Stevie Ray discusses his career and racism in wrestling in an interview with the Shining Wizards Podcast. Highlights are as follows:
On reuniting Harlem Heat at Pro Wrestling Syndicate this Friday:
“I’m not very excited… I had it good for the last few years, kicking back and knocking down a few. But when I’m committed to something, I’m committed to it. But in all actuality, it’s good man. It’s a good feeling and I’ve been getting the juices again for the last couple years, and in all actuality, I am excited, to be honest. It’s been a long time coming.”
On Booker T’s & Hulk Hogan’s reaction to the infamous Spring Stampede promo:
“Well, It really bothered my brother. It really bothered him, whereas all the guys were ribbing him and were like, “What’s up n***a?” Randy Savage & whoever… They all got a big, big kick out of it. It was the pop of the night. So the next day, we go to do Nitro after the Pay-Per-View that Sunday and I remember I was sitting at a table, you know- we were in catering- I’m sitting at the table and Hogan walks in. So me and Hogan would always talk about cars and motorcycles, because he’s into cars much like myself. I think he was getting some food when Randy Savage came in and was like, “Hey, Hulk, what’s going on man? You know Booker T called you an n***a” Then Hogan was like “That’s OK man, at least I’m a good n***a.” The whole catering area popped. I mean everybody in the catering room just popped. And I think that’s when some of the pressure kind of came off my brother. That’s a true story, I’ve never told it before… After Hogan did that, it pretty much died that day.”
