November 21, 2025 • 5 mins
Rocker Steiner joins to discuss his performances and the importance of maintaining consistency in the competitive world of sports. The conversation covers prize money and championship aspirations, providing insight into Steiner's competitive spirit. Steiner shares details about his TV show "Hell on Wheels" and outlines his future plans. The episode also delves into his media presence and personality, highlighting his upcoming attendance at a WWE event.
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(00:00):
Star now.
Man, it's good to see you again too.
Is this one of your sponsors?
Yeah.
Awesome.
We'll make sure they get plenty of plenty ofjuice on this.
Bubba starts here with the scene project sportsnetwork.
We're here with Rocker Steiner.
Rocker, we got to see you last year, and sincethen, you have had a meteoric rise.
You're $55,000 ahead right now in thestandings.
(00:23):
You're ready for NFR already, but you're herecompeting again at the Governors Cup.
I know last night didn't go your way, and 83 ispretty low for you.
You could tell in the arena you weredisappointed.
Tonight, you came out and you rolled the shitout of Tequila Queen.
Tell me about it, man.
Yeah.
I mean, yesterday was just a horse that wasn'texactly rider friendly, so we got by decent
scores, stayed in the average, and came backaround.
(00:44):
Well, and how important is it to just ride?
Well, so most of our fans aren't big rodeopeople.
Right?
So can you explain to just ride and not getbucked off into score is so important,
especially in a three day event because it allaverages out.
It all counts towards something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you know, the top eight guys out ofhowever many guys are
in the
long run, you know, get moved to thesemifinals, which is tomorrow.
(01:08):
And so staying in the average is the top eightscores combined.
So You gotta have it.
Staying in the average, 83 points.
I was right in the mix of everything.
So Yeah.
I come back come back with a solid ride andYeah.
Put you right where you wanna be.
Yep.
It it was amazing to watch tonight.
I knew because of the ride last night and justgetting to know you a little bit last year and
following you, you're a fiery guy.
(01:29):
Right?
And I know you're competitive to the bone thatyou were gonna come out tonight and perform and
then even more tomorrow.
How much money is on the line for you guys towin the championship tomorrow?
I believe, like, 32,000 tomorrow.
So So it's a crazy amount of money for threerides in a weekend.
Right?
I mean, twenty four seconds combined for over$30,000.
(01:50):
That's incredible.
Hey.
It's money for nothing chicks for free.
Man, isn't it?
Well, and speaking of chicks for free, you're abig TV star now.
Tell me about raising hell.
Yeah.
So hell on wheels is a
Hell on wheels.
Is a little deal that we did.
It's pretty much we went on a bus for thirtydays, filmed what I do on a day day to day
basis, and it's gonna surprise me.
So is that on the cowboy channel as well?
(02:12):
Cowboy channel.
Fantastic.
Well, we are on YouTube.
We are on a lot of places.
Your video with us last year was one of ourbiggest movers, so we know you got a lot of
fans out there.
What's next for you?
Well, I just win this thing tomorrow, then goto the NFL and win that too.
So That's it.
Lot of winning from
now on.
That's right, man.
That's it seems like that's all you've beendoing.
(02:32):
You made a lot of money this year already.
I fucking hate it.
You're gonna be over at the Alliance latertonight?
Yeah.
I'll plan on being there.
Good.
Well, we're gonna see you over there, Rocker.
Thanks for your time, buddy.
I appreciate you.
Awesome, dude.
To see you.
Man, it was good to see you too.
We've been following your career.
We weren't huge rodeo fans before, but aftermeeting you last year and and following you on
(02:56):
Instagram, obviously, and just watching theclimb has been incredible.
You know?
You're you're a hell
of a fucking athlete, man.
And like you said, you hate losing, and itshows.
Yeah.
It's the worst.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's so fun.
Last year, I remember I so last year, just gotI just moved to number one in the world.
And today, I just moved to breaking the season.
(03:19):
So every time I see you, someone's fucking big.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Last year, came and walked over like, hey,we're doing a deal for Sports Illustrated.
You know, if anybody and I was like, take aseat, boys.
I got this shit.
Well, and that's why when I saw you with the TVshow, it made perfect sense.
Right?
I was like, man, this kid's born to be a star.
He wants the attention, and not everybodynecessarily wants that.
Right?
(03:39):
They don't wanna be in front of a camera allthe time, but you have the right personality.
And I knew that last year, and that's why whenwe came back this year, it's like, man, there's
one interview at the top of my list.
We gotta talk to Rocker again.
Of course, we'll talk to anybody and everyoneand all the champions, but we wanna be working
with people that are in not just the sport, butin the sport of winning and media.
You can't be a star with a personality of afucking hand sandwich.
(04:01):
This is not worth it.
I mean, you can't.
Well, and would you say that the
How big how big would Elvis be without hispersonality?
Exactly.
Well, and I think the sport of rodeo needs moreities.
Right?
And it's why people love the PBR.
Right?
It's because you have those personalitiesthere, and not that they're necessarily the
best.
You guys got some great bull riders in thePRCA.
Right?
(04:22):
But it's the person it's fucking
fucking show.
How big would the WWE be without personal?
Exactly, man.
And we cover a lot of pro wrestling coveragenow with independent promotions in the same
way.
So, man, I'm going
to the WWE in on the sixth Yeah?
In Dallas.
Awesome.
Ringside.
Nice.
Yeah.
They're gonna pull you into the ring?
Oh, fuck somebody.
And we're not if I if they pull me in thatring, we're not pulling.
(04:46):
Yeah.
I'm somebody.
Oh, you're in it.
Coming off the top ropes, man.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What can they do to you that a freaking horsecan't.
Right?
They can eat you.
Fair enough.
I guess a horse couldn't eat you.
No.
Rocker, you're a hell of a personality, man.
The sport is proud to have you.
I know that.
We're proud to know you.
I tell everybody about you, and there are somesome young ladies that were looking forward to
(05:08):
seeing you tonight.
Glad you explained a
few of them in here.
How you doing?
Brother?
Good to you.
We'll see you over at the Alliance tonight,man.
I'm looking forward to it.
What's your name again?
Jordan.
Jordan?
Yep.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to you.
Cool.
You're good.
Star now.
Man, it's good to see you again too.
Is this one of your sponsors?
Yeah.
Awesome.
We'll make sure they get plenty of plenty ofjuice on this.
Bubba starts here with the scene project sportsnetwork.
We're here with Rocker Steiner.
Rocker, we got to see you last year, and sincethen, you have had a meteoric rise.
You're $55,000 ahead right now in thestandings.
(00:23):
You're ready for NFR already, but you're herecompeting again at the Governors Cup.
I know last night didn't go your way, and 83 ispretty low for you.
You could tell in the arena you weredisappointed.
Tonight, you came out and you rolled the shitout of Tequila Queen.
Tell me about it, man.
Yeah.
I mean, yesterday was just a horse that wasn'texactly rider friendly, so we got by decent
scores, stayed in the average, and came backaround.
(00:44):
Well, and how important is it to just ride?
Well, so most of our fans aren't big rodeopeople.
Right?
So can you explain to just ride and not getbucked off into score is so important,
especially in a three day event because it allaverages out.
It all counts towards something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, you know, the top eight guys out ofhowever many guys are
in the
long run, you know, get moved to thesemifinals, which is tomorrow.
(01:08):
And so staying in the average is the top eightscores combined.
So You gotta have it.
Staying in the average, 83 points.
I was right in the mix of everything.
So Yeah.
I come back come back with a solid ride andYeah.
Put you right where you wanna be.
Yep.
It it was amazing to watch tonight.
I knew because of the ride last night and justgetting to know you a little bit last year and
following you, you're a fiery guy.
(01:29):
Right?
And I know you're competitive to the bone thatyou were gonna come out tonight and perform and
then even more tomorrow.
How much money is on the line for you guys towin the championship tomorrow?
I believe, like, 32,000 tomorrow.
So So it's a crazy amount of money for threerides in a weekend.
Right?
I mean, twenty four seconds combined for over$30,000.
(01:50):
That's incredible.
Hey.
It's money for nothing chicks for free.
Man, isn't it?
Well, and speaking of chicks for free, you're abig TV star now.
Tell me about raising hell.
Yeah.
So hell on wheels is a
Hell on wheels.
Is a little deal that we did.
It's pretty much we went on a bus for thirtydays, filmed what I do on a day day to day
basis, and it's gonna surprise me.
So is that on the cowboy channel as well?
(02:12):
Cowboy channel.
Fantastic.
Well, we are on YouTube.
We are on a lot of places.
Your video with us last year was one of ourbiggest movers, so we know you got a lot of
fans out there.
What's next for you?
Well, I just win this thing tomorrow, then goto the NFL and win that too.
So That's it.
Lot of winning from
now on.
That's right, man.
That's it seems like that's all you've beendoing.
(02:32):
You made a lot of money this year already.
I fucking hate it.
You're gonna be over at the Alliance latertonight?
Yeah.
I'll plan on being there.
Good.
Well, we're gonna see you over there, Rocker.
Thanks for your time, buddy.
I appreciate you.
Awesome, dude.
To see you.
Man, it was good to see you too.
We've been following your career.
We weren't huge rodeo fans before, but aftermeeting you last year and and following you on
(02:56):
Instagram, obviously, and just watching theclimb has been incredible.
You know?
You're you're a hell
of a fucking athlete, man.
And like you said, you hate losing, and itshows.
Yeah.
It's the worst.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's so fun.
Last year, I remember I so last year, just gotI just moved to number one in the world.
And today, I just moved to breaking the season.
(03:19):
So every time I see you, someone's fucking big.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Last year, came and walked over like, hey,we're doing a deal for Sports Illustrated.
You know, if anybody and I was like, take aseat, boys.
I got this shit.
Well, and that's why when I saw you with the TVshow, it made perfect sense.
Right?
I was like, man, this kid's born to be a star.
He wants the attention, and not everybodynecessarily wants that.
Right?
(03:39):
They don't wanna be in front of a camera allthe time, but you have the right personality.
And I knew that last year, and that's why whenwe came back this year, it's like, man, there's
one interview at the top of my list.
We gotta talk to Rocker again.
Of course, we'll talk to anybody and everyoneand all the champions, but we wanna be working
with people that are in not just the sport, butin the sport of winning and media.
You can't be a star with a personality of afucking hand sandwich.
(04:01):
This is not worth it.
I mean, you can't.
Well, and would you say that the
How big how big would Elvis be without hispersonality?
Exactly.
Well, and I think the sport of rodeo needs moreities.
Right?
And it's why people love the PBR.
Right?
It's because you have those personalitiesthere, and not that they're necessarily the
best.
You guys got some great bull riders in thePRCA.
Right?
(04:22):
But it's the person it's fucking
fucking show.
How big would the WWE be without personal?
Exactly, man.
And we cover a lot of pro wrestling coveragenow with independent promotions in the same
way.
So, man, I'm going
to the WWE in on the sixth Yeah?
In Dallas.
Awesome.
Ringside.
Nice.
Yeah.
They're gonna pull you into the ring?
Oh, fuck somebody.
And we're not if I if they pull me in thatring, we're not pulling.
(04:46):
Yeah.
I'm somebody.
Oh, you're in it.
Coming off the top ropes, man.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What can they do to you that a freaking horsecan't.
Right?
They can eat you.
Fair enough.
I guess a horse couldn't eat you.
No.
Rocker, you're a hell of a personality, man.
The sport is proud to have you.
I know that.
We're proud to know you.
I tell everybody about you, and there are somesome young ladies that were looking forward to
(05:08):
seeing you tonight.
Glad you explained a
few of them in here.
How you doing?
Brother?
Good to you.
We'll see you over at the Alliance tonight,man.
I'm looking forward to it.
What's your name again?
Jordan.
Jordan?
Yep.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to you.
Cool.
You're good.
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