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Rick Steiner first made waves in the wrestling world in the late 1980s.
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+ ]6 z. ^* ~3 fAfter breaking away from the nefarious Varsity Club, "The Dog-Faced Gremlin" defeated his former teammate Mike Rotunda for the NWA Television Title.
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9 s6 i8 U. Z4 @' B, B' ?He soon began dominating the tag team ranks with his younger brother, Scott. f- s4 b) n' o/ I
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The Steiner Brothers held tag team championships in both WWE and WCW.
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: \8 g5 D' I0 M3 f% O# |$ c% m7 s" `In WWE, Rick and Scott were two-time World Tag Team Champions.! A' n4 g0 p- e
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1 G( V2 ^, {7 l. }6 aIn WCW, The Steiners were four-time tag champs." C% S! J, p" U
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5 ^8 \ W! O g$ K" |On his own, Rick Steiner held the Television Title three times and the United States Championship once.
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Rick Steiner: Current photos- s$ O. a, S/ e
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6 n3 w" x: A( a- w/ F2 cRick Steiner currently runs a real estate business in Georgia.9 Z( ?% u8 i) ?# m
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( h, a( K: h M2 e$ G) i' }He is also a member of the Cherokee County Board of Education.% f& }$ Y, \) l
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