Was Sting supposed to face Scott Steiner instead of Rick Steiner at the GAB '99 PPV?

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Many people look at the 1999 Sting vs. Rick Steiner PPV match at the 1999 Great American Bash as one of Sting's worst matches in his career because of Rick Steiner being a heat vacuum as a heel, while Sting had plenty of years left in the tank for wrestling, whereas Rick's best days in the ring were behind him by then plus he was beginning to look into doing real estate work after his pro wrestling career is over.

The only thing that saved the Sting/Rick match at the GAB '99 PPV was a run-in by Scott Steiner (sidelined with three herniated disks) brought in several dogs, leading to a backstage brawl spot, leading to Sting getting mauled by the dogs.

Were there any plans for Scott Steiner (assuming he doesn't incur three ruptured discs in his back) to battle Sting at the '99 GAB PPV instead of Rick Steiner, as well as a full-on feud between the two?...
...because I don't recall Scott Steiner ever having a direct long-term feud with Sting at all in the later years of WCW.

You have to remember that even after he became Big Poppa Pump, Scott Steiner hadn't quite bit the dust in terms of in-ring work just yet. Surgery to repair a back injury with three ruptured disks plus inserting a steel rod to stabilize it, did more harm to Steiner's overall mobility whereas '98-'99 had to be the only timeframe in which Big Poppa Pump didn't come off as immobile.
 
I don't think he was meant to feud with Scott, as Scott was still healthy when Sting and Rick began feuding. Rick was in the midst of a midcard heel push in mid-1999, so it makes sense that they would have him feud with an uppercard face like Sting.

I believe the ultimate goal was to have an eventual Steiner Brothers vs Sting and a partner (likely Luger). Had Scott not been hurt, he would have been far more directly involved in the match. Luger was returning soon in August, but maybe as soon as Scott was injured, they scrapped the whole thing.

Looking back it would make a lot of sense that Scott and Sting have a match. Sting and Scott were always the bigger stars. A month after GAB 1999 Rick was back down the card defending his TV title against Van Hammer and his feud with Sting was over.

Another possible situation could have just been they didn't have a feud for Sting, and in mid-1999 that wasn't a good time for WCW to leave a top babyface off a PPV. I think it's far more likely they were building a general Sting and a friend vs Steiners in a singles/tag team feud.
 
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And had the ultimate original plan for a Sting & ally (Luger) vs Steiner Brothers as heels came to fruition, can you imagine Luger coming back as a babyface instead of having to be saddled with The Total Package garbage with Miss Elizabeth, Diamond Dallas Page and a forced heel turn for Sting and later the Team Package nonsense pair with Ric Flair?
 

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