It’s probably fair to say that Scott Steiner is not the biggest fan of Hulk Hogan.
In 1998, Steiner dyed his hair blond and packed on muscle, becoming the Big Poppa Pump that people know him for. However, he still holds a grudge against Hulk Hogan, who sought to hold him down and away from the main event during this time.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Scott Steiner spoke about the origin of his “Big Poppa Pump” gimmick. He explained that the gimmick came from him being sick of professional wrestling behind the scenes, citing Hulk Hogan as somebody who decided who won and lost matches during that period.
Scott Steiner shares the origins of his Big Poppa Pump gimmick
“Well, it first started like it was two different personalities. When I first came out of college, I was a college kid, happy-go-lucky. But when you’re in wrestling for a while, things change. Setbacks, people keep you down, politics, you get p*ssed off. So at that point, when I turned into Big Poppa Pump I was very pissed off and people could just kind of tell that in my interviews.”
“Because I was tired of the bullsh*t of professional wrestling, things that happened behind closed doors. You don’t really know what’s going on. Luckily, I had some guys in the back doors that told me what was going on most of the time, but a lot of times I didn’t know. That was a real thing back then the older guys keeping the younger guys down.”
“When I said that I got beat in my first match after turning heel, the call was made by Hulk Hogan to have me beat. So the reason I knew that because somebody that was in the vicinity of talking to him. So it might piss me off, but you can overcome wins and losses. People can see your personality and what you do on camera. Wins and losses, you can overcome them. But when another wrestler decides he’s going to decide who wins, it is bullsh*t,” Scott Steiner added.
Scott Steiner explains why Hulk Hogan is a piece of shit in his eyes
Continuing, Scott Steiner explained his unfiltered opinion of Hulk Hogan. He didn’t mince his words about the WWE legend, calling him a “motherf*cker” and a “piece of sh*t”.
He also commented that there was a reason why fans booed Hulk Hogan the last time he was on TV, and that they now knew the real Hogan.
“He’s a motherf*cker. There’s no other way I can say it, he’s a piece of sh*t,” Scott Steiner said. “We did a Nitro in Buffalo and I knew who I had to wrestle, per se. But ten minutes before the show went on air at ten to eight I didn’t know if it was going to happen or not. We had to wait until Hogan got to the building and say, clear it. Yeah, you could do what they had written down.
“What am I gonna do now? But I don’t forget. There’s a reason why he got booed in California, all this stuff that came out with him, racist comments. Now you would never found that out if it wasn’t recorded behind closed doors. So I think a lot of people realize the perception, or the perception that WWE or WCW wanted of Hulk Hogan was not really him. The racist comment. Hogan and Savage. I was good friends with Savage, so I knew all the stories and he used to tell me all the stuff,” Scott Steiner added.
Mark Henry was another name that said he wasn’t surprised to hear Hogan get booed, either. Seth Rollins even said he enjoyed seeing Hulk get his comeuppance.
