Steiner Brothers The Steiner Brothers are the tag team of American brothers Robert " Rick Steiner " Rechsteiner and Scott " Scott Steiner " Rechsteiner . The team debuted in 1989 , and competed in promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling , New Japan Pro Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation , in the process ten world tag team championship s , before disbanding in 1998 . The brothers began teaming together on the independent circuit in the early 2000s , and in May 2007 , they were reunited in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . They are the only tag team to win the WWE World Tag Team Championship , the WCW World Tag Team Championship and the IWGP Tag Team Championship in wrestling history . Career history . National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling ( 1989 - 1992 ) . On November 1 , 1989 in Atlanta , Georgia , the Steiner Brothers defeated the Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael " P . S . " Hayes and Jimmy Garvin ) for the NWA World Tag Team Championship . They held the titles until May 19 , 1990 , when they were defeated by Doom ( Butch Reed and Ron Simmons ) in Washington , D . C . at WCW Capital Combat . The Steiners defeated The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane ) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on August 24 , 1990 in East Rutherford , New Jersey . During their title reign , World Championship Wrestling withdrew from the National Wrestling Alliance , and the title was renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship . Upon winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship on February 18 , 1991 , the Steiners vacated the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on February 20 , 1991 . They were the second team ever to hold both the WCW World and United States Tag Team titles at once ( The Midnight Express tandem of Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane were the first team to accomplish that feat in September 1988 ) . After the Steiners won the IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki on March 21 , 1991 , WCW announcers began referring to them as " Triple Crown Champions " . At the same time , Scott was being groomed as a singles performer . On WCW ' s weekend TBS shows ( " WCW Power Hour " , " WCW Saturday Night " , and " WCW Main Event " ) , there was a special " gauntlet " match segment where a performer was picked to wrestle a top star on each show on that weekend , winning the sum of $ 10 , 000 ( kayfabe ) if they defeated all three . Scott was the first announced to run the gauntlet with his first opponent being Ric Flair . By way of backfiring interference by the Four Horsemen , Steiner beat Flair by pinfall . He would then get a title match against Flair at Clash of the Champions XIV : Dixie Dynamite on January 30 , 1991 , which ended in a time limit draw . Scott would go on to win the WCW World Television Championship from Ricky Steamboat on September 29 , 1992 , and began teasing a heel turn , which was aborted upon the Steiner Brothers leaving WCW for the World Wrestling Federation after being lowballed on their contract renewal by then - WCW head Bill Watts . World Wrestling Federation ( 1992 - 1994 ) . The Steiners left WCW in November 1992 , with Scott vacating the WCW World Television Championship . They quickly signed contracts with the World Wrestling Federation , making their televised debut as babyface s in an interview on the December 21 1992 , edition of " WWF Prime Time Wrestling " . They also appeared on the debut episode of " Monday Night RAW " on January 11 , 1993 . They made their WWF pay - per - view debut on January 24 , 1993 at the 1993 Royal Rumble , defeating the Beverly Brothers ( Blake and Beau ) . At " WrestleMania IX " on April 4 , 1993 , the Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers ( Samu and Fatu ) . Following WrestleMania IX , the Steiners began feuding with Money , Incorporated ( Ted DiBiase and Irwin R . Schyster ) . At King of the Ring on June 13 , 1993 , the Steiners and The Smokin ' Gunns ( Billy and Bart ) defeated The Headshrinkers and Money , Inc . The following evening , on the June 14 , 1993 episode of " RAW " , the Steiners defeated Money , Inc . for the WWF Tag Team Championship in Columbus , Ohio . Money , Inc . regained the titles on June 16 , 1993 at a house show in Rockford , Illinois , but lost the titles to the Steiners once again at another house show on June 19 , 1993 in St . Louis , Missouri . The Steiners successfully defended their titles against the Heavenly Bodies ( Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray ) on August 30 , 1993 at SummerSlam . On the September 13 , 1993 episode of " RAW " in New York City , New York , the Steiners defended their titles against The Quebecers ( Jacques and Pierre ) in a " Province of Quebec rules " match , wherein titles can change hands via disqualification . The match ended when the manager of The Quebecers , Johnny Polo , threw a hockey stick into the ring , which was caught by Scott . When the referee saw Scott holding the illegal weapon , he disqualified the Steiner Brothers , thus awarding the title to The Quebecers . Scott gained a measure of revenge by defeating Pierre in a singles match the following week on " RAW " . At the 1993 Survivor Series on November 24 , 1993 , the Steiners teamed with Lex Luger and The Undertaker as " The All - Americans " . The All - Americans defeated their opponents , " The Foreign Fanatics " ( Yokozuna , Crush , Ludvig Borga and Jacques ) , although Luger was the sole survivor . On January 22 , 1994 , both Steiners entered the 1994 Royal Rumble , with Scott entering at number one . After Rick entered at number three , the brothers cooperated until being eliminated by Owen Hart and Diesel respectively . The Steiners had incurred the ire of the WWF booking team by refusing to fight one another during the Royal Rumble , and they left the promotion in mid - 1994 . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1995 ) . The Steiners debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 28 , 1995 in the Orange County Fairgrounds in Middletown , New York , defeating Dudley Dudley and Vampire Warrior . They next appeared with ECW in The Flagstaff on August 4 , 1995 in Jim Thorpe , Pennsylvania , defeating Dudley Dudley and 2 Cold Scorpio . The Steiner Brothers made their debut in the Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ECW Arena on August 5 , 1995 at " Wrestlepalooza 1995 " , teaming with Eddie Guerrero in a loss to Scorpio , Dean Malenko and Cactus Jack . On August 25 , 1995 in Jim Thorpe they defeated Scorpio and Malenko , and they went on to defeat Scorpio and Chris Benoit the following evening . On August 28 , 1995 , they defeated Dudley Dudley and Dances With Dudley in the Big Apple Dinner Theater in Kennett Square , Pennsylvania . At " Gangstas ' Paradise " on September 16 , 1995 , the Steiners joined forces with Taz in a loss to The Eliminators ( John Kronus and Perry Saturn ) and Jason . On September 23 , 1995 in Middletown , they defeated Raven and Stevie Richards . Scott made one more appearance ( teaming with Taz in a losing effort against The Eliminators on October 28 , 1995 ) before the brothers departed from ECW . World Championship Wrestling ( 1996 - 1998 ) . The Steiners re - signed with WCW in 1996 . They won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat on July 24 , 1996 , but Harlem Heat would regain the title just three days later . Following the formation of the New World Order ( nWo ) , the Steiners began feuding with The Outsiders , who had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat . Separation and beyond ( 1997 - 1998 ) . The beginning of Scott ' s heel turn began in late 1997 / early 1998 when he , now with increased muscle mass , having cut his signature long hair , and sporting a goatee , started a feud with Buff Bagwell over who had the better physique . Scott finalized his heel turn and joined the nWo at SuperBrawl VIII on February 22 , 1998 , by attacking Rick while they were defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship against The Outsiders ; Steiner ' s heel turn enabled the Outsiders to regain the championship . The next night on " Monday Nitro " , he adopted a new gimmick that was somewhat reminiscent of " Superstar " Billy Graham , dyeing his hair and beard blond and increasing in muscle mass even further . The two brothers had a feud that also involved Scott ' s new partner Buff Bagwell , while Rick teamed with a variety of partners including Lex Luger and Bagwell ' s mother Judy . Shortly before WCW ' s demise , the Steiners reunited , not so much as a tag - team but they were both heel s who watched each other ' s backs . When WCW finally closed , the two went their separate ways again . It is very safe to say that the Steiner Brothers are highly regarded as one of the greatest tag - teams of all time in professional wrestling . A Reunion ( 2006 - 2008 ) . The duo would then reunite for the United Wrestling Federation in Wilson , NC . They reunited to defeat the tag - team of Matt Bentley & Frankie Kazarian . They would also go on to defeat Team 3D the very next night in Wilmington , NC . On December 9 , 2006 they won the NWA Mid - Atlantic Tag Team Championship . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2007 - 2008 ) . At the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay - per - view Sacrifice , Scott Steiner teamed with Tomko in a Triple Threat Tag Team match . They lost the match and the miscommunication between Steiner and Tomko led Tomko to attack Steiner following the match . Rick Steiner made his return and fought off Tomko , thus reuniting the Steiner Brothers . They were set to face Team 3D at Slammiversary for their TNA Tag Team titles . However an injury to Scott ' s trachea in Puerto Rico put the match in question , until he was replaced by longtime rival Road Warrior Animal . While Scott was out for his injury , Team 3D developed into arrogant heel characters , demanding his return and teasing his near - death injury . The duo then appeared and attacked Team 3D at Victory Road , costing them their Tag Team titles . The return of the Steiner Brothers involved Scott and Rick becoming face , completing a full circle of development for the team . At Hard Justice , the Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D . On the August 16 edition of " iMPACT ! " , the Steiner brothers lost in a Handicap match to Kurt Angle after interference from Team 3D , heating up their feud . At Bound For Glory the Steiner brothers defeated Team 3D in a two out of three falls table match . After that Rick Steiner had got an a release from TNA due to budget cuts . Scott continued to wrestle for TNA until the end of 2009 .