1. This is stupid.
2. It doesn’t matter who we think; it matters who the people we listen to think. As RSRH eloquently said.
So you see, nothing has changed for us; I still listen to who I listen to, and you still listen to who you listen to.
But, it seems as if Rav Shteinman is currently being listened to by the Israeli chareidi litvish world. So, I guess he’s up. I don’t think he has the cache that Rav Elyashiv had–yet. Also, I’m not aware that he is a posek the way Rav Elyashiv was.