Lance Storm has defended Steiner on that Triple H match because H was working with a groin injury or something.
Lance Storm loves Scott Steiner though. As does every other fan of wrestling.
They should have never matched them up. Steiner got a huge pop but there's so many things wrong with that feud.
Their styles do not match AT ALL. They're too similar. Brawlers with some big technical/power moves thrown inbetween.
Scott Steiner should never ever be a babyface. The only face Steiner should be is a tweener who's just completely batshit insane.
Everyone was sick of Triple H already at that point.
Their feud was stupid and poorly written. And Steiner's promos didn't help. As bad as Steiner's promos were in terms of botches, at least they were somewhat entertaining. Evolution Triple H is like the worst version of HEH IM SO SNARKY AND WITTY Triple H. He's basically Roddy Piper where he just switches constantly between two voices.
Mostly its the clash of styles(not the stupid move.) It's just like Goldberg and Kane are both competent wrestlers, but they don't work well against each other at all. Same thing here. Remember how Stephanie and Eric were fighting over his contract? Bischoff should have purposefully let Steiner go to Smackdown, knowing how Scott was from their history, and had Scott destroy it from the inside. I could see Scott having great matches, even with his limited maneuverability with like a Benoit or Guerrero.