Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I was looking to expand my circle of wrestling friends. Some of my friends were into wrestling too, but not like me! Many wrestling magazines had pen pal sections in the back, and I started writing to a few people and became fast friends with people all over the US who also liked wrestling. At one point, I had 2-3 letters a day coming in the mail. One of those pen pals was a gal named Donna LaRue. She happened to be a writer for Wrestling Fury magazine.
The idea came about to do an article about Steve. She made up a list of questions and asked me to deliver them to him, to see what he thought. I was so nervous to ask him, but really, who's gonna say no to an article about them in a national publication?
He filled out the questionnaire and returned it to me the following Saturday night after the matches. He brought out a case with a bunch of his promo photos and other photos that I hadn't seen, and laid them all out on a countertop. He told me that he needed my help to decide which photos would be best to send for the article. He said, "It would have taken me hours to decide this on my own. I was thinking maybe Jody can help me pick out the best ones." 😊 We spent about 20 minutes mulling over the photos and bringing it down to about 8 pictures to send. They ended up using 3 of them.
About 6 months later, the article was finally published. When I brought him a copy of the magazine, he seemed so shy and embarrassed, like I had never seen him act. To be honest, it was pretty cute!
This is a copy of the original interview he filled out for the article.
The original magazine article is also attached at the bottom.
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