U-M Alums, Pro Wrestling Legends Steiner Brothers to be Inducted to WWE HOF - University of Michigan Athletics (original) (raw)

U-M Alums, Pro Wrestling Legends Steiner Brothers to be Inducted to WWE HOF

3/28/2022 4:59:00 PM | Wrestling

STAMFORD, Conn. -- University of Michigan wrestling alumni Rob and Scott Rechsteiner, known professionally as The Steiner Brothers, will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of its Class of 2022, the organization announced on Monday (March 28).

The 2022 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will occur this Friday, April 1, at American Airlines Center in Dallas as part of WrestleMania festivities and stream live on Peacock after Friday Night SmackDown at 10:30 p.m. The Undertaker, Vader and Queen Sharmell are also set to be inducted.

The Steiner Brothers first teamed up in 1989 and grew to become one of the greatest and most celebrated tag teams of the 1990s. The duo competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and captured 11 world tag team championships and one United States Tag Team Championship, including seven in WCW and two in WWF, before disbanding in 1998.

During their tenure with WWF (1992-94), the duo played up their Michigan connection, using "The Victors" as their entrance music and wearing Michigan-themed ring attire. They appeared on the debut episode of Monday Night Raw in 1993 and, later that year, defeated Money, Inc. for the WWF Tag Team Championship in Columbus, Ohio.

"The most successful of tag teams must be completely in synch and possess an ability to almost read each other's thoughts," stated the WWE press release. "Arguably no one can find that level of connection better than family. Enter celebrated University of Michigan alumni Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner, sibling competitors who donned on the headgear (and/or mullet) and introduced an innovative in-ring style that helped them fight their way to the top of the mountain."

At Michigan, Scott garnered NCAA All-America honors after placing sixth at 190 pounds as a senior (1986) and was a three-time Big Ten finalist while accumulating a 125-51-2 career record. Rob was also a Big Ten finalist at heavyweight and earned 90 career wins, including the fastest fall in Michigan program history (:15), before injury shortened his senior season in 1984.