
Pro wrestling veteran Matt Hardy took to an episode of his โExtreme Life of Matt Hardyโ podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including Steve Blackman.
Hardy said, โSteve Blackman was always such an interesting character. I mean, just because heโs like, this legit badass. And he was very strange and very weird, but he would also like, start cracking jokes and, like, sometimes hear stuff, it was funny. It was just very โ not what you would expect for him.โ
On the situation that led him to being sent to wrestlersโ court:
โIt was the day after we won the Tag Team Titles from JBL and Faarooq. We were at home, because we were in Fayetteville, North Carolina. We went back home that night, and then we drove to Raleigh. Everyone was flying out of Raleigh, and we were going to โ I want to say, White Plains, New York or Poughkeepsie, New York, somewhere. It was a smaller show because it was on Wednesday. And I remember we got there, and Michael Hayes was waiting on us. He said, โOh, got you guys a surprise today, boys. Got you guys a surprise.โ He says, โI done used all my miles, and I put you on the ticket with me. Iโm going to put you in first class today!โ And I was like, โThatโs okay. I know the whole roster is on this flight. We donโt need to be in first class.โ He said, โNo, no, itโs fine. Everybodyโs all set, and itโs all done. You guys can ride in first.โ Weโre like, โI donโt know, Michael. This is a little early to be riding in first class, trying to show off.โ And he said, โNo, no, itโs all fine. All the boys respect you anyway.โโ
โAnd I remember we come in there, and we sit down in first. One of us is like in front of Michael, the other one is here. And I want to say beside me was maybe Ron, and besides Jeff was Bob Holly or somebody. And I remember weโre sitting there and they said, โOkay, well, weโre going to be closing the door here in just a few minutes. So everyone, buckle your seat belt and get be prepared to go. They say, โOh, wait, wait. We have one last person whoโs running on the plane that was running late today, but they have been checked in. And all of a sudden, around the from the cockpit, into the door and down the hall, itโs Kane. And Kaneโs sitting there, and he looks over in first class, and thereโs no seat for him. And heโs like, โOh, thatโs โ Iโm in the back. Iโm in the back.โ And we go, โNo, no, no.โ And weโre like trying to get up, and theyโre going, โNo no, sit down, sit down.โ And it turns out he checked in later than he was supposed to, but they allowed him to check in. And Michael thought all the first-class seats were all taken that the boys were going to sit in. But Kane did have one, and they said, โOh well, you canโt sit in first class now because the seat is gone, because you didnโt check in at the time.โ And then myself and Jeff, weโre sitting in these two first-class seats. So they go, โNo, no, no, no, you stay in these seats. Hey, youโre the champs. Youโre a big deal. Youโre the champions. You should stay there.’โ
On being sent to wrestlersโ court over it:
โSo obviously, we get sent to the wrestlersโ court. And Bradshaw actually tells me, before we go to this, he said, โLook, I know this wasnโt on you. This was on Michael Hayes. Heโs going to get the brunt of this. So, just roll with it.โ And I remember weโre sitting there, and he just paces back and forth and says, โLadies and gentlemen, I give you two young men that have been with this company for about a year. Not long at all, about a year. And these two men won the World Tag Team Titles of the WWF. And it went to their heads so damn fast, the next day theyโre sitting in first class. And they took a 10-year veteran, Kane, a former world championโs seat,โ And Kane said, โCan I please have my seat?โ โNo, you canโt have it,โ they said to Kane. They said, โNo, you canโt it, jobber, get in the back.โโ
โHe said, โThe audacity of these two.โ He said, โHas success gone to their head or what?โ He said, โLadies and gentlemen, everyone here in the jury. It could have been your seat. It could have been your seat. It could have been your seat Because these Hardy Boys donโt care about anybody!โ And weโre sitting there like, โOh boy.โ And then he says, โAnd letโs talk about Michael Hayes. Michael Hayes is the man who put this whole thing together. He was sitting in first class, and it was his idea,โ he said. โAnd I donโt know,โ he said, โare the Hardys just this naive, or truly do they have that big of a head that they had to be in first class now that theyโre the WWE Tag Team Champions?’โ
On the sentencing:
โAnd he said, โAlright, weโre going to do sentencing.โ And then we come back and he says, โAlright, hereโs sentencing. We find everyone guilty.โ Yeah, this is the Undertaker now. He says, โAlright. Sentencing is done. I have been provided a bottle of Jack Daniels by Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy, so I am going to let them off the hook.โ He said, โTheyโre okay in this court.โ He said, โMichael Hayes, you have to buy Kane dinner for the next week, because you stole his damn first-class meal. And you have to carry his bags.โ It was something very, very random like that. And everything ended up being okay, but it was a wild time, and it was funny. The exaggeration that JBL would go into was just so unbelievable.โ
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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)