Scott Steiner is a wrestling legend who can divide his career into two very impressive parts. The first part of his career was defined by wrestling alongside his brother Rick as one of the greatest tag teams of all time. During this stretch, Steiner is credited with innovating the 450 Splash and his signature Frankensteiner. Besides being an all-powerful power, it made his agility even more impressive.
The second act of Steiner’s career saw him escape on his own with his big poppa pump persona. He took a different look and his gimmick was primarily based on his appearance and his personality when his body began to break. He cut wild promotion WCW TNA’s infamous Steiner Mathematics Promotion before arriving at perhaps his most famous Mike’s work. But the question arises in his time as a clean young work horse, whether it is in his time: did he use steroids?
Steroids were ramped in pro wrestling
WWE’s golden age has pushed the whole business in a new direction
- The use of drugs that improve performance is a well-documented part of the history of wrestling.
- The action, like the superhuman-built Hulk Hogan, motivated him to “get on the gas” in anticipation of stardom.
- Scott Steiner’s physique was impressive enough to make fans doubt their use of steroids.
It’s no secret that professional wrestling is a job. So performance-enhancing drugs have a long history in the business, including those that were undoubtedly driven by business owners. Certainly, it’s all about showmanship, and in-ring competition has pre-determined results, it makes all the sense in the world that steroids are part of giving fans the most entertaining spectacle possible. Actions like Hulk Hogan, the champion and face of the Golden Age, embodied these principles.
In fact, amidst the explosive popularity of WWE in the 1980s and early 1990s, the superhuman physique, and therefore the use of steroids, spreading to other promotions, attempting to keep up with what made WWE a juggernaut. Scott Steiner didn’t start his first WWE stint until the steroids fell apart (because the steroid trials became established), but nonetheless it stands because the guy he might have been jacked.
Scott Steiner had an incredible physique
Even before the big poppa pump era, Steiner was jacked
- As half of the Steiner Brothers Tag team, Scott Steiner was already incredibly muscular.
- Steiner focused on more cuts as he moved on to the larger Poppa Pump Persona.
- Steiner looked sensational, even if his ability in the ring fell a little.
Even in his time as a tag team wrestler, Scott Steiner had some of the most impressive muscle tissue in wrestling. In fact, in an interview with Chris Van Vriette, Steiner argued that his change to a big poppa pump persona in the late 1990s hadn’t really seen him get so big, but rather focused on getting more cuts to highlight his muscles.
Certainly, even Steiner’s career’s most impressive stretch in the ring, even in the end of Monday night war with WCW and his years in WWE afterwards, the big bad booty dad boasted one of the most notable looks of all time in the pro wrestling business.
Big Poppa pump provided tongue answers to questions
- Scott Steiner claims he has never failed a drug test.
- Steiner spoke of WWE asking WWE to test the humorous way WWE played steroids and triple H.
- Steiner does not fully accept the use of steroids, but his comments greatly hint at it.
Scott Steiner has not directly stated that he is using drugs that improve performance, but he was not so subtle in implying that this is true. He emphasized that he never failed a drug test, but he has not denied that he is actually using the drug. His most famous account occurred in an interview with Slam Sports, explaining that WWE tried to test it on WWE during its 2002-2003 run. Clear Steiner:
There’s a bit of room for interpretation, but the point seems to be that WWE played a favorite forced to test steroids. Steiner was able to recognize that his rival world heavyweight champion Triple H was probably taking gas, so he called them out with his own willingness to test whether the proverb Golden Goose did at the same time. The choice not to test either guy seems like an implicit acceptance of what both Steiner and Helmsley are using. That’s at least a big poppa pump perspective on this issue.
