Various: Stevie Richards Health Update, Chris Bey on Working with Ace Austin, Madusa

Mar 2, 2023

Stevie Richards Health Status Update

As noted before, former WWE and ECW wrestler Stevie Richards is currently dealing with serious health issues which are believed to be back and spinal-related.

Richards recently provided a health update on YouTube stating that he was discharged from the hospital this past Tuesday and is currently recovering at his home.

“So, as you can see, I’ve been discharged from the hospital. We got discharged yesterday afternoon. So thankful and grateful to be back home. The past four to five weeks have been – saying rough is an understatement.”

Transcript h/t: WrestlingInc.com

Chris Bey Comments on His Current Tag Team Partnership with Ace Austin

A recent episode of The Corner Podcast featured Chris Bey as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Bey’s thoughts on his current tag team partnership with Ace Austin in Impact Wrestling. Bey also gave his thoughts on their goals for the future of their careers in Impact.

“I think the best thing about me and Ace (Austin) that brought us strong as a team is how similar our stories are and then how similar our end goals are. We’re just on the same page with all those things, so the in-ring work, because he’s great as a solo wrestler and I’m also great as a solo wrestler. The in-ring, we know, okay, we both gotta make this work and it’s almost like we compete within each other to make sure it works. I knew when IMPACT first signed Ace, this is when I was still hustling for the contract with IMPACT a year prior, I remember they came here to Sam’s Town. That’s where he made his debut match for the company and I remember watching, trying to get an extra talent spot and I saw who they just signed and I’m like, ‘Damn, this is guy is good’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, me and this guy are gonna feud over the world title for many years to come.’ This guy is good, I knew it. I was like, ‘This guy is gonna be my competition.’ So six months later or so when he won the X Division Championship, I’m still hustling for the deal, I’m like, he don’t even know it yet but that belt’s mine. Soon as I get there, that belt’s mine and then he lost it to Willie (Mack) and I was like, oh, you got lucky, because when I got there, I took it from Willie. I was like, Ace, you got lucky. I knew that and I’m sure he could probably feel a similar way where he’s like, Bey’s dope. I’m the guy but Bey’s dope. So when we both got put together, soon as he joined BULLET CLUB, I was like, hmm, okay, I see where this could be going and then soon as we got paired together, first match against Motor City Machine Guns, Center Stage, Atlanta, Georgia, I’m like, oh yeah, it’s on now. First match together against the Machine Guns? Go ahead, show me what you got. I’ll show you what I got right now and we showed each other, oh yeah, this works. We’re gonna do what we need to do for each other which is complete our goal of being Triple Crown (champions). He wants to be world champion, he’s a former three-time X Division Champion and I wanna be world champion and I’m a former X Division Champion. We both need the tag titles to complete what we need, so if we’re gonna be each other’s link to do that, let’s do it. Let’s get each other to that next level, let’s take the division to this next level, let’s take those championships and submit our legacy, then let’s see who gets to that world title first… It’s a contest, yeah.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Madusa Comments on Her Interest in Wrestling One More Match

PWMania.com held a recent interview with WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze, also known as Madusa. One of the topics discussed included Madusa’s thoughts on her interest in the idea of wrestling one more match for her career in the future.

“I do if I was allowed, at least like a couple months of good training. Absolutely. Because it’s not something that I would take lightly. If I were going to dive into a retirement match I would take it serious and I would definitely want you know, a good build up, a little bit of a storyline, not just coming in and doing a one and done. Maybe they’ll have me show up in a show or something once a couple weeks or whatever, or with WWE doing stuff. So You’re darn straight, and it needs to be it needs to be shouted out. I’m not getting any younger, but I still have it in me. I won’t be at coming back to the ring in my eighties, for a final match. I won’t that’s just my choice. We’re going to do it within the next year or two or just I’m not going to do it. You know, that hey, guess what I and the platform to do it on? It’s WWE TV. So, yeah.”