Steiner Brothers
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| Steiner Brothers | ||
| Ring name(s) | Rick Steiner Scott Steiner | |
| Name(s) | The Steiner Brothers The Steiners | |
| Heights | Rick: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Scott: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Combined weight | 560 lb (250 kg) | |
| Hometown | Bay City, Michigan, U.S. | |
| Debut | 1989 | |
| Years active | 1988–1999 2002 2005–2009 2012–present | |
The Steiner Brothers are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Rick Steiner (real name Robert Rechhunter) and Scott Steiner (real name Scott Rechhunter).
The brothers wrestled as amateurs at the University of Michigan. The team made their professional wrestling debut in 1989, and competed in promotions such as Xtreme Championship Wrestling (XCW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the International Wrestling Federation (IWF), winning 11 world tag team championships and one United States Tag Team Championship, before disbanding in 1998.
The brothers reunited on the independent circuit in the early 2000s, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in May 2007. They are the first tag team to hold the IWF World Tag Team Championship, the WCW World Tag Team Championship, and the IWGP Tag Team Championship.
The Steiner Brothers are highly regarded, considered as one of the greatest tag teams in professional wrestling history. On April 1, 2022, they were inducted in the IWE Hall of Fame.
[edit] Professional wrestling career
[edit] World Championship Wrestling (1988–1992)
[edit] International Wrestling Federation (1992–1994)
[edit] Xtreme Championship Wrestling (1995)
[edit] World Championship Wrestling (1996–1998)
[edit] Separation and beyond (1998–2001)
[edit] New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2002)
[edit] Reunions (2005–2009)
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2007–2008)
[edit] Reunions (2012–present)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2014
- Mid-Atlantic Wrestling
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling
- Preston City Wrestling
- PCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling America
- PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Match of the Year (1991) – vs. Lex Luger and Sting, SuperBrawl I, May 19
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (1990, 1993)
- PWI ranked them #2 of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Pure Action Championship Wrestling
- PACW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- United Wrestling Federation
- UWF Rock 'n' Roll Express Championship (1 time)
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Scott
- NWA/WCW World Television Championship (5 times) – Rick (3) and Scott (2)
- NWA (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Championship (7 times)
- NWA/WCW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time)
- Pat O'Connor Memorial Tag Team Tournament (1990)
- International Wrestling Federation/IWE
- IWF Tag Team Championship (2 times)
- IWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2022)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Match of the Year (1991) vs. Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki, WCW/New Japan Supershow, Tokyo, March 21
- Tag Team of the Year (1990)
1While this Mid-Atlantic promotion is an NWA affiliated promotion, operates out of the same region as the first Mid-Atlantic promotion, and has revived some of the championships it used, it isn't the same promotion. The original Mid-Atlantic promotion was once owned by Jim Crockett Jr. and was sold outright to Ted Turner in November 1988. The promotion was then renamed World Championship Wrestling.
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[edit] External links
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