Rick Steiner on Bill Watts & the Incident with Scott

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  • Опубліковано 19 лис 2016
  • Rick Steiner on Bill Watts
    10 time World Tag Team champion and Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer "The Dog Faced Gremlin" Rick Steiner discusses working for famous "Mid South Wrestling" Promoter "Cowboy" Bill Watts. Steiner also discusses and backstage incident that took place when Watts was running WCW between "The Cowboy" and Rick's brother Scott that ultimately led to the Steiner Brothers leaving World Championship Wrestling and jumping to WWE.
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  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 4 роки тому +57

    One of the few wrestling dudes that has aged well.

  • @majorsmythe1
    @majorsmythe1 7 років тому +110

    Wonder how many times Rick has had to say "and my brother got pissed". Rick seems cool.

    • @DerwinDaDestroyer
      @DerwinDaDestroyer 4 роки тому +8

      And it's the complete opposite in real life

    • @michaelmclaren1333
      @michaelmclaren1333 2 роки тому +2

      @@DerwinDaDestroyer I was going to say that. From everything I've read, rick was the better fighter and wrestler. He should tell growing up kid fights with his brother. Everyone with a brother has thrown hands lol

  • @riding4beers889
    @riding4beers889 4 роки тому +43

    You can tell he is a legit wrestler, look at his ears.

    • @philiptucker7590
      @philiptucker7590 2 роки тому +4

      Nah, those are actually from having Tickle Fights with Stacey Keibler 🤫

    • @rofbagging9749
      @rofbagging9749 Рік тому

      @@philiptucker7590 I think I’d pay to see that

    • @savagedick1462
      @savagedick1462 Рік тому

      Even after wearing protective gear.

    • @justamurse5646
      @justamurse5646 Рік тому

      You can tell he’s a legit wrestler because he’s a D1 All-American

  • @impalaman9707
    @impalaman9707 3 роки тому +17

    Bill Watts wanted to turn Scott heel LONG before he became "Big Poppa Pump"! He once told Scott, "you'd make the best heel ever because you're such a prick!" Bill Watts was smart, he knew which guys make better natural heels than others. If only Scott listened 5 years earlier

  • @spidersense1472
    @spidersense1472 7 років тому +47

    Strange hearing Rick speaking in his natural voice.

  • @PtolemyJones
    @PtolemyJones 3 роки тому +12

    The Steiners were one of the best tag teams ever. Sad the way Scottie roided up. Rick was awesome.

  • @Karemaker
    @Karemaker 2 роки тому +23

    Steiner's probably could have done VERY well in MMA if they had come around at that time and taken that route.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish Рік тому +2

      MMA isn't even a pale shadow of what real pro wrestling is.

    • @justamurse5646
      @justamurse5646 Рік тому +5

      @@fjccommish lmao what does that even mean. “real pro wrestling” is an oxymoron anyways

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish Рік тому

      @@justamurse5646 The pro wrestling before around the late 90's, early 2000's. Pro wrestling when there was kayfabe.

    • @sasquatchhunter86
      @sasquatchhunter86 4 місяці тому

      In an alternate universe, the Steiner brothers and Kurt Angle take a risky move and sign to the fledgling UFC. It pays off as they immediately become faces of the UFC. They’re inducted into the UFC after a long, illustrious career with multiple title reigns between the three of them.

  • @martinlloyd8866
    @martinlloyd8866 3 роки тому +6

    Rick Always Seems so Cool and Composed

  • @luisguerrero603
    @luisguerrero603 3 роки тому +11

    Rick always one of my favorites used to love him with Mike rotunda

    • @JayJackson1981
      @JayJackson1981 3 роки тому +4

      Varsity Club

    • @txsandman007
      @txsandman007 3 роки тому +3

      Man I forgot about the varsity club! Good memories indeed

    • @madbrowniac7871
      @madbrowniac7871 2 роки тому

      Their sibling style rivalry with one another to get the attention and adulation of their demented "Coach" Kevin Sullivan was a cool and very well done midcard storyline. Impressive work by all involved.🤔🏈B.W.

  • @gordonmckay4780
    @gordonmckay4780 7 років тому +59

    I met Scott once and contrary to a lot of stories he was kind of cool. Although it was in his restaurant.

    • @IDawgedYou
      @IDawgedYou 6 років тому +5

      He has chilled out a lot.

    • @oscarcarrasquillo6355
      @oscarcarrasquillo6355 6 років тому +5

      How was the food

    • @jnightmare0
      @jnightmare0 4 роки тому +1

      @@oscarcarrasquillo6355 👌

    • @M.Bison94
      @M.Bison94 2 роки тому

      That used to be a good Shoneys, think they closed down during Covid

  • @likereally9899
    @likereally9899 4 роки тому +24

    I started watching UWF when Rick was tagging with Sting and Eddie Gilbert. Plus Missy Hyatt and her Gucci bag. lol

    • @maxlovins
      @maxlovins 4 роки тому +2

      That brings back memories

    • @DPPLOWD
      @DPPLOWD 3 роки тому +1

      Remember she hit Dark Journey with that bag lol

  • @Baci302
    @Baci302 3 роки тому +8

    Rick seems so soft spoken and normal.

    • @leehelppie4544
      @leehelppie4544 3 роки тому +1

      i knew rick from the weight room at the ann arbor y. he is a nice guy, but don't mess with him. i saw him do shrugs with 1,000# on the bar, breaking his lifting straps ..he wrestled heavyweight at u of m even though he only weighed about 230...

    • @lowmoan
      @lowmoan 2 роки тому +2

      @@leehelppie4544 seeing that the world record for a dead lift is right around 1100 lbs, with all due respect I doubt he was shrugging 1000 lbs. I wasn’t there but I can pretty much guarantee that didn’t happen.

    • @AJ-xv7oh
      @AJ-xv7oh Рік тому +1

      @@lowmoan Lol bless ya. A shoulder shrug can be picked up off a rack. You only have to move it an inch.

  • @mr.mr.4772
    @mr.mr.4772 2 роки тому +3

    Rob Rechsteiner is how he was billed, when he was in Mid-South.

  • @dirbrody
    @dirbrody 7 років тому +3

    Cool! I'm from & live in Shreveport...

  • @nWoWolfpacTV2016
    @nWoWolfpacTV2016 7 років тому +38

    Should have asked the DFG about the time Scott cornered/shouted down/threatened Vince McMahon to get out of their WWF contracts. Nobody talks about that mostly because practically nobody knows it happened. Scott talked about it in a radio interview in early 2000's & Rick mentioned it in passing in a different shoot interview also from early 2000's.

    • @walterlevesque4879
      @walterlevesque4879 6 років тому +9

      um that never happened spanky

    • @JayJackson1981
      @JayJackson1981 3 роки тому +2

      I heard that they started hurting jobbers and made vince fire them.

    • @mr.mr.4772
      @mr.mr.4772 2 роки тому +1

      Practically nobody knows, but you know. GTFOH

    • @edwells4769
      @edwells4769 6 місяців тому

      Said it on JRs radio show in Atlanta

  • @santiagosantarge819
    @santiagosantarge819 7 років тому +10

    2:28 , that was me, I was gonna do a guitar solo.

  • @johnfalcetta5431
    @johnfalcetta5431 7 років тому +12

    By the way you do an excellent job of interviewing.

  • @davidrussell3353
    @davidrussell3353 2 роки тому +3

    Very very smart and talented man that got stuck with a silly gimmick

  • @timhannah2321
    @timhannah2321 4 роки тому +6

    STEINER BROTHERS 4 LIFE

  • @cappy2282
    @cappy2282 3 роки тому +3

    Rick is the man

  • @irishmandalorian4342
    @irishmandalorian4342 6 років тому +8

    paul jr from american chopper got old😁

  • @Romulan2469
    @Romulan2469 6 років тому +3

    Has anyone else noticed that Rick Steiner is missing a chunk out of his left ear?

  • @jessieblanton9875
    @jessieblanton9875 4 роки тому +1

    I met rick.crest school . Wrestling cool guy

  • @_I_KNOW_HOW_THE_FLOWERS_FELT_

    I will always have fond memories of " The dog-face Grimlin " 🙏♥️🙏

  • @DerwinDaDestroyer
    @DerwinDaDestroyer 4 роки тому +3

    Shreveport!!!!

  • @ThatGuyJonRye
    @ThatGuyJonRye 3 роки тому

    Long live big hair Rick Steiner! Watch the match vs Doom. The best.

  • @ironcrosstrainingltd6482
    @ironcrosstrainingltd6482 5 років тому +2

    2:28 was that a slide whistle?

    • @montev4
      @montev4 4 роки тому +2

      That was a text tone, my phone had the same sound.

  • @Genkimark
    @Genkimark 7 років тому +2

    Seems like a recurring pattern in Rick's life...

  • @ski8615
    @ski8615 6 років тому +20

    Best tag team ever

  • @walterlevesque4879
    @walterlevesque4879 6 років тому +6

    ahhh dog face gremlin

  • @ski8615
    @ski8615 6 років тому +6

    What happened to Arnold the pitbull?

    • @Dqalex
      @Dqalex 5 років тому +4

      Sad ending He ran away with Tamara Lynn Sytch and got hooked on junk.

    • @sean9115
      @sean9115 4 роки тому

      I heard a story about that dog and what scott wouldn't made but enginered him to do!

  • @FlixCreEightR
    @FlixCreEightR 6 років тому +13

    Shame Rick never returned to the WWE.

    • @jasons2023
      @jasons2023 5 років тому +5

      Thank God he never went back, he would have been jobbed like Scott.

    • @defblinders9585
      @defblinders9585 2 роки тому +1

      @@jasons2023 Agree. They'd have made him a jobber because their problems with Scott. Vince is petty like that.

  • @juliangrant9718
    @juliangrant9718 3 роки тому +1

    It's weird seeing his ears sometimes.

  • @bobnewfart7630
    @bobnewfart7630 3 роки тому +2

    She was crazy lol

  • @donaldsalkovick396
    @donaldsalkovick396 2 місяці тому

    No wonder he always wore ear protection in matches. That looks like 2 honey buns on the side of his head

  • @fjccommish
    @fjccommish Рік тому

    Drop the race card.

  • @undercoverbrother67
    @undercoverbrother67 6 років тому +13

    Bill Watts was willing to use black wrestlers to make himself money so therefore was not a racist? lol

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 6 років тому +7

      undercoverbrother67 Vince will leave money on the table to not push a black wrestler.
      In the 90’s, Michael Jordan, Ken Griffey Jr, Mike Tyson, and Deion Sanders were some of the biggest celebrities in America, not just in sports....and in the case of Jordan and Tyson, they were probably the 2 biggest celebrities in the entire world alongside Michael Jackson.
      You have all these black mega stars, but Vince thinks black champions won’t draw.

    • @contextualprecision8442
      @contextualprecision8442 5 років тому +3

      StuUngar just described two degrees of racists. Vince was so racist he'd rather pay money to exercise it. Bill Watts just used his racism in a way that didn't hurt his business..

    • @DPPLOWD
      @DPPLOWD 3 роки тому +1

      I just said this to someone about black folks making him Money.

    • @DPPLOWD
      @DPPLOWD 3 роки тому +1

      @@contextualprecision8442 the Rock made Vince all kinds of money

    • @contextualprecision8442
      @contextualprecision8442 3 роки тому +4

      @@DPPLOWD The Rock made his money as a racially-ambiguous wrestler, not as a Black wrestler. That is the distinction.

  • @davidfulton179
    @davidfulton179 6 місяців тому

    Easy for me to say being a straight white male, but it seems to me that there are racists and there are people with a racial bias, and that's not quite the same. A racist promoter would not push a Black wrestler under any circumstance. A promoter with a bias against Blacks would probably still push a Black wrestler if he could make money. That's not excusing the bias. It's still ignorant and stupid, but at least a person like that will let you earn a living and mind his own business.
    Reading over the history of pro wrestling, you'd be a pretty limited promoter if you were racist. Probably wouldn't make very much money programming only white men on top. Because if you're racist against Blacks, you probably don't feel too great about Hispanics, Italians, Greeks, or any number of other ethnicities that have made money for promoters coast to coast. Can you imagine some promoter saying "No way I'm booking Landos! Lousy Greek!"