By now, many followers are aware of Eric Bischoff’s journey from the odd world of gross sales into the untamed playground {of professional} wrestling.
On his “83 Weeks” podcast, Bischoff shared a narrative from his early WCW days, shortly after becoming a member of the corporate as an announcer. One occasion particularly from Chattanooga, Tennessee gave Bischoff an eye-opening introduction to the antics of The Steiner Brothers, certainly one of many incidents that may lend credence to their reckless behind-the-scenes fame.
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“I am getting dressed, assume I’ll have been with the corporate for a couple of month or so,” Bischoff remembered. “And unexpectedly there’s this loopy commotion. Guys are yelling, screaming, laughing. Cheering the Steiner Brothers on. And the Steiner Brothers had this man by the title of Chip [Burnham], he was a promoter. Enjoyable man. In all probability began having just a little an excessive amount of enjoyable with among the wrestlers. By some means that rubbed one of many Steiners improper. And with out plenty of the graphic element, earlier than I knew it, this poor bastard was taped up, his mouth was taped up so he could not yell, his fingers have been duct-taped behind his again, his toes have been duct-taped collectively. There was a pencil concerned. There was plenty of discomfort concerned. I will allow you to use your creativeness.”
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Extensively thought of among the best in-ring tag groups of all time, The Steiner Brothers have been additionally notorious for his or her controversial conduct, lengthy earlier than cell telephones and the web may seize and unfold such tales. However the controversy continued into the digital age, as Scott Steiner as soon as made a demise menace towards Hulk Hogan in 2015, and Rick Steiner used transphobic insults in public in 2023.
Regardless of all of it, the WWE inducted the Steiner Brothers into the Corridor of Fame in 2022.
