''UWF Fury Hour'' is a

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television program that was produced by Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) and broadcast weekly every Monday night on

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from October 1, 1990, to September 23, 1991. The show was part of the network's ''Feet, Fists and Fury'' programming block that also included

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and

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. A

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occurred during a semifinal SportsChannel Television Championship Tournament match between

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and Steve Williams that aired in May 1991. Allegedly,

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thought Ray was sleeping with his wife and paid Williams extra money to rough Ray up during the bout. Ray would claim years later that this was a

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. After months without television, the company signed a deal with Prime Ticket for new episodes. These new episodes taped at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium began airing as ''UWF Thunder Hour'' on Sunday nights in July 1992. In March 1995, existing ''Fury Hour'' and ''Thunder Hour'' episodes were repackaged to a half-hour format and aired daily on

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. Those same 24 repackaged episodes later re-aired on

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between 2008 and 2013. Steve Ray tried suing ESPN Classic in 2014 for using his likeness during these rebroadcasts, but was unsuccessful. ESPN Classic Canada reran the original one-hour format episodes of ''Fury Hour'' and ''Thunder Hour'' in 2004.

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