Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
It looks as though the drama and tension between Scott Steiner and Hulk Hogan continues, at least on Steiner's side at any rate.
To recap the situation, the trouble began during WrestleMania weekend where Steiner came up to Hogan's wife and began to verbally assault Hogan himself. Hogan's wife had absolutely no idea who Steiner was or what was going on and, as you might imagine, got pretty upset at this strange man coming up to her in the middle of an airport spewing obscenities about her husband and threatening him. Steiner was in town to attend the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where Hogan was inducting Macho Man Randy Savage, and Hogan requested that Steiner be barred from attending the event, a request that WWE officials obliged, which only led to Steiner continuing to talk trash about Hogan off & on ever since.
At wrestlinginc.com, Steiner posted a video in which he lays down a challenge to Hogan. On June 7 at Citi Fields in Queens, NY, the Legends of Wrestling event is being held and Steiner has issued a challenge to Hogan: if Hogan is able to body slam him, he'll give him $1 million of his own money. In the video, Steiner says, "June 7th, New York City, I'm saying you can't slam me, and I'm putting up a million dollars of my own money saying you can't. don't have to beat me, you have to slam me. But once you step through those ropes, I'm going to beat you up punk!" The video itself can be seen at this link: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0519/594459/scott-steiner-calls-out-hulk-hogan/
Now, whether or not Steiner is 100% serious is anybody's guess. After all, we all know that pro wrestlers are among the most notorious professional bullshitters on the face of the planet, many of whom rival even the grimiest politician when it comes to blowing hot air. In Steiner's case, however, it's entirely possible because the man's pretty damn unstable; I dunno if he has anger and impulse control issues, I dunno if he's done so many steroids in his life that they've contributed to things or what, but the guy has a history of volatile behavior. Some examples include:
April 21, 1998 - Steiner threatens Georgia Department of Transportation employee Paul Kaspereen after Kaspereen informed him an exit ramp leading off Interstate 575 was closed. He then hit Kaspereen twice with his Ford F-250 pickup truck, though Kaspereen was not badly hurt. Steiner was subsequently arrested and, on March 17, 1999, pled guilty to aggravated assault and making terroristic threats, which are felonies that carry a maximum sentence of up to 30 years imprisonment. However, under Georgia law regarding first offenders,a first-time offender will be found not guilty if they do not violate the terms of their probation. The judge in the case sentenced Rechsteiner to ten days in the Cherokee County jail. He also placed him on a seven-year probation order, ordered him to pay USD$25,000 in fines, restitution, and legal fees, and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service.
February 7, 2000 - On this episode of Nitro, Steiner angered WCW officials by making disparaging non-kayfabe remarks toward World Championship Wrestling and Ric Flair. During an in-ring promo, Rechsteiner claimed that when Flair appeared on WCW programming, "the people at home, all they did was grab their remote, change the channel to the WWF, and watch Stone Cold a person you and your own friends got fired from here, 'cause you're a jealous old bastard!" He then called Flair an "ass-kissin', backstabbin', butt-suckin' bastard", before ending the tirade with the comment "WCW sucks!" and was suspended for two weeks.
January 2001 - Steiner was arrested for assaulting a man named Randall Mankins, who was an EMT working in North Carolina. As part of a storyline, Mankins entered the ring to tend to Michael Modest and Christopher Daniels, who were selling leg injuries inflicted by Scott Steiner. As Mankins entered the ring, Steiner struck him twice and he was charged with assault the following morning. The charges were dropped after it was determined Steiner was not made aware Mankins was an actual EMT and not an actor. That same year, Steiner also fought backstage with WCW road agent Terry Taylor.
There are various other incidents, but these are among the most well known. With Steiner's challenge, I'm sure that it's being done partially to generate interest and publicity for the upcoming event in Queens, NY and to hype himself. After all, we all know there's virtually no chance of Hogan showing up to this thing and Steiner himself is well aware of that. At the same time, the more I read about stuff like this, the more I personally feel sorry for Steiner; the man's 52 years old, yet he behaves like some amped up, stupid 19 year old kid who's either too stupid to use good judgment or simply doesn't care to exercise it. Also, Hulk Hogan's, literally about 9 years older than Steiner and has had a busload of problems when it comes to his body. Over the past 10 years or so, Hogan's had both knees replaced, I know he's had at least one hip replacement though I think he MIGHT have both replaced as well, he's undergone a variety of painful surgeries in order to repair and essentially rebuild his back so that he can actually function without being debilitated by crippling pain 24/7 and he's not getting any younger. If Steiner is serious about wanting to beat Hogan up, it just makes him look pathetic in my eyes as Hogan's almost 62 years old and his body's just plain worn out. Like Steiner, Hogan has a BIG mouth and is a shameless self-promoter, but that goes with the territory when it comes to wrestling; but Hogan's also an old man who's body is broken down and who has nothing but words and hype.
To recap the situation, the trouble began during WrestleMania weekend where Steiner came up to Hogan's wife and began to verbally assault Hogan himself. Hogan's wife had absolutely no idea who Steiner was or what was going on and, as you might imagine, got pretty upset at this strange man coming up to her in the middle of an airport spewing obscenities about her husband and threatening him. Steiner was in town to attend the WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony, where Hogan was inducting Macho Man Randy Savage, and Hogan requested that Steiner be barred from attending the event, a request that WWE officials obliged, which only led to Steiner continuing to talk trash about Hogan off & on ever since.
At wrestlinginc.com, Steiner posted a video in which he lays down a challenge to Hogan. On June 7 at Citi Fields in Queens, NY, the Legends of Wrestling event is being held and Steiner has issued a challenge to Hogan: if Hogan is able to body slam him, he'll give him $1 million of his own money. In the video, Steiner says, "June 7th, New York City, I'm saying you can't slam me, and I'm putting up a million dollars of my own money saying you can't. don't have to beat me, you have to slam me. But once you step through those ropes, I'm going to beat you up punk!" The video itself can be seen at this link: http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2015/0519/594459/scott-steiner-calls-out-hulk-hogan/
Now, whether or not Steiner is 100% serious is anybody's guess. After all, we all know that pro wrestlers are among the most notorious professional bullshitters on the face of the planet, many of whom rival even the grimiest politician when it comes to blowing hot air. In Steiner's case, however, it's entirely possible because the man's pretty damn unstable; I dunno if he has anger and impulse control issues, I dunno if he's done so many steroids in his life that they've contributed to things or what, but the guy has a history of volatile behavior. Some examples include:
April 21, 1998 - Steiner threatens Georgia Department of Transportation employee Paul Kaspereen after Kaspereen informed him an exit ramp leading off Interstate 575 was closed. He then hit Kaspereen twice with his Ford F-250 pickup truck, though Kaspereen was not badly hurt. Steiner was subsequently arrested and, on March 17, 1999, pled guilty to aggravated assault and making terroristic threats, which are felonies that carry a maximum sentence of up to 30 years imprisonment. However, under Georgia law regarding first offenders,a first-time offender will be found not guilty if they do not violate the terms of their probation. The judge in the case sentenced Rechsteiner to ten days in the Cherokee County jail. He also placed him on a seven-year probation order, ordered him to pay USD$25,000 in fines, restitution, and legal fees, and ordered him to perform 200 hours of community service.
February 7, 2000 - On this episode of Nitro, Steiner angered WCW officials by making disparaging non-kayfabe remarks toward World Championship Wrestling and Ric Flair. During an in-ring promo, Rechsteiner claimed that when Flair appeared on WCW programming, "the people at home, all they did was grab their remote, change the channel to the WWF, and watch Stone Cold a person you and your own friends got fired from here, 'cause you're a jealous old bastard!" He then called Flair an "ass-kissin', backstabbin', butt-suckin' bastard", before ending the tirade with the comment "WCW sucks!" and was suspended for two weeks.
January 2001 - Steiner was arrested for assaulting a man named Randall Mankins, who was an EMT working in North Carolina. As part of a storyline, Mankins entered the ring to tend to Michael Modest and Christopher Daniels, who were selling leg injuries inflicted by Scott Steiner. As Mankins entered the ring, Steiner struck him twice and he was charged with assault the following morning. The charges were dropped after it was determined Steiner was not made aware Mankins was an actual EMT and not an actor. That same year, Steiner also fought backstage with WCW road agent Terry Taylor.
There are various other incidents, but these are among the most well known. With Steiner's challenge, I'm sure that it's being done partially to generate interest and publicity for the upcoming event in Queens, NY and to hype himself. After all, we all know there's virtually no chance of Hogan showing up to this thing and Steiner himself is well aware of that. At the same time, the more I read about stuff like this, the more I personally feel sorry for Steiner; the man's 52 years old, yet he behaves like some amped up, stupid 19 year old kid who's either too stupid to use good judgment or simply doesn't care to exercise it. Also, Hulk Hogan's, literally about 9 years older than Steiner and has had a busload of problems when it comes to his body. Over the past 10 years or so, Hogan's had both knees replaced, I know he's had at least one hip replacement though I think he MIGHT have both replaced as well, he's undergone a variety of painful surgeries in order to repair and essentially rebuild his back so that he can actually function without being debilitated by crippling pain 24/7 and he's not getting any younger. If Steiner is serious about wanting to beat Hogan up, it just makes him look pathetic in my eyes as Hogan's almost 62 years old and his body's just plain worn out. Like Steiner, Hogan has a BIG mouth and is a shameless self-promoter, but that goes with the territory when it comes to wrestling; but Hogan's also an old man who's body is broken down and who has nothing but words and hype.
