Rick Steiner
| Rick Steiner | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Rechsteiner |
| Born |
March 9, 1961 Bay City, Michigan, United States |
| Residence | Acworth, Georgia |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Rick Steiner |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Billed from | Detroit, Michigan |
| Trained by |
Brad Rheingans Eddie Sharkey |
| Debut | 1983 |
Robert "Rick" Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961), better known by the ring name Rick Steiner, is an American real estate broker and semi-retired professional wrestler.
Steiner is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling, where he was an eight time World Tag Team Champion (seven times with his brother Scott as half of The Steiner Brothers, and once with Kenny Kaos). In addition to tag team success, he was also a one time United States Heavyweight Champion and a three time World Television Champion. Beyond WCW, Steiner found success in the World Wrestling Federation, where he and Scott won the World Tag Team Championship twice.
Rechsteiner was an amateur wrestling standout at the University of Michigan, where he placed second at the Big Ten Championships in 1983, became an NCAA qualifier and established the fastest pin record in the school's history at 15 seconds. (It is also noted that at the 1983 NCAA tournament, Rick wrestled against Tab Thacker of North Carolina State. Thacker went on to fame as a Hollywood actor) After earning his bachelor's degree in education, he was introduced to professional wrestling by George "The Animal" Steele and entered the business immediately out of college. He initially wrestled under the name Rob Rechsteiner before he took on the simpler ring name Rick Steiner. He spent time in the American Wrestling Association, Montreal promotion International Wrestling, and the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). While in the UWF he formed an tag team with Sting, winning the UWF World Tag Team Championship in 1987. The UWF was bought out by Jim Crockett Jr. in 1988, acquiring much of its roster (including Steiner), for his National Wrestling Alliance territory, Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP).
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