The son of a wrestling legend brought a little bit of the squared circle to the gridiron this week. During a joint practice between the New Orleans Saints and Dallas Cowboys, Saints wide receiver Brock Rechsteiner—whose father is WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner—unleashed a textbook German suplex on Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson after a heated scuffle escalated.
The chaos began when Rechsteiner and Cowboys cornerback Caelen Carson got into a shoving match. Players from both sides rushed in to break it up, but Thompson charged in and tried to shove Rechsteiner off his teammate. Instead, Rechsteiner grabbed Thompson from behind, locked his arms around the safety's torso, and planted him with a devastating suplex that sent shockwaves through the practice field.
Video of the incident quickly went viral, and wrestling fans wasted no time drawing parallels to Scott Steiner's legendary career—especially his infamous "Steiner Math" promo. One fan quipped, "That Cowboy found out he only had a 33.3% chance," while another wrote, "Steiner math baby….that's going to cost him…" A third simply noted, "You can't avoid your destiny, Brock."
The best reaction, though, came from a fan who delivered a full Steiner Math monologue, complete with the iconic percentages: "You know they say that all men are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Jalen Thompson and you can see that statement is not true. See, normally if you go one on one with another football player, you got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak and I'm not normal! So you got a 25%, AT BEST, at beat me. Then you add the rest of them Cowboys to the mix, your chances of winning drastic go down. See the scrap at joint practice today, you got a 33 1/3 chance of winning, but I, I got a 66 and 2/3 chance of winning, because Jalen Thompson KNOWS he can't beat me and he's not even gonna try! So Jalen Thompson, you take your 33 1/3 chance, minus my 25% chance and you got an 8 1/3 chance of winning after you tried to rip my helmet off. But then you take my 75% chance of winning, if we was to go one on one, and then add 66 2/3 per cents, I got 141 2/3 chance of winning… and I already German suplexed your (expletive). See Thompson, the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you every time you step on the field with me."
Scott Steiner, a two-time WWE tag team champion and eight-time WCW tag team champion, is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He and his brother Rick were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame together in 2022. While Brock hasn't followed his father into the wrestling ring, he's clearly inherited some of that genetic freak athleticism—and a willingness to use it when provoked.
The incident adds another layer to what was already a chippy joint practice between the two NFC teams. It also echoes the kind of intensity that has defined recent training camp battles, much like the Chargers' joint practice nightmare where three starters went down.
For Rechsteiner, the moment might be a footnote in his NFL journey, but for fans, it's a reminder that wrestling bloodlines run deep. Whether he ever steps into a WWE ring remains to be seen, but he's already proven he can deliver a highlight-reel move on the football field.
As for the Cowboys, they'll likely want to avoid any more practice controversies as they gear up for the regular season. But for one afternoon, the son of Big Poppa Pump made sure everyone remembered the name Rechsteiner.
