Just last August, things looked really different for Bronson Rechsteiner. The fullback with the Kennesaw State Owls, a Big South NCAA Division I team out of Kennesaw, Georgia, was getting ready for his last year of college. With no guarantees of a football career past college, Rechsteiner decided to start training in something that has helped his family for years – pro wrestling. Bronson Rechsteiner is the son of former NWA, WCW, IWGP, and WWE World Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner and nephew of “Big Poppa Pump” himself, Scott Steiner. He was all set to begin his wrestling career, training under IMPACT’s Johnny Swinger and ready to unleash on the world as Bronson Steiner. Well, this year’s NFL Draft put a halt to that.
HUGE congrats to @BronsonSteiner on signing a deal with the @ravens!!#OneKS | #ProOwls 💪 pic.twitter.com/ISoGz5Duly
— Kennesaw State Football (@kennesawstfb) April 25, 2020
On Saturday, April 25, during NFL Draft Weekend, Bronson Rechsteiner signed an unsigned free-agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. In their profile of Rechsteiner following the signing, ESPN said:
Kennesaw State fullback Bronson Rechsteiner, the son of pro wrestling champion Rick Steiner, has reached an agreement with the Ravens, according to the school. In the Owls’ option offense, Rechsteiner led the team with 909 yards rushing last season, averaging 8 yards per carry.
Rechsteiner certainly has his father’s strength. At Kennesaw State’s pro day in early March, Rechsteiner recorded 35 reps on the bench press, which would have been the third-best at the NFL combine. Steiner was a tag team champion in the WCW and WWF in the 1980s and early 1990s and was known as the “Dog Faced Gremlin.”
It would appear that Bronson Steiner’s pro wrestling debut will be delayed.
#RavensFlock 141 2/3% chance this was a great pick!!! Congrats @BronsonSteiner @Ravens pic.twitter.com/yNvyUdtdXN
— Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner (@ScottSteiner) April 26, 2020
.@BronsonSteiner ….what an opportunity! Proud of you…🙏🤠 https://t.co/S5kKmwhxz2
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) April 26, 2020
Outstanding!!! Congrats @BronsonSteiner ! https://t.co/Dnlqlp3Xd4
— Eric Bischoff (@EBischoff) April 26, 2020
Big congrats to @BronsonSteiner great job bud! https://t.co/9Qcb4OlvmJ
— taz (@OfficialTAZ) April 26, 2020
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