The short answer is that HHH got that opportunity just like he got many opportunities in the company because he wws plowing the CEO's daughter.
Vince single handedly ruined Steiner's brief run in WWE by booking him as a face. Big Poppa Pump as a face was never ginna work, he was a guy who always had to be a heel. Yeah his foot was messed up when he signed on and he tried to hide it until he had his money locked in, but he still performed well enough to work around it until it healed better.
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06-08-2024, 06:11 AM #1
Why did Vince book Scott Steiner as a face against HHH? It made zero sense.
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06-08-2024, 03:15 PM #2Registered User
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I remember around that time WWE was kind of lacking main eventers especially on RAW..they kind of forced Kane, RVD and Buh Buh Ray DUdley into main eventing...and they all had feuds with HHH...neither of them was a success feud or a good match..same was the case with HHH feuding with Scott Steiner...so face or heel alignment wasn't event the case here...they just had to fill their RAW and PPV's...it was only when nWo arrived on RAW and saved the show...
It's not like Scott Steiner stayed in WWE after that...so that wasn't the matter there....
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06-08-2024, 04:43 PM #3Make Misc Great Again
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The guy literally had a midget play a leprechaun for years that ran around the outskirts of the ring and would cause mischief to the able bodied folks. No decision of his is surprising. He was holding his brand back.
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06-08-2024, 05:58 PM #4Registered User
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that bench press comp was legendary
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06-08-2024, 06:02 PM #5Registered User
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Because Triple Ego inserted himself in the feud just like he did with Punk and Stink.
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06-08-2024, 06:19 PM #6�็็็็ กิิิิิิิ ิิิิิ$ ก็็
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hhh has a golden shovel which he used to bury wcw talent
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06-10-2024, 03:18 AM #7Registered User
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Well the crowd wanted to cheer Steiner, you hear the pop he got when he debut at survivor series?
Steiner wasn't in shape and just couldn't go at the level required.
WWE's fault for not testing him out before putting him straight in a title match on PPV, but it was what it was, HHH certainly didn't go out of his way to help him and it would have been better if Scott had a selfless worker in the opposite corner like Jericho or someone who could carry the match and protect Scott.
But did Scott even get better after? I dont recall anything about his mid card run with test and all that, did Steiner get his legs back or was he just physically finished?
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06-10-2024, 04:03 AM #8Registered User
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Scott stienr makes a better heal but the stieners started out as faces as a tag team they were a good tag team too.
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06-10-2024, 07:47 AM #9Registered User
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Trips was the heel. I think it was only a few months before when Bischoff just handed Trips the title. People didn't go for that chit.
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06-10-2024, 10:30 AM #10mil |ONE| lion
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Steiner got screwed. He should have gotten a title run.
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06-10-2024, 02:16 PM #11Registered User
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Originally Posted by JustiNtense
How dare you besmirch the good name of Vince McMahon's illegitimate son?"Too stupid to even figure out the subtitles of trolling." - Vickissick07
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06-14-2024, 11:10 AM #12
lol at people hung up on Steiner's injury issues at the time. Yeah it was relevant, but he had some YEARS left of decent work left in him. People are also quick to forget that at least half of pro wrestling is about the characters and gimmicks portrayed, not just the ring work. Steiner was still very much capable of playing an amazing heel in the early 2000's, but they stupidly booked him as a face. Steiner was one guy who simply couldn't switch back and forth; he had to stay heel, and he was good enough to do that.
Originally Posted by BigPoppaPump84
Agreed. There was nobody better at playing a main event heel role than Big Poppa Pump in the late 90's - early 2000's, and Vince screwed it all up because "muh WWE has to bury all WCW originating talent".
Originally Posted by squat_blaster
Steiner shouldn't have even been booked against Trips H. He should have been booked as a top end heel against top end faces. It would have gone over much better than the pointless "Big man heel turned face improperly vs. Big man heel who was plowing the CEO's daughter". The only entertaining thing that came out of that feud was the segment where Steiner and Trips were comparing muscles and chit in the ring lol
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