Just watched the episode. Sally strikes me as an obsessive control bitch that was frustrated that all she did for Ray wasn't enough to keep him faithful.
They were both jerks. Unfortunately, it's that cycle of abuse. Again, Sally's mom got beat up; then, it was Sally; later her daughter, Shawntina, got whacked around.
Ray himself wasn't very good as a BBer so at some point, they were going to have to face reality and then what? His back and traps were decent, but other than that his arms and legs was weak. And those pointy tits were developing much to fast. You would have thought he would have had the gland removed.
He would not have won a state level show today with that physique.
I wouldn't go that far, in terms of Ray as a bodybuilder. I don't know if he competed in 1992. If he didn't, that means his rookie year was actually 1993 and he made it to the Olympia and placed 15th. That's pretty good.
As someone mentioned earlier, he beat Paul Dillett in the Heavyweight class at the North American in 1991. Yet, Dillett got a Weider contract shortly before or after he won the North American in 1992; whereas McNeil did not.
Remember that it took Ronnie Coleman a while, before he started to catch fire. Ray McNeil (wife-beater status, notwithstanding) had the potential to do the same. To put it in perspective, McNeil made it the 1993 Olympia; Coleman did not.
But, when you Ike-Turner your wife and get SHOT as a result, it derails your contest prep just a bit.
