 We ate together. 145 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:26,226 - They both worked hard in wrestling, 146 00:05:26,226 --> 00:05:27,460 and they were pretty good. 147 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:29,896 Scotty, he was an all-American. 148 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:33,266 And Rob, I think he if had stayed completely healthy, 149 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,668 could have been. 150 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:35,836 - I enjoyed it, you know, 151 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:37,671 and in my senior year, got hurt. 152 00:05:37,737 --> 00:05:40,073 I tore my meniscus. 153 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:42,309 - And that really bothered him. 154 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:43,743 And at the time, I said to him, "You know, 155 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:45,111 "there's a reason for it. 156 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,314 You know, don't dwell on it." 157 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:50,150 Rick wanted to be a teacher. 158 00:05:50,217 --> 00:05:52,319 - I graduated '84 from Michigan, 159 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:54,621 and then I had a science of education degree. 160 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:56,623 I was gonna teach school, 161 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,025 and I substitute taught for a little bit. 162 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:01,061 I made $23 a day. 163 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:02,295 I knew right away I wasn't gonna 164 00:06:02,429 --> 00:06:03,663 make it in life with that. 165 00:06:03,730 --> 00:06:05,632 So I called my coach, Steve Fraser. 166 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:07,200 I went back there. 167 00:06:07,267 --> 00:06:10,670 We had the summer camps that we did for Michigan. 168 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:13,673 And Steve let me be involved in that 169 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:15,308 and made some money doing that. 170 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:18,478 Steve introduces me to George "The Animal" Steele. 171 00:06:18,545 --> 00:06:22,482 He knows Verne Gagne in the AWA in Minnesota. 172 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,751 About two weeks later, I give him my résumé, 173 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:26,019 sent it to Verne. 174 00:06:26,152 --> 00:06:27,654 And about a week later, I was in my car, 175 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:31,224 driving out to Minneapolis to go see this school. 176 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:33,627 It was tough going through it. 177 00:06:33,627 --> 00:06:34,794 - Not like amateur wrestling. 178 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:37,297 Do not worry about the point system, 179 00:06:37,430 --> 00:06:39,065 because there isn't any point system. 180 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:41,067 - I thought because I was a amateur, it was gonna be easy. 181 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:43,270 It wasn't easy, but there was a lot of guys 182 00:06:43,270 --> 00:06:44,304 that helped me out a lot 183 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:45,805 getting started in the business. 184 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:48,341 - Introducing now, in the corner to my right, 185 00:06:48,475 --> 00:06:52,312 from Ann Arbor, Michigan, weighing 265 pounds, 186 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:55,682 Rob Rechsteiner. 187 00:06:55,749 --> 00:06:58,318 - I remember it, 'cause we were actually at a sports bar 188 00:06:58,385 --> 00:07:00,987 in Ann Arbor with my buddies. 189 00:07:01,054 --> 00:07:03,790 He came on the big screen, and it was pretty cool. 190 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:05,225 - And he knows his way around a ring. 191 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:06,393 You can tell that. 192 00:07:06,459 --> 00:07:09,262 - So for him to start wrestling, 193 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,598 they just basically got the ball rolling. 194 00:07:11,665 --> 00:07:14,501 That's when I decided to do pro wrestling. 195 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:16,469 ♪ 196 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:19,205 I never really had a plan, man. 197 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:20,807 I knew I wanted to keep on training, 198 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:23,510 and wrestling was the best way to do that. 199 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:24,511 ♪ 200 00:07:24,511 --> 00:07:26,046 We had Michigan wrestling camps, 201 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:29,516 and one of the instructors was actually The Great Wojo. 202 00:07:29,582 --> 00:07:32,018 And he was a wrestler for Dick the Bruiser 203 00:07:32,152 --> 00:07:36,623 around Ohio, Indiana, Michigan area. 204 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:39,426 And then it just so happened that when I graduated, 205 00:07:39,492 --> 00:07:41,194 they asked me to come down, 206 00:07:41,261 --> 00:07:43,430 asked me if I want to do it, and I said, "Yeah." 207 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:44,664 'Cause they already--you know, of course they knew 208 00:07:44,731 --> 00:07:46,800 my brother was in already, so yeah. 209 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,602 Started with Dick the Bruiser, 210 00:07:49,669 --> 00:07:52,272 legendary professional wrestler. 211 00:07:52,339 --> 00:07:54,908 And my first match was against Great Wojo. 212 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:57,911 - The Great Wojo has been upset 213 00:07:57,911 --> 00:08:01,948 by a virtual unknown making his debut in the WWA. 214 00:08:02,015 --> 00:08:06,619 We have a new champion, Scott Rechsteiner. 215 00:08:06,753 --> 00:08:09,456 - You could drive six, seven hours to make 20 bucks. 216 00:08:09,589 --> 00:08:11,992 Sometimes the only gratification you get 217 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:13,393 is when you're in the ring, 218 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:16,863 because that's a lot of time to spend on the road 219 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:19,065 for such little money. 220 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:21,067 But it was always the driving force of-- 221 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:22,435 tagging with my brother was something 222 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:25,472 I always wanted to do. 223 00:08:25,472 --> 00:08:27,741 - I worked with the AWA in Minneapolis, 224 00:08:27,874 --> 00:08:30,276 and then Verne sent me to Montreal. 225 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:33,046 I wrestled there for about a year with Tom Zenk, 226 00:08:33,113 --> 00:08:35,382 and then we went back to Minnesota. 227 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:38,585 And then Jack Lanza sent me down to Bill Watts 228 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:40,186 down at Mid-South. 229 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:41,788 - Rob Rechsteiner. 230 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:45,592 Now what he obviously prefers to be called is Rick Steiner. 231 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:48,695 - They said, "Stein, we can't pronounce your name." 232 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:50,597 So one day, he came back, and they go, 233 00:08:50,663 --> 00:08:52,465 "Why don't you just split your name up? 234 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,501 Just go as Rick Steiner." 235 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:55,702 I say, "Okay." 236 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:59,105 So from that day on, I was Rick Steiner. 237 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:00,707 - Rick Steiner, a powerful young man 238 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:03,076 with a lot of potential. 239 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:04,911 - When I first met Rick Steiner, 240 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:07,046 he was there working for Watts. 241 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:09,349 He was green, he made mistakes, 242 00:09:09,416 --> 00:09:10,383 but he worked hard. 243 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:12,585 He always worked hard. 244 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:13,586 - Good move. 245 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:14,954 - He's a stallion. 246 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:19,392 - Tulsa was one of the towns we worked in, 247 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:21,060 and I met this girl at the gym named Jayme, 248 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:24,664 and she was very inquisitive about Rick Steiner. 249 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:28,034 - So I was like, "Hook me up." [laughs] 250 00:09:28,101 --> 00:09:31,104 "If you know him, hook me up." 251 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:34,707 Didn't know that he was a wrestler. 252 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:37,710 And I just liked the way he looked. 253 00:09:37,777 --> 00:09:40,346 - Went out, and rest is history. 254 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,882 She gave me three beautiful boys. 255 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:45,752 Best thing that's ever happened in my life. 256 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:48,021 - We dated about three years. 257 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:52,025 We had gone from Universal Wrestling Federation, 258 00:09:52,025 --> 00:09:53,393 which was Mid-South Sports. 259 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,462 They sold to Crockett. 260 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:58,498 We moved to North Carolina, 261 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:01,034 and then Turner bought it. 262 00:10:01,034 --> 00:10:04,070 And we ended up moving to Georgia. 263 00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:07,073 In '87 is when we moved here, 264 00:10:07,073 --> 00:10:10,110 and we just kinda stayed. 265 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,846 - So I didn't get married till I was working for Turner. 266 00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,781 So it made it a lot easier, 'cause 267 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:18,184 we were able to stay around the Atlanta area more, 268 00:10:18,251 --> 00:10:20,186 doing TVs and stuff. 269 00:10:20,253 --> 00:10:22,021 But every chance I got, 270 00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:23,590 if we were in driving distance, 271 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:25,825 you know, four or five hours, 272 00:10:25,892 --> 00:10:27,560 once we were done with the show, I was in my car, 273 00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:28,495 and I was driving home. 274 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:29,863 I wanted to be here. 275 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:32,065 If I'm gonna have kids and have boys, 276 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:33,600 I wanna make sure I'm here to raise them. 277 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:35,668 And so I made every effort I could 278 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:37,437 to be here to take care of 'em. 279 00:10:37,504 --> 00:10:39,072 ♪ 280 00:10:39,138 --> 00:10:43,276 And I think within six months of me being in with Turner 281 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:47,247 and in the WCW, my brother came in. 282 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:49,115 I knew he was in the business and what he was doing, 283 00:10:49,182 --> 00:10:51,217 but we never really stayed in contact, 284 00:10:51,351 --> 00:10:53,353 you know, close contact like we used to. 285 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:56,022 I just went off and was involved and engrossed 286 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:57,423 in what I was doing. 287 00:10:57,423 --> 00:11:01,661 - Your new World Television Champion, Rick Steiner. 288 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,263 - But, you know, being my brother, 289 00:11:03,263 --> 00:11:04,898 I wanted to get him in 290 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:06,799 to be a part of this company. 291 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:10,270 And it would be great for him and I to tag together. 292 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:13,072 - Rick Steiner, the singles wrestler, 293 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:15,308 was compelling. 294 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,510 There was something there for Rick Steiner. 295 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:21,748 But Rick Steiner when teamed with Scott Steiner 296 00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:23,316 went to a completely different level. 297 00:11:27,153 --> 00:11:29,155 - It took me 2 1/2 years to get to the NWA, 298 00:11:29,222 --> 00:11:31,024 where we finally hooked up. 299 00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,792 Felt great. 300 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,827 - They love this kid, Rick Steiner. 301 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:37,063 Boy, what a superstar he has become. 302 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,798 And I really feel like that his brother 303 00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:40,867 has unlimited potential. 304 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:42,902 - It was great. 305 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,872 I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else but my brother. 306 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,907 I don't know how it gets any better than that. 307 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:49,509 - Wait a minute. What's going on here? 308 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:51,544 Two brothers are wrestling, and then they form a tag team. 309 00:11:51,678 --> 00:11:53,146 And I was like, "Wow, okay, this is pretty cool." 310 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:55,315 You know, kinda, like, gave me and my brother 311 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:56,950 a little inspiration there. 312 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:59,152 - They're some of the most exciting wrestlers ever, 313 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:02,188 and they have literally burst on the scene. 314 00:12:02,188 --> 00:12:04,157 - They come in from athletes all their lives, 315 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:05,558 and amateur backgrounds. 316 00:12:05,625 --> 00:12:07,026 Then there's a natural bond there. 317 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:08,228 They're brothers. 318 00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:10,430 So you know the camaraderie is gonna be there. 319 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:12,465 - It gave us a decided advantage. 320 00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:14,200 - Two, three! 321 00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:15,435 - Yeah! 322 00:12:15,501 --> 00:12:19,038 New tag team champions have been crowned. 323 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:21,007 The Steiners have won it. 324 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:23,843 [cheers and applause] 325 00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:25,311 - It was a great feeling, 326 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:27,313 winning that first title with my brother. 327 00:12:27,380 --> 00:12:30,383 [cheers and applause] 328 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:33,186 - That was my goal, to be the best tag team in the world. 329 00:12:33,186 --> 00:12:37,557 We didn't train all these years for nothing. 330 00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:40,560 We got these belts now, and we're gonna keep 'em. 331 00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:42,695 - He was always striving to be better 332 00:12:42,829 --> 00:12:44,897 and come up with stuff that nobody else did. 333 00:12:45,031 --> 00:12:48,001 - Scotty possessed an ability to do something 334 00:12:48,067 --> 00:12:50,436 that anybody that size 335 00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,071 was not doing at the time, 336 00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:54,641 like the Frankensteiner at the time. 337 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,509 - That's the most beautiful move 338 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:59,479 in professional wrestling today. 339 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:01,748 - He pushed me to not accept this 340 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:05,385 but to accept we can do better; we can do more. 341 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:08,388 So he was a good influence for me. 342 00:13:08,388 --> 00:13:11,024 - Seeing Rick and Scott Steiner together 343 00:13:11,090 --> 00:13:12,792 and finding out that they were really brothers 344 00:13:12,859 --> 00:13:15,828 added this whole new dynamic 345 00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:19,032 to the mix that you knew, watching wrestling, 346 00:13:19,098 --> 00:13:20,867 you were watching characters. 347 00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:22,235 But when you find out the Steiner Brothers 348 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:23,603 are really brothers, 349 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,872 have really been together all their lives, 350 00:13:25,872 --> 00:13:27,840 it makes it seem like this team, 351 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:30,310 these guys are the real deal. 352 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:32,312 - Comes down to believability, 353 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:35,081 and nobody was more believable than those guys. 354 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:37,116 Rick was so strong 355 00:13:37,183 --> 00:13:39,318 that he would do things like, 356 00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:40,787 he would just get you in a position-- 357 00:13:40,787 --> 00:13:41,821 I'm not talking about in the ring. 358 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:43,056 I'm talking about backstage. 359 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,824 [dramatic music] 360 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,226 - Back then in the day, you walked in the locker room, 361 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,661 and you didn't say a word. 362 00:13:48,795 --> 00:13:50,830 You walked in the locker room, you sat down on a bench, 363 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:53,633 and you were respectful of all those other guys in that room. 364 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:55,802 And that's what I did. 365 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,104 I remember Michael Hayes come in the room one time. 366 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,073 He grabbed ahold of me, and I just-- 367 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:02,642 [laughs] I went into that shoot mode, 368 00:14:02,709 --> 00:14:05,111 and I freaking took him down, put him on his back, and held. 369 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:06,479 And then Buddy Roberts come over, 370 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,247 and I grabbed him too. 371 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:09,749 - Was having his way with me, 372 00:14:09,816 --> 00:14:12,218 and, you know, when we finally-- 373 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:14,921 he let me loose, and I called him a gremlin. 374 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:16,255 - That's when that "Gremlin" movie, 375 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:17,590 where you pour water on these animals 376 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:19,158 and they turn into gremlin-- crazy gremlins. 377 00:14:19,225 --> 00:14:21,227 And so Michael Hayes gave me that gremlin. 378 00:14:21,294 --> 00:14:24,664 And that dog-faced thing, Kevin Sullivan gave me that. 379 00:14:24,664 --> 00:14:26,499 I don't know how or why. 380 00:14:26,632 --> 00:14:28,568 But stuck from then on. 381 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,103 - It's like the dog pound. 382 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:33,072 They're barking for the Dog-Faced Gremlin. 383 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:36,476 - Rick did not mind showing his dominance, 384 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,344 especially, like, in the case of taking down 385 00:14:38,478 --> 00:14:40,313 Lex Luger in a three-piece suit. 386 00:14:40,313 --> 00:14:42,949 - Rick decided to go amateur wrestling on me 387 00:14:42,949 --> 00:14:44,984 in front of all the boys before the matches. 388 00:14:44,984 --> 00:14:46,586 He rode me for, like, a half hour. 389 00:14:46,586 --> 00:14:48,988 Hurt my shoulder, my arm. 390 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:50,022 I was trying to get outta stuff. 391 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:51,991 He had me in all his wrestling holds. 392 00:14:52,058 --> 00:14:54,026 I was so mad at him. 393 00:14:54,026 --> 00:14:57,997 - Luger was one of the primo talents at the time. 394 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:01,467 You could have got fired for that easily, 395 00:15:01,601 --> 00:15:05,304 but, you know, "Ah, Steiner's Steiner." 396 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:07,473 And--[laughs] 397 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:10,710 And they became really good friends. 398 00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:13,112 - A lot of times, that was part of their indoctrination. 399 00:15:13,112 --> 00:15:14,313 They'd play around with you like they're wrestling. 400 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:15,715 Then they'd take you down. 401 00:15:15,715 --> 00:15:17,350 You'd try to get up, and they'd take you down again. 402 00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:20,787 And I guess I passed the test, 'cause Rick after that 403 00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:22,121 jumped in the car with Stinger and I, 404 00:15:22,188 --> 00:15:23,656 and I guess he thought I was okay. 405 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:24,857 ♪ 406 00:15:24,991 --> 00:15:26,225 We traveled in the car together. 407 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:27,827 We hung out together and ate together. 408 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,862 So we were like our own family, 409 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,864 us four guys on the road. 410 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:35,802 - Once the Steiners started to get established-- 411 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:37,904 and, you know, they had some pretty good friends 412 00:15:38,037 --> 00:15:42,275 that had some stroke in Sting and Lex Luger-- 413 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:45,244 then, you know, they kind of let down their hair. 414 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:47,480 They got more accepted by the boys. 415 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:50,183 - That was like college times ten, 416 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:51,984 'cause you had so much freedom. 417 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:53,820 You know, you were basically on the road 418 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,589 with no supervision. 419 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:59,759 It was a free-for-all, man. 420 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:03,029 - They're mischievous kids in, like, a grown man's body, 421 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:05,898 which makes them a lot of fun. 422 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:08,434 - The Steiners would do some crazy stuff. 423 00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:11,871 Like, they duct-taped people in the dressing room. 424 00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:13,673 - I'm watching the Steiner Brothers, 425 00:16:13,673 --> 00:16:15,675 and they're torturing this referee. 426 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:18,277 I looked over, and he's taped up with gaff tape 427 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:19,879 like a mummy. 428 00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:22,281 - Duct-taping The Nasty Boys' feet 429 00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:24,150 and arms behind their back, 430 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:25,785 stripping 'em down, and throwing 'em out 431 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:27,587 into the crowded arena. 432 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:31,057 - None of the ribs were that serious or vindictive. 433 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:36,429 It was just young, dumb, and just trying to have fun. 434 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:39,198 They know not to mess with me 'cause of my brother. 435 00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:42,235 Having a brother along for the ride was the best thing. 436 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,904 Never had to worry about each other's back. 437 00:16:45,037 --> 00:16:46,272 - Him and I never fought. 438 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,874 I mean, we'd have words, 439 00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:50,109 but that was probably the extent of it. 440 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:53,145 I mean, and we were with each other all the time, you know, 441 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:55,081 morning, noon, and night. 442 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:56,883 - Lot of good times on the road, man. 443 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:58,384 Lot of good times. 444 00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,987 - Those guys were known for pranks. 445 00:17:01,053 --> 00:17:03,756 I saw a lot of guys get pissed, 446 00:17:03,823 --> 00:17:05,625 but then again, nobody would do anything, 447 00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:08,828 because you got two legitimate wrestlers 448 00:17:08,828 --> 00:17:11,464 that could really tie you up like a pretzel. 449 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:14,066 And there's nothing that you could do about it 450 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,868 other than go cry to the boss, 451 00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:17,803 and that's not gonna help a whole lot. 452 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:20,206 - I don't think firing them or suspending them 453 00:17:20,273 --> 00:17:24,076 really ever crossed anybody's mind except maybe Watts'. 454 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:31,384 - Bill Watts came and took over WCW. 455 00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:34,820 Bill knew the inmates were kind of running the asylum 456 00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:36,923 and something had to be done immediately 457 00:17:36,989 --> 00:17:40,259 to stop that to get progress going. 458 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:41,794 - Bill Watts is in charge, 459 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:45,097 and my brother and Bill did not get along. 460 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:47,199 - Yeah, it got pretty heated at one time. 461 00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:49,835 - Bill had a kid that was in the business, 462 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:52,805 and he showed a lot of favoritism towards that boy 463 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:55,875 over some of the older experienced guys. 464 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:59,312 - It pissed me off, so I let him know I was pissed. 465 00:17:59,378 --> 00:18:01,314 - Scotty didn't like that, didn't put up with it, 466 00:18:01,314 --> 00:18:02,682 and he stood up to Bill. 467 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:05,151 Bill didn't like that. 468 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:06,786 I just don't think there is a chance 469 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:09,989 of reconciling any of that with Bill and my brother. 470 00:18:09,989 --> 00:18:13,659 - Yeah, I wasn't gonna take no [bleep] from him. 471 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:16,062 - It was a personal thing between him and my brother. 472 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:18,230 You know, he's told me, "I'd give you a contract, 473 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:19,865 but I'm not gonna give your brother a contract." 474 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,801 And I told him, "Well, I'm not leaving my-- 475 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,869 you know, I'm not gonna leave my brother." 476 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:27,640 And my brother had been talking to Vince and WWE, 477 00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:31,243 and he was receptive for us coming up there, 478 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:32,945 and it was a great opportunity, 479 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,714 and so we went. 480 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,749 - Steiner Brothers Rick and Scott pouring it on 481 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:38,784 here in the World Wrestling Entertainment. 482 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,753 Climbing the ladder of success 483 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:43,422 by leaps and bounds, I might add. 484 00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:46,359 [exciting music] 485 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:48,394 - Technically, in the ring as a team, 486 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:49,662 they were really good. 487 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,464 I enjoyed them. 488 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:52,632 They were legit. 489 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:55,234 - The Steiner Brothers are the champions. 490 00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:57,703 - Well, we were tag team champions, but... 491 00:18:57,837 --> 00:18:59,405 we wanted more. 492 00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,474 [dramatic music] 493 00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:03,275 You know, I took Vince's word. 494 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,744 We had a handshake. 495 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,512 He promised us we'd make more money 496 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:08,114 than we ever had in our life. 497 00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:09,515 ♪ 498 00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:12,418 We didn't make as much, so... 499 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,954 we asked to leave. 500 00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:17,223 And he let us go. 501 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:21,427 - We were in WWE for probably about two years. 502 00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:22,962 At that point, another company, 503 00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:25,431 a Japanese company, offered us some really good money 504 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,433 to come up there and less travel. 505 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:32,004 And so we ended up leaving WWE and going to Japan. 506 00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:33,239 [cheers and applause] 507 00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:36,075 - They went over there, and they rocked Japan. 508 00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:39,712 - Steiner Brothers! [cheers and applause] 509 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:41,914 - I remember going to Japan and guys over there 510 00:19:41,914 --> 00:19:43,115 trying to take advantage. 511 00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:44,583 I know these guys will test you 512 00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:46,185 to see how good you are. 513 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,187 It was really good having my brother with me there. 514 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,589 He's amateur wrestler. He could handle himself. 515 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:52,825 I was amateur. Handle myself. 516 00:19:52,892 --> 00:19:54,427 [cheers and applause] 517 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:58,030 - Steiner Brothers to this day are still legendary in Japan. 518 00:19:58,097 --> 00:19:59,432 - It was great. 519 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,600 We were wrestling in front of 75,000 people 520 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:03,602 in the Tokyo Dome, 521 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:06,405 winning world titles over there. 522 00:20:06,472 --> 00:20:09,075 Japan was hot, man, and we thrived. 523 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:11,143 - We were there for about a year. 524 00:20:11,277 --> 00:20:13,746 I wanted to get back into WCW, 'cause they were still rolling, 525 00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,714 and, you know, we were only doing, 526 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,117 you know, one day a month, two days a month. 527 00:20:18,184 --> 00:20:20,186 So I called up, and it just so happened 528 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:23,389 WCW was working a deal with Japan 529 00:20:23,389 --> 00:20:25,958 and so worked out a deal with WCW 530 00:20:26,025 --> 00:20:27,626 and were able to come back. 531 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:31,864 - When we came back to WCW, it was like coming home. 532 00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:36,235 And then shortly after that was when the NWO was formed: 533 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,438 Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Hulk Hogan. 534 00:20:39,505 --> 00:20:43,275 And from then on, man, it just took off. 535 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:44,543 - Look at this crowd. 536 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:46,912 They're all on their feet. 537 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:48,914 WCW each and every week, 538 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,383 the number one most-watched wrestling program 539 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:52,785 on planet Earth. 540 00:20:52,852 --> 00:20:56,989 And it keeps getting hotter and hotter and hotter. 541 00:20:56,989 --> 00:20:58,023 - It was the best time. 542 00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,625 ♪ 543 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,962 It was nothing like I've ever seen before. 544 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,463 Wrestling was hot. 545 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:08,667 - I managed them for a while in the WCW. 546 00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:11,871 Fans' reaction was good, very good. 547 00:21:11,871 --> 00:21:13,072 - At that time when you'd be doing it 548 00:21:13,139 --> 00:21:14,473 and you're in a moment, it's like, 549 00:21:14,473 --> 00:21:16,008 "Wow, this is never gonna end." 550 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:19,478 - They are the best tag team in our sport, bar none. 551 00:21:19,545 --> 00:21:20,913 - "This is great, man. 552 00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,716 This'll go on till I'm old." 553 00:21:23,716 --> 00:21:28,187 - Six times they have held the WCW World Tag Team titles. 554 00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:30,656 - I always thought we'd be a tag team 555 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:32,558 till the end of the business. 556 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,160 I never thought we'd split up. 557 00:21:34,226 --> 00:21:36,595 - There has never been a tag team 558 00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:37,863 in the sport of wrestling 559 00:21:37,863 --> 00:21:40,266 as dominant as the Steiner Brothers. 560 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:41,433 - It got to a point, 561 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:42,468 there wasn't a lot of tag teams left 562 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:44,003 that we hadn't wrestled. 563 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:46,405 I know Mr. Bischoff, who was running the company 564 00:21:46,472 --> 00:21:48,507 at that time, thought, "You know, let's try 565 00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:50,709 "and see if we can split 'em up and see if it works 566 00:21:50,776 --> 00:21:52,144 "and see if, you know, 567 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,280 we can do some singles with you guys." 568 00:21:54,346 --> 00:21:56,115 - We'd played it out. 569 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:59,785 There was not much else to do with the Steiner Brothers. 570 00:21:59,852 --> 00:22:01,387 - 'Cause at that time, we had wrestled 571 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:03,589 everybody in WCW, 572 00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:07,426 and there was really no more hills to climb. 573 00:22:07,426 --> 00:22:11,263 - There is kind of a ceiling for most tag teams 574 00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:12,898 in wrestling only in the sense 575 00:22:13,032 --> 00:22:15,234 that most of the time, 576 00:22:15,234 --> 00:22:16,836 the main event of the big shows 577 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:19,305 are not gonna be the tag team championship. 578 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:22,875 They're gonna be the singles world championship match. 579 00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:24,643 And I think, as you watch the Steiner Brothers, 580 00:22:24,710 --> 00:22:27,513 as much as people love them as a team, 581 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:32,017 just the dynamic of who Rick and Scott were, 582 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:36,222 people started to get a little hungry to see them separate. 583 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,057 - Whoa. What did I just see? 584 00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,359 - He double ax handled his own brother. 585 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:41,460 - What in the world did I just see? 586 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:42,828 - You gotta be kidding. 587 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:45,097 - My oldest son, he did not understand it 588 00:22:45,231 --> 00:22:46,866 when Scotty turned. 589 00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:48,000 ♪ 590 00:22:48,067 --> 00:22:49,768 He was highly upset. 591 00:22:49,835 --> 00:22:51,270 - Can you imagine the Steiners' family 592 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:52,504 at home watching this? 593 00:22:52,638 --> 00:22:53,872 Can you imagine this? 594 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,874 - And they just both came over 595 00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:57,309 and sat him down and talked to him 596 00:22:57,309 --> 00:23:00,079 and just said, "Look, this is our job. 597 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:01,880 "We're not mad at each other. 598 00:23:01,947 --> 00:23:04,984 "We still love each other. 599 00:23:04,984 --> 00:23:07,419 "And, you know, it's nothing like that, 600 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:08,821 "and it's not gonna change. 601 00:23:08,954 --> 00:23:10,990 "I'm not gonna stop coming over here to hang out. 602 00:23:11,056 --> 00:23:13,025 It's just work." 603 00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:15,261 - I didn't like it when they made 'em split. 604 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:17,296 Didn't have to be, but they wanted it 605 00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:21,467 to see what would happen, but it didn't divide the boys. 606 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,869 - You know, I just wanted the best for my brother. 607 00:23:23,936 --> 00:23:27,072 It was his turn to take the next step and do his thing, 608 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:29,675 and he was ready for it. 609 00:23:29,675 --> 00:23:31,510 And I was included in a lot of top things. 610 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,712 And I mean, it was okay. 611 00:23:33,712 --> 00:23:35,714 Really nothing I could change or do about it. 612 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:38,350 Was I happy? I mean, I was-- I was fine with it. 613 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:39,785 I was making money. 614 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:41,553 Always probably could have did more. 615 00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:44,023 But, you know, you're kind of at the mercy 616 00:23:44,023 --> 00:23:46,025 of the people in charge. 617 00:23:46,025 --> 00:23:47,993 - He had to deal with politics also. 618 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:51,797 He was probably a little more passive than I was. 619 00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:54,400 And in some cases, they took advantage of him. 620 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:56,835 They push and push to see how much they can push 621 00:23:56,902 --> 00:23:58,871 until you push back, and... 622 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:01,407 unfortunately, it didn't take much to push me. 623 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:02,808 ♪ 624 00:24:02,875 --> 00:24:04,677 My attitude was changing. 625 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:09,648 I wasn't the same fresh-faced kid outta college anymore. 626 00:24:09,715 --> 00:24:12,952 And I was kind of hardened by the politics of wrestling. 627 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:15,988 So I was ready. 628 00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:17,790 - Watching Scott Steiner 629 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:21,026 break away and become a solo star was mind-blowing. 630 00:24:21,026 --> 00:24:22,194 It was incredible. 631 00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:25,664 Scott completely reinvented himself. 632 00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:30,235 [cheers and applause] 633 00:24:30,235 --> 00:24:31,870 - Nasty Boys? - Yeah. 634 00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:34,673 - Boom! - He was heavy. 635 00:24:34,673 --> 00:24:36,275 - [laughs] I bet he was. 636 00:24:36,342 --> 00:24:40,245 - As much as I appreciated the cheers of the fans and-- 637 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,548 who always were supportive of the Steiner Brothers, 638 00:24:42,681 --> 00:24:44,950 I just felt that it was time. 639 00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:46,618 I knew I had to change. 640 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:49,388 I wasn't the guy wearing a Michigan jacket anymore, 641 00:24:49,455 --> 00:24:50,990 and I wanted to take, 642 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:52,825 you know, a 180-degree turn 643 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,426 and go the opposite. 644 00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:56,829 I went and bleached my hair. 645 00:24:56,895 --> 00:25:00,666 I showed up, and, like, a lot of people didn't recognize me. 646 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:03,202 - It's Scott Steiner. Look at his head. 647 00:25:03,268 --> 00:25:05,871 - That's Scott Steiner? - That's Scott Steiner? 648 00:25:05,938 --> 00:25:09,308 [crowd yelling] 649 00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:11,477 - You wouldn't know it was him. 650 00:25:11,477 --> 00:25:15,114 It was one of the almost unbelievable transitions ever. 651 00:25:15,114 --> 00:25:17,483 - That's where it's at, Daddy. 652 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:20,786 - As time went on, he just got bigger and bigger and bigger. 653 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:25,758 - There's no plausible way you could have watched 654 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:29,361 Scott Steiner's body change on television 655 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:33,232 and not thought something was going on 656 00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:35,768 beyond him being in the gym. 657 00:25:35,834 --> 00:25:36,969 - How did you feel about it 658 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,270 when you would come out an entrance 659 00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:42,007 and you'd see steroid signs in the crowd? 660 00:25:42,074 --> 00:25:44,443 - You can make all the accusations you want. 661 00:25:44,510 --> 00:25:47,513 I've never failed a drug test, so... 662 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:50,682 take that information and do what you want with it. 663 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:51,717 [dramatic music] 664 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:53,619 When I made that transition 665 00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:56,355 from the Steiner Brothers to Big Poppa Pump, 666 00:25:56,422 --> 00:25:59,224 I wanted to get in the best shape I possibly could. 667 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,160 so a lot of strict diet. 668 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,661 I'm a genetic freak. 669 00:26:02,795 --> 00:26:06,432 Once you are leaner, you're naturally gonna look bigger. 670 00:26:06,498 --> 00:26:09,034 I'm gonna make you understand that size does matter 671 00:26:09,101 --> 00:26:10,636 and I'm the genetic freak. 672 00:26:10,636 --> 00:26:13,038 - When he got into that Big Poppa Pump routine, 673 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,506 he's kind of got it down. 674 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,277 His mic skills went up exponentially. 675 00:26:18,277 --> 00:26:23,449 - You see, all my hoochies have a space to fill. 676 00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:27,119 And they all tell me I'm the big thrill. 677 00:26:27,186 --> 00:26:29,555 I was single through most of my career, 678 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:31,023 so I always had a good time, 679 00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:34,593 and I never had any thoughts of getting married. 680 00:26:34,660 --> 00:26:37,629 When you're in wrestling and you see all the divorces, 681 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:39,631 the hardships that are on your family-- 682 00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:42,634 and I never wanted that for myself. 683 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:46,004 It was just for the fact that I didn't want to miss, 684 00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:49,108 you know, my kids growing up and stuff. 685 00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:50,843 - And then he met Christa. 686 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:53,112 She's probably been the best thing in his life 687 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:54,246 he's ever had. 688 00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,747 I believe she's an angel. 689 00:26:55,881 --> 00:26:57,649 - Scott and I actually met at the gym. 690 00:26:57,716 --> 00:27:00,786 I was like, "Oh, he's got a cute smile." 691 00:27:00,786 --> 00:27:03,622 So we went out, and then we kind of just clicked. 692 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:04,990 [dramatic music] 693 00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,960 - I mean, she was the best person I ever met. 694 00:27:08,026 --> 00:27:10,028 - He was so sweet to me all the time. 695 00:27:10,095 --> 00:27:13,665 - I met her in 1998, and then we got married in 2000. 696 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:16,235 ♪ 697 00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:19,037 - Scott was such a different person at home. 698 00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:21,607 And when he would be at work, he'd be so intense. 699 00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:22,875 It kind of made me nervous. 700 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:24,810 So, like, I'd rather just stay outside of it. 701 00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:27,646 ♪ 702 00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:30,949 - There's a difference between me at home 703 00:27:31,083 --> 00:27:34,386 and then me on the road at the arena. 704 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,588 I took my job serious. 705 00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:38,190 You know, the booking committee wanted me 706 00:27:38,190 --> 00:27:39,992 to do something that was bad, I'd let 'em know 707 00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,426 that I thought it was bad, 708 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:45,464 and I'm not one to hide my emotions. 709 00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:47,866 You know, I'll tell you how I feel about you, 710 00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:49,601 and if you don't like it, 711 00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:51,236 I don't give a [bleep]. 712 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:54,640 - He developed a bad attitude, and... 713 00:27:54,706 --> 00:27:56,842 he always thought people were out to get him, 714 00:27:56,909 --> 00:28:00,512 and he kinda got a little crazy back then. 715 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,714 - Think you have an anger problem? 716 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,850 ♪ 717 00:28:04,917 --> 00:28:07,019 - Maybe. You know, you just gotta know when to approach me 718 00:28:07,152 --> 00:28:09,555 and when not to approach me. 719 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:11,423 You know, I've always had a wild hair up my ass, 720 00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:13,025 you know, since I was a little kid. 721 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,026 You know, nothing's changed. 722 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:16,061 It's that, you know, don't push me, 723 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:17,629 and, you know, I won't push you. 724 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:18,797 That's all. 725 00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:19,898 ♪ 726 00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:22,634 - I don't knock him for it at all, 727 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:24,636 because when you're dealing with the system, 728 00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:27,606 sometimes you gotta make some noise. 729 00:28:27,673 --> 00:28:29,708 You gotta shake some feathers, man, 730 00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:31,677 and especially when you're good, 731 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:33,111 especially when you're talent. 732 00:28:33,111 --> 00:28:35,314 When you're talent, you know you can leave, 733 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,282 and they know you can leave. 734 00:28:37,349 --> 00:28:39,985 - Hulk Hogan worrying about a spot. 735 00:28:39,985 --> 00:28:41,987 Well, he can have his spot, 736 00:28:42,054 --> 00:28:43,922 his bald spot. - Wow. 737 00:28:43,989 --> 00:28:47,359 - I think Scott certainly had a chip on his shoulder. 738 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,661 He knew, "I have the pedigree for this." 739 00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:52,097 Incredibly athletic in the ring. 740 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:55,100 "I have a physique like no one else." 741 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:59,905 Scott Steiner was so desperate to be the guy, or so it seemed. 742 00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:02,808 - He really had some animosity against a lot of these guys 743 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,110 that were on the top, 744 00:29:05,244 --> 00:29:07,045 just because everybody was reaching for that 745 00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:08,046 and wanted to be on top, 746 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:09,314 and my brother did too, 747 00:29:09,381 --> 00:29:12,150 and he had to fight for it, and he did. 748 00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:13,785 - It's over. 749 00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:17,189 - Scott Steiner is the new world heavyweight champion. 750 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:20,826 ♪ 751 00:29:20,826 --> 00:29:23,829 - That was validation that hard work pays off. 752 00:29:23,829 --> 00:29:26,198 ♪ 753 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:27,899 I was very proud of it. 754 00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:30,002 ♪ 755 00:29:30,068 --> 00:29:32,871 It was very satisfying. 756 00:29:32,871 --> 00:29:35,474 I won the belt on my terms, and, you know, 757 00:29:35,474 --> 00:29:37,109 I can look myself in the mirror 758 00:29:37,242 --> 00:29:38,477 in the mornings and at night 759 00:29:38,477 --> 00:29:40,712 and, you know, think I did it the right way. 760 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:43,115 I didn't have to kiss anybody's ass. 761 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:47,319 My athletic ability brought me to the top. 762 00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:49,187 ♪ 763 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,589 - You know, it was great. He was happy. 764 00:29:50,656 --> 00:29:51,923 I was happy for him. 765 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:53,558 [cheers and applause] 766 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,761 I never felt like I was in my brother's shadow. 767 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:58,196 Never had a problem with it, never was jealous of it. 768 00:29:59,331 --> 00:30:02,234 He was doing his thing, and I was doing mine. 769 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:04,836 - Rick Steiner is the United States 770 00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:07,072 heavyweight champion. 771 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:08,674 - Everything was going great at WCW. 772 00:30:08,740 --> 00:30:10,409 Everybody was making money. 773 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:11,677 It was like a dream come true, you know, 774 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:13,312 being in that business. 775 00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:14,880 ♪ 776 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,648 We were just riding a high. 777 00:30:16,715 --> 00:30:21,586 - I had been a champion for six, seven, eight months, 778 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:24,423 and all of a sudden, when WCW closed, 779 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:26,625 my legs were cut from under me. 780 00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:30,162 - They ended up selling it to WWE. 781 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:32,030 We were all, like, in shock. 782 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:34,066 - We are stunned. We are floored. 783 00:30:34,066 --> 00:30:38,603 The very last telecast of "WCW Monday Nitro." 784 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,673 - For that last night, 785 00:30:41,740 --> 00:30:43,475 my foot was paralyzed. 786 00:30:43,475 --> 00:30:44,476 I wasn't supposed to be there. 787 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:49,281 - couple months after I won the title, 788 00:30:49,348 --> 00:30:50,716 I woke up, 789 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:53,985 and my foot was totally paralyzed. 790 00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:56,922 I mean, it just flopped there. 791 00:30:56,988 --> 00:31:02,427 It happened during the night, which was the weirdest thing. 792 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:04,629 There's nothing like looking at your foot 793 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:06,798 and you can't do nothing with it. 794 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,266 [dramatic music] 795 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:10,669 And all the doctors are explaining to me, like, 796 00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:12,237 "You know, when you damage a nerve, 797 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:13,872 it will come back." 798 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,040 ♪ 799 00:31:15,107 --> 00:31:17,075 Unfortunately, I waited. 800 00:31:17,142 --> 00:31:18,877 Just never came back. 801 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:20,512 ♪ 802 00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:22,547 - He used to take trainers tape, 803 00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:24,349 wrapped it around his shoe 804 00:31:24,483 --> 00:31:26,985 and around the back of his ankle and calf 805 00:31:27,052 --> 00:31:29,354 to hold his toe back so it didn't drop 806 00:31:29,421 --> 00:31:31,189 and get in the ring and wrestle. 807 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:34,025 ♪ 808 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:35,627 - For that last night, 809 00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:40,699 when WCW was taken over by the WWE, 810 00:31:40,832 --> 00:31:42,868 I wasn't supposed to be there. 811 00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:45,437 My doctor wouldn't give me clearance, but... 812 00:31:45,437 --> 00:31:49,107 I showed up anyways and did what I had to do 813 00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:51,510 to do the right thing. 814 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:54,913 - We've got a new world heavyweight champion 815 00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:58,116 on this very last "Monday Nitro." 816 00:31:58,116 --> 00:31:59,985 - When WCW closed, 817 00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:02,187 it was shocking. 818 00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:03,221 ♪ 819 00:32:03,355 --> 00:32:04,322 - You're like, "Holy cow, 820 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,390 is this really happening?" 821 00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:06,825 And you don't really-- 822 00:32:06,825 --> 00:32:08,794 you know, and then I had a year on my contract, 823 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:11,363 so, you know, I had a year to get everything 824 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:13,832 in order and everything for, you know, 825 00:32:13,899 --> 00:32:15,667 that final check to come in. 826 00:32:15,667 --> 00:32:19,237 And so I decided to go to Japan. 827 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:20,672 My oldest called me. 828 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,207 I was on the bus. 829 00:32:22,274 --> 00:32:23,875 He was about ten years old, and he asked me, 830 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:25,444 "Are you gonna come watch me this Saturday 831 00:32:25,510 --> 00:32:27,045 at a football game?" 832 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:29,114 And I said, "Son, I'm in Japan. I won't be able to be home." 833 00:32:29,114 --> 00:32:31,716 He goes, "Don't you like watching me play football, Dad? 834 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:33,118 "You never come. 835 00:32:33,185 --> 00:32:34,519 You never come to my games." 836 00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:37,556 And I sat there, and that just stuck in my brain 837 00:32:37,622 --> 00:32:38,990 for the rest of the tour. 838 00:32:39,057 --> 00:32:45,030 And that was the last tour I went over to Japan for. 839 00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:48,033 I came back and reactivated my real estate license, 840 00:32:48,099 --> 00:32:50,569 and I stayed home from then on. 841 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:53,271 I mean, if you're a dad, I couldn't think about myself. 842 00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:56,208 And had to think about them, and so I just never went back. 843 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:59,277 [cheers and applause] 844 00:32:59,277 --> 00:33:03,515 My brother, he told me he was gonna go up to WWE. 845 00:33:03,515 --> 00:33:05,350 ♪ 846 00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:07,385 - My foot was still paralyzed. 847 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:08,954 We still went forward. 848 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:10,355 At that time, I had to wear a brace, 849 00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:13,425 and I taped my ankle up over the brace 850 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:15,227 to where it was almost a cast. 851 00:33:15,227 --> 00:33:16,428 ♪ 852 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,396 That's how I wrestled. 853 00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:21,066 It was tough. 854 00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:22,834 - I remember that first match he had with Hunter. 855 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:25,036 On his entrance, he was coming into the ring, 856 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:28,073 and he goes to get up on the second rope, and he slipped. 857 00:33:28,139 --> 00:33:30,642 And, you know, something like that gets in your head. 858 00:33:30,709 --> 00:33:32,277 It's not good. 859 00:33:32,277 --> 00:33:34,112 ♪ 860 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:37,115 And then from then on, it just-- 861 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:38,283 ♪ 862 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,418 I don't think it ever clicked for him 863 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,721 the way that he wanted it to 864 00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:44,990 or the way that we wanted it to. 865 00:33:45,056 --> 00:33:46,358 ♪ 866 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:48,159 - I ended up lasting, I think, 867 00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:50,262 a year, year and a half. 868 00:33:50,395 --> 00:33:51,663 ♪ 869 00:33:51,796 --> 00:33:54,466 As soon as I left there, 870 00:33:54,466 --> 00:33:57,636 a week later, I had, like, three major surgeries, 871 00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:00,272 one to fix my ankle. 872 00:34:00,272 --> 00:34:02,707 I got a lot of home time with my boys, 873 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:05,510 and it was great. 874 00:34:05,644 --> 00:34:08,313 - He played with the kids every day. 875 00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:11,683 And it wasn't until the kids got into, like, kindergarten 876 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:13,184 and they'd have playdates 877 00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:15,720 and Scott would be like, "Well, where are they?" 878 00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,389 I'm like, "Oh, they're at a playdate." 879 00:34:17,455 --> 00:34:18,924 "Well, why didn't they come over here?" 880 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,358 Like, he had nothing to do. 881 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:21,793 So I think that's why he went back to work, 882 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:25,964 'cause his boys wanted to play with kids their own age. 883 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:27,899 [laughs] 884 00:34:28,033 --> 00:34:29,768 - I went back to full-time wrestling. 885 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:33,038 Went to TNA for, you know, two reasons: 886 00:34:33,038 --> 00:34:35,240 'cause my boys, they love wrestling, 887 00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:37,475 and, two, I wanted to prove, you know, 888 00:34:37,475 --> 00:34:42,948 that what I did in the WWE was an abomination, 889 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,250 was something I wasn't proud of. 890 00:34:45,317 --> 00:34:46,985 ♪ 891 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:49,020 I mean, even though my foot still wasn't 100%, 892 00:34:49,154 --> 00:34:50,956 I could still move around. 893 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,157 ♪ 894 00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:53,758 Being in TNA was a great time. 895 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,160 And then unfortunately, 896 00:34:55,226 --> 00:34:58,229 I almost died in Puerto Rico in a wrestling match. 897 00:34:58,229 --> 00:34:59,998 ♪ 898 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:01,866 - Scott was in a tag team match 899 00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:05,236 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for TNA. 900 00:35:05,236 --> 00:35:06,638 And Scott got kicked in the throat 901 00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:08,273 towards the end of the match. 902 00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,476 - Got kicked in the throat, which tore my trachea. 903 00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:14,079 And if I would've just tore my trachea 904 00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:15,313 up here, 905 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:16,748 I would've just had a tracheotomy. 906 00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:18,116 It would've been easy. 907 00:35:18,183 --> 00:35:20,785 But unfortunately, it tore in my chest. 908 00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:24,522 So they had to go through my rib cage, 909 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:27,359 open it up, went through my lung. 910 00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:30,762 - And he made it through. 911 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,231 His wife was able to fly down the next morning. 912 00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:34,466 ♪ 913 00:35:34,466 --> 00:35:35,900 - He was really swollen, 914 00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:37,969 so he was, like, wide. 915 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:39,671 ♪ 916 00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:41,473 They went through his side, 917 00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:43,908 and they basically filleted his back. 918 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:45,410 And then they put a chest tube in the side, 919 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:46,644 so he was swollen. 920 00:35:46,711 --> 00:35:47,912 But I was like, "Oh, he looks"-- 921 00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:49,514 you know, he seemed good. 922 00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:51,316 And the doctor happened to be in there. 923 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,985 And the first thing he said to him was, 924 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:55,720 "How much downtime is this?" 925 00:35:55,787 --> 00:35:57,555 And I thought, "I'm done. 926 00:35:57,622 --> 00:35:58,790 "I'm not worrying about you anymore. 927 00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:01,359 "Like, are you freaking kidding me? 928 00:36:01,426 --> 00:36:03,028 "Like, I just-- 929 00:36:03,028 --> 00:36:06,398 "you just tore your trachea, almost died. 930 00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:08,066 "I'm just gonna have to accept the fact 931 00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:10,869 that this is what makes him happy." 932 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,071 ♪ 933 00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:15,073 When you do something that you love to do 934 00:36:15,073 --> 00:36:19,411 and that's sort of your identity that, you know, 935 00:36:19,477 --> 00:36:23,682 not doing that was never, like, really an option for him. 936 00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:25,884 - This business can be rough on the body, 937 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,185 and it is rough on the body. 938 00:36:27,252 --> 00:36:29,788 And every time something goes wrong, you know, 939 00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:31,322 I worry about my brother. 940 00:36:31,389 --> 00:36:32,791 ♪ 941 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,626 - I was wrestling again in two, three months. 942 00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,227 ♪ 943 00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:36,594 There's nothing like going out in front of a live crowd. 944 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:40,198 There's nothing like going out in front of a live crowd. 945 00:36:40,265 --> 00:36:42,801 ♪ 946 00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:44,436 It's like an addiction. It's adrenaline. 947 00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:46,004 I mean, I loved wrestling. 948 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:47,839 ♪ 949 00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:53,244 [dramatic music] 950 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:55,880 - When WCW went and closed, 951 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:58,283 next step for me was doing real estate. 952 00:36:58,349 --> 00:37:00,351 I had gotten my real estate license 953 00:37:00,418 --> 00:37:03,321 probably back in mid-'90s. 954 00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:04,789 I was buying houses with Curt Hennig 955 00:37:04,789 --> 00:37:06,591 and Rick Rude and Boss Man. 956 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:07,959 We had a little company, and we were buying 957 00:37:08,026 --> 00:37:10,061 houses and flipping them. 958 00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:12,263 I reactivated my license and then started 959 00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:14,232 selling real estate again. 960 00:37:14,232 --> 00:37:15,600 And it worked out great. 961 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:17,235 ♪ 962 00:37:17,302 --> 00:37:20,972 And I was able to focus all my concentration on my boys. 963 00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:23,241 ♪ 964 00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:25,510 You know, I look back, and, you know, my dad's passed now, 965 00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:28,713 but I just learned so much character. 966 00:37:28,713 --> 00:37:31,116 I learned a lot from my dad. 967 00:37:31,116 --> 00:37:32,784 - He was a good dad. 968 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:35,220 He still is. 969 00:37:35,353 --> 00:37:37,388 He was strict, no doubt about it. 970 00:37:37,455 --> 00:37:40,391 And he just made 'em toe the line 971 00:37:40,391 --> 00:37:43,027 and made 'em be respectful. 972 00:37:43,027 --> 00:37:45,830 He loves his boys. 973 00:37:45,897 --> 00:37:49,667 - I get to do all the things a dad does with his son. 974 00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:51,236 And I was able to do that. 975 00:37:51,236 --> 00:37:54,372 And they were of the age that I could do that with 'em 976 00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:56,474 and we could make some memories. 977 00:37:56,474 --> 00:37:57,642 - He was around a lot. 978 00:37:57,709 --> 00:37:59,477 He was a part of our athletics and sports, 979 00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:02,113 and he was a part of our school. 980 00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,883 - I've been on the school board now for 16 years. 981 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:07,986 I just like being involved with what's going on. 982 00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:09,988 - He's very much involved in our sports. 983 00:38:09,988 --> 00:38:11,723 He loved to watch me play. 984 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:14,159 Football was the focus for me for four years, 985 00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:18,596 but my dream was to be WWE superstar. 986 00:38:18,663 --> 00:38:20,999 I talked to my dad. He said, "All right." 987 00:38:21,065 --> 00:38:22,901 So I came down for a tryout. 988 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:24,636 ♪ 989 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:26,037 - Work your ass off. 990 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:27,572 Good luck to everyone. 991 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,207 - I'm here to be a student. 992 00:38:29,274 --> 00:38:31,276 I wanna learn, and both my dad and uncle 993 00:38:31,342 --> 00:38:32,911 are both excited for me. They're happy. 994 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:34,279 Boom! 995 00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:36,481 - It just seemed like the natural thing 996 00:38:36,548 --> 00:38:38,249 for him to do it, and... 997 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,319 he's doing well with it. 998 00:38:41,386 --> 00:38:43,988 - Well, Breakker, an aspiring NXT superstar, 999 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:45,590 certainly wants to stand out. 1000 00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,826 And he wants to make an immediate impact. 1001 00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:50,228 - He has the potential to be better than both of us. 1002 00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:51,429 [bell ringing] 1003 00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:55,667 - The new NXT champion, Bron Breakker. 1004 00:38:55,667 --> 00:38:57,836 - It was so cool, man, to do it in front of my father, 1005 00:38:57,902 --> 00:39:01,873 because he had never seen me work live. 1006 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:04,309 - It's a great feeling to see your son be successful. 1007 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:06,878 It's great to see him carry out a legacy 1008 00:39:06,945 --> 00:39:09,314 that you did for a while. 1009 00:39:09,314 --> 00:39:10,315 - I was ecstatic. 1010 00:39:10,315 --> 00:39:11,916 It was a dream come true. 1011 00:39:11,916 --> 00:39:15,186 ♪ 1012 00:39:15,253 --> 00:39:18,323 - It's so ironic that it's the kid 1013 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:20,024 and his success 1014 00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:24,028 that got the family back in good graces 1015 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,964 with WWE. 1016 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:27,599 - The news has broken this morning. 1017 00:39:27,665 --> 00:39:29,267 Rick and Scott Steiner... 1018 00:39:29,334 --> 00:39:31,669 - Finally taking their rightful place 1019 00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:35,206 as members of the WWE Hall of Fame. 1020 00:39:35,273 --> 00:39:37,642 Congratulations. 1021 00:39:37,709 --> 00:39:40,311 - For a while there, never thought it would get here. 1022 00:39:40,445 --> 00:39:44,148 - I think Scott definitely did not like the WWE 1023 00:39:44,282 --> 00:39:47,952 and definitely let everybody know about it prior to this. 1024 00:39:48,019 --> 00:39:53,825 - When I left WWE, you know, there was frustration, anger. 1025 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:55,026 You know, I was pissed off. 1026 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:57,795 ♪ 1027 00:39:57,862 --> 00:39:59,430 - I saw on social media, 1028 00:39:59,430 --> 00:40:02,066 they were gonna hand Scotty Steiner a hot mic 1029 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:03,635 at the WWE Hall of Fame. 1030 00:40:03,701 --> 00:40:05,036 You're like, "I'm gonna watch this." 1031 00:40:05,103 --> 00:40:07,438 ♪ 1032 00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:09,674 - You know, giving me a live mic, 1033 00:40:09,674 --> 00:40:11,709 sometimes it could go good. 1034 00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:14,612 Sometimes it could go off the rails. 1035 00:40:14,679 --> 00:40:20,151 ♪ 1036 00:40:20,151 --> 00:40:21,352 A lot of people actually thought 1037 00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:24,389 that me having a live mic was a dangerous thing. 1038 00:40:24,389 --> 00:40:26,557 But I mean, I never had those thoughts, 1039 00:40:26,624 --> 00:40:30,762 because I wasn't gonna do anything to hurt Bronson. 1040 00:40:30,828 --> 00:40:34,632 The years go by way too fast, 1041 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:37,435 and you wonder, "Where did all the time go?" 1042 00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:38,803 So have fun. 1043 00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:40,071 [cheers and applause] 1044 00:40:40,204 --> 00:40:42,240 - I mean, I came in peace, you know? 1045 00:40:42,307 --> 00:40:44,842 Water under the bridge. 1046 00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:47,278 - One person I wanna thank, 1047 00:40:47,345 --> 00:40:49,113 I wanna thank my brother. 1048 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,281 [cheers and applause] 1049 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:52,984 He always set the standard high. 1050 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,586 You know, he's kept me on a pace 1051 00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:57,388 to be the best I could be. 1052 00:40:57,455 --> 00:40:59,324 I probably wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. 1053 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:02,560 So I thank my brother, and I thank you all you people 1054 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,563 out there for supporting us. 1055 00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:08,032 Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo! 1056 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:10,635 crowd: Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo! 1057 00:41:10,635 --> 00:41:13,638 - I mean, it was just like a dream come true. 1058 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:14,872 Made a great partnership, 1059 00:41:14,872 --> 00:41:17,208 and I think that's part of our success 1060 00:41:17,275 --> 00:41:20,445 is just being around my brother pretty much my whole life. 1061 00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:21,713 We never really separated. 1062 00:41:21,713 --> 00:41:22,914 And we still aren't. 1063 00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:24,115 We live a mile apart from each other. 1064 00:41:24,182 --> 00:41:25,950 Oh, you were actually nice to somebody. 1065 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:27,285 Lookit, you're shaking a kid's hands. 1066 00:41:27,352 --> 00:41:29,787 - Look at that mullet. [laughter] 1067 00:41:29,787 --> 00:41:31,389 Look at the size of those arms. 1068 00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:32,990 - What arm? 1069 00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:34,992 - See that vein right there? - No, I don't see it. 1070 00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:38,029 - Bigger than your whole arm. - Yeah. You hope. 1071 00:41:38,029 --> 00:41:39,597 Everything we did, we did it together. 1072 00:41:39,664 --> 00:41:42,467 I think it was a blessing to have my brother with me. 1073 00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:44,435 - Didn't your motorcycle stall? 1074 00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:46,471 - No. Mine didn't stall. You stalled yours. 1075 00:41:46,604 --> 00:41:47,839 ♪ 1076 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:49,707 - I look back on those days. 1077 00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:53,644 I wouldn't wanna do it with anybody else but my brother. 1078 00:41:53,711 --> 00:41:56,314 - Perhaps the most awesome brother combination 1079 00:41:56,314 --> 00:41:58,516 to ever compete in the sport of wrestling. 1080 00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,551 I don't know of any two brothers 1081 00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:03,388 that have the opportunity to really create a dynasty 1082 00:42:03,388 --> 00:42:05,189 that these two kids have. 1083 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:08,626 - Just amazing what they've done with their lives. 1084 00:42:08,693 --> 00:42:11,028 But they worked hard to get where they were, 1085 00:42:11,028 --> 00:42:12,630 and it wasn't handed to them. 1086 00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,198 - They were cutting-edge. 1087 00:42:14,265 --> 00:42:17,034 - They wrestled on top with everybody 1088 00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:19,837 and always gave you an unbelievable match. 1089 00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:22,807 - We worked hard. We came here to be the best. 1090 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:25,476 - One of the greatest tag teams of all time 1091 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:28,946 and then to turn around and have that kind of run 1092 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,315 as an individual. 1093 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:35,186 - Nobody had more fun than I did in professional wrestling. 1094 00:42:35,186 --> 00:42:36,788 I had a great time from day one. 1095 00:42:36,788 --> 00:42:37,989 - It was an awesome feeling 1096 00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:39,357 having my brother as a partner 1097 00:42:39,424 --> 00:42:42,794 and having him be a part of the business together. 1098 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:45,229 - My brother would be the only one I'd want by my side. 1099 00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:46,631 ♪ 1100 00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:48,299 - My brother's great. 1101 00:42:48,433 --> 00:42:50,635 Couldn't have done any of it without him. 1102 00:42:50,635 --> 00:42:54,372 ♪