Robert Rechsteiner[1] (born March 9, 1961)[1] is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Rick Steiner.

At the 1983 NCAA tournament, Steiner wrestled against three-time All-American and future National Champion Tab Thacker of North Carolina State.

It also started a slow fan favorite turn for Steiner, as he began breaking rules less often and was portrayed as a dim but good-hearted guy who was a villain by association only.

Eventually, this would lead to a breakup and Steiner subsequently became a fan favorite before winning the Television Championship from Rotunda at Starrcade.

They found success there as well, winning the WWF World Tag Team Championship from Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) on two occasions.

The Steiners left the WWF in 1994, with Rick stating that he felt that Vince McMahon was not following through with promises made to the team.

After leaving the WWF, Steiner debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in April 1995 at Three Way Dance, substituting for Sabu in the main event.

The following day, the Steiner Brothers made their debut in the ECW Arena at Wrestlepalooza, where they teamed with Eddie Guerrero in a loss to Scorpio, Dean Malenko, and Cactus Jack.

At Gangstas' Paradise on September 16, 1995, they teamed with Taz in a loss to The Eliminators (John Kronus and Perry Saturn) and Jason.

On the March 11, 1996 episode of Nitro, the Steiner Brothers redebuted in World Championship Wrestling in a losing effort to The Road Warriors.

Rick took several months off soon after this due to shoulder surgery caused by an ambush attack from Scott and Brian Adams during the May 4 episode of Nitro.

Later on in the night, Steiner and Kaos successfully retained their title against nWo members The Giant and Stevie Ray.

[21] After becoming a villain, Rick reunited with Scott on a few occasions and began feuding with Sting, culminating with a successful title defense at The Great American Bash on June 13.

[26] After Starrcade, Sullivan left the club as Steiner and Rotunda wrestled as a tag team throughout the rest of 1999 and into March 2000.

[27] On the February 5 episode of Nitro, Steiner defeated Shane Douglas to win the United States Heavyweight Championship.

He continued to wrestle in local venues and made several appearances, with fellow former WCW superstar Buff Bagwell, around the southeast United States and the independent circuit.

In May 2002 Rick reunited with Scott, since the closing of WCW, and defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kensuke Sasaki which was refereed by Chyna.

The brothers reunited for the Wrestling Fan Xperince in Winnipeg, Manitoba to defeat Buff Bagwell and G-Man on December 6, 2005.

They went to United Wrestling Federation in Wilson, North Carolina, to defeat the team of Matt Bentley and Frankie Kazarian.

[32] At Victory Road, he interfered in the Match of Champions by attacking the referee during Brother Devon's pinfall attempt on Kurt Angle.

The Steiners returned to TNA in late September to challenge Team 3D in a two out of three falls tables match at Bound for Glory.

On May 31, 2013, the Steiner Brothers won the Preston City Wrestling Tag Team Championships before losing it the following day.

On November 5, 2016, Rick lost to GNW Canadian Heavyweight Champion Devon Nicholson for Great North Wrestling in Hawkesbury, Ontario.

He made a return to Japan on September 19, 2019, for Tokyo Championship Wrestling teaming with Kazushi Miyamoto defeating Elliot Russell and Sigmon.

[34] A few days later, at the end of the April 5 episode of NXT after Breakker retained the title, Rick was kidnapped by Joe Gacy and Harland, locked up and tied inside a cage.

[39] On March 31, 2023, Impact wrestler Gisele Shaw accused Steiner in a tweet of yelling transphobic comments directed at her and a homophobic slur at one of her peers at WrestleCon.

[40][41] Professional wrestling referee Daniel Spencer stated on Twitter that he witnessed the incident, giving his support for Shaw.