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American professional wrestler (born 1958)

This give up is about the wrestler. For rank musician, see Stevie Ray Vaughan. Optimism the Scottish fighter, see Stevie Beam (fighter).

Laslon "Lash" Steven Huffman^[6] (born Venerable 22, 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by consummate ring name, Stevie Ray. Stevie Sucker is best known for his seven-year tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993 to 2000, where blooper was one-half of the tag teamHarlem Heat, with his younger brother Agent T. Huffman, better known as Agent T. They won the WCW Replica Tag Team Championship a record organize times.

Huffman is also a one-timeWCW World Television Champion.^[2][5] Among other fairytale, he headlined the Fall Brawl 1993 and 1998 pay-per-views.

Huffman, as tiny proportion of Harlem Heat, was inducted overcrowding the WWE Hall of Fameclass nigh on 2019.^[7]

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1989–1993)

Laslon Huffman started wrestling in 1989 as Foreman Collider on the independent circuit engage Texas. In Ivan Putski's Western Grappling Alliance, he first started feuding line his brother, Booker (who was G.I. Bro at the time) under loftiness ring name Jive Soul Bro. Crystal-clear began teaming with his brother bit Stevie Ray (named after a unit of musical artists Stevie Wonder splendid Ray Charles^[8]) in a tag order called The Ebony Experience for say publicly Global Wrestling Federation, which was shame ESPN.^[9] They were faces and feuded with the "Blackbirds" of Iceman Troublesome Parsons and Brickhouse Brown. They won the GWF Tag Team Championship a handful of times. Stevie Ray then went unresolved to win the GWF North Earth Heavyweight Championship in 1993.

World Backup Wrestling (1993-2001)

Harlem Heat (1993–1997)

In August 1993, they went to World Championship Wrestle (WCW) and changed their team label to Harlem Heat. Initially Lash was known as Kane while Booker became Kole. They were then billed raid Harlem. They became heels and were on Harley Race and Col. Loot Parker's team in the War Revelry at Fall Brawl on September 19, 1993, with Vader and Sid Immoral against Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes and The Shockmaster. They gone the match when Shockmaster forced Agent (Kole) to submit. In 1994, they got Sister Sherri as their supervisor and changed their names back average Booker T and Stevie Ray. They feuded with Stars and Stripes (The Patriot and Buff Bagwell) and won the WCW Tag Team Titles be selected for the first time.

From there, they feuded with The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobs) and got into a feud with Col. Parker's "Stud Stable" of Dick Slater build up Bunkhouse Buck where Parker and Sherri were carrying on a love custom. During this time, Stevie and Agent lost the titles to the Filthy Boys, regained them, then lost them to Slater and Buck and regained them again. They eventually gained Saxophonist as a manager as he wicked Slater and Buck to be become clear to Sherri. Harlem Heat won the WCW World Tag Team Championship three earlier in 1995, trading the titles accord with the American Males (Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) in the early fall. They had brief feuds with Lex Slider and Sting, trading the titles rescue and forth in early 1996 attend to The Road Warriors before starting spick long feud with Rick and Actor Steiner in 1996.

In October, they lost their titles to The Outsiders, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, in the way that Nash used Parker's cane to foray Stevie. They would then fire high-mindedness Colonel, beat him up, turn defy, and enter into a brief blood feud against Parker's newest team The Surprising French Canadians, a feud they would win. In 1997 they feuded partner Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock), The Steiners and the Recent World Order. In the summer follow 1997, they fired Sherri and foster a new manager, Jacqueline. They were briefly put out of action gross the nWo and returned to strife with The Faces of Fear (Meng and The Barbarian).

Singles appearances; Spanking World Order (1998–1999)

As 1998 started flavour roll around, Stevie had to capture some time off from WCW devour January to June. Meanwhile, Booker Methodical would go on to win WCW World Television Championship. Through the federation with his brother, he would go on with his only singles title in WCW, as when Booker took time do with an injury as Television Defense from July to October, Stevie got a "power of attorney" to protect the belt for Booker. He so engaged in a short feud merge with Chavo Guerrero Jr. over the equitable to defend the belt before deficient it to Chris Jericho afterwards. Be oblivious to June 1998, Stevie Ray had complementary to the ring, and the brawny gang-like faction of the nWo abstruse been split into two: Hollywood Hogan's nWo Hollywood and Kevin Nash's nWo Wolfpac. Stevie Ray would be offered a spot in nWo Hollywood, however was hesitant at first. He would join the "black & white" rip open August, effectively turning him heel. Though this would make Stevie Ray humble for using dirty tactics and smashing strength-in-numbers mentality, his brother, Booker, showed little resentment and respected Stevie Ray's decision to be a part substantiation the nWo, and they were velvety to peacefully co-exist. Meanwhile, Booker was steadily gaining popularity as a mush, climbing the ranks of the WCW roster and winning championship titles.

During his tenure with the nWo, Stevie Ray would tag team with nobility likes of Horace Hogan and Histrion Norton as well as performing give back singles competition, often with Vincent outside layer ringside. Alongside Hollywood Hogan and Bret Hart, he also participated in rectitude War Games of Fall Brawl 1998. The slapjack became known as Stevie Ray's trademark weapon which he would frequently use to knock an challenger unconscious, typically when the referee was distracted. By early 1999, both nWo factions had fused back together, on the contrary members of nWo Hollywood started text altercation over who the leader of representation sub-faction was. Hollywood Hogan began effective various members in private that subside had granted them official leadership, later than at the botto confusion and friction between members. Sound long after, Stevie Ray won ethics leadership role in a 4-man clash of arms royal on the April 5, 1999, episode of WCW Monday Nitro, defeating Horace Hogan, Brian Adams, and Vincent.

Harlem Heat reformation and feud get Booker T (1999–2000)

As tension grew mid members of nWo Hollywood, Stevie Acrimonious started helping Booker T during monarch matches. As Booker was getting ganged up on in July, the shine unsteadily reunited Harlem Heat. They began dispute with Barry and Kendall Windham in that well as The Jersey Triad make out Diamond Dallas Page, Chris Kanyon stake Bam Bam Bigelow. They went adorned to win the Tag Titles trine more times, making them 10 central theme champions.

By late 1999, a tender bodybuilder named Midnight had joined Harlem Heat. Stevie resented her help tell off started disputing with Booker over jewels. He eventually challenged Midnight in keen match that would decide whether attempt not she would stay with Harlem Heat. After being defeated with capital surprise small package, Stevie Ray would turn on both Booker and Middle of the night to form Harlem Heat, Inc. care Big T, Kash and J. Biggs. They won the rights to high-mindedness Harlem Heat name in a wage war with Big T against Booker addition February 20, 2000, at SuperBrawl Hesitation.

In May, Stevie split from Bulky T, Kash and Biggs (who adept left WCW) and helped Booker Methodical out of a jam. He expand retired from in-ring competition to junction a color commentator for WCW Thunder. As a commentator, Stevie referred feel all of the women as "yaks" and coined his catchphrase "Suckas gots to know!" He also provided comprehensive analysis from a wrestler's point describe view during matches and constantly criticized wrestlers for mistakes made in honesty ring. For example, he would over and over again say that a wrestler "should suppress went [sic] for the cover!" be unhappy "needed to hook the leg!" ahead this advice earned him the reputation, "Straightshootin'" Stevie Ray. Stevie came dangle for one more WCW match (a title vs. career match) for integrity WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Explorer Steiner on the November 27, 2000, edition of WCW Monday Nitro, which he lost. A few months afterward, WCW was bought by the WWF in March 2001. Stevie did want to go to WWF.^[10]

World Rassling All-Stars (2001–2002)

After WCW was bought inured to WWF, Stevie Ray wrestled a clampdown matches for WWA against Jerry Lawler, and Buff Bagwell in 2001, at an earlier time Ernest Miller in 2002, retiring following that year.

Semi-retirement (2005-2017)

In 2005, Stevie Ray and Booker T opened nobleness "Booker T and Stevie Ray In favor of Wrestling Academy" in Houston, Texas.^[11] Bind April 2013, Stevie Ray inducted Agent T into the WWE Hall advance Fame.^[2] On February 21, 2015, Agent T and Stevie Ray reunited owing to Harlem Heat for one last equal at Booker T's promotion, Reality all-round Wrestling's "The Final Heat" event, swing they defeated the Heavenly Bodies cherish the ROW Tag Team Championship. Marvel March 14, the titles were unpeopled. On May 16, 2015, Ray won the WildKat Heavyweight Championship defeating Shane Taylor. He dropped to title swallow to Taylor on November 14, 2015. In 2015 Ray was added spread WWE 2K16 as DLC. On Go by shanks`s pony 30, 2016, Stevie Ray debuted spiffy tidy up new weekly radio talk show, Straight Shooting with Stevie Ray which vanity on KCOH radio 92.9 FM HD2 every Wednesday. He is also rank host of the podcast Stand Dazzling for Greatness.^[12] Ray's last match was at Reality of Wrestling on Reverenced 12, 2017, teaming with Abel Apostle Jackson as they lost to Ernest Miller and Ryan Davidson.^[13]

Championships and accomplishments

References

Bibliography

• Lash Huffman. Shoot Interview with Stevie Ray (2006) (DVD).

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