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  February 22nd - The birth of Freakzilla.

On February 22^nd, 1998 Scott Steiner turns against his brother, Rick, during a match against Kevin Nash and Scott Hall at SuperBrawl in San Francisco, then joins the NWO. Scott’s attack cost the Steiners their WCW tag titles.

The next night on Monday Nitro, he adopted a new gimmick that was somewhat reminiscent of “Superstar” Billy Graham, dyeing his hair and beard blond and increasing in muscle mass even further. Scott adopted two new nicknames: “White Thunder” (referring to his bleached hair and goatee and his all-white wrestling gear) and “Superstar” (as a homage to “Superstar” Billy Graham”), including a black ‘S’ logo in the style of the Superman logo. He finally adopted the nickname “Big Poppa Pump”, which many thought was inspired by New York rapper Notorious BIG’s song “Big Poppa”. Steiner soon joined forces with Buff Bagwell who started calling himself “Buff Daddy” - named after rapper Puff Daddy. He remained a member of the nWo until the group disbanded in early 1999.