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“Steve lived in Atlanta. Even though he was out with an injury, we wanted him to come in for an interview we were filming at Center Stage in Atlanta. He didn't show.
“Given that there was some disorganization in the WCW at the time, it may have been that he didn't know he was scheduled for an interview, though I don't believe that was the case. In any event, I asked Tony Schiavone to give him a call and have him come in so we could do the interview. The idea was to keep the character alive on TV, even though he was out with an injury.
“Tony came back and told me that he had talked to Steve's wife, who said he wasn't around. Which would have been okay, except that Tony told me he heard Steve yelling in the background, "Tell that son of a bitch I'm not home, and you don't know where I am."
“When I heard that, in my mind, Steve was gone. That just wasn't acceptable. When I got back to the office the next day, I said, "Okay, send him a letter, we're done with him."
