15 Reasons Why Scott Steiner Is The Original Beast Of Wrestling

8. Steiner Screwdriver

Continuing his reputation as an innovator of professional wrestling, the Scott Steiner of the early 90s would go on to combine his remarkable agility with his imposing strength and power to create a whole host of moves the likes of which had seldom been seen before or since.

Perhaps the most impressive of all of these moves was the insanely dangerous Steiner Screwdriver. Hoisting his opponent into the air, Steiner would momentarily hold his opponent in a delayed Vertical Suplex position, allowing the blood to rush to his opponent’s head, before seamlessly switching to a sit-out Tombstone Piledriver. If that description sounds ridiculous, it’s probably because it is – awesomely ridiculous at that. The move was, and still is, one of the most awe-inspiring manoeuvres ever created and the margin for error is so slim it barely exists.

While a semi-regular part of his repertoire during his first WCW run and over in Japan, much like the Frankensteiner before it, the Screwdriver would disappear from Steiner’s arsenal throughout the remainder of the nineties. A seemingly forgotten relic in wrestling history, the Steiner Screwdriver seemed destined to spend the rest of eternity hidden away in the pro wrestling toolbox.

That was until “The Genetic Freak” would amazingly resurrect the move during his run in TNA; unveiling the Screwdriver on a handful of special occasions, most noticeably during his programme with Petey Williams. While not as aesthetically smooth as it was back in the early 90s, the move was still a devastating visual and the resultant crowd reaction proved just that.