Scott Steiner Blasts Hulk Hogan Over Backstage Politics and Personal Grudges – Scott Steiner has never been one to hold back his thoughts, and his feelings toward Hulk Hogan are no exception. The former WCW and WWE star has long expressed his disdain for Hogan, accusing him of using backstage politics to control match outcomes and hold younger talent back.
During an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Steiner discussed the evolution of his Big Poppa Pump persona and how his frustration with the industry, particularly Hogan’s influence, shaped his character.
Scott Steiner on Creating Big Poppa Pump
“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.
Scott Steiner Blasts Hulk Hogan Over Backstage Politics and Personal Grudges
