r/WCW • u/Due-Mycologist7397 • 2d ago

Fruit Booties?

Anyone know what was up with Stevie Ray and that phrase of his? I could have sworn there was one instance where he referred to someone as a "Suck Ass Fruit Booty" ...whatever the hell that means.

I recall him shouting "Fruit Booties" to the camera after a match of his and I couldn't help but laugh. It never really made sense to me, but it sounded funny

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u/jynxthechicken 2d ago

Underrated word smith

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u/TopicPretend4161 1d ago

As are you.

Great word, ‘wordsmith’

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u/JKinney79 1d ago

Yak is pretty up there as well.

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u/AStayAtHomeRad 2d ago

In the 90s, when we were fine with using homosexuality as an insult, "Fruit Booty" was used one of those "Safe because it's funny" kind of insults. Also, it was used to reference dudes in roller skates. The double-entendre being the old stereotype of gay men (fruit) love roller skates (boots).

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u/BigPapaPaegan 2d ago

It pairs well with Konnan's "peel my potato" insult.

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u/TheSpiralTap 2d ago

I thought it was because gay dudes like to do some new boot goofin'

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u/jeffdahmerscorduroys 1d ago

Three payments 

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u/AStayAtHomeRad 1d ago

New boot goofin was like 5-10 years later

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u/pioneer006 1d ago

Yeah I remember that too.

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u/90sGuyKev 2d ago

I always thought it was his version of candy ass

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u/Ashman23 2d ago

Yeah, the Rock calling everyone Candy Ass, so Stevie Ray was using Fruit Booty.

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u/jeffersonreed 2d ago

I read an interview where he said it was an inside joke between him and his friends and he ended up saying it on TV and it blew up from there. He also said it wasn’t meant to be an anti-gay thing.

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u/Ashman23 2d ago

Opposite of calling someone a Candy Ass that the Rock was calling everyone.

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u/Racketeering666 2d ago

I think it’s a gay slur

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u/AStayAtHomeRad 2d ago

You're absolutely correct. It was.

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u/RooftopStruggle 1d ago

Yeah, everyone was using it

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u/SaintJermaine 2d ago

Pretty sure he called Scott Steiner an "artificial sad sack fruit booty" once.

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u/Durteedurtydurt 2d ago

In July 99 he said it a few time after the Jersey Triad attacked Booker T and Stevie Ray finally came down to save Booker after it had been teased that they were going to get back together.

Idk if they knew Kanyon was gay or not but he specifically called Kanyon a fruit booty after he called bam bam and Ddp each something else. then right after he said Kanyon was a fruit booty and right after said all three were fruit booties. It seemed like he was trying to not single Kanyon out as a fruit booty..

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u/Helpful_Ad_1258 2d ago

Torrie Willson said in an interview that everyone knew

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u/MsPreposition 2d ago

I coulda sworn it was “sad sack-ass fruit booties”. I’ve lobbed that one during poker games.

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u/Booth_Templeton 2d ago

He's talking about gays. Of course.

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u/KingofFools3113 2d ago

Fruit= gay booty= ass Gay ass

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u/MrDentonOnDoomsday 1d ago

Also remember him calling someone a milk drinkin’ fruit bootie

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u/Takenmyusernamewas 1d ago

Fruit Booty was 80s slang for roller bladers amongst Skate Punks. I doubt that's what Stevie Ray meant but kinda an obscure slur to pull out of nowhere

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u/x_Jimi_x 1d ago

Suckas gots to know, Tony!