The 2012 Genesis was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion , that took place on January 8, 2012 at Impact Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida . It was the seventh event under the Genesis chronology and first event of the 2012 TNA PPV schedule.
212-659: Eight matches were contested at the event. The main event saw Bobby Roode successfully defend the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Jeff Hardy . In other prominent matches, Crimson and Matt Morgan retained the TNA World Tag Team Championship facing Samoa Joe and Magnus , Abyss won a Monster's Ball match against Bully Ray , and Austin Aries retained the TNA X Division Championship in
424-423: A Fan's Revenge Lumberjack match at Victory Road . Roode and Storm then began calling themselves "Beer Money, Inc.", sometimes shortened to simply "Beer Money", with their name based on their individual gimmicks (Storm's beer-drinking cowboy gimmick representing "Beer" and Roode's Wall Street stock trader gimmick representing "Money"). At Victory Road, LAX won the match. At Hard Justice , however, Beer Money became
636-620: A Four-Corners Elimination match against Kid Kash , Jesse Sorensen and Zema Ion in the opening bout. In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network , the event became available to stream on demand. It would later be available on Impact Plus in May 2019. Genesis featured eight professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed villains , heroes , or less distinguishable characters in
848-568: A GTS . On May 20 at NXT TakeOver: Chicago , Roode retained the NXT Championship against Itami. On the June 7 episode of NXT , Roderick Strong announced his intentions of capturing the NXT Championship and Roode came out to mock him. Sparking a rivalry, the two engaged in a backstage brawl two weeks later after Roode mocked Strong and his family. On the July 5 episode of NXT , Roode successfully defended
1060-546: A Lethal Lockdown match . Steiner and Jarrett then challenged Sting and a partner of his choosing to face them at Sacrifice on May 14. Sting hinted at three potential partners (Buff Bagwell, Lex Luger and Rick Steiner) before choosing Samoa Joe . Sting and Joe defeated Steiner and Jarrett. After failing to defeat Sting to qualify for the third King of the Mountain match , Steiner lost to Samoa Joe at Slammiversary . At Victory Road , he faced Joe, Sting, and Christian Cage in
1272-504: A cast for eight months. Scott Steiner returned to the ring on August 28, 2005, in Asheville, North Carolina for the independent promotion , Universal Championship Wrestling, teaming with his brother Rick in 2006. On June 10, 2006, they defeated Disco Inferno and Jeff Lewis. He wrestled briefly in LAW, alongside Buff Bagwell, and feuded with the tag team Fame and Fortune. On March 11, 2006,
1484-454: A face , defeating Aiden English in a singles match and later defeated Mike Kanellis on the following episode of SmackDown Live . On the September 26 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode confronted and challenged Dolph Ziggler for a match on October 8 at Hell in a Cell which Roode won with a roll-up whilst holding Ziggler's tights. Afterwards, Ziggler attacked Roode and demanded a rematch on
1696-491: A one-time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion and a one-time WWA World Heavyweight Champion (Indianapolis version). He is the eighth WCW Triple Crown Champion . During the 1980s and 1990s, Steiner wrestled alongside his older brother Rick as The Steiner Brothers . He has won several tag team titles, including the WWF Tag Team Championship , WCW World Tag Team Championship , IWGP Tag Team Championship , and
1908-512: A "loaded" superkick in their match back in October and at Final Resolution, expressing his desire for a rematch. However, Sting felt Storm beat him fairly twice and a third match was unnecessary. Unhappy, Angle declared he would beat down people in Storm's hometown until he gets his rematch. The following week, Storm admitted that Angle controlled 3 quarters of their match, but that he Tim Tebow 'd Angle in
2120-512: A #1 contender's fatal four-way match for the NXT Championship after defeating Oney Lorcan . On the December 21 episode of NXT , Roode defeated Andrade "Cien" Almas, Tye Dillinger and Roderick Strong in the fatal four-way match to earn the title shot against NXT Champion Shinsuke Nakamura . On January 28, 2017 at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio , Roode defeated Nakamura to win the title, becoming
2332-613: A Best of Five Series with the Motor City Machine Guns, contested for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. Beer Money won the first two matches, a ladder match and a Street Fight, after knocking their opponents out with beer bottles. On the July 29 episode of Impact! , Ric Flair offered Roode and Storm, who were just one victory away from becoming four-time TNA World Tag Team Champions, the final two spots on Fourtune. However, Shelley and Sabin came back to win
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#17328725110942544-601: A Falls Count Anywhere Match at Turning Point . The next month, at Final Resolution , Lashley defeated Steiner in a Last Man Standing match . On February 4, 2010, Steiner's profile was removed from TNA's official website. His departure from the company was confirmed the following week. Steiner joined the Puerto Rican promotion World Wrestling Council (WWC) in March 2010, debuting in an angle where he attacked Universal Heavyweight Champion Ray González . On April 3, at Camino
2756-531: A Fatal four Way match to retain the titles. On the April 16 episode of SmackDown, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits to retain the titles. At WrestleMania Backlash , Roode and Ziggler lost the titles to The Mysterios, ending their reign at 128 days. As part of the 2021 Draft , both Roode and Ziggler were drafted to the Raw brand . On the October 4 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler lost to Big E and Drew McIntyre. On
2968-481: A Last Man Standing match on the March 13 episode of Impact Wrestling . The feud ended in a Submission match on the April 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , which Eric Young won. In May, Roode reformed Dirty Heels with Austin Aries in pursuit of the vacant TNA World Tag Team Championship . They both agreed to a best of five series with The Wolves . On June 3, 2015 in the third match of the series, with The Wolves up 2–0, Aries pressured Roode to hit Eddie Edwards with
3180-454: A Mixed tag team match. Roode and Ms. Brooks then joined forces with Christian's Coalition to aid in their battles with Sting and Abyss , and on the July 26 episode of Impact! , Mike Tenay stated that Roode had joined the stable. Weeks after that, after Eric Young lost a match against Team 3D , Roode and Brooks "tarred and feathered" Young. On the August 7 episode of TNA Today Young issued
3392-524: A Monster's Ball match and agreed to rejoin Immortal if he lost. Aligned with Ric Flair as his manager, Immortal member Gunner began a mission of destruction that started with former Immortal referee, Garett Bischoff , who managed two pinfall victories over Gunner that enraged him enough to piledrive Bischoff into the exposed concrete floor, consequently sidelining him in terms of storyline. The next victims lined up were Jesse Neal and Douglas Williams over
3604-451: A Tables match to Matt Hardy. On the August 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , Aries was forced to face Rockstar Spud , with Aries' TNA career and Spud's "Rockstar" moniker on the line. Aries ultimately lost the match, resulting in him leaving TNA. On the August 12 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode attacked Rockstar Spud for ending Aries' career in TNA when Spud defeated Aries the previous week. On
3816-400: A Two-out-of-Three Falls match, ending their reign at 76 days. Roode and Aries received their rematch on the April 25 episode of Impact Wrestling , but were again defeated by Guerrero and Hernandez after an inadvertent interference from Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. Roode and Aries faced Daniels and Kazarian in number one contenders match on the May 9 episode of Impact Wrestling , however,
4028-676: A World title opportunity after aiding her on many occasions. On the February 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode considered leaving TNA, citing changes in opinions on Angle and Carter, but was then persuaded to agree to captain Team Dixie against Team MVP at Lockdown in return for 10% ownership if Team Dixie was successful. On March 2, Roode was part of a group of TNA wrestlers that took part in Wrestle-1 's Kaisen: Outbreak event in Tokyo, Japan . During
4240-449: A briefcase containing a contract for a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match. On the December 13 episode of Impact! , he beat Petey Williams , B.G. James , and Christopher Daniels . Following the match, Jim Cornette offered him $ 50,000 for his briefcase, which he refused. Steiner then switched briefcases with Petey Williams (which contained an X Division Title contract), stating afterwards he would get his original briefcase back
4452-694: A challenge for a "humiliation match" at Hard Justice to Roode, with the loser to be tarred and feathered. Roode won, but Ms. Brooks ended up tarred and feathered while Roode just watched from the stage and afterwards, as she questioned his loyalty, his apparent bullying of her became a key storyline and side angle. Roode then entered a mini-feud with Kaz , who confronted Roode when he mistreated Ms. Brooks. Roode defeated Kaz at No Surrender . Soon afterwards, other wrestlers followed in Kaz's footsteps. An interview revealed that Brooks put up with Roode's actions because she needed to raise money for her ill mother. Since then,
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#17328725110944664-405: A climax over their relationship with Devon's own kids. In June, Dinero played the good Samaritan by aiding Devon in his feud with Mexican America , but Devon tried to reject the help because of Dinero's influence on his sons, Terrell and Terrence . Two months later, Devon altered his attitude toward Dinero for the better and by September, they both began teaming up in unavailing efforts to capture
4876-499: A current TNA manager, segments began airing with Roode interviewing managers for the position; Bobby "The Brain" Heenan on September 7, Col. Robert Parker on September 14, and Sherri Martel on September 21. He revealed his chosen manager, Traci Brooks , at Bound for Glory , and promptly started going by "Robert Roode" while adopting a Wall Street stock trader gimmick , with Brooks now being referred to as "Ms. Brooks", his "Chief Executive Offender" (CEO). His first feud after
5088-489: A different top star on each show that weekend, winning $ 10,000 if they defeated all three. Steiner was the first to successfully "run the gauntlet" from September 21–23, defeating Bobby Eaton , Ric Flair and Arn Anderson . On January 30, 1991, Steiner had a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match against Flair at Clash of the Champions XIV: Dixie Dynamite , which ended in a time limit draw. In late 1992
5300-519: A face to face altercation in the ring which lead to Angle and Roode attacking Cage, thus kicking Cage out of the Angle Alliance and turning the Angle-Cage tension into a full-blown feud. At Final Resolution , Roode teamed up with Ms. Brooks in a mixed tag team match against Booker T and his wife Sharmell . After losing the match Roode finally completed his turn on Brooks and as Sharmell ran back into
5512-484: A feud with Matt Morgan and Abyss, retaining the titles against them at Final Resolution . Roode and Storm lost the titles to Lethal and Creed on the January 8 episode of Impact! but regained them three days later at Genesis in a 3-way match which also involved the team of Abyss and Matt Morgan. Beer Money, Inc. faced Creed and Jay Lethal at Against All Odds and retained the championship. At Lockdown , Beer Money lost
5724-480: A fluke, Roode faced the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion in a non-title match on the July 19 episode of Impact Wrestling . However, the match ended in a no contest, when both competitors were attacked by a group of masked assailants, known only as the " Aces & Eights ". On August 12 at Hardcore Justice , Roode unsuccessfully challenged Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, with
5936-488: A four-team, two-week-long tournament to decide the opponent of The Motor City Machine Guns for the titles at Victory Road . Beer Money advanced to the title match at the pay-per-view by defeating Team 3D and Ink Inc. ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ). At Victory Road Beer Money was defeated by the Motor City Machine Guns in the match for the World Tag Team Championship. After Victory Road Beer Money entered
6148-610: A four-way bout to decide the number one contender for Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Sting pinned Steiner to win, and Steiner resumed his role as Jarrett's bodyguard. He then faced Christian Cage on the August 10 Impact and was in Jarrett's corner at Hard Justice before disappearing from TNA. On February 8, 2007, Steiner returned as NWA World Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage's "special consultant", in Cage's match with Kurt Angle at Against All Odds , interfering to cost Angle
6360-408: A grudge match to win the managerial services of Keibler at Bad Blood , but lost her back to Test in a rematch on the August 18 episode of Raw . At Unforgiven on September 21, Steiner faced Test with Keibler's managerial services again on the line with the extra stipulation that, if Steiner lost, he would become Test's manservant . Steiner lost after Keibler's interference backfired, and the tag team
6572-522: A la Gloria 2010 , Steiner wrestled his first match for WWC, losing to González in a championship match. On April 24, he defeated González in a rematch to become the new Universal Heavyweight Champion. On May 29, he was stripped of the title, after a defense against González ended in a no contest. On July 11, González defeated Steiner (in a match refereed by Ricky Banderas ) to regain the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. On
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6784-760: A make-over and transformed into Woman . Green was responsible for tripping up Scott at Clash of the Champions VIII and costing the Steiners the NWA World Tag Team Championship as well as luring Scott into a parking lot assault by Sullivan and her new masked tag team, Doom . Doom, with Woman in their corner, would defeat the Steiners at Halloween Havoc '89 after Woman interfered. On November 1, 1989, in Atlanta, Georgia , The Steiner Brothers defeated The Fabulous Freebirds ( Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin ) for
6996-425: A match producer . On February 22, 2024, Roode stated in an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that despite having been cleared to compete, a return was simply not going to happen, effectively announcing his retirement from in-ring competition. Scott Steiner Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962), better known by the ring name Scott Steiner , is an American professional wrestler . Steiner
7208-409: A match between the two on August 20 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II , where Roode defeated Almas. On the September 14 episode of NXT , Roode defeated No Way Jose in his Full Sail University debut. On the September 28 episode of NXT , Roode appeared after Tye Dillinger defeated Angelo Dawkins and later persuaded Dillinger to be his tag team partner for the 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic . On
7420-607: A new gimmick , dyeing his hair and beard blond , and further increasing his muscle mass over the ensuing months. Scott then adopted the nicknames "White Thunder", in reference to his bleached hair and goatee and his all-white singlet, and "Superstar", as a homage to "Superstar" Billy Graham . However, he soon discarded both nicknames, and instead proclaimed himself as " Big Poppa Pump ". Steiner further altered his attire as he began wearing sunglasses and chain mail headgear as part of his ring entrance outfit. He then began teaming with Buff Bagwell and feuded with Rick for much of 98. At
7632-465: A no contest, when referee Brian Hebner was unable control the two brawling rivals. The rivalry between Roode and Storm culminated on October 14 at Bound for Glory in a Street Fight, with King Mo serving as the special guest enforcer , which was won by Storm. On November 11 at Turning Point , Roode was again defeated by Storm in a three-way number one contenders match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, also involving A.J. Styles; however, Roode
7844-650: A non-title match to join the Motor City Machine Guns in the Tag Team Title match at Turning Point . At the Pay-Per-View The British Invasion managed to retain their titles after Kevin Nash nailed Storm with the TNA Global Championship belt. At Genesis Roode and Storm scored an upset victory over The Band of Kevin Nash and Syxx-Pac . With Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff taking over TNA at
8056-725: A part of their Wrestling Reality show to be aired on The Fight Network , but he was not seen on these episodes due to contractual obligations with TNA. While in TNA, Roode also wrestled for BSE Pro in Ontario, Border City Wrestling in Windsor, Ontario and at NWA Shockwave in New Jersey . On March 18, 2006, he won the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship from Josh Daniels at an NWAS/New York Wrestling Connection cross-promotional event. Eight days later on March 26, Roode won
8268-481: A pre-match stipulation preventing him from getting another rematch for the title as long as Aries was champion. After not being seen for several weeks, Roode returned on September 9 at No Surrender , costing James Storm his Bound for Glory Series semifinal match against Bully Ray. On the September 20 episode of Impact Wrestling , Storm challenged Roode to a match as part of the Open Fight Night. The match ended in
8480-467: A rematch for the title the following week. As a result of a backstage attack, Storm came into the match bleeding and eventually lost, after passing out due to blood loss. After the match, Roode was challenged by his former Fortune stablemate, A.J. Styles. On November 13 at Turning Point , Roode successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Styles, pinning him while holding his tights. On December 11 at Final Resolution , Roode retained
8692-456: A rematch on the October 31 episode of Impact Wrestling , where Roode won via referee stoppage after Angle suffered convulsions and post-concussive symptoms. After his two victories, Roode continued the feud by insulting Angle and brawling with him. Simultaneously, Roode entered a tournament for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship and defeated James Storm in a Florida Death Match in the first round to advance. Two weeks later, after losing in
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8904-422: A result of defeating Magnus, EGO held a mock Hall of Fame induction for Roode the following week, in mockery to Kurt Angle's induction, leading to Angle returning, attacking all three members of EGO in retaliation, and issuing a challenge to Roode at Bound for Glory , which Roode accepted. On October 20 at Bound for Glory, Roode defeated Kurt Angle after Angle injured himself while hitting his finisher. The two had
9116-532: A rivalry between Roode and Ray, with the two attacking each other on several occasions. At Sacrifice , Roode defeated Bully Ray in a Tables match, thanks to an intervention of Dixie Carter. At the edition of May 9 of Impact Wrestling , Bobby Roode showed signs of a possible face turn when he showed mutual respect for TNA World Champion Eric Young , and the two shook hands on one more championship match for that same night. The match, however, did not happen because TNA Director of Operations MVP declined to make
9328-444: A series of singles matches, promising them title matches, should they be able to defeat him. In the first match on the September 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Kazarian via submission. After Daniels refused to take part in his match, Roode finished the series by defeating Styles and Storm respectively on the September 29 and October 6 episodes of Impact Wrestling . On October 16 at Bound for Glory, Roode failed to win
9540-464: A singles career, while still being linked to Team Canada, by defeating Ron Killings . Five months later, on the June 29 episode of TNA Impact! , TNA Management Director Jim Cornette forced the breakup of Team Canada. However, on the July 6 episode of Impact! , Cornette gave Team Canada one more chance to stay together but only if they could win a match a week later against Jay Lethal , Rhino and Team 3D ( Brother Ray and Brother Devon ). On
9752-460: A six-man tag match. Steiner pinned Gunner after the Frankensteiner . Steiner then began feuding with Rob Terry after Terry attacked him on the February 24 Impact! , during a "posedown" between the two. The following week, Steiner defeated Terry in a singles match. On the March 24 Impact! , Steiner formed a tag team with Crimson and defeated Ink Inc. ( Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore ). After
9964-756: A sledgehammer, but lost the second match at No Way Out via pinfall. Both matches were not well received by fans with the first going on to win the Wrestling Observer Newsletter 's "Worst Worked Match" award. On the April 14 episode of Raw , Steiner faced off against Nowinski in a debate over the Iraq War . Later that year, Steiner formed a tag team with Test , with Stacy Keibler as their manager . The team lasted several months, and feuded with La Résistance , losing to them at Judgment Day . They broke up after Test turned heel and began misogynistically treating Keibler. On June 15, Steiner defeated Test in
10176-441: A spot on Team SmackDown at Survivor Series . On November 19 at Survivor Series, Roode was eliminated second overall by Braun Strowman and Team SmackDown then eventually lost to Team Raw. In late November, Roode started a rivalry with United States Champion Baron Corbin , leading to a match for the title on December 17 at Clash of Champions also involving Ziggler, who won the title by pinning Corbin. On January 3, 2018, Roode
10388-445: A steel chair to scare them away but ultimately hit Roode with the chair, costing him the match. On the January 16, 2015, episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode was defeated by Young in a No Disqualification match. On the January 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode teamed with Kurt Angle, but lost once again against Eric Young and Low Ki. However, Bobby Roode defeated Eric Young in a Six Sides of Steel match at Lockdown and once again in
10600-410: A steel chair. As Roode refused, Aries distracted the referee and Roode hit Edwards with a low blow and hit him with a steel chair to win the match, thanks to the influence of Aries, turning heel in the process. They win the fourth round on the June 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , in a Full Metal Mayhem match . At Slammiversary , Roode helped Aries to beat Davey Richards for pick the stipulation for
10812-632: A stipulated Cage match to earn his shot at the World Title, as in turn, Jarrett's loss meant that he and Karen would be fired from the company. Another main rivalry featured Kurt Angle in a singles match with James Storm for the second consecutive time on PPV. On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling , Angle complained to TNA General Manager Sting and provided the belief that Sting, giving him 90 minutes to spare for preparation, threw him into TNA World Heavyweight Championship match with Storm, who screwed him out of his World Title reign using
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#173287251109411024-498: A surprise entry into the Royal Rumble in 1993 and win the event, then moving on to win the world championship at WrestleMania IX . However Vince was not keen on the idea and both the Steiners themselves voiced their desire to remain as a tag team, therefore Vince began booking them as such. The Steiner Brothers made their WWF television debut with a promo on the December 21, 1992, episode of Prime Time Wrestling . They appeared on
11236-471: A tag team match. After three months of inactivity, Rechsteiner was released from TNA in March 2012. In 2010, Steiner defeated Brutus Beefcake to become Canadian Wrestling International (CWI)'s first Heavyweight Champion in Caledonia, Ontario. He retained the title in matches against Kevin Nash and Big Van Vader. Following his departure from TNA, Steiner began performing for various European promotions on
11448-745: A tag team with Billy Joe Travis and defeated the Cuban Choir Boys for the CWA World Tag Team Championship on May 29. On June 6, they lost the title to Gary Young and Don Bass. Rechsteiner and Travis regained the title on June 27 and lost it to the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs ( Mike Davis and Tommy Lane ) on August 15. Rechsteiner formed a new tag team with Jed Grundy, and on February 18, 1989, they dethroned CWA World Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Jimmy Golden . Rechsteiner's third and final CWA reign ended on February 25, when Fuller and Golden regained
11660-621: A tag team. At Victory Road , they defeated Beer Money, Inc. ( James Storm and Robert Roode ) for the World Tag Team Championship . At Bound for Glory , they lost the title to The British Invasion in a four way Full Metal Mayhem Tag Team match (which also included Team 3D and Beer Money). On the following episode of Impact! , Angle announced the disbanding of the Main Event Mafia, which Steiner refused to accept. Steiner then feuded with Bobby Lashley , defeating him in
11872-527: A three-on-two handicap to capture the Raw Tag Team Championship on the December 10 episode of Raw , after Roode pinned Maverick. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , Roode and Gable along with Balor, Crews and Angle helped Strowman defeat Baron Corbin in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match and Corbin was stripped of all authoritative power. Roode and Gable would go on to beat The Revival in title matches on December 24, 2018 episode of Raw and on
12084-415: A three-way match. On the March 21 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode and Aries defeated Guerrero and Hernandez to retain the TNA World Tag Team Championship, following interference from Daniels and Kazarian. Afterwards, the champions were attacked by Daniels and Kazarian. On the April 11 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode and Aries lost the TNA World Tag Team Championship back to Guerrero and Hernandez in
12296-581: A three-year contract with World Wrestling Entertainment, and returned to WWE television after an eight-year absence at Survivor Series in Madison Square Garden on November 17. There, Steiner attacked Matt Hardy and Christopher Nowinski after they delivered a promo insulting New York City, establishing him as a face . Over the following weeks, General Managers Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon both courted Steiner, each trying to sign him to their respective brand, Raw or SmackDown! . Bischoff
12508-500: A top heel into 2000 and joined the reformed nWo. After the nWo disbanded again, Steiner briefly joined Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff's New Blood stable before switching to The Millionaire's Club , turning face for a brief time. At Spring Stampede , he competed in a tournament for the United States Championship, defeating The Wall by disqualification when he blinded him, which caused Wall to accidentally chokeslam
12720-519: Is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and has also wrestled for Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, later Impact Wrestling), and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He is a four-time world champion in wrestling, being a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion , a one-time WWA World Heavyweight Champion , and
12932-541: The 2013 Bound for Glory Series on the June 13 episode of Impact Wrestling . Roode began the BFG series with a string of losses against Jeff Hardy, Magnus, and his former tag team partner Austin Aries. On the August 1 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode claimed he would go back to his old ways in order to regain the World Heavyweight Championship. Roode then defeated Hernandez via pinfall, after hitting him in
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#173287251109413144-588: The André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal , but was unsuccessful. On the April 8 episode of Raw , Roode and Gable turned heel by attacking Aleister Black and Ricochet, after losing a tag team match to them. This would be Roode's first time as a heel on the main roster. On April 16, Chad Gable was drafted to SmackDown during the Superstar Shake-up , disbanding the team and leaving Roode on his own. On
13356-513: The Greatest Royal Rumble event, Roode performed in his first ever Royal Rumble match , lasting just under eighteen minutes before being eliminated by Baron Corbin. Roode's first rivalry on the Raw roster was with Elias with the pair trading victories over the months of April and May. On the May 14 episode of Raw , Roode defeated Baron Corbin and No Way Jose to qualify for the Men's Money in
13568-647: The IWGP Tag Team Championship from Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki at the WCW/New Japan Supershow on March 21, announcers began referring to them as "Triple Crown Champions". In 1990, Steiner began wrestling in singles matches. WCW's weekend TBS shows ( Power Hour , Saturday Night , and Main Event ), featured the NWA/WCW Gauntlet Series, in which a wrestler was selected to face
13780-408: The NWA World Tag Team Championship with Eric Young . Following the team's breakup, embarked on a singles run before forming a tag team with James Storm as Beer Money, Inc. Together with Storm, he is a six-time TNA World Tag Team Champion and they are the longest reigning champions in TNA history. Roode eventually became a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion , with his first reign being
13992-601: The NWA World Tag Team Championship . They held the title for over five months before losing it to Doom ( Butch Reed and Ron Simmons ) in Washington, D.C. , at Capital Combat . The Steiner Brothers defeated The Midnight Express ( Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane ) for the NWA United States Tag Team Championship on August 24, in East Rutherford, New Jersey . During their title reign, WCW withdrew from
14204-718: The National Wrestling Alliance (in January 1991) and the title was renamed the WCW United States Tag Team Championship. The Steiner Brothers competed in a WarGames match at WrestleWar 1991 , which received a five-star rating from The Wrestling Observer . After winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship on February 18, they vacated the United States Tag Team Championship, on February 20. After they won
14416-600: The Puerto Rican promotion, World Wrestling Council (WWC). He also went on to work a series of dark matches for World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) between 1998 and 2004 before he was signed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Roode began working for Real Action Wrestling in 2001, where he formed a villainous stable known as The Kardinal Sinners along with Kingman and Mike Hughes as well as part-time members Wildman Gary Williams and The Acadian Giant . Roode later rejoined them as
14628-636: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship , where the champions The Miz and John Morrison retained. Following Elimination Chamber, Roode was not seen on television as he was not able to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On the June 22 episode of Raw, it was announced that Roode and Ziggler were traded to the Raw brand. On the September 28 episode of Raw , Roode returned and answered Drew McIntyre 's WWE Championship open challenge, where he failed to win
14840-481: The TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fifth time in their career. They successfully retained their titles against The BroMans on the March 22 episode of Impact Wrestling and against Decay, The BroMans and Eric Young and Bram on the April 12 episode of Impact Wrestling . Their feud against Decay culminated at Sacrifice in a Valley of Shadow match, which Decay won, winning the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On March 19, 2016, TNA announced Roode's departure from
15052-409: The TNA World Tag Team Championship . Storm and Roode won, after Storm performed a Last Call on Hernandez, with a belt wrapped around his boot. Hector Guerrero , LAX's manager, was at ringside, however, and got the match restarted by informing the referee about what had happened. LAX then retained, leading to Roode, Storm, and Jacqueline attacking LAX. The next week, LAX challenged Storm and Roode to
15264-489: The TNA World Title Series . Roode ended first of his block, tied with Eric Young, advancing to the finals where he was defeated in the round of 16 by Matt Hardy . On January 5, 2016 on TNA's debut on Pop , James Storm returned to TNA to help Bobby Roode fight off Eric Young and Bram . After Storm told Roode he wanted to "get back to having fun", Storm handed Roode a beer officially reuniting Beer Money, Inc. On
15476-707: The TNA/Impact World Tag Team Championship . He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WCW and TNA , as well as the WWF's Survivor Series in 1993 . Scott Rechsteiner was born in Bay City, Michigan , on July 29, 1962. He was a folkstyle wrestler at 156 lbs during his time at the University of Michigan . He became a three-time Big 10 runner-up after finishing fifth as a freshman. In 1986, he became an NCAA Division I All-American and placed sixth in
15688-579: The Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament and earn the right to challenge Team 3D for the TNA World Tag Team Titles. At Slammiversary , Beer Money defeated Team 3D to win the TNA World Tag Team Titles for the third time. The following month at Victory Road , Beer Money lost the titles to Booker T and Scott Steiner of The Main Event Mafia . The two teams' feud intertwined with that of Team 3D and
15900-612: The Team Canada stable, and took part in the World X-Cup , which was won by Team USA. Team Canada went on to feud with 3Live Kru and America's Most Wanted . on the October 12, 2004 episode of Impact, Team Canada (Roode and Eric Young) defeated Christopher Daniels (4) and James Storm to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship . at Victory Road , Team Canada lost the titles to 3Live Kru ( B.G. James and Konnan ). As
16112-513: The Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2011, at Wrestle Kingdom V , taking part in a three-way tag team match for the IWGP Tag Team Championship , won by Bad Intentions. Bobby Roode made his debut for House of Hardcore on November 15, 2014 as a surprise opponent for Tommy Dreamer in a successful defense of the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On March 7, 2015 at House of Hardcore VIII , Dirty Heels lost to The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in
16324-658: The United States Championship in January 2018, his first championship on the main roster, and he won the Raw Tag Team Championship with partner Chad Gable that December. He also has held the 24/7 Championship once and has held the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships once each with Dolph Ziggler . Overall, Roode is a three-time world champion in professional wrestling. Roode grew up around an athletic environment playing minor hockey in Peterborough and attended Kenner Collegiate Vocational Institution. He
16536-710: The United States Heavyweight Championship and World Television Championship . In March, he turned on Bagwell, kicking him out of the group, and eventually reunited with his brother. In mid-1999, he was sidelined with a back injury and stripped of the United States Heavyweight Title. On a December 1999 episode of Nitro , Steiner cut a promo to announce his retirement from professional wrestling due to this injury. Later that evening, he revealed himself to, in fact, be in fine health, turning on and attacking Sid Vicious . He continued to be
16748-706: The WWA World Heavyweight Championship . He held the title until May 3, 1987, when he lost it to Wojo in Toledo. He then formed a tag team with his trainer, Graham. On October 6, 1987, they defeated Chris Carter and Mohammad Saad for the WWA World Tag Team Championship. On December 6, they lost the title to Carter and Don Kent . In 1988, Rechsteiner joined the Memphis -based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) under his real name. He formed
16960-655: The World Wrestling All-Stars , where he was reunited with his former WCW valet Midajah . He appeared at WWA house shows in Europe and Australia throughout 2001 and 2002. At the third WWA pay-per-view, The Eruption , on April 12, 2002, at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne , Steiner challenged Nathan Jones for the WWA World Heavyweight Championship . Despite the presence of WWA Commissioner Sid at ringside, Steiner
17172-476: The manager of The Quebecers, Johnny Polo , threw a hockey stick into the ring and Scott caught it. When the referee saw Scott holding the foreign object , he disqualified The Steiner Brothers and awarded the title to The Quebecers. Scott defeated Pierre in a singles match the following week on Raw . Steiner competed in the elimination match main event of Survivor Series , marking his only headlining WWF pay-per-view appearance. On January 22, 1994, Scott Steiner
17384-448: The "WrestleMania Edition" of SmackDown, Roode competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which was won by Madcap Moss . On the June 6 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler returned for the first time in months, where they appeared for an interview segment on the stage but would be interrupted by Omos and MVP . Ziggler then superkicked MVP and both Roode and Ziggler were chased out of
17596-694: The "superstars' protest" portion of the mistreatment angle quietly faded, though Roode's egotistical bullying antics got worse. Roode participated in the Fight for the Right Tournament . At Bound for Glory , he was the last person eliminated in the gauntlet section of the tournament by Eric Young and lost his opening tournament match to Junior Fatu . Around this time, Roode not only started mistreating Brooks even further, he started to show signs of full-blown misogyny in segments involving or referring to other women, such as Karen Angle , Gail Kim or Sharmell . In
17808-467: The 4th quarter. In response, Angle appeared via video screen targeting and later attacking people at Storm's favorite local bar in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, in an effort to get Storm to give in. The following week, Storm accepted the rematch by retaliating with a Last Call superkick to Angle during his match with Rob Van Dam , resulting in Angle picking up the disqualification victory. Another feud
18020-462: The 50-Man Battle Royal where he was unsuccessful. On the August 26 episode of Raw , Roode teamed with Dolph Ziggler to win a tag-team turmoil match to earn a Raw Tag Team Championship match against Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman at Clash of Champions . At the event on September 15, they won the titles after Roode pinned Rollins. On the September 30 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler defeated Heavy Machinery ( Otis and Tucker ) to retain
18232-470: The April 22 episode of Raw , Roode, sporting a clean shave and moustache, formalized his name to Robert Roode, before defeating Ricochet. On the May 20 episode of Raw , Roode became the second holder of the WWE 24/7 Championship , pinning the inaugural champion Titus O'Neil on the entrance ramp. His reign ended in the same night when R-Truth defeated him in the parking lot. At Super ShowDown , Roode competed in
18444-685: The April 28 Impact! . On the May 26 episode of the now renamed Impact Wrestling , Steiner interfered in and cost Morgan his match with Jeff Jarrett. On the June 2 Impact Wrestling , Steiner and Jarrett defeated Morgan and Kurt Angle, when Steiner pinned Morgan. At Slammiversary IX on June 12, Morgan defeated Steiner in a singles match to end the feud. On the June 30 episode of Impact Wrestling , Steiner joined Immortal. At Hardcore Justice , Immortal (Steiner, Abyss and Gunner) lost to Fortune (A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Kazarian ). At Turning Point on November 13, Steiner and Bully Ray lost to former Immortal stablemates Mr. Anderson and Abyss in
18656-509: The BFG Series. The following week, the trio labelled themselves EGO and Roode and Kazarian went on to defeat TNA World Tag Team Champions Gunner and James Storm in a non-title match. EGO also tried to recruit Roode's former tag team partner Austin Aries, but Aries answered their offer by attacking Daniels and costing him his BFG series match. Roode's participation in the Bound for Glory series ended on
18868-549: The Bank ladder match at Money in the Bank on June 17, which was won by Braun Strowman. On the September 3 episode of Raw , Roode started a partnership with Chad Gable and went on to defeat The Ascension . At Survivor Series , they would lead the Raw tag team division, but they would lose to Team SmackDown in a 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match. After feuding with them for weeks, Roode and Gable defeated AOP ( Akam and Rezar ) and their manager Drake Maverick in
19080-660: The Beach by helping Goldberg defeat him in a match where fellow nWo alumnus Scott Hall's contract was on the line, joining the New Blood in the process. On November 26, 2000, at Mayhem , Steiner defeated Booker T to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , becoming a Triple Crown Champion in the process. In January 2001, Steiner became the centerpiece of Ric Flair's Magnificent Seven stable. He feuded with Booker T over several months and pay-per-views until losing
19292-533: The British Invasion, causing a three-month long war between the four teams. Beer Money went on to lose to the British Invasion in an IWGP Tag Team Championship match at Hard Justice , win a Lethal Lockdown match at No Surrender (teaming with Team 3D against MEM and the Invasion), and lose a 4-way Full Metal Mayhem match at Bound for Glory for both the TNA and IWGP Tag Team Championships, with Team 3D winning
19504-626: The Champions VII but defeated them in a rematch at the Great American Bash 1989 . The Steiners also competed in the "King of the Hill" two-ring battle royal earlier in the show but were unsuccessful. During this time, the Steiners were managed by Missy Hyatt and often brought their pitbull Arnold to the ring. Rick nervously began a relationship with a shy fan named " Robin Green " who eventually received
19716-601: The December 29 and January 5 editions of Impact Wrestling, James was unsuccessful in her attempts to dispossess Kim of the Knockouts Championship and TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship . However, a rematch between the two for the Knockouts Title was subsequently placed on the Genesis line-up. Austin Aries was scheduled to defend the TNA X Division Championship against top contenders Kid Kash , Jesse Sorensen , and
19928-525: The February 11 episode of Raw , in which Gable and Roode lost the championship. On the March 4 episode of Raw, Roode and Gable interfered in The Revival's match with Ricochet and Aleister Black , attacking both teams. At Fastlane , Roode and Gable competed in a triple threat tag team match for the Raw Tag Team Championship, which was won by The Revival. At WrestleMania 35 , Roode competed in
20140-404: The February 14 tapings of the February 17 episode of Impact! , turning on Fortune and jumping to Immortal. On April 17 at Lockdown , Roode, Storm, Kazarian and Christopher Daniels , who replaced an injured A.J. Styles, defeated Immortal representatives Ric Flair, Abyss, Bully Ray and Matt Hardy in a Lethal Lockdown match, when Roode forced Flair to submit with a Fujiwara armbar . The finish
20352-505: The IWGP belts and the British Invasion the TNA belts. Beer Money were permitted one last title shot the following Impact! , where they fought the British Invasion in a Six Sides of Steel match . Brutus Magnus had his team disqualified by punching the referee, causing him and Doug Williams to retain the championships. On the November 12 episode of Impact! Beer Money defeated the British Invasion in
20564-583: The January 12, 2016, edition of Impact Wrestling , Roode lost the TNA King of the Mountain Championship to Eric Young. At TNA One Night Only , Beer Money defeated Eric Young and Bram. In a rematch at Lockdown , Beer Money defeated once again Eric Young and Bram in a Six Sides of Steel match, thus ending the feud. On February 9, 2016, Beer Money attempted to cash in their title shot against current champions
20776-498: The January 16 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode defeated Jinder Mahal in the final to win his first championship since joining the main roster. Roode would hold the title for 54 days, retaining against Rawley during the Royal Rumble kick-off show during an open challenge and Rusev on the February 6 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode lost the title against Randy Orton at Fastlane , causing Roode to attack Orton out of frustration after saving him from Mahal. Roode tried to regain
20988-419: The January 27, 2011, episode of Impact! (taped January 12), Steiner returned to TNA as a face, saving Kurt Angle, Matt Morgan , and Crimson from Fortune and Immortal . The next week, Fortune turned on Immortal and aligned themselves with Steiner, Angle and Crimson. On February 13, at Against All Odds , Steiner, James Storm and Robert Roode defeated Immortal members Rob Terry , Gunner and Murphy in
21200-486: The January 7, 2019 episode of Raw in a Lumberjack Match and then again on the January 21 episode of Raw with Curt Hawkins as the special guest referee. At the Royal Rumble kick-off show, Gable and Roode defeated Rezar and Scott Dawson in a non-title match. The match stipulation stated that if Rezar and Dawson were to win, their respective teams (AOP and The Revival ) would both receive tag team championship matches. The Revival would eventually receive their title match on
21412-555: The July 13 episode of Impact! , Team Canada lost the match when Jay Lethal pinned A-1 , disbanding Team Canada once and for all. After the breakup of Team Canada, Roode began referring to himself as "TNA's hottest free agent ". Vignettes began playing with various TNA managers such as Simon Diamond , Jim Mitchell , and Shane Douglas putting over the idea of Roode being an NWA World Heavyweight Championship contender and stating their interest in becoming his manager, but he eventually dismissed them. Having chosen not to work with
21624-426: The Main Event Mafia situation. Steiner threw him off a ladder and the Main Event Mafia attacked him backstage. At Genesis , Mick Foley, A.J. Styles and Brother Devon defeated Steiner, Booker T, and Cute Kip when Foley pinned Steiner after a double underhook DDT onto a steel chair . At Against All Odds , Steiner pinned Williams after a Steiner Screwdriver to end their feud. Steiner and Booker T then formed
21836-575: The March 11 edition of Monday Nitro . They won the World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat on July 24, but proceeded to lose it back to them just three days later. After the formation of the New World Order (nWo), the Steiner Brothers feuded with The Outsiders , who had won the World Tag Team Championship from Harlem Heat. The Steiners won the tag belts at Souled Out on January 25, 1997. The following Nitro, Eric Bischoff stripped them of
22048-442: The May 24 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode successfully defended the title against A.J. Styles to break Styles' record of 211 days as TNA World Heavyweight Champion the following day. Following the match, Roode was attacked by the returning Sting. The following week, Roode was defeated by Sting in a non-title lumberjack match in the first live episode of Impact Wrestling . On June 10 at Slammiversary , Roode successfully defended
22260-467: The Motor City Machine Guns to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship for the fourth time. On January 31 at the tapings of the February 3 episode of Impact! , Fortune turned face by attacking Immortal, when they interfered in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match between Mr. Anderson and Jeff Hardy. Ric Flair, who did not take part in Fortune's turn due being out with a torn rotator cuff, returned at
22472-436: The NXT Championship against Strong. On the July 19 episode of NXT , Drew McIntyre defeated Killian Dain , earning the right to challenge Roode for the NXT Championship. On the August 2 episode of NXT , Strong attempted to attack Roode during a backstage interview, in which Roode claimed to be a "better man" than Strong. On the August 16 episode of NXT , Roode attacked both McIntyre and Strong during their main event to end
22684-447: The October 12 episode of NXT , Roode and Dillinger were defeated by SAnitY ( Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton ) in the first round after Roode walked out on Dillinger during the match. Roode and Dillinger attacked each other following their matches throughout the subsequent weeks, leading to a match on November 19 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto , in which Roode defeated Dillinger. On the December 14 episode of NXT , Roode qualified for
22896-478: The October 25 episode of Raw, Ziggler and Roode defeated Alpha Academy and the Street Profits in a #1 contenders match for a Raw tag team Championship match later on that night, Roode and Ziggler failed to win the titles against RK-Bro . On the November 1 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits in a tag-team match. At Survivor Series , Roode competed in a 25-man dual branded battle royal which
23108-462: The Pay Off. Roode eventually faced Young in a match at Slammiversary . Roode scored the pinfall after hitting Young with a steel chair , but, just as he was about to fire Young, Jim Cornette came out and ordered the match to be restarted. Young then pinned Roode with an inside cradle, in the process severing his ties with Roode. At Victory Road , Roode and Ms. Brooks lost to Eric Young and Gail Kim in
23320-810: The Ring on June 13, The Steiner Brothers and The Smokin' Gunns ( Billy and Bart ) defeated The Headshrinkers and Money Inc. in an eight-man tag match. The following evening in Columbus, Ohio , in an untelevised match at a Raw taping, The Steiner Brothers defeated Money Inc. for the WWF World Tag Team Championship . Money Inc. regained the title on June 16, at a house show in Rockford, Illinois , and lost it back to The Steiner Brothers at another house show, on June 19, in St. Louis, Missouri . The Steiner Brothers defended
23532-548: The September 2 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode showed signs of a face turn after he defeated GFW representative PJ Black to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. On October 4, at Bound for Glory , Roode successfully defended his King of the Mountain Championship against Lashley. After the match, Roode and Lashley shook hands, thus turning Roode face once again. During October and November (taped in July), he participated in
23744-408: The September 5 episode of Impact Wrestling , when he was eliminated from a twenty-point battle royal by A.J. Styles. EGO went on to feud with Magnus by attacking him and costing him several matches. On the October 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Magnus ran a gauntlet match against EGO and eliminated both Daniels and Kazarian before Roode won the match by making Magnus submit to an ankle lock. As
23956-897: The Steiner Brothers defeated Eddie Venom & Elvis Elliot at a UCW wrestling show in Bay City, Michigan. On June 2, 2006, the Steiner Brothers defeated Elvis Elliot & Original Sinn (Sinn Bodhi) at a UCW wrestling show at Bay City Western High School in Auburn, Michigan entitled "Steiner Brothers Return Home." Steiner debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at Destination X 2006 , before making his Impact! debut on March 18, identifying himself as Jeff Jarrett 's bodyguard . In subsequent weeks, he attacked TNA wrestlers and staff, demanding to be hired. At Lockdown on April 23, Steiner, Jarrett, and America's Most Wanted lost to Sting, A.J. Styles , Ron Killings , and Rhino in
24168-405: The Steiners temporarily disbanded when Rick suffered a torn pectoral muscle. Scott then started wrestling single matches, and then later teased a heel turn when he teamed with Marcus Bagwell against Steve Austin and Brian Pillman on an October 10, 1992, episode of WCW WorldWide . During the match Bagwell was injured when he was attacked by Arn Anderson and when Steiner went to tag Bagwell, he
24380-400: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship after special ringside enforcer Sting accidentally knocked out Hardy with the title belt. The following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode retained the championship against Hardy in a No Disqualification match, following interference from Kurt Angle. Roode then began feuding with TNA's General Manager Sting, which eventually led to Sting returning to
24592-536: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship from Hardy. On January 25, at the tapings of the January 31 episode of Impact Wrestling in Manchester, England , Roode and Aries defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship, for the fifth time in his career. Roode and Aries made their first successful title defense on March 10 at Lockdown , defeating Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) and Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and Hernandez in
24804-485: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a rematch against Sting, after hitting him with James Storm's beer bottle. After the match, Roode was again attacked by Sting. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode made another successful title defense, defeating Mr. Anderson by submission. On July 8 at Destination X , Roode lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Austin Aries , ending his reign at 256 days. In an attempt to prove that Aries' victory had been
25016-446: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Lashley , and turning face in the process for the first time since 2011. On the July 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Kenny King in a Street Fight and MVP on the July 24 episode of Impact Wrestling in a Falls Count Anywhere match. On the September 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Eric Young to be the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. However, he
25228-403: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship when he was pinned by Angle, after the referee failed to notice his arm under the ropes or Angle using the ropes for leverage. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , after it was revealed that Roode was not eligible for a rematch with Angle, new authority figure Sting gave the next title shot to James Storm, who then went on to defeat Angle to become
25440-427: The TNA World Heavyweight Championship, after wrestling Styles to a draw in a 30-Minute Iron Man match . Roode and Styles wrestled a sudden death overtime period on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , where Roode managed to retain his title. On January 8, 2012, at Genesis , Roode again retained the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after getting himself disqualified in his title match against Jeff Hardy . On
25652-418: The TNA World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. At House of Hardcore 14 , Roode defeated Eric Young In the main event with Jimmy Korderas as the special guest referee. On April 1, 2016, Roode was shown on-screen standing in the crowd at NXT TakeOver: Dallas . On June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End , Roode appeared backstage during an interview with NXT General Manager William Regal , where he
25864-538: The TNA World Tag Team Championship to Team 3D in a Philadelphia Street Fight , where Team 3D's IWGP Tag Team Titles were also on the line. On May 21, Beer Money turned face by coming to the rescue of Team 3D, who were being attacked by The British Invasion ( Doug Williams , Brutus Magnus and their bodyguard Rob Terry ). They stated that from all of the times they have fought, Team 3D showed them that if you are going to fight, you should at least fight fairly. At Sacrifice Beer Money defeated The British Invasion to win
26076-434: The TNA World Tag Team Championship with their tag title match at Final Resolution being the second time. However, the losses had its effect and on the following Impact, Devon addressed his issues with Dinero, fed up with Dinero trying to assume his parental role, but Dinero asserted that his kids wanted a "cool Dad" keeping up with the times and not clinging onto the past. Due to his strong influence, Dinero, who turned on Devon,
26288-497: The TNA World Tag Team Championship, but were unable to dethrone the defending champions. At Lockdown Beer Money, along with Sting and Desmond Wolfe , represented Team Flair in the annual Lethal Lockdown match , where they were defeated by Team Hogan (Abyss, Jeff Jarrett, Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy). They then started a feud with the newly formed team of Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson , known collectively as The Enigmatic Assholes, who went on to defeat them at Slammiversary VIII . On
26500-613: The TNA World Tag Team Championship, ending Roode's and Storm's record-setting reign at 212 days. From June to September, Roode was one of the twelve participants in the Bound for Glory Series to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. When the group stage of the tournament concluded, Roode finished in the top four and thus advanced to the finals at No Surrender along with James Storm, Bully Ray and Gunner . On September 11 at No Surrender, Roode defeated Gunner via submission, moving him up to 52 points, tying
26712-512: The Tag Titles. Joe and Magnus advanced the whole way through, last beating A.J Styles and Kazarian to win the tournament. The Knockouts feud entering Genesis was defending champion Gail Kim facing Mickie James , continuing their fight over the TNA Women's Knockout Championship . At Final Resolution, Gail Kim retained the title over James by capitalizing on a distraction from Madison Rayne . On
26924-495: The WCW World Heavyweight Championship back to him on the final episode of Nitro on March 26, 2001. After WCW was purchased by the WWF, Rechsteiner, unlike many of his colleagues, did not join the WWF and instead opted to wait until his contract with AOL Time Warner expired later that year before seeking other opportunities. After his contract with AOL Time Warner expired in November 2001, Rechsteiner joined
27136-518: The WWF/WWE numerous times between 2001 and 2004. He usually appeared in secondary television programs like Jakked/Metal , Sunday Night Heat or Velocity . He also wrestled dark matches before Raw and SmackDown . In May 2004, Roode was brought into Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) by Scott D'Amore , the owner of Border City Wrestling , a Canadian independent promotion for which Roode had worked on occasion. Roode debuted in TNA as part of
27348-549: The Wolves, however in their attempt to cash in, Decay ( Abyss , Crazzy Steve , Rosemary ) stopped them and mysteriously asked them to join their path of Decay. They eventually challenged the group to a match, but it ended in disqualification when Abyss pulled the referee out of the ring and began choking him. After the match, Crazzy Steve hit a low blow on Roode. On the March 8 episode of Impact Wrestling , Beer Money successfully cashed their Feast or Fired against The Wolves and win
27560-598: The advice of a mystery "friend". At Lockdown , Roode faced Petey Williams , the man he believed to be Young's "friend", and won the match despite Young attempting to help Williams. The following week, Young proclaimed that Williams was not his "friend", and Roode, who controlled Young's contract, gave Young a week to tell him who his friend was or he'd be fired. The following week, Young revealed his "friend" to be Jeff Jarrett , which resulted in Roode facing Jarrett at Sacrifice . Roode went on to defeat Jarrett after hitting him with
27772-401: The arena by Omos, therefore turning both men face . Roode wrestled his final match on June 25 at a live event, losing to Omos. On September 29, 2022, it was reported that Roode underwent C5-C6 neck fusion surgery and would be out of action indefinitely. In May 2023, Roode underwent C4-C5 cervical fusion. In August, Roode transitioned from being an active competitor to taking on the role of
27984-613: The beginning of 2010, Beer Money's TV time was significantly reduced. Upon their return to Impact! , Beer Money turned heel on the March 8 episode of Impact! by first volunteering to face Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match and then defeating him after a low blow and the DWI, claiming it was the only way they were going to get noticed by the new management. Roode and Storm had since acted as Bischoff's henchmen, taking on wrestlers he's had problems with, often in two-on-one situations. At Destination X Beer Money challenged Matt Morgan and Hernandez for
28196-498: The better physique. In early 1998, he began leaving Rick in the ring by himself during tag team matches, or starting the match without ever tagging his brother in. On February 22, 1998, Steiner joined the nWo at SuperBrawl VIII , by attacking his brother Rick while they were defending the WCW World Tag Team Championship against The Outsiders, whom he personally handed the belts to. The next night, on Nitro he adopted
28408-476: The biggest and most powerful member of Team Canada at the time, Roode acted as the enforcer of the group, a role popularised by Arn Anderson . In early 2006, recognizing his comparisons to Anderson, he made the request that he be called "The Canadian Enforcer" from that point onward, and began coming to the ring in sequined robes reminiscent of the flashy style popularized by the Four Horsemen and Rick Rude in
28620-621: The company after 12 years. Through TNA's working relationships with various Japanese promotions, Roode has competed in Japan numerous times, beginning in 2009 when he and Storm, as Beer Money, debuted in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), defeating Legend ( Akira and Masahiro Chono ). They returned to New Japan in October 2010, first defeating Bad Intentions ( Karl Anderson and Giant Bernard ), and then No Limit ( Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi ). Storm and Roode made their debuts in
28832-413: The debut episode of Raw on January 11, 1993. Their pay-per-view debut came on January 24, at the 1993 Royal Rumble , where they defeated The Beverly Brothers ( Blake and Beau ). At WrestleMania IX on April 4, The Steiner Brothers defeated The Headshrinkers ( Samu and Fatu ). After WrestleMania, The Steiner Brothers feuded with Money Inc. ( Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster ). At King of
29044-448: The end of the show. Three days later at Final Resolution , Roode failed in his title challenge against Hardy, after which, both men were attacked by the Aces & Eights. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Aces & Eights member Devon revealed Roode was outbidded by Austin Aries to prevent him from winning the title. The following week, Roode attacked Aries in the main event of
29256-423: The evening, costing him his shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Roode and Aries faced off in a number one contender's match on the next episode of Impact Wrestling . The match ended in a no contest after the two attacked referee Earl Hebner and then were, in turn attacked by Hardy. The rivalry culminated in a three-way elimination match on January 13, 2013, at Genesis , where Roode failed again to capture
29468-547: The event, Roode was defeated by Masakatsu Funaki in a singles match. On March 9 at Lockdown, Team Dixie (Roode, The BroMans ( Jessie Godderz and Robbie E ), and Austin Aries) were defeated by Team MVP ( MVP , The Wolves ( Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards ) and Willow ) in the Lethal Lockdown match after special referee Bully Ray powerbombed Roode through a table, allowing MVP to pin him and gain control of TNA. This started
29680-482: The expense of long time Talent like himself. at Turning Point (2007) , Roode and Cage lost to Booker T and Kaz . Roode and Cage then aligned themselves with Kurt Angle , after an invitation to join the Angle Alliance on Impact! . This only lasted for one night, however, as the Angle Alliance lost to the team of Samoa Joe , Kevin Nash , Kaz, Booker T and Eric Young, when Nash pinned Roode. Cage and Roode then had
29892-445: The fifth match of the best of five series. Later, he competed in the King of the Mountain match for the reactivated TNA King of the Mountain Championship , in a losing effort. Roode and Aries lost the best of five series to The Wolves for the tag titles in the fifth match on the July 1 episode of Impact Wrestling in an Iron Man match. On the July 22 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode lost
30104-420: The following episode of Impact Wrestling , a rematch between Roode and Hardy ended in a no contest, following interference from Bully Ray. The following episode of Impact Wrestling , both Roode and Ray interfered in a number one contender's match between Hardy and Storm, which ended the match in a no contest. On February 12 at Against All Odds , Roode defeated Hardy, Ray, and Storm in a four-way match to retain
30316-482: The following episode of Impact! Fortune formed an alliance with Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff's new stable, Immortal . At Turning Point Fortune defeated EV 2.0 in a ten-man tag team match and, as a result, EV 2.0's Sabu was released from TNA. The following month at Final Resolution , Roode and Storm returned to the TNA World Tag Team Championship picture by defeating Ink Inc. in a number one contender's match. On January 9, 2011, at Genesis , Beer Money, Inc. defeated
30528-418: The following episode of Impact! , Ric Flair, who had aligned himself with Roode, Storm, A.J. Styles , Desmond Wolfe and Kazarian , revived the Four Horsemen under the new name Fourtune , stating that each of them had to earn their spots in the group; Flair also compared Storm and Roode to Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard . After the TNA World Tag Team Championship was vacated in June, Beer Money entered
30740-475: The following episode of SmackDown Live which Roode accepted, suffering his first pinfall loss on the main roster as this time it was Ziggler who held Roode's tights. On the October 24 episode of SmackDown Live , Roode interrupted a backstage interview with Ziggler and Renee Young , suggesting a two out of three falls match next week on SmackDown Live with Ziggler, which he accepted. Roode then defeated Ziggler two falls to one, ending their feud and also earning
30952-715: The following evening. On August 28, they defeated Dudley Dudley and Dances with Dudley in the Big Apple Dinner Theater in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania . At Gangstas Paradise on September 16, they teamed with Taz and lost to The Eliminators ( John Kronus and Perry Saturn ) and Jason . On September 23, in Middletown, they defeated Raven and Stevie Richards . Scott Steiner made his final ECW appearance on October 28, teaming with Taz and losing to The Eliminators. The Steiner Brothers rejoined WCW in 1996, debuting on
31164-435: The head with a beer bottle, to earn seven points in the tournament. The following week, Roode allied himself with Christopher Daniels and Kazarian to form a new force and so that one of them would win the Bound for Glory series. On August 15 at Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice , Roode defeated Magnus, Mr. Anderson, and Samoa Joe in a tables match, following interference from Daniels and Kazarian, to capture twenty points in
31376-727: The late 1980s. Roode began a feud with Dustin Rhodes in early 2005, losing to him at April's Lockdown in a best of three falls steel cage match , with the third fall a blindfold match . At Hard Justice , Roode competed in a Twenty-Man Gauntlet for the Gold which was won by Abyss . After that Roode feuded with Lance Hoyt , who he defeated at Slammiversary and at No Surrender with Team Canada, Hoyt teaming with The Naturals . At Sacrifice , Team Canada defeated America's Most Wanted and The Naturals in an Eight-man tag team match. After defeating Jeff Hardy at Unbreakable in September, Roode and
31588-433: The loser's manager (Banks for Roode, Brooks for Booker) to receive ten leather lashes from the winner's manager. Roode won after using a handcuff-armed fist, but Sharmell returned and whipped everyone with a leather belt, including Jim Cornette. The following week on Impact! , Cornette punished her by putting her in a mixed tag team match with Booker against Roode and Banks at Lockdown , which Booker and Sharmell won. After
31800-496: The loss to Fatu, the dissension was reciprocated by Brooks, who laughed as Fatu gave Roode a stinkface . On the November 8, 2007 episode of TNA Impact , Brooks finally stood up to Roode by shoving him away from his attack on Chris Harris , and herself attacking "Roode's No. 1 Fan" . at Genesis (2007) , Roode lost to Samoa Joe. Roode formed a partnership with Christian Cage against TNA newcomer Booker T , claiming that "has beens" like Booker T show up and gain main event status at
32012-475: The main event. On July 1, 2015, Roode competed in Global Force Wrestling 's Global Championship tournament. Roode made it to the finals, losing to Nick Aldis. On July 18, 2015 at House of Hardcore IX , Roode defeated Pepper Parks. On November 13, 2015 at House of Hardcore 11, Roode faced Austin Aries in a losing effort. At House of Hardcore 11, Dirty Heels (Roode and Austin Aries) faced The Wolves for
32224-403: The match and joining Christian's Coalition . Steiner eliminated Angle in a gauntlet match to determine a number one contender, then lost to him at Destination X . At Lockdown , Steiner was part of Team Cage, which lost to Team Angle in a Lethal Lockdown match. At Sacrifice , the Steiner Brothers reunited. They were scheduled to wrestle Team 3D in a "dream match" at Slammiversary , but Scott
32436-453: The match ended in a no contest after special guest referee James Storm superkicked Aries and Daniels and walked out on the match. Roode and Aries received another shot at Guerrero and Hernandez's titles on June 2 at Slammiversary XI , in a fatal four-way elimination match, which also included Bad Influence and was won by Gunner and James Storm. As a result of previously winning the Bound for Glory Series, Roode and Jeff Hardy were entered into
32648-441: The match, Moore disrespected Steiner. This led to a match between the two the following week, which Steiner won. On April 17, at Lockdown , Steiner and Crimson lost a four-way tag team number one contenders cage match to Ink Inc. On the next episode of Impact! , Steiner turned heel by attacking Matt Morgan, after they had each announced their intention to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The two brawled backstage on
32860-598: The match, Roode verbally abused Banks for losing, much like he used to abuse Ms. Brooks, effectively ending their alliance. At Sacrifice , Roode and Booker T lost to Christian Cage and Rhino in a Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament Quarterfinal match . At Slammiversary , Roode competed in the King of the Mountain match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort. On the June 12 episode of Impact! , Roode, along with James Storm , challenged The Latin American Xchange (LAX) ( Homicide and Hernandez ) for
33072-527: The match. At the end of the episode, MVP ended up attacking Young and declared himself the number-one contender for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Slammiversary . At the edition of May 15 of Impact Wrestling , Roode was suspended indefinitely for his confrontation with MVP. A campaign began on impactwrestling.com to lift Roode's suspension. On the edition of June 19 of Impact Wrestling , Roode returned and attacked Kenny King and saving his long-time best friend Eric Young from further injury after losing
33284-399: The mix by suffering an injury, which rendered Professor Steiner's arithmetic obsolete. He lost, and tore his ACL, sidelining him and requiring surgery. On the October 30 Impact! , Steiner returned, joining The Main Event Mafia and attacking several wrestlers with a lead pipe. On the November 13 Impact! , he turned on former protégé Petey Williams after Williams tried to talk with him about
33496-605: The nation his senior year. His brother, Rick Steiner , also wrestled for Michigan and became a professional wrestler. Rechsteiner trained under Dr. Jerry Graham Jr. at Torio's Health Club in Toledo, Ohio , as well as The Sheik , and debuted under his real name in the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association in 1986. On August 14, 1986, in Dearborn, Michigan , Rechsteiner defeated The Great Wojo for
33708-408: The new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Samoa Joe to become the number one contender to Storm's title. On the November 3 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Storm to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, after hitting him with his own beer bottle, dissolving Beer Money, Inc. turning heel in the process. Roode and Storm had
33920-521: The new TNA World Tag Team Champions, defeating LAX after hitting Homicide with a beer bottle. The feud continued through No Surrender with Beer Money, Inc. once again getting the win. At Bound for Glory IV , Beer Money successfully defended their titles in a four-team Monster's Ball match, after Roode pinned Hernandez of LAX. After that Beer Money retained the tag team championship at Turning Point against The Motor City Machine Guns ( Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin ). Beer Money, Inc. later engaged in
34132-528: The next following weeks. On the January 5 edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA General Manager Sting banned Flair from accompanying Gunner to the ring to even out the playing field in Gunner's match against Rob Van Dam, which ended in a double countout after Gunner's pernicious tactics backfired when Van Dam back body dropped him onto the concrete floor. The rematch was later announced to take place at Genesis. The personal feud between D'Angelo Dinero and Devon reached
34344-456: The next week. At Against All Odds , Steiner defeated Williams to win both briefcases, after a distraction from an unknown woman later introduced as Rhaka Khan . After winning both cases, Steiner issued a challenge to anyone, which Williams answered. Williams lost after more interference by Khan. Steiner then took Williams as his protégé and gave him the X Division briefcase on the April 17 edition of Impact! . Later that night, Williams cashed in
34556-488: The oldest NXT champion in WWE history in the process. On the March 15 episode of NXT , Roode made his first successful title defense, defeating Kassius Ohno . On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Orlando , Roode successfully defended the title against Nakamura in a rematch, giving Nakamura his first clean singles loss in his departing match from NXT. On the April 19 episode of NXT, Roode was interrupted by Hideo Itami , who attacked him with
34768-507: The opportunity, beating Jay Lethal for the X Division title with the Canadian Destroyer. At Sacrifice on May 11, Steiner cashed in his briefcase and faced Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. During the lead-up to the match, Steiner would make his now-infamous "Scott Steiner math" promo by saying that Samoa Joe had "8 1/3% chance of winning" while Steiner had "141 2/3% chance of winning". However, Kurt Angle fell out of
34980-485: The referee through a table instead. He then defeated Mike Awesome by submission with his finisher, the Steiner Recliner before ultimately winning the tournament after defeating Sting in the finals, albeit due to interference from Sting's previous opponent Vampiro . Steiner would also feud with Tank Abbott and his brother, a now-heel Rick. Steiner would turn heel again on former nWo teammate Kevin Nash at Bash at
35192-411: The remainder of Team Canada resumed their feud with 3Live Kru. At Bound for Glory , Team Canada defeated 3Live Kru. at Genesis (2005) , Team Canada lost to 3Live Kru in a 6-Sided Stick Fight with Kip James as special guest referee and at Turning Point Team Canada defeated 4Live Kru (B.G. James, Kip James, Konnan and Ron Killings) in an Eight-man tag team match. At Final Resolution , Roode began
35404-480: The retool was against Eric Young , of whom he became jealous when he realized fans still were not cheering him, but cheered Young's every move. After Young beat Brooks in a bikini contest he demanded that Brooks "sign" Young to "Robert Roode Inc.". Finally, at the 2007 Against All Odds event Brooks successfully seduced Young into signing a contract with "Robert Roode Inc.", and Roode began to control Young by ordering him around. However, Young began to fight back due to
35616-464: The ring and Patrick ended the match as disqualification. The Steiners finally won the belts on October 13, defeating Hall and Syxx , who wrestled in the injuired Nash's place via " Wolfpac Rules ". From mid 1997 into early 1998, Scott Steiner underwent noticeable physical changes, such as massively increasing his muscle mass, cutting his signature mullet and growing a goatee. During this period, Steiner feuded with nWo member Buff Bagwell over who had
35828-422: The ring on March 18 at Victory Road , where Roode defeated him in a non-title No Holds Barred match. On April 15 at Lockdown , Roode defeated James Storm in a steel cage match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after being accidentally superkicked out of the cage for the win. On May 13 at Sacrifice , Roode defeated Rob Van Dam in a ladder match to retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On
36040-402: The ring to stop it, Roode turned around and hit her in the jaw, knocking her out. As Booker T ran to the ring to aid his wife, Roode escaped the ring, and looking back at the ring he realized what he had done. The following Impact! , Roode faced Brooks and fired her, but was stopped by Jim Cornette when he tried to lay hands on her. Subsequently, Roode's "number one fan" attacked Brooks when she
36252-548: The same time, the nWo would split into rival factions, nWo Wolfpack led by Nash and nWo Hollywood led by Hollywood Hogan . Steiner and Bagwell established themselves as members of the latter. In November, Steiner would become leader of nWo Hollywood after Hogan went on hiatus. In early 1999, Steiner would become a prominent member of a newly reunited nWo elite following the Fingerpoke of Doom . He feuded with Goldberg , Diamond Dallas Page , Booker T , and The Four Horsemen and won
36464-480: The score of Bully Ray, who had defeated Storm earlier in the event, and setting up a tiebreaker match between Roode and Ray. In the tiebreaker match, Roode defeated Ray via pinfall to win the Bound for Glory Series and earn a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory . In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory, TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle, in an attempt to cause dissension within Fortune, forced Roode to face each of his stablemates in
36676-427: The scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The main feud entering Genesis was centered on Jeff Hardy and defending champion Bobby Roode , competing over for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . At Final Resolution , Bobby Roode went to a draw with A.J. Styles in a 30 Minute Iron Man match to retain his championship and Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett in
36888-550: The second longest reign in the company's history at 256 days, only behind Josh Alexander's reign at 335 days. In his later years with the company, Roode also won the World Tag Team Championship with Austin Aries and was a one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion . In 2016, he began his WWE career in NXT , where he was a one-time NXT Champion prior to his main roster call-up. Roode debuted on SmackDown in August 2017, winning
37100-536: The second time. He successfully retained his title against MVP on the November 5 episode of Impact Wrestling . On November 15, 2014, Roode successfully defended the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against Tommy Dreamer at House of Hardcore VII. On January 7, 2015 on Impact Wrestling Roode lost the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Lashley, after interference from MVP , Kenny King , and two masked men who seconds later revealed themselves as Samoa Joe and Low Ki . Roode's best friend Eric Young came out with
37312-509: The semi-finals to Jeff Hardy in a Tables match, Roode attacked Angle during his match with Magnus, costing him and also eliminating him from the tournament. On December 19 at Final Resolution , Roode defeated Angle again in a 2-out-of-3 falls match. The rivalry culminated in a steel cage match on January 23, 2014, at Genesis , where Angle emerged victorious. With his rivalry with Angle behind him, Roode began having problems with TNA President Dixie Carter due to being upset about not receiving
37524-437: The show. On August 19 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III , Roode lost the NXT Championship to McIntyre, giving Roode his first singles loss in NXT. On the August 30 episode of NXT , Roode lost to Strong in his last televised NXT match. Roode wrestled his NXT farewell match at a NXT live event in Toronto on September 9, when he defeated Velveteen Dream . On the August 22 episode of SmackDown , Roode made his main roster debut as
37736-444: The stable attacked EV 2.0 , a stable consisting of former Extreme Championship Wrestling performers. In the weeks leading to Bound for Glory , the stable's name was tweaked to Fortune to represent the expansion in the number of members in the group. At Bound for Glory Roode, Storm, Styles, Kazarian and Morgan were defeated in a Lethal Lockdown match by EV 2.0 members Tommy Dreamer , Raven , Rhino, Sabu and Stevie Richards . On
37948-415: The team of The Miz and Asuka . On April 16, Roode was moved to the Raw brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up . In his Raw debut, he was unveiled as the surprise member of the ten man tag match in which he teamed with Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, and Seth Rollins in successful fashion as they faced off against The Miz, Bo Dallas , Curtis Axel , Kevin Owens , and Sami Zayn . At
38160-553: The team's first SmackDown Tag Team Championship, second tag team championship overall as a team, and Roode's third tag team championship as an individual. On the February 5 episode of Smackdown, Roode and Ziggler defeated Alpha Academy in a non title tag-team match. On the April 2 episode of Smackdown, Roode and Ziggler together with Alpha Academy defeated The Mysterios and the Street Profits in an 8-person tag-team match. At WrestleMania SmackDown on April 8, Roode and Ziggler defeated Alpha Academy, The Mysterios and The Street Profits in
38372-458: The title against The Heavenly Bodies ( Tom Prichard and Jimmy Del Ray ) at SummerSlam on August 30 in their home state of Michigan and walked away victoriously with a pinfall win. On the September 13 episode of Raw in New York, New York , The Steiner Brothers defended the title against The Quebecers ( Jacques and Pierre ) in a "Province of Quebec Rules" match, wherein the title could change hands via disqualification. The match ended when
38584-423: The title at WrestleMania 34 in a fatal 4-way match against Orton, Mahal and Rusev , which was won by Mahal. During this time, in the Mixed Match Challenge , Flair (who had to undergo a minor teeth surgery) was replaced by Becky Lynch via fan-vote on social media, and Roode and Lynch defeated Finn Bálor and Sasha Banks . Flair returned for the finals of the Mixed Match Challenge , which Roode and Flair lost to
38796-400: The title defense against the British Invasion at Slammiversary IX . At the pay-per-view, Storm and Shelley were successful in their title defense. Roode made his in-ring return on the June 23 episode of Impact Wrestling , in a tag team match, where he and Storm were defeated by Crimson and Matt Morgan. On July 13, Beer Money, Inc. became the longest reigning TNA World Tag Team Champions in
39008-450: The title's history, breaking the previous record of 184 days set by A.J. Styles and Tomko in 2007. On August 7 at Hardcore Justice , Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Mexican America ( Anarquia and Hernandez). Two days later, at the tapings of the August 18 episode of Impact Wrestling , Mexican America defeated Beer Money, Inc. in a rematch, following interference from Jeff Jarrett, to win
39220-405: The title. As part of the 2020 Draft in October, both Roode and Ziggler was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. At Survivor Series , Roode competed in an 18-man Dual Brand Battle Royal, which was won by The Miz. On the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, Roode and Ziggler defeated The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship. This would mark
39432-512: The title. He left the CWA soon after. Rechsteiner, under the ring name Scott Steiner, debuted in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) during a backstage interview at Chi-Town Rumble , later accompanying his brother Rick to the ring as he lost the NWA World Television Championship to Mike Rotunda . Scott would begin wrestling in singles bouts on WCW programming before the Steiners began teaming together . The Steiners lost their first high-profile bout to Kevin Sullivan & Rotunda at Clash of
39644-430: The titles and returned them to The Outsiders due to WCW referee Randy Anderson , who was not an official referee for Souled Out, counting the fall. Harlem Heat would challenge the Steiners for their spot as contenders for the tag belts. The Steiners eventually won and earned a match with the Outsiders at Road Wild on August 9. Scott would cover Scott Hall for the fall but Kevin Nash pulled referee Nick Patrick out of
39856-492: The titles. On the October 14 episode of Raw , Roode and Ziggler lost the titles to The Viking Raiders ( Erik and Ivar ), ending their reign at 29 days. Later that night, both Roode and Ziggler were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2019 Draft . At Survivor Series , Roode and Ziggler won a 10-team Interbrand Tag Team Battle Royal . In the following weeks, they aligned themselves with King Corbin during his feud against Roman Reigns . On December 10, Roode
40068-855: The titles. They dropped them to Scott Norton and Tony Halme on November 22. During their time in the WWF, they only did a few matches. In 1994 after leaving the WWF, they returned to Japan as full-time workers until the end of 1995. On July 28, 1995, The Steiner Brothers debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), at The Orange County Fairgrounds in Middletown, New York , defeating D'von Dudley and Vampire Warrior . Rick had been in ECW by himself since April 1995. On August 4, in The Flagstaff in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania , they defeated D'von Dudley and 2 Cold Scorpio . They made their ECW Arena debut on August 5, at Wrestlepalooza , teaming with Eddie Guerrero to lose to Scorpio, Dean Malenko , and Cactus Jack . On August 25, in Jim Thorpe, they defeated Scorpio and Malenko, and defeated Scorpio and Chris Benoit
40280-426: The two following matches in the Best of Five Series, a steel cage match and an Ultimate X match , to even the score to 2–2 and set up a deciding match for the August 12 episode of Impact! . On the August 12 episode of Impact! Beer Money, Inc. was defeated in a Two Out of Three Falls match and as a result lost the Best of Five Series 2–3. Later that night Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan were added to Fourtune, as
40492-404: The vacant NWA Shockwave Heavyweight Championship at Disturbing the Peace 2006 in a four-way match. Roode held both titles until May 21, when he dropped the Internet title and successfully defended the Heavyweight title against Slyck Wagner Brown . Due to the restarting of the company, all of the NWA Cyberspace championships were vacated, including Roode's Heavyweight title. Roode performed for
40704-523: The winner of a Best of Three Series between Anthony Nese and Zema Ion . Ion won the first match by pinfall, Nese won the second match by pinfall, but Ion won the third in a Contract on a Pole match . Robert Roode Robert Francis Roode Jr. (born May 11, 1976) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he is a producer . Roode is known for his 12-year tenure for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). After debuting for TNA as part of Team Canada in 2004, he won
40916-404: Was a victim of a five-on-one beatdown at the hands of Immortal as a retribution for what he did to Flair at Lockdown. Two weeks later, Eric Bischoff attempted to strip Beer Money, Inc. of their TNA World Tag Team Championship due to Roode's injury, but was interrupted by the champions' former rival Alex Shelley (whose partner, Chris Sabin, had also become injured), who agreed to take Roode's spot in
41128-512: Was able to cheat his way to victory, striking Jones with the title belt and making Jones submit with the Steiner Recliner. Steiner held the belt for several months (although never defending it) before vacating it in November 2002 and leaving WWA for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Before joining WWE, Steiner teamed with his brother Rick to defeat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kensuke Sasaki on May 2, 2002, in Japan , on New Japan Pro-Wrestling's 30th Anniversary show. In October 2002, Steiner signed
41340-534: Was also a stick boy for the OHL's Peterborough Petes and witnessed players such as future NHLers Mike Ricci , Tie Domi , and Chris Pronger train for the local major junior team. Roode was trained in his hometown of Peterborough, Ontario by fellow Ontarians Shane Sewell and Sean Morley . He completed his training after a year and wrestled his debut match in June 1998 as "Total" Lee Awesome against Pete Rock. He then went on to work for various Canadian independent promotions , as well as making appearances for
41552-490: Was also able to convince Devon's kids to turn on their own father, claiming that they were now his kids. The next week, before an attack by Devon ensued, Dinero announced his match against Devon at Genesis. Samoa Joe and Magnus took on defending champions Matt Morgan and Crimson for the TNA World Tag Team Championship . This match came together based on a Wild Card Tournament that was instituted in order to randomly pair wrestlers together to decide number one contenders to
41764-400: Was announced to team with SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair (dubbed The Robe Warriors) in the Mixed Match Challenge tournament. After Ziggler vacated the United States Championship on the December 19 episode of SmackDown Live , an eight-man tournament was set up to crown a new champion. Roode defeated Baron Corbin in the first round and Mojo Rawley in the semi-finals. On
41976-405: Was as a part of the Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble , lasting six minutes before being eliminated by Booker T. Steiner suffered an injury in 2004, sidelining him for two months. While injured, he was released from WWE on August 17, 2004. Rechsteiner underwent foot surgery in July 2004, having six screws inserted into his foot, a tendon transplant, and a bone graft . He then convalesced in
42188-453: Was between two former Immortal associates, Abyss and Bully Ray , heading into Genesis to compete in a Monster's Ball match , where if Abyss lost, he would have to rejoin Immortal. At Turning Point , after his separation from Immortal, Abyss partnered with Mr. Anderson to defeat his former Immortal allies and new enemies, Bully Ray and Scott Steiner . On the December 15 edition of Impact Wrestling , Abyss, forced to coexist with Immortal,
42400-436: Was defeated by Lashley at No Surrender and failed to win the title. On the October 15 episode of Impact Wrestling , he defeated Austin Aries, Eric Young and Jeff Hardy once again to be the number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On September 18, 2014, in the main event of the Impact Wrestling episode taped to air on October 28, Roode defeated Lashley to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for
42612-429: Was leaving the ring. Roode's fan, named Ms. Payton Banks , replaced Brooks. After Final Resolution, and with Payton Banks by his side, Roode continued his feud with Booker T. at Against All Odds , where the two faced off in a singles match. Roode ran from the ring and escaped the arena in a car, only to further infuriate Booker. Booker and Roode faced off again at Destination X in a Stand By Your Man Strap Match, with
42824-438: Was not pinned; had he been, he would not get another title opportunity until Bound for Glory 2013. However, on the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode defeated Storm in a rematch for the number one contendership for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. On the December 6 episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode was revealed as the man who paid off the Aces & Eights to attack TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy at
43036-479: Was randomly drawn to team with Steiner in wake of the Wild Card Tournament to decide new contenders for the Tag Titles. As expected, Abyss turned on Steiner lifting him up around the torso from the side and executing the Black Hole Slam in their semifinal match against A.J Styles and Kazarian, giving them the win. Afterwards, Ray knocked the actions of Abyss as being "deplorable" after all Immortal did for him. Upon asking Abyss what he wanted, Abyss challenged Ray to
43248-423: Was replaced by Road Warrior Animal after suffering a severe throat injury. Steiner returned on July 15, at Victory Road , costing Brother Ray a match. At Bound for Glory , The Steiner Brothers defeated Team 3D in a 2-out-of-3 Tables Match. At Genesis , they unsuccessfully challenged the tag team champions, Tomko and A.J. Styles. At Turning Point Steiner competed in the "Feast or Fired Battle Royal", winning
43460-435: Was reunited at Test's behest. After another mistake by Keibler cost the team a match on the September 29 episode of Raw , Steiner belly to belly suplexed her, resulting in Steiner turning heel and teaming on better terms with Test as Keibler was forced to remain their reluctant manager. On the December 1 episode of Raw , Mick Foley fired ( kayfabe ) Steiner and Test, freeing Stacy as their manager. Steiner's last WWE match
43672-523: Was seen walking into Regal's office, hinting that Roode was about to sign with WWE or had already done so. On June 11 during NXT 's tour in the United Kingdom at Download Festival , Roode made his in-ring debut and defeated Angelo Dawkins. On August 3, Roode made his NXT television debut and quickly turned on the crowd to establish himself as a heel . The following week on NXT , Roode appeared after Andrade "Cien" Almas defeated Angelo Dawkins and informed Almas that General Manager William Regal scheduled
43884-399: Was suspended for 30 days, for violating WWE's Wellness Policy. Roode returned on the January 10, 2020 episode of SmackDown , where he helped Ziggler and Corbin beat down Reigns and The Usos . Roode entered the Royal Rumble match at the namesake pay-per-view at number 4, but was eliminated by Brock Lesnar . At Elimination Chamber , Roode and Ziggler competed in the namesake match for
44096-503: Was the first entrant in the Royal Rumble . After nine minutes, he was eliminated by Diesel . Following this, the Steiner Brothers left the WWF in mid-1994. In 1991, the Steiners worked for New Japan Pro-Wrestling while under contract with WCW and WWF. On March 21, 1991, they defeated Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. They dropped the titles to Hase and Keiji Muto on November 5. Then On June 26, 1992, they defeated Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow for
44308-429: Was ultimately successful, after McMahon rejected Steiner's sexual advances. On Raw in January 2003 Steiner began feuding with World Heavyweight Champion Triple H , and his faction Evolution. They began competing against one another for strength and muscle conditioning leading to world title matches at the Royal Rumble and No Way Out . Steiner won the first match by disqualification after Triple H attacked him with
44520-598: Was unable to. An angry Steiner then kicked Bagwell and slammed him into the ring where he was attacked by Austin and Pillman who then won the match. Shortly after he won the WCW World Television Championship on October 17, 1992. Steiner later vacated the title when The Steiner Brothers left WCW for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that November, after a contract dispute with WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts . WWF talent relation officials Pat Patterson and Bruce Prichard were enamored with Scott Steiner and pitched an idea to Vince McMahon for Scott to come in as
44732-443: Was used to write Flair off television for a month. In early May, Roode began once again using the first name Bobby. On May 15 at Sacrifice , Beer Money, Inc. successfully defended the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Immortal representatives Matt Hardy and Chris Harris, Storm's old tag team partner who had made his surprise return to TNA on the previous episode of Impact! . On the following episode of Impact Wrestling , Roode
44944-417: Was won by Omos . On the December 6 episode of Raw, Roode unsuccessfully challenged Damian Priest for his United States Championship. On the December 13 episode of Raw, Roode and Ziggler defeated Damian Priest and Finn Bálor in a tag-team match. At Royal Rumble , on January 29, 2022, Roode competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by AJ Styles. The night before WrestleMania 38 during
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