10 Reasons Why Scott Steiner Is The Most Unappreciated Pro Wrestler Ever

6. He Refused To Accept His Lot

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The Steiner Brothers tag team was the greatest tandem of the 1990s. Scott could be forgiven for resting on those peerless laurels - that he didn't speaks to his immense ambition and creativity.

Before the act truly outstayed its welcome, Scott transitioned to the singles ranks in 1998. He sensed that the wrestling landscape was changing, and so remodelled himself as a jive-talking sh*t-kicker divorced entirely from his Day-Glo persona. Knowing that fans would struggle to accept him as a singles star, he underwent a physical transformation to symbolise the transition. He ditched the anachronistic mullet and picked up a despicable attitude. It was crude and misogynistic, like the era in which he did it - but, like that era, it was utterly absorbing, transgressive, and unforgettable. He was one of few WCW acts to capture the zeitgeist, rising above a sea of dated dross.

Scott was synonymous with tag team wrestling, literally bound to it by blood. Not many have removed that stigma. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels are the most famous examples, but further south, Scott's equally successful breakaway is never received with as much acclaim.

He wasn't the star they were, admittedly - but politics had much to do with that...

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