Ray is best known as a member of legendary tag team Harlem Heat with his brother, two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
During his incredible career, Stevie Ray amassed a record 10 WCW World Tag Team Championships with his brother and also one WCW Television Championship reign as a singles competitor.
Stevie Ray recently sat down with Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Dr. Chris Featherstone for another episode of UnSKripted to discuss a variety of topics in the world of professional wrestling and Ray’s Hall of Fame career.
Let’s take a closer look at five things we learned from Stevie Ray’s Sportskeeda interview.
#5. WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray discusses his transition into commentary in WCW
Stevie Ray retired from in-ring competition in WCW in 2000. The former WCW World Tag Team Champion quickly transitioned into a commentary role.
The WWE Hall of Famer provided color commentary on WCW Thunder every Thursday night on TBS. Stevie Ray revealed that he went to school for a career in radio. So the transition from wrestler to broadcaster wasn’t too difficult:
The WWE Hall of Famer also revealed that it was former WCW and WWE head writer Vince Russo who decided to turn Ray into a broadcaster for WCW Thunder:
#4. Stevie Ray didn’t initially see Bret Hart getting tackled by a fan during the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony
WWE inducted Stevie Ray and Booker T, as Harlem Heat, into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2019.
Whilst the 2019 WWE Hall of Famer ceremony is memorable for the two brothers for being inducted as a tag team, it is also remembered for another more infamous moment.
Whilst Bret “Hitman” Hart was completing his speech regarding his induction as a member of The Hart Foundation, Bret was tackled by a fan who had jumped the guardrail. The individual was quickly pulled off the WWE Hall of Famer by several wrestlers and security at ringside.
Thankfully Bret Hart was able to complete his speech without incident and didn’t suffer any major injuries during the ordeal. Stevie Ray stated that he didn’t even see the incident take place when it happened as he was backstage preparing for his own induction speech:
#3 An argument between WWE Hall of Famer Booker T and Scott Steiner led to a funny moment during a WCW tag team match in Germany
One former WWE Superstar that many members of the WWE Universe would like to see be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame is Scott Steiner.
During his Sportskeeda interview, Stevie Ray was asked if he had any funny Scott Steiner stories to share. Ray reminisced about a humorous time when Steiner and Ray’s brother Booker T had an ongoing argument in Germany:
The WWE Hall of Famer said he was just relieved that his brother and Scott Steiner’s argument was over with after the match had ended:
#2 WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray says AEW wrestler Max Caster shouldn’t resort to cheap heat if he wants a career
WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray didn’t shy away from discussing recent controversies during his Sportskeeda interview.
All Elite Wrestling has quickly established itself as a major competitor to WWE. WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray was asked about his opinion on the recent Max Caster-AEW controversy. Caster’s controversial freestyle rap was edited off AEW DARK, despite previously airing.
The Acclaimed’s scheduled match this week on AEW DARK was also removed, with Max Caster also removing AEW references from his social media accounts.
Despite initially being unaware of the finer details of the incident, Stevie Ray criticized Caster for resorting to cheap heat during the rap. The WWE Hall of Famer stated that Caster doesn’t have “a career in front of you” if he continues to resort to using cheap heat:
There has been speculation that Max Caster may have been suspended by AEW. But this has yet to be confirmed by Caster or All Elite Wrestling.
#1 WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray shares his thoughts on All Elite Wrestling
Arguably WWE’s biggest professional wrestling competitor right now is All Elite Wrestling.
AEW has many similar traits to WCW in the mid-1990s. One being the company’s prominence on cable networks such as TNT and TBS, stations that WCW programming aired on during the 1990s.
WWE Hall of Famer Stevie Ray admitted that AEW seems to have significant momentum right now, but did point out the need for more individuality in the characters in the programming:
Stevie Ray explained his critique of some of the AEW stars, explaining the need to be unique and separate yourself in the entertainment business:
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