Scott Steiner Scott Carl Rechsteiner ( July 29 , 1962 ) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Scott Steiner . Steiner is perhaps best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling alongside his older brother Rick as the Steiner Brothers and as a member of the New World Order . He is also known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions , World Wrestling All - Stars , World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Among other accolades , Steiner is a three - time world champion ( a one - time WCW World Heavyweight Champion , one - time WWA World Heavyweight Champion , and one - time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion ) , a two - time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion , two - time WCW World Television Champion and a one - time TNA World Tag Team Champion . Career . Steiner first began training under The Sheik and debuting in the Indiana - based World Wrestling Association in 1986 as Scott Rexsteiner which was a variation of the spelling of his real last name . On August 14 , 1986 in Dearborn , Michigan , Steiner defeated " The Great Wojo " Greg Wojciechowski for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship . He held the title until May 3 , 1987 , when he lost to Wojciechowski in Toledo , Ohio . Steiner then formed a tag team with Jerry Graham , Jr . and the partners defeated Chris Carter and Mohammad Saad with their manager , The Dark Angel , for the WWA Tag Team Championship on October 6 , 1987 . World Wrestling Federation ( 1992 - 1994 ) . The Steiner Brothers 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 in an interview on the December 21 , 1992 edition of " WWF Prime Time Wrestling " as babyfaces . 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 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 ) . Extreme Championship Wrestling ( 1995 ) . The Steiner Brothers debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 28 , 1995 at 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 , 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 . World Wrestling All - Stars ( 2001 - 2002 ) . After his contract with AOL - Time Warner expired in November 2001 , Steiner joined the World Wrestling All - Stars , where he was reunited with Midajah . He appeared at WWA house show s in Europe and Australia throughout 2001 and 2002 . At the third WWA pay - per - view , The Eruption , on April 12 2002 in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne , Australia , Steiner challenged Nathan Jones for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship . Despite the presence of WWA Commissioner Sid at ringside , Steiner was able to cheat his way to a victory , striking Jones with the title belt and then pinning him . Steiner held the belt for several months , although never defending it , before vacating the title in November 2002 and leaving WWA for World Wrestling Entertainment . In one of his last appearances before re - joining WWE , Steiner teamed with his brother Rick to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kensuke Sasaki on May 2 , 2002 in Japan at the New Japan Pro Wrestling thirtieth Anniversary show in a match refereed by Chyna . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2002 - 2004 ) . Steiner signed a three - year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in October 2002 , and returned to WWE television as a face , at the Survivor Series in Madison Square Garden on November 17 . On that night , he attacked Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski after they delivered an in - ring segment insulting New York City . Over the following weeks , General Managers Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon both courted Steiner , with each trying to sign Steiner to their respective brand , " RAW " or " SmackDown ! " . Bischoff was ultimately successful after McMahon rejected Steiner ' s advances . Once on " RAW " , Steiner quickly began a feud with World Champion Triple H , culminating in title matches at the Royal Rumble and at No Way Out . Steiner won the match by disqualification after Triple H attacked referee Earl Hebner and lost the later match by pinfall following interference from Triple H ' s stable Evolution . The matches gained a degree of infamy after Steiner botch ed several moves , including an attempted butterfly suplex . From that point on , Steiner would become a mid - card wrestler , and eventually formed an alliance with Test and Stacy Keibler . However , Steiner and Test began feuding after Test started mistreating Stacy . This led to matches across Raw and exclusive Raw PPV evets such as Bad Blood , Unforgiven and the UK - exclusive event Insurrextion . Before the end of 2003 , Steiner and Test rejoined as tag partners and became heels , wrestling once more in the popular Tag Team Turmoil match held at Armageddon , losing to the surviving Dudley Boyz who later lost to Ric Flair and Batista for the World Tag Team Championships . Afterwards , Steiner and Test went their own ways again , both men making an appearance in the 2004 Royal Rumble , with Steiner entering at around # 8 while Test was 21 but was knocked out by Mick Foley backstage . Steiner was eliminated by Booker T during the match . Steiner underwent foot surgery in July 2004 , having six screws inserted into his foot , a tendon transplant , and a bone graft , then convalesced , wearing a cast for eight months . He returned to the ring on August 28 2005 in Asheville , North Carolina for the Universal Championship Wrestling independent promotion , teaming with his brother Rick to defeat Disco Inferno and Jeff Lewis . Scott Steiner wrestled briefly for the LAW promotion where he worked alongside Buff Bagwell and feuded briefly with tag team Fame and Fortune . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2006 - 2009 ) . Sporting a new chest tattoo , Steiner debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on March 12 2006 at Destination X . His debut fulfilled Jeff Jarrett ' s claim that he would bring a new wrestler to TNA in order to counter the presence of Sting . At Destination X , Steiner broke Sting ' s Scorpion Deathlock on Jarrett and then applied his own Steiner Recliner to Sting , enabling Jarrett to recover and then break a guitar over Sting ' s head . Steiner made his " TNA iMPACT ! " debut on March 18 , 2006 , identifying himself as Jarrett ' s bodyguard . In subsequent weeks , Steiner ( who had ostensibly not been signed to a contract ) began attacking members of the TNA roster , demanding to be hired . At Lockdown on April 23 2006 , Steiner , Jarrett , and America ' s Most Wanted lost to Sting , A . J . Styles , Ron Killings , and Rhino in a Lethal Lockdown Match . Following the defeat , Steiner and Jarrett challenged Sting and any partner of his choosing to face them at Sacrifice on May 14 , 2006 . Sting teased three potential partners ( Buff Bagwell , Lex Luger and Steiner ' s brother Rick Steiner ) before revealing his chosen partner to be Samoa Joe . Sting and Joe went on to defeat Steiner and Jarrett at Sacrifice . After failing to defeat Sting to qualify for the third King of the Mountain match , Steiner faced , and lost to , Samoa Joe in a singles bout at Slammiversary . At Victory Road , Steiner faced Samoa Joe , Sting , and Christian Cage in a four way bout for the number one contendership to Jarrett ' s NWA World Heavyweight Championship ; the match was won by Sting , who pinned Steiner , and Steiner resumed his role as Jarrett ' s bodyguard . Steiner then faced Christian Cage on the August 10 edition of Impact and was in Jeff Jarrett ' s corner at Hard Justice . After Hard Justice , Steiner ' s short term contract expired and an agreement could not be reached on an extension . After briefly parting ways with TNA and working the independent circuit , Steiner re - signed with the company in January 2007 . On February 8 2007 , Steiner returned to TNA and revealed himself to be the " special consultant " to NWA Champion Christian Cage in Cage ' s match with Kurt Angle at Against All Odds and joining Christian ' s Coalition . He appeared at TNA Against All Odds where he played a major role in the match by introducing a lead pipe . After the match Scott Steiner suffered from a head injury requiring stitches . He suffered the injury via the chair shot he received from Samoa Joe . Steiner then started a feud with Kurt Angle after costing him the NWA World title at Against All Odds 2007 . Steiner eliminated Angle in a Gauntlet Match where the winner would face then champion Christian Cage at Destination X 2007 . Steiner would then lose to Angle at Destination X . At Lockdown , Scott Steiner was part of Team Cage as they faced Team Angle in a Lethal Lockdown Match . Steiner was hailed for the return of the Frankensteiner , a move he became famous for in the 1990s . At Sacrifice , Steiner was reunited with the returning Rick Steiner . The Steiner Brothers were scheduled to wrestle Team 3D in a " dream match " at Slammiversary , but Steiner was replaced with Road Warrior Animal after suffering a severe throat injury Steiner returned to TNA on July 15 , 2007 at Victory Road , costing Brother Ray a match . At Bound for Glory , The Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D in a 2 - out - of - 3 Tables Match . The Steiners then went on to compete at Genesis against the tag team champions Tomko and A . J . Styles with a losing effort . Scott would then go onto Turning Point in the Feast or Fired Battle Royal , where he would successfully capture one of the four briefcases , containing a contract to challenge for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship ( though at the time , the cases ' contents were a mystery ) . On the December 13 episode of iMPACT ! Steiner beat Petey Williams , B . G . James , and Christopher Daniels . Following the match , Jim Cornette offered Steiner a check for $ 50 , 000 in exchange for his briefcase , but was turned down , with Steiner then choosing to switch briefcases with Petey Williams . He stated afterwards he would get his original case back the following week . At Against All Odds Steiner defeated Petey , winning both of the briefcases , after a distraction from an unknown , tall , muscular African American woman later named Rhaka Khan . After winning both cases , Scott Steiner issued a challenge to anyone after a match with Abyss , in which Petey Williams was the man to answer . Petey lost , after yet another interference by Khan . Scott , then started training Petey as his protege , and gave him the X Division title shot on the April 17th edition of iMPACT ! . Later that night , Williams cashed in the opportunity , beating Jay Lethal for X Division title with the Canadian Destroyer . At Sacrifice Steiner came up short in his title hunt by losing to Samoa Joe . At Victory Road , Steiner and Booker T defeated Beer Money , Inc . to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship , giving Steiner his very first title in TNA . At Bound for Glory Steiner and Booker lost the TNA World Tag Team Titles to the British Invasion in a four way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match , which also included Team 3D and Beer Money . On the following edition of Impact ! Angle announced the death of the Main Event Mafia , something Steiner refused to admit . Following the end of the Main Event Mafia , Steiner entered into a feud with TNA newcomer Bobby Lashley , whom he defeated in a Falls Count Anywhere match at Turning Point . The following month at Final Resolution , Lashley defeated Steiner in a Last Man Standing match in similar fashion . On February 4 , 2010 , Steiner ' s profile was removed from TNA ' s official website . His departure from the company was confirmed the following week . Return to TNA ( 2011 - 2012 ) . On January 27 , Steiner returned to save Kurt Angle , Matt Morgan and Crimson when they were being assaulted by Fourtune and Immortal . The next week , Fortune turned on Immortal and aligned themselves with Steiner , Angle and Crimson . On February 13 , at Against All Odds , Steiner , James Storm and Bobby Roode defeated Immortal members Rob Terry , Gunner and Murphy in a six - man tag match . Steiner pinned Gunner after the " Frankensteiner . " Steiner then stared feuding with Rob Terry after Terry attacked him on the February 24 edition of " Impact , " during a posedown between the two . The next week , Steiner defeated Terry in a singles match . On the Marcg 24 episode of " Impact , " Steiner formed a tag team with Crimson and defeated Ink Inc . . After the match , Moore disrespected Steiner . This led to a match between the two the following week , which Steiner won . on April 17 , at Lockdown , Steiner and Crimson lost in a four way tag team # 1 contenders cage match to Ink Inc . On the next episode of Impact , Steiner turned heel by attacking Matt Morgan , after they had each announced their intentions on winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . The two brawled backstage on the April 28 edition of Impact . On the May 26 episode of Impact , steiner interfered in and cost Matt morgan his match against Jeff Jarrett . On the June 2 episode of Impact , Steiner and Jarrett defeated Morgan and Kurt Angle . At Slammiversary IX , Morgan defeated Steiner in a singles match to end their feud . On the June 30 episode of Impact , Steiner joined Immortal . At Turning Point , Steiner and Bully Ray lost to former Immortal stablemates Mr . Anderson and Abyss in a tag team match . After three months of inactivity , Steiner was released from TNA in March 2012 . Return to the independent circuit ( 2010 – 2014 ) . In 2010 , Steiner defeated Brutus Beefcake to become Canadian Wrestling International ( CWI ) ' s first Heavyweight Champion . He retained the title in matches against Kevin Nash and Big Van Vader . Following his departure from TNA , Steiner began performing for various European promotions on a European tour . On May 31 , 2013 , the Steiner Brothers won the Preston City Wrestling Tag Team Championship before losing it the following day . On June 2 , Steiner won the Dutch Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Championship . On June 23 , the Steiner Brothers defeated Eddie Kingston and Homicide at the House of Hardcore 2 event . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 – present ) . On May 18 , 2015 , Steiner was announced as part of the roster of the Global Force Wrestling ( GFW ) promotion .