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Post by Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta on Dec 14, 2007 5:20:49 GMT -5
I can't seem to recall when or why Scott Steiner went from the "All-American Wrestler" to "Big Poppa Pump" in WCW. Did they ever explain why he abandoned his brother, cut his hair, and started dying it blond? My memory is very hazy regarding 1998 WCW, but I seem to recall Scott having the new gimmick when he joined the Wolfpac, and I think he even feuded with Rick, but was he "Big Poppa Pump" before he joined the Wolfpac? Any info or video of Scott around that time would be appreciated.
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Post by Ken Ivory on Dec 14, 2007 5:56:28 GMT -5
I think he came out one week as "White Lightening" or something with his new look and he cut some sort of Promo. I think Buff Bagwell was there too. Video was on YouTube a while back.
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Post by redbull on Dec 14, 2007 6:07:48 GMT -5
It was right after he turned on his brother at super brawl, he joined the nWo and showed up on Nitro with the new look.
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Dec 14, 2007 6:11:50 GMT -5
The night after Scotty turned on Rick, he bleached his hair blonde, and came out as "White Lightning" on the very next Nitro.
In one of Scott's shoots, he claims that Bischoff and everyone had no clue that he was going to bleach his hair and stuff while doing the heel turn/going NWO, he just always wanted to do something like that if/when he ever turned heel, and not many people recognized him when he got to the arena. But, they thought it was cool and ran with it. I'd say he was lying, but WCW was so unorganized back then, I'd believe it.
Shortly thereafter, he was "Superstar Scott Steiner", which evolved into Big Poppa Pump...which I think he started calling himself while he was "Superstar Scott Steiner".
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 14, 2007 6:19:47 GMT -5
He was actually 'White Thunder' at first. People thought this was racist, so he became 'Superstar'.
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Post by Thank You Shawn on Dec 14, 2007 14:30:57 GMT -5
probably when the Earth turned on a 47 degree axis.
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 14, 2007 15:04:45 GMT -5
He earned it when he helped Pearl Harbor bomb the Germans.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 14, 2007 15:11:37 GMT -5
yeah, I remember they called him White Thunder because I remember thinking how stupid that was since Thunder can't even be seen
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Post by AriadosMan on Dec 14, 2007 15:13:18 GMT -5
yeah, I remember they called him White Thunder because I remember thinking how stupid that was since Thunder can't even be seen Shouldn't be be "White Lighting"? Or did he refuse that name cuz he "hates them stinkin' rednecks"? |
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Post by Thank You Shawn on Dec 14, 2007 15:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by Mongo & Pepe: Back in Black on Dec 14, 2007 17:02:19 GMT -5
yeah, I remember they called him White Thunder because I remember thinking how stupid that was since Thunder can't even be seen White Thunder was a play on the old basketball player that was known as Chocolate Thunder. |
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Post by Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta on Dec 14, 2007 22:58:48 GMT -5
yeah, I remember they called him White Thunder because I remember thinking how stupid that was since Thunder can't even be seen White Thunder was a play on the old basketball player that was known as Chocolate Thunder. Haha, Darryl Dawkins. |
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Post by Adam Pacman Khan (akkilla) on Dec 15, 2007 0:19:46 GMT -5
yeah, I remember they called him White Thunder because I remember thinking how stupid that was since Thunder can't even be seen Chocolate Thunder. do i even need to say it? |
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Post by Mongo & Pepe: Back in Black on Dec 15, 2007 1:44:17 GMT -5
do i even need to say it?  No. |
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 15, 2007 2:23:58 GMT -5
When did Scott Steiner become "Big Poppa Pump"? After he loaded up on steroids.
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Post by Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta on Dec 15, 2007 4:38:56 GMT -5
When did Scott Steiner become "Big Poppa Pump"? After he loaded up on steroids. Hmm, he was pretty jacked in WCW before he switched gimmicks, though. He just didn't glorify his muscles until he became a heel. |
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