I find it absolutely insane that a guy who has no real talent in the ring other than a sloppy Hurricarana has so much to say about everyone else in the business who could work a match. Hogan doesn't wrestle, and arguably Flair's matches were predictable, but he could make someone else look good. I think big poppa pump needs to look inward. He wasn't respected because he didn't have half the talent of his brother. He wasn't respected because as a singles wrestler, he never worked at anything truly above mid-card. When you've been in the business 36 years, then you can dog on Flair, and if and when he can learn to construct full sentences that don't sound worse than my sixth grader, then you can dog on Hunter. Until then, I suggest Scott Steiner shut his pie-hole, because really... Scott - honestly, outside of your matches with Doom with your brother back in the late 80s early 90s, you've never had a great match, because you're not a great wrestler. That;s ok. Man's got to know his limitations... and yours are very real. You're a good mid-card wrestler, but your not even close to main event talent as a single, back then or now.

If this guy wrestled as well as he winges and complains about other people, he'd be the main event draw for the next 20 years
Rob

Kevin , myself being a longtime Steiner fan I appreciate the follow - up . Too bad we can't have weekly Steiner installments ! Holla' if ya hear me !

I believe Steiner to some extent but not fully, some things he said (eg. HBK & Hogan) seemed a bit made-up to me. And, all the good comments about Kurt Angle seem to come out for the sole reason that Kurt jumped from WWE to TNA

You could probably do a million interviews with Scott Steiner, and I'd read every one of them word for word.

Not sure how much of it is entirely true, but it's entertaining as hell.

I admire Steiner for speaking his mind...he has seen a lot in his wrestling life and is entitled to his opinion. Maybe he does have some sour grapes, maybe what he says is true. We only have his word for it. Unfortunately business is business... you have to screw some people to get ahead in it. In Triple H's case, it was quite literal!

Though given his comments on Flair about Andre The Giant and indeed what he said to Sting, would he still have the same opinion of his pal Hogan, given what has recently transpired with him?

Great interview. Enjoy this kind of stuff.

WOW, I've never been a steiner fan until now. Great interview.

Stiener is such an jerk. There is a reason why he was never anything but a glorified mid-card player. There was a lot more to Triple H's career between the pig slop match and his relationship with Stephanie McMahon, that's fact. So what if Flair, H and Micheals didn't fit his pathetic ideals. He only seems to have respect for people that made him money or fit his concept of a thug. The steroids have definitely taken their toll on this idiots mind. Stay in the minors Scott, it's where you always belonged anyway.

Scott Steiner is GOD, he tells it like it is. While Flair may have been a better "wrestler" Hogan by far surpassed Flair in putting "butts in seats''. U need to keep bringing this guy back, he is money.

Steiner is just an idiot.

Ric Flair will always be a legend. Steiner will always be a footnote.

Steiner can't come up with a reason for why the entire WWE roster was crying at Flair's HOF speech. Big Show might cry easily, but why were guys like Stone Cold, Cena, and Edge also crying their eyes out? You see its because Ric Flair has something Scott Steiner will never have- the respect of his peers.

Nobody sacrificed and made their opponents looks better in the ring then Flair. He probably lost more times then he won,

He became NWA champion all those times, not because of backstage politics, but because the regional promoters kept voting him the champ, because Flair was the man who could put people in the seats consistently.

The thing about Wahoo McDaniel is a straight up lie. Those two loved each other. Thats why Wahoo was the first person there when Flair came out of a coma in 1975 after his plane crash in Virginia.

Flair didn't mess with backstage politics in WCW like the NWO morons did. If he had so much stroke backstage, why did Flair allow himself to lose to people like Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff?

Someone should also tell Steiner that he doesn't have to keep kissing Hogan's butt, its not 1998 anymore.

Ric Flair was such a better worker then Hogan, its not even funny. Hogan was selfish jerk who cared about himself more then the business.
Why else did Hogan force Orton and HBK to job to him in his last two WWE matches? Flair would have never done that he would have willingly
put those two guys over.

Also Steiner's boy Hogan would have never came to WCW if it wasn't for Flair going out of his way to convince him to come.

I'm sorry to go on so long, but Scott Steiner needs to be put in his place about Ric Flair. Everything he says is wrong.

Seriously, you guys should pitch your own reality TV show right now call it "Kev and Scott." Will he strangle a fan because 'that's what heels do"? Will he holla at his skanks? Will he separate a muscle walking down flight of stairs? Tune in.

Scott Steiner is a fool, i can see that from all the way over here in London. He might be right about it being weird that Flair loves being champ so much (if the Sting story is true) but whatever he says, fans love Flair so he still is a massive draw. To say otherwise is ignoring the facts. When RAW came to the O2 in London recently and Jericho came out to Flair’s music the whole place went frickin’ crazy at the prospect of Flair showing up, one of the best reactions all night.

The fact that he respects Hogan over Flair says a lot I think. As much as Hogan was a phenomenon he really can’t wrestle very well at all. He works the crowd, goes through the motions and gets huge reactions but he can’t actually properly wrestle. Ignoring his freaky personal life (seriously, what is wrong with the Hogans?) I would think that Hogan would be the standout icon for fans but Flair would be the stand out icon for wrestlers. Even if it is just because of the sheer longevity of his career. How can that not merit some respect?

And saying HHH only got big after Steph is crap. He was in DX when he was with Chyna and that was the start of him getting big, I’m not saying it hasn’t helped that he is Vince’s son in law but you can’t say he cant wrestle…or handle a mic…or draw a crowd. Steiner seems to think they just give Flair & HHH the belts…and then the fans hate it. The fact is that they both are amazing at building up to a championship and then holding it as heel or face. They are both top workers and the fans love them. They make great champs. Simple as that.

I don’t doubt for one minute that Flair has screwed people over in his career, and it’s no secret his booking is messy to say the least, but I think in his later years…his WWE years, he had no choice but to buckle under and go with the flow because there was no alternative, no other promotions to go to. He finished his career with style and class.
From the sounds of things everyone was pretty cut throat in the territory system, they had to be. So to pick him out as a cut throat is dumb. He was just smart, siding with people that could advance his career and keep him in the top spot for so long. Whats wrong with that? Championships = top spot at shows = more money. So why the heck wouldn’t you want to be champion.

If you ask me Steiner seems to be the one who is obsessed with titles, he never stops talking about them. I’m sure Freud would have something to say about that.

Oh, and I can tell you who I respect more just by comparing the physique of Flair and Steiner. Genetic freak? No. Juicer? Make your own mind up.

I think this interview proves that Scott Steiner likes to talk a lot more than he likes to think.

Seriously? He trashes Flair, Shawn, and Trips, but sings the praises of Hogan? Clearly, Steiner is living under some sort of delusional train wreck.

I'm not saying that Flair, Trips, or even Shawn are bastions of humility or what have you, but Hogan continues to prove that his morals are questionable at best, he feels the same sense of entitlement that created his backstage politics in the first place, and is generally not a good person.

Angle is an Olympic Champion, and that's awesome. I don't argue that he deserves a great deal of respect for that accomplishment. Personally, I continue to be concerned about Angle's physical health. The man constantly tends to put his physical well-being aside to maintain his spot in the ring. I like watching Angle; I don't want to see him severely injured beyond repair. (That was mostly off topic, I know.) Back to where I was intending to go with this, I do respect Angle for his accomplishments. I am not, however, inspired by him as a person. Conversely, I respect Shawn Michaels and am inspired by the journey he's taken to becoming a better person.

Oh, and his comments about the Hogan/Trips match? Hogan put effort in for guys he felt like it. That did not include Trips. Hell, Shawn had to carry Hogan to a decent match. And, despite the fact that Rock wasn't the most technically skilled of wrestlers, even he had to carry Hogan.

Thinking about accomplishments, however, in Steiner's view, how can he not respect the career of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, or Ric Flair? Fact of the matter is that no man has more MOTY awards that Shawn Michaels. WIth a record 8 awards, his closest competition is Bruno Sammartino, who has 5. Both Trips and Shawn carried the WWE on their backs in difficult times, and Flair and Shawn are widely regarded as two of the greatest workers of all time.

In my opinion, there are two separate categories for the greatest of all time. The wrestlers that draw the money (Austin, Rock, Hogan, Triple H etc.) and the wrestlers that are spectacular in the ring (Shawn, Flair, Sammartino, etc.).

Funny how no one regards Steiner in either of those categories.

Steiner = Gold Mine

if a guy has creative control written into his contract, that isn't a case of extreme backstage politics? Hogan's politics (along with Kevin Nash) helped to bring about the end of WCW. Or is Steiner going to somehow find a way to blame Flair for that one too? The only difference between the aceeptablity of Flair and Hogan's use of influence is that Steiner hated Flair and liked Hogan.

He has many good points. Triple H has had a lot of terrible main event matches. If he weren't booking them, he wouldn't be in them.

And it's not like we haven't heard this stuff about Flair and Michaels already. Anyone who watched Wrestling with Shadows knows full well that Shawn Michaels was a coward. Didn't JR just call the young Shawn a turd a few weeks ago?

Stiner you are a piece of garbage we have seen you night in and night out and you are nothing but a freak and to bash on the godfathers past and present is just a publicity stunt. you dont deserve to lace up your boots in the same arena much less the same locker room as these men. you will never amount to anything remotely considered great in comparison to these men. sorry stiner you suck worse than disco inferno.

Best interview yet! Nobody shoots like steiner, nobody! You should turn this in to a regular deal. Maybe a monthly interview?

Wow. I'm still buying Flair's farewell triple DVD set, but I do see him in another light. Is he BSing? I don't know, but I know what I like about wrestling.

Awesome. Steiner is one of the true greats. PLEASE get more interviews with him in the future

totally right about it.triple h is an awesome athelete but not the greatest just pumped up.i am into wrestling and i am only 21.i have something in common with the hulk i don't do people like a dog is done.hulk hogan is awesome for he treats everyone right not like trash.that is what is so great about hulk hogan.

Say what you want about Flair, HHH and HBK, at least they don't run to every media outlet that expresses an interest in them and talk smack on everyone who ever irritated them.

What has Scott done lately in the wrestling business? Moved to TNA, who only can get WWE's sloppy seconds. If he has such a problem with Triple H, there is a place to settle such disputes. It's in the ring.

u gotta love steiner he ses it how itis

Most of these fans upset at Steiner fail to realize that he is right based on his view. You tell on screen who has the power in WWE, yeah WCW sucked but hey Steiner admitted that. Scott Steiner will be remembered as Tag Team Great, I grew up in wrestling, I knew what a kayfabe was at 8 yrs old. People wrestling is a business and like any business it is cut throat, what we see on TV is not what is real, look at Triple H doing those Make a wish, his smiles looked forced. I have met Jean Paul in person he's not a someone i would trust. So case in point, lay off Steiner.

Wow...I know sometimes you gotta take a wrestler's interview with a grain of salt but man, I sure enjoyed this one!

Probably the best quote in this whole interview: "Would you rather be a 16-time world champion like Flair or would you rather be like Bruno, who had a 10-year run like he had and always sold out Madison Square Garden?"

"Great" gets thrown around a LOT in wrestling these days, and to me that says Steiner still knows the proper definition of the word.

i was one of those people calling him jelous. now i agree with him on some issues as far as hogan being a man about it and flair being two faced. from what ive heard and read anyway. In that buisness you do what u have to do to get ahead and stay on top. Now i think hes a little harsh though. hes making triple h, hbk, and flair look like they have no talent what so ever. how could so many people be wrong about those three. You wouldnt find many that would say those comments. You cant tell me he wouldnt have wanted the career that they had. everyone in wrestling wants to be the best and the main event. hes mad cause his reign on top was very limited do to his mic. skills and sloppy performance in the ring. he had an amazing body as far as build went. thats it though!! i mean common, your telling me your not going to give three of the biggest superstars wrestling has ever seen any props for anything they did in there caeer? Now i think he should get out of denial and admitt there great wrestlers but on a profesional level he doesnt like them. hes the jose canseco of wrestling! just looking for drama

HAHAHA! Will Steiner ever stop blaming everyone else for his inability to be succesful? He says he didn't want to be world champion? yeah right! what a liar. They did not want him to be world champion. When he was champ it was horrible. The only thing steiner ever drew was a YAWN! Hogan is worthless and all Angle talks about is being an olympic gold medalist. It was 12 years ago get over it! Steiner is the only active wrestler that has already been forgotten. No one cares about him. Whenever he is on everyone reaches for the remote. He is just upset because he can't be Shawn or Triple H and they are absolutely havds down better than him and he knows it.

This guy has lost his mind!!!! I'm sorry he is stuck in the MINOR LEAUGE'S of Professional Wrestling at his AGE,That's on him. Ric put his time in and I may add he did it 5-7 nights a week and did it 60 minutes plus a night he didn't wrestle for 5-10 minutes 1-2 times a week like old HGH Man Scott S. He comes off as a Loser in this interview. I mean really, Isn't it all about how you treat the business once your in it ???? That kinda makes me understand why he is a TNA Legend ( LOL ). Please Vinny Mac give him one more shot and let Randy Orton Kill another Legend in his own mind. I have to say I did like the guy till this interview. Sad just Sad. Sound's like he is friends with a Sheik we all know who loves to talk crap about others in the business. Why would you talk so negitive about a man that I believe made wrestling what it is today. I would rather Style and Profile any day of the week then to eat my Vitamins. Kevin Can we get a Poll started here, Ric Flair Vs Hulk Hogan. Let's see who the fans like better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Baron

now while I enjoyed the interview, I agree with a few of the others...

Steiner is jealous... plain and simple.
He won't be remembered nearly as much as the three he lays into here.

While I am an admitted Flair lifer and HBK enthusiast, I can see where he had some merit in the Triple H area. Triple H did what it took for him to be where he is, politics or not. Although I have to wonder, had Steph had eyes for "Big Poppa Dump" instead, he might be the champ with the spinner belt right now... probably wouldn't be too jealous then.

Flair had won tag titles and few mid card belts by 1976, so he accomplished what Steiner has done in his entire career, in 4 or so years.

Steiner is simply jealous that he isn't the 16 time champ, or will never have an entire legion of people live for every move he makes, or as many as that stump of a foot will let him...

I always enjoyed the Steiners in WWE, but what drives me nuts is WWE couldn't show the match the night you beat Money INC for the titles. I'd be curious how it felt winning the tag titles.

Notice that all of Steiner's gripes aren't his own gripes, but the gripes of other people he's known? That alone says a lot about the caliber of person Steiner is.

I'm sure HHH, Michaels and Flair are no saints, but unless Steiner can give personal examples of how he was personally wronged by these men, and not someone else's stories, I'm going to file this under J for Jealousy.

Hogan vs Flair? Well let's face it, Hogan probably main evented more big houses then Flair, Hogan did have his own TV shows (remember Rock N Wrestling?) Hogan was a guest on The TOnight Show, Saturday Night Live and The A Team, so he was certainly the bigger national star. But had Vince Mcmahon not been pulling the strings, had Hogan stayed with Verne Gagne would the same things be said? Obviously not.
Someone else made this point, Flair wasn't World Champion because his friends or even just one hard nosed promoter said "he ought to be the champion" he was champion because several greedy, penny pinching promoters that wanted to draw the biggest houses possible voted him to be champion because they knew he could deliver.
What the (heck) has Scott Steiner EVER delivered? Horrible, unentertaining matches and moments.
There was a period of time in the early 90's when I feld Scott was going to be a big star because he seemed to be GREAT. Looking back on it, who was he in the ring with? Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, and THEY are the reason this mullet headed steroid freak looked good.
All I know is that as a fan I never ONCE said "Ohh I have to buy a ticket, SCOTT STEINER is going to be there" or "OOOOH SCOTT STEINER is going to be on TV tonight I have to watch that"
Holla if ya hear me!!

I like how all the marks come out to bury steiner and stick up for flair,michaels and hunter. Steiner never said flair wasn't a great worker, he just said he wasn't drawing money and he was using his friends to keep himself on top. Guys the wrestling business isn't about matches or workrate it's about making money. All those"great triple h and hbk moments you guys talk about are manufactured by the wwe writing staff. Hunter was riding the coattails of the outsiders and hbk in 1995-1997 and was only moved into a top slot beacause there wasn't anybody else at the time. then in 1999 when he becomes a mainevent player hes having sex with stephanie. HBK is a just a jerk, plain and simple. the only guys that like him are hall-nash-hunter-waltman. Mostly because they are all jerks lol. Steiner doesnt come off as jealous at all he's just speaking his mind and afater all who would know better than him? He was there! Flair buried bret hart and mankind in his book but nobody came to their defense. As for steiners career being nothing compared to flair or hunter? well yea he was always a midcard guy, and a tag team guy. He didnt have a bunch of friends in the back booking for hun nor did he have the ear and the daughter of the promoter. He just did his best every night, i mean the dudes career spans 3 decades in every promotion around the world. The world needs more steiner interviews!

Easy guys. Steiner has had a great career, and so did Flair. Guys try to tell it like it is, but it ends up being the way they see it. Not that he isn't right, but we'll never know either way.

Scott Steiner is one of the best wrestlers of all time. Who's to say he isn't telling the truth?

If you don't want to beleive what he's saying because it blemishes the reputation of your favourite wrestler - that's pretty sad.

I applaud Scott Steiner for having the testicular fortitude to tell it like it is.

Hogan over Flair any day of the week!!

Thank god for people like Steiner...could you imagine if everyone was a kissass and didn't speak their mind...and for all you people that say he was or is a mid-carder? c'mon now,he is a pure athlete,who one on one would eliminate HHH,HBK,and Flair,and i am a big fan of all of theirs,esp. Flair n HBK,beings i am from Minnesota...but to bash on Scott because he says how he feels and how he saw it from inside the bussiness,is like a fisherman,trying to tell NASA how to fly to outter space!!! He was there and he knows,and that is his opinions,but he backs it up with alot of names and dates!! He should also say how much Cena sucks!!...The best Scott Stiener shoot,was on nitro when he called Flair out,and told him he had more loose skin than a sharpae puppy,and he should have saved some of his money form his limo riding and jet flying and fix his crooked yellow teeTH!!!!!

Scott Steiner You Are The Man

Wow, pretty ridiculous yet very entertaining. All I can say is that in all the years I have attended wrestling events and there have been a lot of events attended, I can remember a whole lot of "Wooo"-ing going on before and after the doors opened but I don't recall a single "Holla if ya hear me" chant going on. I'm not saying the guy is wrong or that he is bitter, he is his own man and he knows the truth of it all better than any of us. What I am saying is this. Steiner can say all he wants about these three individuals, but wrestling fans are not stupid. We know what we like and we know who and what we want to see. Scott Steiner is not very high on my list and from a lot, not all, but a lot of fans that I know, he is not very high on their list either. We care more about what happens in that arena we are at and when the camera rolls when we are watching at home and less about your personal stories about the individuals. Truth be told, Flair was far more entertaining at WM 24 than Joe or Kurt could ever make Steiner look.

scott steiner is an idiot. ric flair to this day can still out wrestle steiner. i guess he forgot about all the crap hogan did in wcw. why is it when flair left wcw fans would chant his name show after show until he came back.
i'm not wasting no more time on this jackass, somebody give scott his bottle back. oh yeah scott dont forget to stop by the gas station and air up , bud!

WHAT AN IDIOT!!!
Steiner, please go ahead making your few thousand dollars a year and spending it on your steriods because your lumps is all you have. After reading this it is obvious the one in your head is the biggest of all. You can say what you want but you are NOTHING and will always be NOTHING. Maybe one day you can go to Charlotte and borrow money from the man that made wrestling> THE NATURE BOY----WHOA!!!!!!!!!!

Great Interview! I totally agree with Steiner. Hogan is the man and deserves respect while Michaels, HHH, and Flair all backstab. At least Hogan did it to your face. Preach on Big Poppa Pump!

I love Scott Steiner . I think he's gone under appreciated for much of his career . Many of the nay -sayers may not have seen the young Scott Steiner when he was actually a good technical wrestler . Age and injuries will take their toll . I remember the mullet he used to sport as a babyface and then the infancy of Big Poppa Pump when he called himself "White Thunder " . Kevin , would a weekly Steiner interview be asking too much ? Or well , anybody willing to talk smack about HBK & HHH :)

Everthing Steiner says is true. With drawing and the type of people they are. I met Steiner and he was such a great bloke, Ric Flair wouldnt give me the time of day. Flair' a terrible wrestler anyway, he is worse than a bad smell. Bret Harts the greatest wrestler of all time, Hogan's the biggest name and Austin's my favourite. Big Poppa though is awesome, always liked him, and he can wrestle also.

Well, well, listen to Scott Steiner! At least HHH got what he was after. What's wrong with banging the boss's daughter? At least HHH has (guts). Oh, you didn't know? Scotty boy coun't even get a date with GoldDust. I agree that Scott Steiner shut his pie-hole, because really... Scott - honestly, outside of your matches never had a great match, because you're not a great wrestler. That;s ok. Man's got to know his limitations... and yours are very real. You're a good sub mid-card wrestler at best. but your not even close to main event talent as a single, back then or now for sure. HHH, and HBK will alawys draw a crowd, Scott, what a winier.

steiner needs his own blog i would read it every week. he is right about vince screwing wcw guys. very few of them ended up with the belt after the wcw buyout except for rey jr and king booker goldberg and eddie guerrero i dont blame sting for not wanting to be a part of wwe they would end up jobing in him out

Stiener is not a great wrestler to begin with, why do you think that his last world title match they put angle in as well? and when angle was injured they STILL made a triple threat becasue they know that a Joe v Stiener would bore people.

But he did say one truth, that triple h didn't get a start till he married into the family but he has truely prove himself as a great wrestler. HBK is a major draw and Flair is a major legend and Scott knows the bad side of Flair, well Flair has given me an autograh and Hogan has told me to (get lost) so its a matter of opinon on that.

Hey all you Triple H fans, Flair fans and Shawn Michaels fans you guy are just mad someone had the guts to say what have all wanted to say about those three loosers. They are loosers. Neither one of them could hold a candle to Stone Cold, The Rock, Hogan or Bret Heart they just got luckie someone threw them a bone and they sucked on it till it was gone in Flair case and in Shawn Miachels and Triple H's case I don't even wanna say what I really think cause I don't think I have the room for it.

MAN STEINER ROCKS!!! "THERES NO WAY I COULD BE HHH BECAUSE ID NEVER **** CHYNA"

MAN THAT SHOULD BE ON A SHIRT OR SOMETHING...

I want to hear Steiner give us the goods on the biggest underachiever EVER, and that's the Testicle Andrew Martin.

Scott Steiner needs to stop drinking his own Kool-Aid because it seems to be affecting his memory. He goes after Triple H for being with the boss' daughter and completely ignores the fact that he won his first WWF title a full 4 years prior to his marriage to Stephanie McMahon. Never mind that Triple H he had already been a King of the Ring, Intercontinental Champion AND European Champion prior to that. What does Steiner have other than being one-half of one of the greatest tag teams of all time (mostly because of his more talented brother)? A coouple of minor WCW singles' titles and one short WCW title reign once it had no relevance in the wrestling world? Scott Steiner is all mouth and little else.

I must say he is very well spoken, and I personally agree with much of what he is saying.

I disagree with ways he went about things, but I agree with many of his opinions either way.

saying Ric flair is worse then hogan is ubsurd! atleast Ric put guy's over. tell me how you can bring hogan in for 1 match (not even being under contract) and have him beat HBK. give me a break! Hogan is a Whiney baby and so is steiner. i watched steiners matches in WCW and they all sucked! he wrestles at the same level as vince McMahon does. give it up steiner, HBK would whip your steroid eating butt back to the stone age! and one more thing, what was kurt angle's best match in WWE? Vs HBK at wresltemania. Kurt hasnt had a good match since. if he is so good, why is he always hurt? because he just want's to get paid!

I'm not a big Steiner fan, still a lot of what he says seems to ring true for me.

Kevin, I would be interested in your take on Steiner and his strongly held opinions. There are various factors, such as tone of voice, etc., that the readers are not privy to. These factors might affect people's opinions of the situation. Insofar as the content itself is concerned, I say only that I found Steiner's articulation of his feelings to be unnecessarily tactless and stereotypically (for professional wrestling) classless. Also, I find it wrong that anyone, wrestlers or fans, would comment on the veracity of Stephanie McMahon and Triple H's marriage. Absolutely no one knows what goes on inside a relationship beyond those two people and to speculate, particularly in such crass terms, reveals a level of arrogance I would not like to encounter. Moreover, to disparage various people's characters in the way Steiner has indicates to me a person I wouldn't like to watch. It almost makes me want to stop watching TNA .... almost.

Steiner was great back in the day seeing him do the frankensteiner was unbelievable in those days but after his back problems he cannot wrestle worth a dime to this day and he never drew money neither although i do respect that even though he can't wrestle no more he tries to stick around because he loves the business

Flairis the man. Hogan is the showman . HHH and hbk kept the wwe going when most of the stars were hurt or let go.. Steiner was a good wrestler before he got into the roids. Could have made it big if he had less of a high opinion of himself. You have to go with the ones who draw the crowds. Steiner, you dont but your brother still can.

Scott Steiner's promos were such car crashes in the ring, I thought Nick Hogan was driving them.

Holla if you hear me!

To soley blame WCW in the early 1990's not drawing on Ric Flair is ludicrous. The were a number of other factors. WCW was putting on a wretched product and they were run being run in an incompetent manner. If you want to blame WCW not drawing on certain wrestlers than you have to look at others who WCW pushed at that time period besides Flair. Like Sting for example. His first title run in 1990 was a bust. That is why he didn't get a longer title run.After Flair left in 1991 Sting was the top babyface and he wasn't drawing squat. WCW was drawing terrible buyrates and attendance figures at the time.

i was a steiner fan until i read all this. flair was the man, and hes just mad because shawn michaels and triple h are more popular and made it bigger than he ever did

You people sticking up for those wusses Triple h, hbk and flair are fools. Steiners not jealous read is article he put over hogan, the rock, austin, angle, and sammartino. I believe every word he says he didnt make this up he was there! None of us were! The best is the "the rat from raleigh" story. I respect a guy like steiner for speaking his mind I would love for him to meet up with flair, HHH, and hbk in a legit street fight that would be great

For the people sayin he doesnt draw you people are morons. Go to survivor series debut 2002 in madison square garden he got one of the biggest pops in wrestling history.

Scott Steiner had the talent to be a great pro wrestler, draw money and create a fan base that actually paid to see him do his thing. Instead he became a bitter used up steriod hack who NOBODY CARES about.He cant even win the TNA Title. I won't pretend to have inside knowledge of anything that goes on behind the curtain, I do know one thing I paid money to see Ric Flair wrestle, as I have with Hogan, Angle, Sting ,Steamboat, Wahoo, Graham, Savage, Race, Terry and Dory Funk, Backlund, Sammartino, Pedro Morales ......and others. Steiner is not on this list nor should he be.Somebody is not telling the truth. Lets site some references....Stone Cold Steve Austin-" My favorite wrestler of all time is Ric Flair"...he was the punch line for that shoot he did on Flair the old WCW.
Flair has nothing but praise for Wahoo and considers him his biggest influence when he was getting started. I would be curious to see if Steiner has his facts staight on that.Blackjack Mulligan and Flair where partners in a territory for GOD SAKE. As for Sting, please tell Scott that Sting gives Flair credit for MAKING HIS CAREER!!!! Maybe he should talk to his co worker about this subject. BTW if Rick Rude(another steriod hack) was giving him garbage..most people would walk away. Also by the time Bischoff got to WCW...they where trying to bury Flair...and they couldnt no matter how bad the story lines were. Does he have an idea as to why. PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE HIM WRESTLE,WORK THE MIC, BE ON THE SHOW. That what pro wrestling is all about...If nobody cares..your gone. Kevin..please I would like to here from someone else with inside knowlegde regarding some of this stuff. I really think Steiner is on another planet.

I personally enjoyed the interview. I know many people feel that he is just complaining and ranting, but we weren't there, he was. There are a gazillion Flair fans out there, so of course they are gonna hate Scott for his remarks. I myself think HBK is a star athlete and is one of my favorites, but I know his past isn't squeaky clean. People sometimes hate to hear the truth about their heroes. I do respect Flair on many levels, but he has never been one of my favorites. His wrestling style was always boring, was credited more for being the "Dirtiest Player In The Game," rather than actual wrestling skill, and you can't call someone the greatest of all time because he won the belt 16 times. That is the scripted part about wrestling. With the way things are going now, they might be trying to do the same thing with HHH, so if he tops him with 17 title runs before he calls it quits and settles down with his 2 kids, are we gonna call him the greatest? It doesn't take a genius to see how much his career skyrocketed after hooking up with Steph. He knew what he was doing, and he got the job done. Besides, there are countless nasty stories on all three Scott mentioned saturated on the web, so apparently he isn't the only one who sees it that way.

People call Scottie a glorified mid-carder... The real glorified mid-carder is Triple H. Triple H has NEVER drawn money as the top guy on the card. He was in DX, but only because DX feuded with the guys who knew how to draw money... Stone Cold and the Rock. Even when DX was in its prime, Triple H was Shawn's lackey. Triple H is a great wrestler but he's far from a top draw. When he goes into the Hall of Fame, I believe his greatest contribution to date was making Batista not the 20 billion times he wins the belt.

Wow, I can't believe all the comments left in such a short time span. I think there is some legit observations and logic in Steiner's comments, but it does get bogged down by some really whacky comments. I think people are comparing apples to oranges, like saying they don't believe Steiner's comments about Flair & Co's backstabbing, because they made more money than Steiner. Steiner is financially secure and from Flair's book we "know" Flair wasn't/isn't as rich as people think.

I'm not going to take one wrestlers word for how certain wrestlers are etc, however some of what Steiner says about those guys lines up with what other guys have said like Bret, who has made money and has great workrate. Just because Steiner's comments are biased and unrefined, doesn't mean they're totally wrong.

I am confused though about when Steiner and others, say Wrestler X didn't draw a dime during a certain period of time, or whatever. I'm not aware of any objective analysis of all revenues of wrestling companies for the last couple decades, so it's seems foolish Steiner would base his "respect" on those guys who drew a lot of money (don't writers get credit?). Also from Steiner's mentality of drawing = respect, guaranteed, would basically negate any respect, since buyrates etc wouldn't affect how much money your making, merchandising would and I doubt wrestlers know what everyone else is making all the time.

If Steiner would leave out his ricockulous comments people would believe more of what he says, but then his interviews wouldn't nearly as entertaining I guess. :-).

I can see Steiner's points of views. Hogan has always been a draw, even now, TMZ can't keep their hands off the man. Flair has done ALOT, and that includes holding back other wrestlers. HHH is keeping the tradition going, he held back Jericho from winning the title, burning the loud thunder he had gained, and then, mysteriously believed Jeff Hardy was main event material. Shawn Micheals, I hear he's a better man, just some dumb mistakes made at a young age. He puts people over, how many times have you truly seen him squash somebody? I also see people saying Steiner can't wrestle, it's true, but he's quite the innovator. He INVENTED the hurricarana, one of the most beloved moves in pro wrestling history, and though he seems as though he should take a chill pill, I think he's right in shouting his distaste. Most of the smack he talks about are backstage politics. I'm just surprised the man's heart hasn't popped, he looks like he's ready to burst.

Scott Steiner is the man. Everything he said hits the mark. Flair is a piece of trash, Michaels is a wussy and HHH is terrible in the ring.

One thing is for sure, anyone who aspires to have respect for Terry :Hulk Hogan" Bollea, after his actions of the past year and his family, needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

Hogan is revealing his true colors in this ordeal with his son and thanks to the public information laws in Florida you can actually hear him being a bad person to his son.

Steiner is a few injections shy of being the next Chris Benoit, is a well-known stiff in the ring and has was a cheap substitution for Mike Rotundo in the Varsity Club. I felt sorry for Rick having to carry his little brother over the balance of his career.

I don't understand why Scott is saying Ric is so involved in backstage politicking when in the last 7 years in the WWE he has jobbin' most of his matches. He didn't win the WWE or the WHC belt during his last 7 year tenure with the WWE. I think he knows he has to put over the new upcomers and it will be in his expense which is ok to him. He is very much respected in the biz and will always be remembered in the top 5 wrestlers in history. Ric is the man. Scott is coming off like a bitter man. e

I´m sure he´s telling the truth.

Very simply, look at what Steiner keeps refering to. Money. Not work rate. Money. He's goofy for a guy who respects Angle for being an olympic "wrestler."

I know wrestling cause i've been a wrestling fan almost my whole life. Scott
Steiner is one jealous steroid freak.But yeah its true that HHH hes not that talented in the ring,but he is who he is today cause of HBK everyone know that,but Scott when say that Hulk Hogan is the man HELL NO everyone knows that Shawn Michaels is,was and always will be the better wwe wrestler and entertainer in wrestling now,then and forever if you don't believe me just ask Bret " Hart cause he is more famous now then what he ever was WOOOO......thanx to the one & only HBK ................WOOOOO

Man he does come across as bitter no matter what he or his fans say, ok so those 3 have been followed by controversy for backstage antics but at the end of the day when they step into the ring they have all proven that they deserve/d the spots they were in, I mean come on people just look at that 1 hour classic with HBK/Cena, how many wrestlers could have carried Cena to a match like that?

It is funny how he keeps saying bout Trips getting main event status AFTER marrying Steph, would I be completely wrong in suggesting that HHH achieved more in his career than Steiner ever has BEFORE marrying the boss's daughter??

Everyone knows that HHH was the only one punished after the MSG incident with the Kliq, he was buried for a long time but he persevered and grab the opportunities when he got them, Steiner comes across like he would have spat the dummy out and QUIT, rather than trying to prove himself the way Hunter did.

If you do another interview with him Kevin, ask him to respond to the fact that he was never that good in the ring but after he got heavily into the juice and became "Big Poppa Punk/Pump" he can barely walk let alone have a half way decent match..

Think TNA should do whatever they can to pick up the Warrior if only to form a tag team with Steiner, just imagine those technically sound matches not to mention the jaw dropping promos!!

Of all the interviewse I have ever read, this is the most ridiculous. Maybe Flair had friends bbackstage helping him get to the top, but hey, Hogan had complete creative control over himself in WCW. The Rock had to carry him, HBK had to carry him, even Orton had to carry him. Hogan is no idol for anyone, be it his personal character or as an entertainer. At least Flair had good matches and had the respect of his peers, from HBK, Harley Race and HHH to Edge, Big Show, Malenko and Jericho. I dont think Hogan draws respect from people for his constant politicking and bad attitude, does he? And while I agree about HHH literally screwing his way to the top and staying there, I am not so sure if Steiner's right about HBK. Michaels has become a better man ever since 2002, he's put so many ounger guys over and has had a number of good to great matches. All Steiner talks about is the pre-2002 HBK, who as we all know, was a jerk. The same cannot be said of Michaels after his 2002 return. And while I respect Angle's commitment, I fear for his health everytime he steps into the ring, which btw, is why he was released from wwe in the first place. Angle has also proven to be delusional("we are close to beating wwe in ratings") at times. Steiner is bitter he never made it big in any company, and even now that he's in TnA(pun intended), he still isnt in the main event. Go buy yourself more steroids Scott, dont waste your time talking, it only makes me wonder about about your mental condition.

Steiner is such a joke. He comes off as a never made it jerk, and I doubt he'd make any of those claims face to face with anyone, because when push comes to shove he's a total wuss. He's the TNA/Indy version of Batista, a guy that's jacked up on the juice and thinks because of the way his body looks he's a tough-guy, but in a REAL fight against any man he'd get his butt handed to him. I hope someday he's in one of my local bars because I'd love to beat his butt and show him what a real man is all about, I'd even give him the Iron Sheik treatment. Any D-area bar Steiner, I know you're Michigan, so come look for a bouncer by the last name of Wilrok, and I'll cripple your roided up butt just to make a name for myself when I punk you like Zito punked Van Dam. You're a b**** and the whole world will know it sooner than later.

Interesting thoughts, and it's refreshing to hear some truths about some of our 'hero's'.

I'm not saying that Scott is a saint, because from some of the stories I've heard (some in Bret's book) he's been known to be a bully himself, but there's no denying that HBK, Triple H, and Flair have all manipulated their way to where they are.

Don't get me wrong - I respect all 3 as performers, HBK is one of my all time favourites, but the mid 90's michaels is probably remembered more for being an idiot, more so than anybody else at that time.

And as far as Scotts wrestling ability goes - he's not in the best shape of his career, those days are long gone, but I DEFY anybody to go back and look at any of the Steiners Brothers matches from the 90's and say he wasn't one of the best in the world. Period.

Everything has already been said about how much of a jack-ass Scott Steiner is.

Even working with one of the best in the business today, Samoa Joe he still managed somehow to look uninspired and boring.

Oh and what about that time he fell off the apron trying to hit Test? or the botchmania that was his match against HHH?

Stiener is a joker.

Wow, with this interview Steiner truly proved what a bitter and jealous jack*ss he is. But like him or not (i dont like him), his interviews are far less diplomatic and far more entertaining than anybody else's

on the andre the giant biography it says andre was cremated and scattered on his farm in france.

Scott Steiner is a moron,every childish word out of his mouth is a lie.he botched a move in almost every wwe match he had,i member laughing during most of them.he was brought in and put right into a world title match n within weeks had the fans turn on him to cheer triple h.his next storyline was to chase stacy keibler,funnily enough stacy was probly twice the wrestler he ever was!Big poppa pump is a screw up,holla if ya hate him

It's funny, the people who seem to have wholly sided with Steiner seem keen to label anyone who disagrees with his rant as "marks" and yet they themselves are clearly the ones who have bought into the BS the most. You think Steiner is a tough thug telling it like it is? He is a once impressive, now average wrestler at the tail end of his career who is seeking to draw attention to himself by attacking fan favourites.
I feel genuinely sorry for the guy, it can't be easy seeing people you hate succeed, but the way he blabbers to anyone who will listen seems incredibly unprofessional to me. Save it for your biography Steiner, then your fans can get the inside scoop and the rest of us can leave you on the shelf.

WHOEVER SAID THI...Hey all you Triple H fans, Flair fans and Shawn Michaels fans you guy are just mad someone had the guts to say what have all wanted to say about those three loosers. They are loosers. Neither one of them could hold a candle to Stone Cold, The Rock, Hogan or Bret Heart they just got luckie someone threw them a bone and they sucked on it till it was gone in Flair case and in Shawn Miachels and Triple H's case I don't even wanna say what I really think cause I don't think I have the room for it...OBVIOUSLY WATCHES WRESTLING THRU THERE ARSE!SHUT UP

Steiner needs to go back at look at the Flair-Steamboat matches and compare his matches to those. Compare any of Hogan's matches to those. "Flair couldn't draw?" If he couldn't he wouldn't of had the World Title 16 times!

i think you're too hard on triple h &hbk.they both worked hard to get where they are today,and as far as stephanie&triple h goes you can't help who you fall in love with,they both deserve an apogily from you and for ric flair woo!!!!!!!!

I appreciate Steiner's honesty.