Crazzy Steve On How He Wrestles While Being Legally Blind: I’m Partly Talented But I’m Mostly Obsessed

Crazzy Steve explains how he wrestles while being legally blind.

The Canadian professional wrestler is unique in many ways, but none more so than his ability to compete in the squared circle despite being legally blind.

While speaking to Denise Salcedo in a new interview, Crazzy Steve explained how he manages to be an active professional wrestler despite his disability.

“The way I put it is I’m partly talented, but I’m mostly obsessed. Wrestling, despite my eyesight, came easy to me while training, and I think I put it to the idea that it’s a very hands-on way of performing. So I don’t necessarily have to see you in order to know what we’re doing. For anybody who’s training professional wrestling, you know it’s a dance to a certain extent, and so just going through repetition after repetition after repetition and kind of becoming a robot in that sense where it’s all second nature is kind of how I do what I do. Certain areas and places make it a little bit more difficult or a little bit easier in some cases, like for Impact or TNA. Their production value is great. Currently, they have the yellow ropes. That really helps me. But I’ve worked in there when they have black ropes. Or I’ve worked for Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore, which is black ropes, black canvas, black everything, which he finds hilarious. Or again, on the independents, if you’re in some sort of smoky bar and it’s not really well lit, they come with their challenges. But in wrestling, you learn to roll with the punches and you play to your strengths and hide your weaknesses, and I’ve been able to do that for the past 23 years now.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Steve spoke about connecting with fans despite his disability. You can read more about that here.

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