>>14717250When he was young he was an amazing talent in the ring, but couldn't put together a presentation and personality to engage with the fans and get them invested. When he was old and sawdusted he finally got a clue and became all personality and presentation, but his ring work had significantly degraded due to his injuries.
Early in his career when he would work Japan with his brother the Steiners had an amazing feud with Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki largely owning to the fact that all the Japanese audience really wanted out of them was a pair of gaijin that would work fast, work stiff, and look technically impressive, while Hase and Sasaki carried the feud on the mic by selling how dangerous their opponents were.
