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STEVE BLACKMAN INTERVIEW ONLINE |
The Lethal Weapon', Steve Blackman, is this edition of
TII's guest, and we want to thank him for his time. In this interview he
openly discusses his want to return to the WWE, how his neck injury is after
surgery, and his thoughts on the WWE Royal Rumble event itself.
Coming soon TII has its One Year Anniversary show, so
keep checking our official website for more information on that huge huge
show.
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"THE LETHAL WEAPON" STEVE
BLACKMAN
-- Since he left WWE, Steve's bought into a gym, had
his neck worked on and moved back to Pennsylvania from Florida.
-- Steve watched wrestling on and off. When he did watch
he enjoyed watching Snuka, Valentine and many others.
-- After becoming obsessed with lifting weights etc,
going into wrestling seemed like the natural next step. He used to go in
for a lot of lifting and curling competition, and benched 585 at the age
of 19. He broke loads of eastern American records, and as far as he is aware,
these records still stand to this day.
-- In 1989, Steve contracted Malaria, an illness which
kept him out of action right through until 1996. He was in Africa, and when
he came back a stomach illness kept him "on his death bed" for pretty much
two years.
-- After being out of the ring for around 6 years or
so, he called Brian Pillman, spoke to Bret Hart, etc and asked them to put
in a good word up in WWE. When he was contacted, he had to go through a week
of training and a couple more weeks of tryouts before being signed.
-- His debut was made as one of a 'fan in the crowd'.
He really enjoyed it, "it was a little different, and I thought it came off
half decent". It was about 10 miles from where he lived, so it was pretty
much a hometown crowd.
-- On the topic of Ken Shamrock, he thought his Hardcore
matches were decent, enjoyed the parking lot match, but his favorite was
the Lions Den match - his only regret about that is that the cage wasn't
a little bigger. Steve says that in regards to Ken Shamrock, they've had
a lot of good matches and he wouldn't mind giving any kind of match a go
with him.
-- Talk then turns to Ground 'n' Pound gear, something
that Ken and Steve are doing (http://www.gnpgear.com). It was started by
3 lifelong friends, and they asked Steve and Ken to come in and help promote
it. A lot of guys on UFC PPV's etc are wearing the GnP stuff, which can be
seen and found out about at the aforementioned website, gnpgear.com.
-- Steve was hoping to make a decision about his future
this month, but he hasn't been able to thus far. If he cant get in the ring
again he's thinking of opening up a Night Club with some friends, and if
he can he wants to get back in the ring for 3-4 weeks and try some small
workouts. If they go okay, he'll "give Titan [WWE] a call and see if they
wanna do something".
-- Steve was in the "Brawl For All" competition, and
beat Marc Mero in the first round. After that, Steve had to withdraw through
injury as during a routine shoot training session, his sparring partner sat
on the side of his leg, causing it to hit the floor and rip a cartilage in
his knee.
-- Thoughts of the whole 'Hardcore Title' era are then
given. Blackman says he's not sure that it's necessarily a bad move to have
removed it, and while they throw that gimmick out there every now and again,
it's not anywhere near as regular. In addition, Steve said that every time
he went out there he tried to be creative as he could, using weapons in new
ways to give the fans something they hadn't seen before.
-- Daniel then asks what was going through Steve's mind,
as he took the huge elbow drop dive off of the Scaffolding onto a prone Shane
McMahon to retain the Hardcore Title at SummerSlam 2000. Steve's reply -
"don't slip". He remembers thinking after wrestling for so long, his hands
were real sweaty, and he didn't want to slip and "take a downward
spill".
-- The team with Al Snow pretty much just came off because
of their two different personalities. He isn't sure WHO came up with it or
anything, but that's WHY it occurred. During the word associations, Daniel
brings up Chester McCheeserton, the midget in the cheese costume that Snow
and Blackman attacked.
-- His release was a Mutual Decision. They didn't want
to put him in the ring if he wasn't 100%, and every time he was going in
there he would experience severe headaches etc.
-- Blackman says he watches WWE off and on. "Some of
it's still good, some of it needs some work, but you can pretty much say
that about anything". Steve then asks host Daniel HIS opinion on it, and
they talk for a few more minutes about WWE in general.
-- This interview was recorded before the Royal Rumble
itself, and Steve threw out some of his predictions; Goldberg and Billy Gunn.
Other choices are then discussed such as John Cena and Chris Benoit as
possibilities, and gives his thoughts on those two guys in general.
-- If he can get back in the ring, Steve would find it
really interesting to do some hardcore matches with Rob Van Dam. There's
a lot of other guys, but the one he thinks of first would be Van Dam.
-- Steve has options such as Japan, England, and he's
thought about TNA but hasn't been in touch with them. His first choice would
be with Titan before he tried anybody else.
-- He doesn't have an official website, and doesn't have
any affiliation with any of the fansites, but if anybody wants to book Steve
they can contact mmabookings@aol.com.
-- The hosts then ask for Blackman's thoughts on some
of the wrestlers who have passed away recently such as Crash Holly, Brian
Pillman and British Bulldog. His thoughts, even though Pillman and Bulldog
were some of his best friends, they get no sympathy from him in regards to
taking pills. "If you're an alcoholic, I don't wanna hear that it's hereditary,
stop drinking. If you know the problem, stop it, I'm cut and dry like
that".
-- We then roll into word associations with names such
as Shane McMahon, Sean Waltman, Al Snow, Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Ken Shamrock,
Vince McMahon & many more.
-- The final question posed to Steve was in regards to
how he likes the old school style vs. the new school style of wrestling.
To hear that, along with the Word Associations, click one of the links below
to hear the show.
-- Steve finishes with some words for his fans, as we
move into the after-show recap in which we discuss the Royal Rumble after
it happened, and this week's TNA event featuring the Callis/Watts match.
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