Ray Stevens

Nacimiento
3 de septiembre de 1935 · Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Estados Unidos
Fallecimiento
3 de mayo de 1996 · San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos (un insuficiencia cardíaca)
Nombre de nacimiento
Carl Raymond Stevens
Apodo
- The Crippler
Altura
1,85 m

Bleached blonde hair. Signature wrestling move: Bombs Away, where he got on the top rope and jumped on his opponent.

Was four-time American Wrestling Association (AWA) World Tag-Team Champion, three times with "Wicked" Nick Bockwinkle in the 1970s and with Pat Patterson from Sept. 22, 1978 to June 6, 1979.
Two-time National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Tag-Team Champion with Jimmy Snuka (1980) and Ivan Koloff (1981)
Was involved in one of the earliest controversies in the World-Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE). Stevens wrestled WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino in a 1967 title match in California, which Stevens won by countout. There was some debate as to whether "the Crippler" should have won the title; the WWWF's rules stated a title could not change hands via countout, while West Coast-based promotions typically awarded a championship to wrestlers who won a title match by countout. Eventually, it was decided Sammartino could keep his title, and the WWWF title lost prestige on the West Coast as a result.
Won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Tag Team of the Year Award, along with partner "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka
One of Stevens' matches with "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka was added as a bonus match on the recent WWE DVD "Best of Confidential: Volume 1".