Tag: Scott Steiner

NFL team announces signing of Scott Steiner’s son Brock

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Brock Rechsteiner won’t be crossing over into pro wrestling just yet.

The New Orleans Saints announced today that, after a successful stint in rookie minicamp, Rechsteiner has been signed to the team’s 90-man roster. The son of wrestling legend Scott Steiner, Rechsteiner played wide receiver at Jacksonville State and is now attempting to make it into the NFL at that same position.

Rechsteiner will now progress into the offseason with the Saints with the hope of making it to training camp and ultimately earning a spot on the team.

During rookie minicamp, Rechsteiner said he planned to go as far as he could in football before eventually entering the family business with WWE. Rechsteiner was already under an NIL deal with WWE while in college.

“I want to pursue football as long as I can, play as long as I can,” Rechsteiner said. “But once I’m done, I’ll get into wrestling too.”

Rechsteiner said seeing his father get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame helped inspire him to pursue a wrestling career down the line. Bron Breakker — once a football player himself — has been advising his cousin Rechsteiner to get into WWE once football is over for him.

During rookie minicamp, Rechsteiner earned praise from Saints wide receiver coach Keith Williams, who calls him “Stone Cold.”

“Yeah, ‘Stone Cold,'”Williams said. “He’s kind of nasty. I just told him, ‘Hey, if you get mad at me, just don’t put me in a small package. I know you’ve got a few (wrestling) moves up your sleeve.’ But yeah, ‘Stone Cold’ has been great.

Rechsteiner went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft and spent time with the Tennessee Titans before joining the Saints. He has a brother named Brandon who is a college basketball player and also sees wrestling as a potential backup plan for himself.

Another Steiner planning WWE career down the line

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Another member of the Steiner family is planning to enter the wrestling business down the line.

After going undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft, Brock Rechsteiner — the son of Scott Steiner — is currently attempting to make it into the league with the New Orleans Saints. The wide receiver is part of the Saints’ rookie minicamp and is committed to going as far in football as he can. But whenever football inevitably ends, Rechsteiner intends to become a pro wrestler.

“For sure,” Rechsteiner responded when WDSU News asked if watching his legendary father inspired him to pursue wrestling. “It really inspired me when he got inducted into the [WWE] Hall of Fame, back in Dallas, I think it was 2022. That inspired me to, once I’m done playing football — I want to pursue football as long as I can, play as long as I can — but once I’m done, I’ll get into wrestling too.”

Rechsteiner played for Jacksonville State in college and has already been under a WWE NIL deal. His road to WWE could closely mirror his cousin Bron Breakker, who played fullback in college and spent time in training camp with the Baltimore Ravens before joining NXT.

“I work out with him all the time back home,” Rechsteiner said about Breakker. “I go fishing with him a lot, because he moved back to Georgia. And he really convinced me to, once I’m done playing football, he said play football as long as I can and once I’m done playing football, get into the wrestling business.”

Scott Steiner’s sons are both athletes with Brock playing football and Brandon playing basketball. Brandon Rechsteiner sees wrestling as a potential backup plan for himself as well, but he knows Brock will be in WWE one day because of the charisma and talent his brother has.

When asked what his wrestling name would be, Brock said he hasn’t given much thought to it but hopes that he would just be “Brock Steiner.”

Breakker — Rick Steiner’s son — was given a new last name in WWE instead of directly continuing the Steiner lineage. A grudge match is taking place at WWE Backlash tonight with Breakker facing off against Seth Rollins.

May 12, 2008 Observer Newsletter: WWE Q1 financials, UFC’s potential future, the best wrestling city, the Steiner math promo

Posted on by F4W Staff

In the latest retro Wrestling Observer Newsletter to be published in our archives, we go back to May 12, 2008.

In that issue, Dave Meltzer delved into WWE financials from the first quarter of the year and speculated on the future of UFC — both of which make for interesting reading considering where the companies are today under TKO.

Dave also opined on what the best wrestling city was and why he felt it was Madison Square Garden.

Also of note: this was the week Scott Steiner delivered his famous math promo in TNA.

Click here to read (sub needed)

Deputy Sheriff recounts saving Scott Steiner’s life in 2020

Posted on by Ian Carey

The Georgia Deputy Sheriff partially responsible for saving Scott Steiner’s life in 2020 has opened up about the experience.

Chris Johnson, who is also a wrestling promoter and co-owns Lariato Pro Wrestling with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows, was a guest on The Good Brothers’ Talkin Shop podcast recently. He spoke about being backstage at Impact Wrestling’s show on March 6, 2020 in Atlanta when Steiner collapsed backstage and was later taken to hospital.

Johnson said:

“Scott’s out there and he’s cutting his promo and he’s fired up as always. And he comes to the back and he did nothing in the ring but throw a clothesline. I mean, he took no bumps. He did nothing. So he’s walking to the back and I just happened to walk back there. For whatever reason, I just happened to go check on something. And Scott’s laying in the floor. And there’s people around him and they’re holding his hand and they’re talking to him.”

“So, I get close to him and he’s purple, like his lips are purple.”

“I jumped in and I start the compressions, chest compressions. I hear somebody like, why’s he doing that? And I’ll tell you why, because if you’re unresponsive, even though you’re not breathing, if you’re getting blood pumped to your organs, they’re usually going to be okay. Even when you get shocked or whatever, come back. If you keep that blood pumping, you keep that blood going to the brain, you still got oxygen in your blood, you’re probably not going to go brain dead.”

“And there’s another guy that jumps in because I don’t know if you’ve ever done chest compressions, but after so long, you’re just winded. So another brother jumps in and he’s doing some chest compressions and we swap out a couple of times. And then they come in with the defibrillator and all the things and shock him and send him on his way (to the hospital). And I’ll be honest, I told him this after we talked, I did not think he was alive when he left.”

Doc Gallows related to Johnson that Steiner credits him with having saved his life that night.

Later that night, Tommy Dreamer posted to social media to let fans know that Steiner was doing well, writing, “Im at the hospital right now w/ @ScottDAmore @JoeyRyanOnline. Scott Steiner is doing well. And under great care. Say a prayer for Big Poppa Pump. Holla if ya hear me.”

The following day, Steiner’s wife Christa posted to social media thanking everyone at Impact Wrestling for taking care of him: “First of all I went to thank everyone @IMPACTWRESTLING for taking such great care of my husband @ScottDAmore @THETOMMYDREAMER @johnnyswinger2 @JoeyRyanOnline @IMPACTWRESTLING & Cobb County EMTs. We appreciate all the well wishes, thoughts & prayers. He will make a [100 percent] recovery.”

Chris “Laser” Johnson’s full appearance on The Talkin Shop podcast with Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows is available below:

Sons of Scott Steiner, Mark Henry & Titus O’Neil part of new WWE NIL class

Posted on by Josh Nason

The fifth-ever WWE NIL class has three names with familiar bloodline ties among them.

Announced by WWE on Saturday following USA Today’s initial report, Brock Rechsteiner (son of Scott Steiner), Jacob Henry (son of Mark Henry), and TJ Bullard (son of Titus O’Neil) were part of the 12-member class listed below.

Rechsteiner, formerly a wide receiver for the Jacksonville State football team, was reportedly offered his deal in January with his brother Brandon confirming it in February during an interview.

Henry is currently a football player and amateur wrestler at Oklahoma University while Bullard plays football for the University of Central Florida.

About the WWE NIL Program

The NIL (Next In Line) program was launched in December 2021 for college athletes. NIL deals allow athletes to profit off of their name, image, and likeness while still in college — a bi-product of new NCAA policies that took effect in July 2021 following the historic Ed O’Bannon lawsuit.

About the 5th WWE NIL Class

The following are the announced athletes, their most recent college, and sport played:

  • Brock Rechsteiner (Jacksonville State, football)
  • Jacob Henry (Oklahoma, football and wrestling)
  • Meghan Walker (Nebraska, track and field)
  • TJ Bullard (Central Florida, football)
  • Madison Kaiser (Minnesota, hockey)
  • Garrett Beck (Grand Canyon, lacrosse)
  • Kerrigan Huynh (University of Central Oklahoma, track and field)
  • Fatima Katembo (LSU Shreveport, basketball)
  • Bianca Pizano (Michigan State, field hockey)
  • Gina Adams (Lynn University, basketball)
  • Hidetora Hanada (Colorado State, football)
  • Zuriel Jimenez (Columbia University, track and field)

Scott Steiner comments on sons potentially joining WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Scott Steiner initially didn’t want his sons Brock and Brandon to become professional wrestlers, but it now seems like a realistic possibility.

Brock and Brandon Rechsteiner are both college athletes, with Brock playing football for Jacksonville State and Brandon playing basketball for Virginia Tech. Brock has already signed a WWE NIL deal, while Brandon considers pro wrestling to be a “pretty cool backup plan” depending on how things work out with his basketball career.

While appearing on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Scott Steiner said WWE started to show interest in his son Brock after he had a couple of standout performances in football games that aired on ESPN. Brock has been talking to his cousin Bron Breakker — the current WWE Intercontinental Champion — and is interested in becoming a wrestler. Though Scott never really wanted his sons to get into the business, he feels now is a good time with WWE thriving and AEW providing competition.

“I’m not sure,” Scott responded when asked if both Brock and Brandon will follow in his wrestling footsteps. “They both loved it when they were kids and when I wrestled. All sudden when I stopped they really didn’t pay attention to it too much. So I don’t know. Well, the thing that came about with Brock, because Brock, Brandon, and Bronson [Bron Breakker], and there’s a couple other guys get in sometimes, sometimes Brandon’s basketball friends or Bronson’s other guys at wrestling, they’ll play video games. So with Brock talking to Bronson all the time, and of course he’s on a trajectory that’s unbelievable. And he’s having fun. So he talks to Brock, then one thing led to another and he got the bug. He went out. He wanted to do it. There’s not a better time to be in wrestling, because there’s two [promotions]. WWE is doing phenomenal. Then you got AEW, so it’s always good to have competition. So I never really wanted them to go into wrestling, but I let them do what they want to do.”

Brandon Rechsteiner told the Miami Herald last month that, if he does become a wrestler, he likes the idea of forming a Bloodline-like faction with himself, his brother Brock, and their cousin Breakker.

The Steiners (Scott and Rick) were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2022.

Scott Steiner’s son Brock signs WWE NIL deal

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The pathway is open for Scott Steiner’s son Brock to join WWE once he’s done with football.

A wide receiver for Jacksonville State, Brock Rechsteiner will be a redshirt senior next season. He’s expressed interest in becoming a pro wrestler once his football career ends — and Scott Steiner revealed last month that Brock had been offered a WWE NIL deal by Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

While the news was all but confirmed when Scott tweeted out a picture of Brock wearing a WWE NIL shirt, Scott’s other son Brandon Rechsteiner — a basketball player for Virginia Tech — confirmed to the Miami Herald that his brother has signed the WWE NIL offer.

“My brother, he’ll be a superstar in the WWE, for sure. Growing up, I was the big WWE fan. I mean, I had every action figure. I was the biggest WWE fan. You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t going to be John Cena when I was younger. And then I kind of — I was just that kid that was trying to go against everything,” Brandon said. “So my dad was a Michigan fan, I wanted Ohio State to win. My dad was a wrestler, I was like, ‘I don’t want to wrestle. I want to play basketball.’ Like, I was that kid. But when I was young-young, I loved it. And then when I was in middle school, I was like, ‘I’m not going to wrestle.’

“But now — my dream for me and my brother would both be to do the best we can in what we do — which him for football, me for basketball. And then, for my brother, I know he really wants to [be in] WWE. He has signed an NIL deal with WWE. So my dream for him would be to do really good in football, try to take it to the NFL, whatever that means, and then — he will be a WWE Superstar because he’s so talented and he has the charisma that my dad has.”

For himself, Brandon sees WWE as a “pretty cool backup plan.” He loves basketball and wants to try and make it professionally, whether that means the NBA, G League, or overseas. If he does end up in WWE, Brandon thinks it would be cool to form a tag team with his brother or a faction with them and their cousin Bron Breakker.

“We [could] do like a little Bloodline or something like that — just take it over,” Brandon said.

WWE launched its NIL (Next in Line) program in 2021, creating a pipeline between college athletics and NXT. Athletes who sign NIL deals receive support from WWE while in college and may be offered a full WWE developmental contract upon completion of the program.

The Steiner Brothers & Bron Breakker to appear on WWE Table for 3

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Steiner family will be featured on the next episode of WWE Table for 3.

A new episode of Table for 3 titled “Steiner Diner” will premiere on Peacock/WWE Network this Friday (September 23). It will be a conversation with The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) and Rick’s son Bron Breakker.

Breakker inducted his father and uncle into the WWE Hall of Fame over WrestleMania 38 weekend this April. Rick Steiner also made several appearances on NXT this year during Breakker’s feud with Joe Gacy.

Since debuting on NXT in September 2021, Breakker has held the NXT Championship twice. He defeated Tyler Bate at Worlds Collide earlier this month to unify the NXT Championship with the NXT United Kingdom Championship.

Table for 3, which had been on hiatus since 2019, returned with new episodes starting this April. Kurt Angle, Chad Gable & Otis; Carmella, R-Truth & Dana Brooke; The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander); The Bone Street Krew (The Undertaker, The Godfather, Rikishi, Mideon & Henry O. Godwinn); and Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley & Zelina Vega have appeared on recent episodes of the show.

The Steiner Brothers to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Joseph Currier

One of the greatest tag teams of all time is set to take their place in the WWE Hall of Fame.

It was announced via The Ringer today that The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this Friday. They join The Undertaker, Vader, Queen Sharmell, and Warrior Award recipient Shad Gaspard in this year’s Hall of Fame class.

The Hall of Fame ceremony is taking place after SmackDown at the American Airlines Center in Dallas this Friday night. The ceremony will air live on Peacock/WWE Network.

The Steiner Brothers were seven-time WCW Tag Team Champions together, two-time WWF Tag Team Champions, and two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. Rick and Scott Steiner are both also former WCW United States and WCW Television Champions, while Scott held the WCW World Championship one time.

This will be the first time that Scott Steiner has appeared for WWE in nearly two decades. Scott was banned from attending the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony after an incident with Hulk Hogan’s then-wife where he allegedly threatened Hogan.

The day after the Hall of Fame ceremony, Rick Steiner’s son Bron Breakker will challenge Dolph Ziggler for the NXT Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver. Rick was in the audience when Breakker won the NXT title for the first time this January. Though Rick wasn’t shown during the episode, WWE uploaded video of Rick celebrating Breakker’s title win with him after the show went off the air:

Daily Update: UFC notes, Scott Steiner, Eita

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

DAILY UPDATE

Latest News:

Latest Audio:

WON NEWSLETTER: August 3, 2020 Observer Newsletter: WWE has most profitable quarter ever

The most in-depth look at WWE business is the focal point of this week’s double issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE set an all-time record for profits even while having no revenue from arena shows or live event merchandise. We go through the key places the cost savings came from and how reliant the company is now on television money.  We also have notes on investors grilling Vince McMahon about the declining ratings and the firing of Paul Heyman and his responses.

The new issue also covers:

Huge growth in June of the WWE Network, the reasons it happened, and whether or not it’s sustainable. We give a realistic reason for the growth as well as a WWE-speak version. We look at the change in marketing strategy and the early returns from this change; We look at where analysts were wrong about profitability, how the stock price rose, and why the rising level wasn’t that much because of many analysts long-term concern and why.

The difference in tax rate, current market value of the company, why the big talent cuts played no part in these profits and how the profits should go once that talent that was let go is no longer being paid.

What the company is now talking about doing with all the extra cash on hand because the pandemic greatly helped short-term business.

Where the stock price really should be based on the sure-fire profits through 2024, and why it’s still much lower. We also look at the Raw and Smackdown numbers for quarter two, how they compare to last year, and break through  just the numbers to look at the impact of wrestling on the USA Network both last year and this year.

More changes in the WWE Network strategy, updates on WrestleMania in Los Angeles, how soon Vince McMahon thinks before ratings turn around, building new stars, Vince’s reason why AEW numbers are holding up better than Raw or Smackdown, safety measures, and even the WWE Hall of Fame.

The health of Antonio Inoki and look at his disease.

The merger of several Japanese companies and what it really means.

We also look at long-term WWE stock analysis.

Update on Rey Mysterio and WWE, WWE hires a new major executive from NBC, Update on people furloughed, departure of Kairi Sane, constant booking plan changes, Randy Orton talks philosophy of wrestling, Lance Storm talks his own status, Xavier Woods wants non-wrestling gig, Kurt Angle talks his retirement, where wrestlnig stands in sports ratings, update on U.K. ratings, strange Bruce Prichard/Nick Aldis story, return of Kyle O’Reilly as well as the most watched shows on the WWE Network.

A feature on Regis Philbin and his long association with pro wrestling. We look at where it started, where it didn’t take place, how Philbin started using WWF talent and what segment nearly ended it.

New Japan’s Sengoku Lord show with match-by-match coverage, business notes, poll results and star ratigns. We also look at the history of pro wrestling at Jingu Stadium, why New Japan booked a stadium show with such little advance time, the creation of the new KOPW title, and the famous world champion vs world champion match at the stadium in 1994.

This past week’s UFC show, the final event of the Abu Dhabi Fight Island series.

The career of Zoltan Boscik, one of the great technical wrestlers of the 60s and 70s and a television regular. Despite being less than 150 pounds and having nothing of an impressive look, Boscik was a two-time British lightweight champion and a regular world title contender.

Ratings of all the major shows, the key demos and quarters for AEW and WWE, what happened head-to-head and what can be learned from them.

Results of all the major pro wrestling events around the world over the past week. 

ORDERING INFO: Order the print Wrestling Observer right now and get it delivered via mail, by sending your name, address, Visa or Master Card number and an expiration date to [email protected] or by going to www.paypal.com directing funds to [email protected].

Rates in the United States are $14.50 for 4 issues, $35.50 for 12, $70 for 24, $116 for 40 and $149.50 for 52.

In Canada and Mexico, the rates are $16 for 4, $27 for 8, $38.50 for 12, $76 for 24, $126 for 40 and $162.50 for 52.

For the rest of the world, rates are $18 for 4, $48.50 for 12, $93 for 24, $155 for 40 and $201.50 for 52.

If you order by mail with a check, cash or money order to P.O. Box 1228, Campbell, CA 95009-1228, you can get $1 off in every price range.

SUNDAY NEWS UPDATE

Our weekend show is on the site right now, talking about Rollerball Mark Rocco, WWE financials, different tournaments, WWE draft and Eric Bischoff. We will have a new show after Raw tomorrow night.

Both Japan and Australia who seemed to have a handle on COVID-19 and started easing restrictions, have had recent outbreaks. Since their recovery was far ahead of ours, this is not a good sign. Here is a story on Japan.

The famed Shoney’s in Acworth, GA that Scott Steiner owned announced today that it is closing, with COVID-19’s effect on business being the cause.

Trevin Giles, who collapsed backstage prior to his scheduled fight with Kevin Holland on the UFC show, at first thought to be due to nerves, was diagnosed with a heart irregularity. Joanne Calderwood, who was also hospitalized after collapsing backstage after her loss to Jennifer Maia, was released from the hospital and is resting at home. Apparently when she collapsed, her coach/fiance John Wood was right there and caught her before she hit the floor or she could have been injured from the fall.

Dana White said that Maia, with her win, will get a shot at flyweight world champion Valentina Shevchenko.

Eita captured the Open the Dream Gate title beating Naruki Doi in 31:46 on today’s show in Wakayama that is up on the Dragon Gate Network. The tag titles also changed hands with Kota Minoura & Jason Lee winning the titles from Kazma Sakamoto & BxB Hulk.   

WWE

  • Roman Reigns will be appearing on The R-Truth Game show on the WWE Network.  So if you read people teasing Roman Reigns return to WWE television is imminent, it’s misleading clickbait.
  • During last night’s Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins NHL game, the league paid tribute to local heroes in each of the Eastern Conference cities. For Tampa Bay,one of the names listed was Thaddeus Bullard, which is the real name of Titus O’Neil. O’Neil noted that this was done due to his work and support of “We Skate for Black Lives,” a local campaign he was involved with.

UFC

  • Nick Diaz, who is still on the roster but hasn’t fought in forever, turned 37 today.  In 13 years he may look back and realize the opportunity was there to be set for life and then some, and then again, maybe he won’t care about that at all.
  • Mike Perry, after all his issues, tweeted this last night:  “I want to be a better role model for my family.  First for my unborn son. My Queen and for myself, so I can earn the respect I deserve. To my sponsors and my bosses at UFC, I want to apologize for how my actions have impacted our relationships. I will be better all around.”    
  • Tanner Boser, who has won two fights by stoppage in the last few weeks, is slated to face Andrei Arlovski on the 10/3 UFC show. 

AEW

  • PWInsider has reported that Chris Jericho has applied for a trademark for the term “Demo God”.
  • The AEW women’s tag team tournament starts tomorrow on a YouTube show that will be released at 7 p.m.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • One of the U.K.’s top heavyweights of the last 30 years, Tony St. Clair went through a horrible 24 hour period.  His wife, who had been battling cancer for two decades, passed away, and then Rollerball Rocco, his best friend since before they both started in wrestling, passed away.
  • Nothing this past week made Google searches. This would be the first UFC show since the pandemic to have not cracked the list so it likely had the least interest.  Nothing in pro wrestling, MMA or boxing over the past week was of any significant mainstream interest.
  • ROH has put up a job listing for a Graphic Designer
  • IPW results from last night in Auckland, New Zealand: Charlie Roberts b Hours, Vinny Dunn b Sam Black, Will Stone b Zac Hyde, Falcon Kidd b Marcus Kool, Sir Mr. Burns won four-way over Matty Short, Liger and T-Rex, Candy Lee b Frankie Quinn to keep women’s title, Jake Sheehan b Jamie Tagataese to win the New Zealand heavyweight title in a fans bring the weapons match.
  • FS1 tonight at midnight (9 p.m. Pacific) is airing Roller Games with the Los Angeles T-Birds. I believe this is the 1990 Alligator Pit season as opposed to the popular version from the 60s and 70s but i’m not sure of that. But FS2 aired it last night as well.  
  • Adelaide Championship Wrestling returns on 8/22 (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
  • A story on George Kittle’s garage and that he has WrestleMania chairs. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)

Daily Pro Wrestling History: Ron Simmons wins WCW World title

CONTACT INFORMATION

Rick Steiner’s son signs NFL contract with Baltimore Ravens

Posted on by Josh Nason

The man once known as “The Dog Faced Gremlin” might have to adjust his nickname after his son signed his first NFL deal with a different kind of animal.

Bronson Rechsteiner, a fullback with Kennesaw State (Georgia) is one of 20 undrafted rookies that will be signed by the Baltimore Ravens over the next few weeks. He is the son of Rick Steiner, former WCW and WWE tag team champion, and the nephew of former WCW triple crown champion Scott Steiner.

The news drew plenty of praise from those in wrestling including Jim Ross and Eric Bischoff while Scott joked on Twitter, “141 2/3% chance this was a great pick!!!”

The 6’0″, 230-pound Rechsteiner led the Owls with 909 rushing yards in 2019 and hit 35 bench press reps at the college’s pro day, which would have been third best at the NFL Combine. An ESPN article mentioned that it will be hard for Rechsteiner to earn a spot on the team given they have a Pro Bowl fullback already, but that he has talked about becoming a pro wrestler in the past.

His father and uncle were standout amateur wrestlers at the University of Michigan, but never played football. Rechsteiner is one of three sons for the 59-year-old Rick who currently sells real estate.

TNA One Night Only results: Rhino vs. Madman Fulton

Posted on by Antonio Garza

Airing following tonight’s edition of Impact Wrestling, this One Night Only special was originally intended as the go-home show for the TNA: No Place Like Home show during WrestleMania week which was unfortunately cancelled like everything else that week. As a result, some of the matches referred to didn’t end up happening but were left in.

The cold open video was a look back at TNA and Impact’s history, their roster through the years, and their champions. In the commentary booth tonight are David Penzer and Scott D’Amore.

Hernandez defeated “The Natural” Chase Stevens

Stevens tried to start strong, but was easily sent down with a headbutt. Hernandez went for the Border Toss, but Stevens escaped and hit a German instead. Hernandez hit a springboard shoulder tackle, but Stevens later came back with a running clothesline and a dropkick to Hernandez, who was in the ropes. Followed by a superplex, Stevens got a two count. That was it for Hernandez who hit the Border Toss for the pin and win in a near squash.

**********

– D’Amore and Penzer ran down the card and we got a good video package on the Knockouts: a rundown on some of the biggest moments and biggest title reigns. You forget some of the spots these ladies used to take. 

– Jimmy Jacobs then interviewed Gail Kim and she talked about the Knockouts Gauntlet and who she wondered would appear. 

– We got a video package of when Don Callis, many inches of hair ago, introduced the idea of the Ultimate X match. We also got a quick highlight reel of some of the historic spots in those matches.

– Jacobs interviewed Ace Austin about defending his championship in an Ultimate X match on this TNA nostalgia show. Austin said that he didn’t win his first Ultimate X, but he also wasn’t a champion then. Now he is and he’ll do anything to defend his title. 

Suicide & Manik defeated Johnny Swinger & Kid Kash

Kid Kash looks to be in fantastic shape. Is it revisionist history that Manik and Suicide are not the same wrestler anymore? Penzer made reference to it and D’Amore said that WIkipedia was wrong.

Swinger and Kash jumped the masked men to start the match. Manik was able to rally and hit a double dropkick to get rid of Kash. Along with Suicide, he then hit three Poetry in Motions on Swinger. 

Back from commercial, Manik was still working over Swinger as he locked in the Pentagon Jr. armbreaker on him. Suddenly, as Manik ran the ropes, Kash caught him with a kick to turned the match around. Kash and Swinger worked over Manik, using several quick tags to swap out on the offense. Eventually, Manik managed to escape and dodge Kash to get the tag. 

Suicide took on both men with a series of kicks and enzuigiris. Manik and Suicide hit the tranquilo swerve on the ropes and sent both Kash and Swinger to the floor, followed by over the top rope planchas. 

Back in the ring, Manik hit a top rope crossbody, followed by a swanton by Suicide for the win. This was a good match and Kash and Swinger were surprisingly good in it.

**********

– We got a video package about the King of the Mountain match rules. It’s been an ongoing joke for the last few weeks on Impact that there are so many rules, no one remembers them all and that it takes too long to explain either way. 

– “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner then came out to the ring, sold as the unpredictable Steiner having a live mic. He said that he is the reason why T&A shows up on TNA and that a lot of people on the Internet say he’s not politically correct and not part of the PC culture, which, unfortunately for society, got a big pop. 

Steiner talked about an upcoming match teaming with Petey Williams and then proceeded to cut his third or fourth installment of his infamous math promo.

Suddenly, Joey Ryan interrupted Steiner. Ryan, doing his Right to Censor gimmick, said that Steiner should have been cancelled a long time ago just like TNA was. Ryan invited Steiner to join him in Cancel Culture as “Big Proper Pump.”

Ryan offered Steiner a handshake, but Steiner instead hit a clothesline and tossed him out of the ring. This was underwhelming on all accounts. 

– Raven talked about how the Raven’s Clockwork Orange House of Fun match was created. He mostly said that it was a match designed to match his own psyche and that the purpose was to scar people.

Rhino defeated Madman Fulton by DQ

Fulton rushed Rhino, but Rhino was ready and caught him with some punches and a clothesline to the outside. They brawled a bit outside the ring, ramming each other to the ringpost. Back in the ring, Fulton had the upper hand and tackled Rhino into the corner, stomping him several times. Rhino kept trying to come back with punches, but Fulton would cut him off over and over. 

Fulton went to the top rope for a headbutt, but Rhino moved out of the way and recovered. Rhino punched and chopped Fulton, took him down with elbows, tackled him into the corner, and hit a belly-to-belly before setting up the Gore. 

Jake and Dave Crist came down and attacked Rhino for the DQ, so I guess it really was a TNA show. Tommy Dreamer came down to make the save and fought all the Crists, but oVe still had the numbers advantage and took him down.

The lights went out and then, Raven was in the ring with a kendo stick. He attacked the Crist brothers and sent them packing. Raven offered Dreamer a helping hand, a hug, and then took out his old rival with the stick. 

Raven then left and once again, oVe attacked Dreamer and Rhino until Manik and Suicide came down for the save. 

Kash, Stevens, and Swinger then ran out to brawl and attacked Manik and Suicide. Hernandez also came out because it’s not TNA if there’s not a brawl happening somewhere in the arena. Kash and Hernandez did matching dives on everyone else as the show went off the air.

Final Thoughts:

This wasn’t really a good show as the tag match was the only thing worth checking out. This failed as a go home to the nostalgia show or even as a history special.

Scott Steiner ‘doing well’ following collapse at Impact TV taping

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Scott Steiner is reportedly “doing well” after collapsing backstage at an Impact Wrestling taping.

Sean Ross Sapp reported tonight that Steiner collapsed while filming pre tapes for a TNA-themed episode of Impact tonight in Atlanta, Georgia. Pro Wrestling Sheet later reported that he was worked on by paramedics on-scene and was eventually taken to the emergency room.

“Im at the hospital right now w/ @ScottDAmore @JoeyRyanOnline,” Tommy Dreamer wrote on Twitter. “Scott Steiner is doing well. And under great care. Say a prayer for Big Poppa Pump. Holla if ya hear me.”

“For all concerned parties @ScottSteiner is OK,” wrote Scott D’Amore, EVP of Impact Wrestling. “His family is grateful for everybody’s concern and support.”

Steiner made his debut for TNA back in 2006 and is most famous for his run with The Main Event Mafia stable. He made sporadic appearances throughout the last decade, most recently teaming with former protege Petey Williams and Jordynne Grace during Impact’s Unbreakable event last August.

Scott Steiner, Petey Williams set for TNA: There’s No Place Like Home

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Update —

Petey Williams has also been confirmed for TNA: There’s No Place Like Home.

**********

Scott Steiner is returning to Impact Wrestling for their TNA revival show in Tampa, Florida.

It was announced today that Steiner is set for TNA: There’s No Place Like Home: “BREAKING: There’s a 141 2⁄3% that @ScottSteiner will be returning for TNA: There’s No Place Like Home on April 3rd as part of @wrestlecon because he’s a genetic freak and he’s not normal.”

Steiner is the fifth wrestler announced for the event, joining D’Lo Brown, Ken Anderson, Chris Sabin, and “Wildcat” Chris Harris. Brown and Anderson are representing Aces & Eights.

Steiner challenged Aron Stevens for the NWA National Championship at the NWA’s Hard Times pay-per-view last Friday. Steiner won by disqualification, with The Question Mark interfering so that Stevens would keep the title.

TNA: There’s No Place Like Home is taking place at The Ritz Ybor City on Friday, April 3. The show will also be available live via Fite TV.

Impact noted yesterday that they’ll be announcing names for There’s No Place Like Home at noon Eastern time and 6 p.m. Eastern time for the next couple of days.

NWA Power results: Strictly Business vs. Team Morton

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

Editor’s Note: You can watch tonight’s episode here.

The show opened showing the debut of Scott Steiner on NWA Power from last week, and Nick Aldis’ shocking run-in at Sunday’s Ring of Honor show.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express made their way out to ringside. Ricky Morton wanted the young wrestlers to listen. He said the first thing they have always done was put the fans first, and that they paved the way for all the young guys to make millions of dollars. He said he was like the fans, though, because he had to get up before the sun was up and work hard to pay the bills to take care of his family.

Morton said they have fought the best in the world and they accept NWA World Champion Nick Aldis’ stipulations from last week: if Team Morton wins tonight’s six-man main event, Morton gets a NWA title shot. Robert Gibson said that he wasn’t going to tell yet about who was on the team, letting them wonder.

— The brackets for the NWA Television tournament were announced with two mystery spots open. Ziggy Dice was at ringside and asked, “What has Ricky Starks done to deserve being in this tournament?” Starks replied with several graphic things said about Dice’s mother and that he went toe to toe with Aldis.

NWA World Television Championship Tournament: Zane Dawson defeated Dave Dawson

Dave and Zane tried to overpower each other several times, exchanging shoulder tackles and big splashes. Zane hit a flying shoulder tackle for two. Zane hit the ropes, but Dave hit an impressive flying kick. Dave ran at Zane, but Zane moved and Dave hit the middle turnbuckle face first.

Zane ripped at Dave’s shirt and started chopping him, but Dave went after Zane’s injured hand. The referee pushed Dave away, and as his back was turned, Zane hit a huge right hand with the cast to pin Dave and advance. However, he was yelling in pain and looked like he injured his hand further.

— We got a video package focusing on the recent Colt Cabana/Ken Anderson tag team issues. Cabana said he believed in Anderson, that he believed in their tag team, and he needed to get into Anderson’s headspace so that they could get in the game. Anderson said he wasn’t bitter and believed he was in the right headspace. It seems like we have a feud developing between those two which could be fun.

Melina defeated Ashley Vox

Vox immediately hit a shotgun dropkick, but Melina countered a corner charge and hit a dropkick to Vox’s knee. Melina threw Vox into the corner, but she slipped through the middle rope and hit a head scissors. Melina bumped weird for it and botched flipping over. Vox went for a cannonball in the corner, but Melina dodged and proceeded to stomp on Vox and choke her on the ropes.

Melina ate a headbutt from Vox, but countered with a kick, and then landed another one. Vox rolled her up, but Melina kicked out and hit a few more strikes. Both women exchanged forearms, and Vox slipped behind and went for the Reel Catch, but Melina countered into a standing leg drop while doing the split for the pinfall. Melina was no good at all in this match. Vox is a great worker which helped it a lot, but she was badly exposed in this one.

Melina said her sights are on the title and called out NWA women’s champion Allysin Kay to let her know her plans for next week. Kay came out and said she was ready to fight and was ready now, but Melina said she wanted her to prepare and be ready to compete next week for the title.

— We got video footage of Nick Aldis coming to Ring of Honor, saying that they shouldn’t have come to his territory. On Saturday, he attacked Flip Gordon and targeted Villain Enterprises, calling Marty Scurll out. Aldis claimed that he was the real world’s champion. We then got footage from Sunday’s ROH show when Aldis was doing a promo and Gordon was part of a group who ran him out of the arena. Aldis called out Gordon for a match at NWA Hard Times which is now the main event of the PPV.

— The Pope came out with Eddie Kingston and Homicide, and said he was their advisor, but not manager. He wanted to help them get opportunities, pointing out that Aron Stevens was the NWA National Champion, but refused to defend his title. He had a challenge for Stevens and Question Mark, saying if they wanted to become great, they needed to take them on.

NWA National Champion Aron Stevens & The Question Mark defeated Eddie Kingston & Homicide

Kingston blocked a kick from Stevens and gave him the look of death. Stevens screamed and rolled to the outside. He came back in and Homicide tagged in and landed a chop and then a big running forearm in the corner. Homicide tried to do it again, but Stevens moved, and he crashed shoulder first into the corner, immediately causing him to sell the injury from previous weeks.

Stevens drove Homicide shoulder first into the turnbuckle and started attacking the arm viciously. Stevens continued to work over the arm with submissions and cheap shots with the ropes. Homicide hit a back body drop on Stevens, and Kingston ran in and started biting and attacking Stevens.

Question Mark came in and hit the Mongrovian Spike on Kingston, which drove him to the mat, holding his throat. As Homicide was going for the Cop Killa on Stevens, Homicide’s shoulder went out and Question Mark hit Homicide with the Spike, enabling Stevens to get the pin.

I liked the psychology of this match with the working over Homicide’s arm and him unable to hit his finisher because of it. I also like selling a throat thrust. Getting jabbed in the throat would not be something pleasant, and it makes sense to sell it.

— Aldis came out and welcomed Scott Steiner, saying that he was one of the men that mentored him when no one else would. Steiner said that the first time he saw him, he knew Aldis was going to be a world champion. Steiner said he wakes up in the morning and wants to punch people in the face. He brought out the original NWA World Tag Team Championship and talked about how he and Rick beat everyone up in front of them. He said Ricky and Robert were two people he wanted to beat up, always hated them, and that he was going to kick their asses for thinking they are the greatest of all time.

Team Morton (Robert Gibson, Eli Drake & Tim Storm) defeated Strictly Business (Tom Latimer, Royce Isaacs & Scott Steiner) to earn Ricky Morton an NWA World title shot

Latimer started the match by beating on Drake and whipping him into the corner. Drake managed to tag out to Gibson, and both men hit a double back elbow on Latimer. Gibson threw a few right hands and tagged out to Storm, who worked over Latimer’s arm. Latimer punched Storm in the throat and tagged out, but Storm caught Isaacs in a fallaway slam and a running boot.

Drake hit an elbow drop on Issacs for a two count. Isaacs pulled Drake from the middle rope, and he crashed into the top turnbuckle. Steiner tagged in and hit some chops in the corner on Drake before hitting a belly-to-belly on Drake before tagging out to Latimer. Latimer hit a back elbow for two and tagged out to Isaacs.

Isaacs hit a big back suplex on Drake and tagged out to Steiner. Steiner hit a huge overhead belly-to-belly suplex on Drake and tagged out to Isaacs who continued the assault on Drake. Drake finally managed to tag out to Gibson who hit a sunset flip on Isaacs for a two count and then locked on a sleeper hold. Chaos ensued when Latimer broke it up as everyone ended up on the outside. Drake hit a jawbreaker on Isaacs and Gibson rolled him up for the three count to earn his partner an NWA world title match next week.

This was a very simple tag match, but absolutely worked for the audience, who were into every spot and the heat of the match. Every guy was utilized to shine, and the legends weren’t embarrassed by showing how much they aged. This was very well done.

**********

I really liked this episode of NWA Power. We got the big match announcement of Gordon vs. Aldis, presumably for the NWA title should Adlis defeat Morton next week. The whole show also set up more of the TV title tournament which leads nicely into next week. This was great stuff.