Former WWE NXT star and son of WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Richie Steamboat, appeared on the Developmentally Speaking podcast to discuss a number of topics, including the injury that ended his in-ring career.
Richie Steamboat said, “I lost feeling in my whole body as soon as I hit the mat, I could move everything, I just couldn’t feel anything. I immediately knew something was wrong and went to the back and I’m like dude, I went straight to the doctor.”
On leaving WWE 13 months after the injury:
“I had serious back problems going on and had to deal with that, so getting that squared away took about a year/year and a half. I had seven percent joint nerve blocks on my back… It was tough because it was the first time in my life where I didn’t have a direction.”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
