Rick Steiner

Rick Steiner is one of those wrestlers who never quite got his due as a singles guy, but honestly? His run with the Steiner Brothers is some of the best tag team wrestling ever put on tape. Growing up in Bay City, Michigan and earning his keep at the University of Michigan as an amateur wrestler, you could always tell the mat work was real with Rick — no smoke and mirrors, just pure grappling instinct. The "Dog Faced Gremlin" persona was goofy in the best way, and somehow it fit perfectly with how absolutely relentless he was in the ring. Eight WCW World Tag Team Championship reigns, mostly alongside his brother Scott, tells you everything about how dominant that team was in its prime. I'll always have a soft spot for the guy — he's the sturdy, no-nonsense older brother who let Scott get all the spotlight and still just kept doing his thing.

Name (English)

Rick Steiner

Name (Japanese)

リック・スタイナー

Reading

りっく・すたいなー

Born

March 9, 1961 (age 65)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

Origin

Bay City, Michigan, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

High school

Bay City Western High School

University

University of Michigan

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/Dogfacesteiner
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Michigan
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.