9.1. Ray "The Crippler" Stevens
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This article is from the Pro-Wrestling FAQ, by macika@emunix.emich.edu (Dominic Macika) with numerous contributions by others.
9.1. Ray "The Crippler" Stevens
Carl Raymond Stevens died May 3, 1996 of a heart attack. He was
60 years old.
Ray Stevens was a headline wrestler almost from the time he
debuted in the early 50s until his retirement in the 80s. Stevens
headlined the San Francisco area from the time the Shire
promotion opened in 1960 until he left in 1971. From there he
move to the AWA as a tag team partner of Nick Bockwinkel. Later
stints also included NWA tag team title reigns in the early 80s
with partners like Greg Valentine, Jimmy Snuka and Ivan Koloff.
Hs last big run came in the WWF in 1982, where he gave Jimmy
Snuka a piledriver outside the ring at a tv taping which led to
Snuka's biggest run as a babyface.
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