Stevie Richards is one of the more underated guys from the early late 90s and 2000s. Stevie night heat was blowing up in WWE before they squashed it. Right to censor were the most hated faction in all of wrestling during the attitude era.
My buddies and I popped hard for him in ECW and thought he could be a huge star. We were excited to follow his career. I just wish he would've blew up more than he did. Great dude, great talent.
Raven has admitted he has borderline personality disorder and narccistic disorder. He always admitted he burnt a lot of bridges as to why he wasn't as more successful as he could have been. He literally was his character, as he's admitted in a type of method acting way. He was his character and admitted he had problems later on, especially with drugs. Raven is my favorite wrestler but I can understand Raven to be difficult to work with back then.
Yeah, I think it's important to emphasise that Stevie saying "he's a dick" about Raven is based on *initial* impressions. I think even Raven himself would tell you that, especially back in the 90's, he was an asshole. Probably in part because of the character, in part because of his real personality and his personal demons, which were really bad back then. But I also think that, beneath that caustic exterior, there's a good guy who is passionate about wrestling, and eager to share his knowledge with people who are prepared to learn. It's a big part of why he's my favourite wrestler too.
I came here right after another video where he's praising Raven and saying he owes his entire to career to him....which is funny because in the comments someone was saying Stevie lived with him for a while and he was a complete nutcase and complained about Raven and everyone else non-stop
EVERY wrestler has narcissistic disorder. Every single one. And they ALL lie on podcasts and interviews to put themselves over. Even when they tell a real story, it’s sprinkled with little lies and exaggerations.
Steve Richards circa 1995 when he was in Raven's Nest was solid work. He was absolutely slaying that 'goofy sidekick/idiot lackey' role, he added a terrific dynamic to that stable
Raven of all people should have one of those producer jobs they give the former pros. When you listen to him on his podcast he knows how to do so much with so little. He has great ring psychology and his knowledge of how to build characters is amazing. He said in ECW he never wanted Raven to be cool. He always wanted people to think him thinking he was cool was pathetic. That's why he teamed with Blue Meanie and put Stevie in those ridiculous shorts and crop tops. He said insecure people keep losers in their gang to make themselves feel better because those people will always look up to them and tell them how great they are.
I never understood how people didn't say the Raven character as pathetic probably because people completely misunderstood the whole concept of grunge and Raven was an embodiment of it so they misunderstood the character as well
For all his Mensa IQ he was too stupid to accept being the brains , he wanted to be thw brawn ....this dumbass wanted to bump and nlade for a living . WWE wanted him to work behind the scenes .... he was too much a schmuck to do it
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 If you made a tier list of all the wrestlers who would be totally qualified as the poster child for wasted potential in the industry, Raven would easily be near the top
@@michellelincoln9987 Raven's addiction problems ended any chance of a fair crack in WWE. mid 90's ECW Raven was this young, handsome, jacked, cool emo guy that Vince probably could have gotten behind. But by the time he made it back to WWE five years later he'd aged about fifteen years was out of shape and went from cool emo guy to scruffy homeless man. He just had mid card written all over him.
I met Raven in the airport where I worked; it was around the TNA time, after he’d grown his hair back. He told me he was late for his flight and asked could I help. He said he’d give me a signed 8x10 (a signed 2x4 would have been better), but I explained that I worked in terminal services and couldn’t really help as it was the airline who look after that stuff. I went over to a free check-in desk anyway and told the girl the story. Long story short, she sorted it all out. I didn’t expect anything from Raven in return and was happy just to talk to him for a minute, but he gave me a signed photo anyway, even though I didn’t really do anything. So although I don’t discount Stevie’s take, as he seems like a good guy himself, my experience with Raven was good. And I still have the photo framed on my wall.
People change. People also have good and bad days. And People also seem to not understand this context when they generalize people are 'nice' or 'mean'. I don't like to put people in that box myself. I will often describe someone as a "@sshole" or not: which doesn't mean they are necessarily a bad person, but rather someone whose immature around people they do not like or know. But I haven't met many people who hated every person in their life, and just mean all the time, or constantly nice without bad days. We are all human afterall, and people who are traveling or overworked are particularly susceptible to snapping at people. I've never meet a person in my life who wasn't a jerk at one point or another (even a priest I knew) - some are just much more often. And even that changes as we age, experience tragedy and growth, or change professions and living situations.
Ric Flair's ghostwriter said it best: "Sometimes a guy can be the biggest asshole in the world and still treat you good. Guess what? It's not your problem!" Or something like that...
Stevie Richards is not jealous of raven. Stevie Richards won the 2004 rumble, made hhh tap at mania winning the world title, until his untimely defeat to randy ORTON.
Raven was my favorite wrestler and I watched him on WCW,ECW, and WWE. I’m proud to say that I had the pleasure of meeting him in the early 2000’s where we hung out after the show. He was so friendly and I got to talk to him about wrestling with some of my other favorite wrestlers and the Insane Clown Posse, who was my favorite band since the 90’s.
Face lift? He had a head transplant. Someone should check former mexican president, Vicente Fox, and see if he still has his head. If not, I know where it is.
Interesting that Stevie's relationship with Raven followed almost exactly the same trajectory that Paul London's with Billy Kidman did. Maybe Kidman also got similar shit from Raven when they worked together, and when he escaped (Raven's faction and later WCW) and became a name in his own right, Kidman went on to repeat the cycle by inflicting abuse or acting cold with a junior partner of his own.
Met stevie back in the day at an independent show, had no clue who he was at the time, i was only 6-7 i wasn’t necessarily allowed to watch ECW at the time but i do remember him just being the friendliest guy to my dad and I. Sad he never got a big push, his athletic ability and look couldve pushed him to the moon and it would’ve worked.
Undertaker vs. Raven would’ve also been fantastic around 2004/05 when Raven could still go in the ring. I always thought the DDP stalker was really stupid, but if they had built up Raven a little better around that time, gave him a little bit of creative leeway for his angles, and inserted him into that storyline instead of Page, that would’ve been outstanding, compelling TV. Maybe recreate The Flock in WWF so Raven has some backup against Taker, and even do a segment where Raven gives a DDT to Sara while Taker is handcuffed to the rope and is forced to watch, like they did with Orton, Stephanie, and HHH in 2009. The heat would’ve been nuclear!
@@kellijones6481 I could have seen Raven taking advantage of the Alliance Members' desperation after Survivor Series, leading to some lower card members to join him, and for a PPV or a special edition of RAW/SD, you have an actual upper card guy who also joins his gang. Heck, you could have give him a little feud with HBK between two big programs to keep him occupied, with Raven trying to take advantage of Michaels' past mistakes regarding the way he was back in the 90's, add to it that Michaels can try to get Raven's stablemate to change their mind and find a healthier environment like he found.
My cousin is a chiropractor, he has dealt with Raven, I asked was he cool, my cousin shook his head and said unfortunately no, he's not a nice or likable guy.
Raven was always one of my absolute favorite characters and I loved the grunge rocker gimmick and thought the whole misanthrope thing /flock gimmick was pretty genius but it's too bad he was a creep in real life. Richards always seemed like a decent guy and I hope he is doing well today. Where is Raven again now?
He was in Impact for a little bit a few years ago, and now he's in MLW with his fifth variation of Raven's Nest/The Flock because, well, he's Raven. He's still a name to a bunch of independent fans. Stevie hasnt been in any major company since 2016, which is an absolute shame. Why doesn't anyone want to book him?
To Raven's credit, he was a top guy in that bingo hall ECW era, and got lots of TV time and even a stable in WCW. But I also agree that he WASN'T that big as he has made it seem in interviews.
I never really liked the Raven character all that much until they started doing the Vignettes where he would go home to his mother and you found out he was a spoiled rich kid acting like he had it so rough growing up. Then the character started making sense in terms of being a heel
Met Raven when I was very young and breaking into the wrestling business. I was the only one who didn’t ask him 21 questions of wcw , ecw, wwf& ect. He wrestled my trainer by the name of Viper. Anyways, all I did was shake his hand and did introduction and then did my thing. But I did pay some kid to get me an autograph because I wasn’t going to get caught doing it lol but he was cool to me.
I don't think anyone else could play the character of "Steven" Richards. It really was genius work. I think he could've just been a character that bumps but didn't really wrestle instead of abandoning the heel persona he built.
I met Raven at Richmond Intl Airport right before the invasion angle, ironically at the time he was still in WCW and i was wearing a WWF shirt🤣 i decided to approach him and said Hey Raven love your work, he shook my hand said thanks and we walked off. I like to think he appreciated the fact i didnt fanboy him and even though at the time we were the only 2 people in the ticket section.
the fact that you "like to think" that means you did fanboy him....and him being the grunge, psychic genius that he is, he picked up on it...but, at the same time, he DID appreciate that you held back
@@donaldducksdad5920 Well said, and actually I didnt fan boy him and thats why i noted Id like to think! Ill admit I probably couldve as I was and have been a huge wrestling fan. I was headed off to Basic Training so i had alot of other stuff on my mind aside Raven lol. He was cool as a character and had a cool gimmick but it seemed he was just another cog in the wheel. 🤷♂️
@@ordomonstrum7141 I mean. Stevie made it out like Raven was a pure dick. Which, raven may just not liked him? Who knows. Him recording to. My ex. He was an asshole. Would made better sense no?
I saw raven wrestle on wcw thunder live ecw house show in Richmond VA then in WWF back when they was on tnn raw ...But my favorite moment of his career was at the raw show I think he was the hardcore champ for the 14th time coming back to my set a black guy jump out in front of me and said yo that mother fucker is wearing a raven shirt 😅😅😅😅😅
I'm met Raven 2 years ago at a comic thing here's my favorite wrestler for a long time had so many questions for him but I couldn't spit them out he was cool with his fans telling he was a different from his wrestling days
I remember Raven calling a pod cast. I think Steve Austin's. He called just to complain about some insignificant thing Benoit did 25 years ago. He just went on and on.
Raven was an asshole. I fought him after a match in Philly at a bar on Broad st. I was drinking with Dreamer and my man Jimbo (Sandman). Raven showed up and was harassing me, calling me Mark. It's a long story. New Jack showed up and bitched me up. Lol. Yes I fought Scott and I backed down to Jack
Really sucks that Stevie had to go through that with someone that he looked at as a mentor. I hadn't heard that Bishoff thought of maybe giving him more of a character or giving hom the chance to get higher up the card. Sad it didn't materialize do to not only the politics of WCW but also some insecurities from ECW and Stevie sadly.
Holy shit this wasn't at Montreal by any chance. My uncle and I had a real bad experience with Raven and stevie Richards came over afterward and apologized for Ravens actions. Stevie Richards is a stand up guy in my opinion.
Eric Bischoff has said repeatedly - that he found raven absolutely insufferable as a human being - difficult, extremely negative, always complaining, bitter. He probably felt a bit sorry for Stevie being stuck with him.
Raven is one of my all-time favorite wrestlers but sucks to hear he's a jerk irl. Sadly, not surprised. May have been why he was a good heel. Always been a big Stevie fan as well. Underrated talent and seems like a decent guy who put up with a toxic abuser.
The glory days are far better than anything in wrestling today and Raven was a treasure to the wrestling business. Still is. Don't knock someone for doing what they needed to do to fight some pain and/or get out of their own heads for awhile. Comes off as intolerant, Stevie. Raven was a master at everything he did. PERIOD!
Wow great podcast. What does Steven the jobber Richard’s think of raven the jobber raven? He reflects on when he saw him last 1997, he is s as jerk. Boring
Wrestling truly is a soap opera mixed with roller derby. There is drama, a mixture of combustible personalities, and no lack of people talking openly about their feelings towards other characters.
Raven sounds like the kinda guy, who you had to hit for real in the ring. Some wrestlers wait for just the right time to punish you for disrespect. Andre put the Warrior in his place a few times. Of course they can tell on you, so you'd have to make sure to have friends in the locker room. They could defend you to the boss, or discourage the guy from telling. There have been times where, one guy hit another for real in a match. Knowing the people would think, it was part of it.
You don't know because you weren't there, Stevie had to spend every single day working with Raven on and off the ring and at the time in ECW had a closer working relationship with each other professionally but also personally knew each other very well. Raven would tell you how he was even if he may not reveal the whole story since many people, not just Stevie have their stories of Raven and how he was and they all pretty much make similar points about him, plenty of people who have been at signings who Raven had an issue with over minor things that Stevie had to step in and apologise for and try to make the situation better. It's not a 'maybe it's you if you don't get along' situation, so you're telling me someone can be a huge dick causing problems in some situations just because they have their own personal issues that they take out on people yet the person who has done nothing wrong and tried their best to do things right and even apologise, held his hands up and tried to move on was the person who had the issue? Maybe you are also a narcissist.
@@codesm96 Alot of words with not much point. Stevie whines about people and people say Stevie was a selfish shill but ya I'm a narcissist lol. Who do I believe him or everybody else? The BWO does shows why isn't he with them? Surely not selfish nonsense lol.
Sad, the money maker in ECW was Taz, no one else and I do not like Taz. Raven only drew a bit of money in WCW as a midcarder. Stevie never drew a dime, great worker but just keepin' it real.
I’m confused….Didn’t Rob Feinstein get outed as a child predator??? I’m legit asking, like maybe Im wrong. I don’t get why wrestlers kept doing these interviews with him…
Cold Philly streets will chew u up & spit u out. Don't let em wreck u. Need to adopt an attitude like a coconut. Hard on the outside but stay milky in the middle.
@@phillipconner1213 Yes, although mostly in the same way as any heel, people paid to come watch him get beat up. That still requires another great babyface. Although, as it was Hogan, I'm sure there was always a percentage of people who just wanted to say they'd seen one of hid matches, and who weren't even invested in the current storylines, but the Hogan character in general. Still, that's no knock on Raven. All the great heels; Piper, Jake, Flair, Lawers, all only drew when paired with an equally great babyface. Raven's definitely one of the best heels of the last 30 years.
Al Snow in ECW Was Huge and Stevie had a Preety nice Run as a Mid carder , so I don't know what your talking about 😂 Guess you only saw their Wwe run , Vince didn't like to push Talent he didn't invent himself
These ppl must live and breathe wrestling 🤣🤣🤣 to deal with being treated like shi... I know we all pay dues in everything we do like me in the USMC but unnecessary being treated like u a bozo. I like Raven but i definitely woulda made him meet the maker
Raven reminds me of Scott Hall. Crazy talent, knows it, and is generally an arrogant jerk. Ultra cocky guys can rationalize it and wimp fanboys worship it. Regular guys just have to deal with these creeps.
@@21Arfon21 Watch his show he criticizes both AEW and WWE i really don’t understand the point you’re trying to make about him being. a tribalist lol he also has 0 interest in working for WWE considering her has his own financial avenues that aren’t wrestling related
@@learntolovenotregret dude he was literally on the WWE bump show promoting it 🤣🤣 same as bully ray he disses aew then wwe made him look like the average fat indy ref at mania 🤣🤣
@@21Arfon21 Yet again he literally criticizes WWE all the time and wouldn’t even take a job if it was offered to him because he has many financial avenues he’d rather pursue. You’re fanned out bro, go outside
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Stevie Richards is one of the more underated guys from the early late 90s and 2000s. Stevie night heat was blowing up in WWE before they squashed it. Right to censor were the most hated faction in all of wrestling during the attitude era.
That’s facts bro
Right to Censor were PERFECT heels for the Attitude Era. Whoever came up with that is a genius.
They were 20 years ahead of their time 🚫Now Right to Censor is in our face everyday
My buddies and I popped hard for him in ECW and thought he could be a huge star. We were excited to follow his career. I just wish he would've blew up more than he did. Great dude, great talent.
Quit shilling for your buddies, Tank.
Raven has admitted he has borderline personality disorder and narccistic disorder. He always admitted he burnt a lot of bridges as to why he wasn't as more successful as he could have been. He literally was his character, as he's admitted in a type of method acting way. He was his character and admitted he had problems later on, especially with drugs. Raven is my favorite wrestler but I can understand Raven to be difficult to work with back then.
Yeah, I think it's important to emphasise that Stevie saying "he's a dick" about Raven is based on *initial* impressions.
I think even Raven himself would tell you that, especially back in the 90's, he was an asshole. Probably in part because of the character, in part because of his real personality and his personal demons, which were really bad back then.
But I also think that, beneath that caustic exterior, there's a good guy who is passionate about wrestling, and eager to share his knowledge with people who are prepared to learn.
It's a big part of why he's my favourite wrestler too.
Definitely One of my favorite wrestlers
I came here right after another video where he's praising Raven and saying he owes his entire to career to him....which is funny because in the comments someone was saying Stevie lived with him for a while and he was a complete nutcase and complained about Raven and everyone else non-stop
Nobody ever “method acts” when they’re playing a nice person character
EVERY wrestler has narcissistic disorder. Every single one. And they ALL lie on podcasts and interviews to put themselves over. Even when they tell a real story, it’s sprinkled with little lies and exaggerations.
Steve Richards circa 1995 when he was in Raven's Nest was solid work. He was absolutely slaying that 'goofy sidekick/idiot lackey' role, he added a terrific dynamic to that stable
I watched ECW for Stevie, and the Sandman of course
1995 ECW was probably my favorite year of the company
Raven of all people should have one of those producer jobs they give the former pros. When you listen to him on his podcast he knows how to do so much with so little. He has great ring psychology and his knowledge of how to build characters is amazing. He said in ECW he never wanted Raven to be cool. He always wanted people to think him thinking he was cool was pathetic. That's why he teamed with Blue Meanie and put Stevie in those ridiculous shorts and crop tops. He said insecure people keep losers in their gang to make themselves feel better because those people will always look up to them and tell them how great they are.
I never understood how people didn't say the Raven character as pathetic
probably because people completely misunderstood the whole concept of grunge and Raven was an embodiment of it so they misunderstood the character as well
For all his Mensa IQ he was too stupid to accept being the brains , he wanted to be thw brawn ....this dumbass wanted to bump and nlade for a living . WWE wanted him to work behind the scenes .... he was too much a schmuck to do it
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 If you made a tier list of all the wrestlers who would be totally qualified as the poster child for wasted potential in the industry, Raven would easily be near the top
Well he did before he was Raven. Vince saw his value in the back and saw him in the long term being a good producer in the back.
@@michellelincoln9987 Raven's addiction problems ended any chance of a fair crack in WWE. mid 90's ECW Raven was this young, handsome, jacked, cool emo guy that Vince probably could have gotten behind. But by the time he made it back to WWE five years later he'd aged about fifteen years was out of shape and went from cool emo guy to scruffy homeless man. He just had mid card written all over him.
Stevie, if you ever read this... I've always considered you a great talent! You also seem like a great human being! Much love and respect!
*Thanks*
Agreed. Loved Stevie in ECW. He was a lot of fun to watch and an excellent worker. Stevie always made for good tv.
@@sjames304 - You know STEVIE (in my Cartman voice) never ever wears deodorant or uses soap/shampoo.
I'll tell him
I met Raven in the airport where I worked; it was around the TNA time, after he’d grown his hair back. He told me he was late for his flight and asked could I help. He said he’d give me a signed 8x10 (a signed 2x4 would have been better), but I explained that I worked in terminal services and couldn’t really help as it was the airline who look after that stuff. I went over to a free check-in desk anyway and told the girl the story. Long story short, she sorted it all out. I didn’t expect anything from Raven in return and was happy just to talk to him for a minute, but he gave me a signed photo anyway, even though I didn’t really do anything. So although I don’t discount Stevie’s take, as he seems like a good guy himself, my experience with Raven was good. And I still have the photo framed on my wall.
MUHHH ANACDOTAL STORRRY
I think during TNA he had sorted his addictions out and probably suffered from less mental issues (like during what Stevie's talking about)
People change. People also have good and bad days. And People also seem to not understand this context when they generalize people are 'nice' or 'mean'. I don't like to put people in that box myself.
I will often describe someone as a "@sshole" or not: which doesn't mean they are necessarily a bad person, but rather someone whose immature around people they do not like or know. But I haven't met many people who hated every person in their life, and just mean all the time, or constantly nice without bad days. We are all human afterall, and people who are traveling or overworked are particularly susceptible to snapping at people.
I've never meet a person in my life who wasn't a jerk at one point or another (even a priest I knew) - some are just much more often. And even that changes as we age, experience tragedy and growth, or change professions and living situations.
@@idkanymore3382look youtube, its someones first time on the fucking Internet 😂
Ric Flair's ghostwriter said it best: "Sometimes a guy can be the biggest asshole in the world and still treat you good. Guess what? It's not your problem!" Or something like that...
Stevie Richards is not jealous of raven. Stevie Richards won the 2004 rumble, made hhh tap at mania winning the world title, until his untimely defeat to randy ORTON.
Damn str8. Then he smiled at Vince during a segment that he wasnt supposed to. Got fired on the spot to never be heard from again.
He also cured Aids
Stevie did it for the Rock
Superman may wear Chuck Norris pajamas, but Chuck Norris wears Stevie Richards pajamas.
Montréal and Edmonton's finest, Stevie Richards.
Raven was my favorite wrestler and I watched him on WCW,ECW, and WWE. I’m proud to say that I had the pleasure of meeting him in the early 2000’s where we hung out after the show. He was so friendly and I got to talk to him about wrestling with some of my other favorite wrestlers and the Insane Clown Posse, who was my favorite band since the 90’s.
Whoop whoop!!!
Face lift? He had a head transplant. Someone should check former mexican president, Vicente Fox, and see if he still has his head. If not, I know where it is.
lol imagine liking ICP
Stevie Richards is so knowledgable about the biz and a great worker.
Raven was aswell? Not sure now
@@OptimusPurp true he was a genius. Not sure what happened to him either was a huge fan of Raven. Even as jhonny Polo I liked his style.
Drugs took raven down
Stevie does and he comes across as a really nice guy too. Genuine nice. I’ve heard very good things about him.
@@russellcampbell3500 i met raven in 2008 at a wrestling show. He wasn’t a nice guy
Interesting that Stevie's relationship with Raven followed almost exactly the same trajectory that Paul London's with Billy Kidman did. Maybe Kidman also got similar shit from Raven when they worked together, and when he escaped (Raven's faction and later WCW) and became a name in his own right, Kidman went on to repeat the cycle by inflicting abuse or acting cold with a junior partner of his own.
Met stevie back in the day at an independent show, had no clue who he was at the time, i was only 6-7 i wasn’t necessarily allowed to watch ECW at the time but i do remember him just being the friendliest guy to my dad and I. Sad he never got a big push, his athletic ability and look couldve pushed him to the moon and it would’ve worked.
When I think of the superkick, I think of you first, then Shawn Michaels.
A Mankind vs Raven feud would of been special!!!!!!!
Undertaker vs. Raven would’ve also been fantastic around 2004/05 when Raven could still go in the ring. I always thought the DDP stalker was really stupid, but if they had built up Raven a little better around that time, gave him a little bit of creative leeway for his angles, and inserted him into that storyline instead of Page, that would’ve been outstanding, compelling TV. Maybe recreate The Flock in WWF so Raven has some backup against Taker, and even do a segment where Raven gives a DDT to Sara while Taker is handcuffed to the rope and is forced to watch, like they did with Orton, Stephanie, and HHH in 2009. The heat would’ve been nuclear!
@@kellijones6481 I could have seen Raven taking advantage of the Alliance Members' desperation after Survivor Series, leading to some lower card members to join him, and for a PPV or a special edition of RAW/SD, you have an actual upper card guy who also joins his gang.
Heck, you could have give him a little feud with HBK between two big programs to keep him occupied, with Raven trying to take advantage of Michaels' past mistakes regarding the way he was back in the 90's, add to it that Michaels can try to get Raven's stablemate to change their mind and find a healthier environment like he found.
Raven may have been an asshole, but he was a Masterful Angle/Storyline Writer.
True
Does he write now?
My cousin is a chiropractor, he has dealt with Raven, I asked was he cool, my cousin shook his head and said unfortunately no, he's not a nice or likable guy.
Kevin Nash said there’s a reason Raven always plays the heel, it’s because he’s really easy to dislike
is your cousin stuck up at all? I can see 'normies' not getting long with him
I met him he was cool, not very talkative compared to tommy dreamer but I guess it depends on the mood he's in that day.
@@molly0000000s hate speech
Lmao "normies" what a nerd
Raven was always one of my absolute favorite characters and I loved the grunge rocker gimmick and thought the whole misanthrope thing /flock gimmick was pretty genius but it's too bad he was a creep in real life. Richards always seemed like a decent guy and I hope he is doing well today. Where is Raven again now?
He was in Impact for a little bit a few years ago, and now he's in MLW with his fifth variation of Raven's Nest/The Flock because, well, he's Raven. He's still a name to a bunch of independent fans.
Stevie hasnt been in any major company since 2016, which is an absolute shame. Why doesn't anyone want to book him?
To Raven's credit, he was a top guy in that bingo hall ECW era, and got lots of TV time and even a stable in WCW. But I also agree that he WASN'T that big as he has made it seem in interviews.
I never really liked the Raven character all that much until they started doing the Vignettes where he would go home to his mother and you found out he was a spoiled rich kid acting like he had it so rough growing up. Then the character started making sense in terms of being a heel
That was pretty funny him and Kanyon going out in Raven's Lamborghini to buy Fancy clothes lol
i assume that was in wcw?
Arrest the president and charge him with a bogus crime and get a stacked jury to convict him.
@@UnHolyWibleThey even run into Sandman 😂😂😂
"What a mark. 😏" lives in my head constantly.
Met Raven when I was very young and breaking into the wrestling business. I was the only one who didn’t ask him 21 questions of wcw , ecw, wwf& ect. He wrestled my trainer by the name of Viper. Anyways, all I did was shake his hand and did introduction and then did my thing. But I did pay some kid to get me an autograph because I wasn’t going to get caught doing it lol but he was cool to me.
Right to Censor was 20 years ahead of their time
I don't think anyone else could play the character of "Steven" Richards. It really was genius work. I think he could've just been a character that bumps but didn't really wrestle instead of abandoning the heel persona he built.
I met Raven at Richmond Intl Airport right before the invasion angle, ironically at the time he was still in WCW and i was wearing a WWF shirt🤣 i decided to approach him and said Hey Raven love your work, he shook my hand said thanks and we walked off. I like to think he appreciated the fact i didnt fanboy him and even though at the time we were the only 2 people in the ticket section.
the fact that you "like to think" that means you did fanboy him....and him being the grunge, psychic genius that he is, he picked up on it...but, at the same time, he DID appreciate that you held back
@@donaldducksdad5920 Well said, and actually I didnt fan boy him and thats why i noted Id like to think! Ill admit I probably couldve as I was and have been a huge wrestling fan. I was headed off to Basic Training so i had alot of other stuff on my mind aside Raven lol. He was cool as a character and had a cool gimmick but it seemed he was just another cog in the wheel. 🤷♂️
@@donaldducksdad5920 Does Raven pay you to speak his thoughts? Or are you psychic?
😂🤣😂🤣😂
@donald ducks dad
Brad "Lodi" just told me a few weeks ago, how great guys Raven and Billy were, working with them and traveling with them.
Oh so someone else’s experience must be invalid if Lodi told YOU something different.
Lol
@@ordomonstrum7141 I mean. Stevie made it out like Raven was a pure dick. Which, raven may just not liked him? Who knows.
Him recording to. My ex. He was an asshole. Would made better sense no?
@@ordomonstrum7141 or stevie is just a pussy
Matt King says some punk on the internet who has done nothing with their life but comment on wrestlers and calling them pussy, virtually
@@ordomonstrum7141 lol, so very true...
Rumor has it raven gave Stevie the pat Patterson treatment...
Wasn’t going to comment to the last second. We met Raven in a bar. He was ok. We bought him a drink. He toasted, to himself. Lol
Lmao
Feinstein is such a weird interviewer.
Stevie did his best to get ever idea they gave him over, I wish more guys would do that.
Stevie Richard's. The Family Dollar HBK 👍
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Better than the Young Bucks though.
@@msmpassat no question about it man.
Bruhahahahahaha
Actually, Stevie's in better shape, still has his hair and both of his eyes point the same direction so I'd say Stevie's doing better these days.
"WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT THE RAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I saw raven wrestle on wcw thunder live ecw house show in Richmond VA then in WWF back when they was on tnn raw ...But my favorite moment of his career was at the raw show I think he was the hardcore champ for the 14th time coming back to my set a black guy jump out in front of me and said yo that mother fucker is wearing a raven shirt 😅😅😅😅😅
I'm met Raven 2 years ago at a comic thing here's my favorite wrestler for a long time had so many questions for him but I couldn't spit them out he was cool with his fans telling he was a different from his wrestling days
Other than that making sure six-year-olds can see drag shows is essential.
@@sandyunderpants4376 what the hell are you talkin about
@@paulcarpenter7844 Don't act like you don't know.
@@sandyunderpants4376 no for real elaborate
i met raven at a waffle house in nashville during his TNA days. he couldnt have been a nicer guy
He sounds a LOT like Edge
If I'm getting paid 85k a year in the 90s (over a $160k today) to be squashed, then I'm getting squashed.
This is sooo old. He says now he wouldn't have had a career without Raven.😊
He said that in this video, too.
Wonder if Raven/Scott ever reached out to Stevie to apologise and make amends. He really should.
Slurs aren't truth. If that is what happened.
Stevie actually wrestled in ECW and he was dam good
My memories of Raven were of him being a great guy from my meeting with him
I remember Raven calling a pod cast. I think Steve Austin's. He called just to complain about some insignificant thing Benoit did 25 years ago. He just went on and on.
It was about how benoit did his moves too fast not giving his opponents time to sell Benoit's offense, austin agreed. I never really noticed it tbh
@@felixcolon599 That is what made him the rabid wolverine.
@Dave Thomas. It kinda sounds like you are the one complaining lol
Raven was an asshole. I fought him after a match in Philly at a bar on Broad st. I was drinking with Dreamer and my man Jimbo (Sandman). Raven showed up and was harassing me, calling me Mark. It's a long story. New Jack showed up and bitched me up. Lol. Yes I fought Scott and I backed down to Jack
@@felixcolon599 I could see how guys with a big ego could hate Benoit. He was small but mentally bigger than most. That was his character
That music is obnoxious
Really sucks that Stevie had to go through that with someone that he looked at as a mentor. I hadn't heard that Bishoff thought of maybe giving him more of a character or giving hom the chance to get higher up the card. Sad it didn't materialize do to not only the politics of WCW but also some insecurities from ECW and Stevie sadly.
Went to a signing back in the day with Stevie and Raven and Stevie was cool but Raven was standoffish...
He was a heel
Mr. Anonymous Yeah but so was Sandman but at his signings he was fantastic
@@scoonman Yeah, the guy who made his every entrance through the crowd, who sung his theme, as he drank and gave his fans beer. Huge heel.
Holy shit this wasn't at Montreal by any chance. My uncle and I had a real bad experience with Raven and stevie Richards came over afterward and apologized for Ravens actions. Stevie Richards is a stand up guy in my opinion.
@@russellcampbell3500 Top man Stevie
Maven..Raven..WHAT??
Watching this as stevie and raven are standing in the ring on ecw
Raven never seemed to deliver. He would come in with this huge momentum and this just fizzle. Waste of talent really.
Never will forget raven telling me as a kid qt rhe royal rumble in Atlanta 2002 or 2001he wasn't gonna sign my randy moss jersey.
I love Raven
Raven is a trash interview also
Eric Bischoff has said repeatedly - that he found raven absolutely insufferable as a human being - difficult, extremely negative, always complaining, bitter. He probably felt a bit sorry for Stevie being stuck with him.
“Daddy wasn’t there!
To take to the fair!
To change my underwear!
Daddy wasn’t there!”
Yeahh Steveie's Dad issues quite sad 😔.
Couldnt take a better hint from a human being
I've even heard Tori(Terri Poch) had heat with Raven as well!
there was a point when i thought jeff hardy and raven where the same person
Raven is one of my all-time favorite wrestlers but sucks to hear he's a jerk irl. Sadly, not surprised. May have been why he was a good heel.
Always been a big Stevie fan as well. Underrated talent and seems like a decent guy who put up with a toxic abuser.
The glory days are far better than anything in wrestling today and Raven was a treasure to the wrestling business. Still is. Don't knock someone for doing what they needed to do to fight some pain and/or get out of their own heads for awhile. Comes off as intolerant, Stevie. Raven was a master at everything he did. PERIOD!
Big Stevie cool
Wow great podcast. What does Steven the jobber Richard’s think of raven the jobber raven?
He reflects on when he saw him last 1997, he is s as jerk.
Boring
Wrestling truly is a soap opera mixed with roller derby. There is drama, a mixture of combustible personalities, and no lack of people talking openly about their feelings towards other characters.
Bristol high school in Bristol. Neshaminy high school in Langhorne.kinda crazy you guys were there. Any idea what year that was?
May 1995
1980s late drugs turning into 90s drugs Duhh
So the whole "what about me?" thing wasn't just a character.
Stevie voice changed because he had neck surgery.
Armchair psychologising, Scott seems to have power issues and trouble controlling his dominant side in an empathetic, humane way.
Raven sounds like the kinda guy, who you had to hit for real in the ring. Some wrestlers wait for just the right time to punish you for disrespect. Andre put the Warrior in his place a few times. Of course they can tell on you, so you'd have to make sure to have friends in the locker room. They could defend you to the boss, or discourage the guy from telling. There have been times where, one guy hit another for real in a match. Knowing the people would think, it was part of it.
I didn’t think the Raven gimmick went over very good in WcW.
I never really got into the whole ecw raven and wcw and wwe I remember Stevie was Victoria's valet
Stevie sounds like the whiner here if your trainer and your partner both don't get along without you maybe its you?
You don't know because you weren't there, Stevie had to spend every single day working with Raven on and off the ring and at the time in ECW had a closer working relationship with each other professionally but also personally knew each other very well. Raven would tell you how he was even if he may not reveal the whole story since many people, not just Stevie have their stories of Raven and how he was and they all pretty much make similar points about him, plenty of people who have been at signings who Raven had an issue with over minor things that Stevie had to step in and apologise for and try to make the situation better. It's not a 'maybe it's you if you don't get along' situation, so you're telling me someone can be a huge dick causing problems in some situations just because they have their own personal issues that they take out on people yet the person who has done nothing wrong and tried their best to do things right and even apologise, held his hands up and tried to move on was the person who had the issue? Maybe you are also a narcissist.
@@codesm96 Alot of words with not much point. Stevie whines about people and people say Stevie was a selfish shill but ya I'm a narcissist lol. Who do I believe him or everybody else? The BWO does shows why isn't he with them? Surely not selfish nonsense lol.
Sad, the money maker in ECW was Taz, no one else and I do not like Taz. Raven only drew a bit of money in WCW as a midcarder. Stevie never drew a dime, great worker but just keepin' it real.
Is the interviewer Todd Grisham?
i dont think he said anything that raven wouldnt agree with
I’m confused….Didn’t Rob Feinstein get outed as a child predator??? I’m legit asking, like maybe Im wrong. I don’t get why wrestlers kept doing these interviews with him…
Sounds like Shane Douglas...
Is there anyone Stevie Richards won't talk shit about?
Cold Philly streets will chew u up & spit u out. Don't let em wreck u. Need to adopt an attitude like a coconut. Hard on the outside but stay milky in the middle.
Johnny Polo!
Stevie wasn't lying raven was not big money draw like he thought i mean he was entertaining but he was no hulk hogan
He wasn't a face, and he could have gotten just as many people want to watch Hogan beat him as any of Hogan's big opponents.
@@mr.anonymous5501 True but when Hogan turned heel he still drew
@@phillipconner1213 Yes, although mostly in the same way as any heel, people paid to come watch him get beat up. That still requires another great babyface. Although, as it was Hogan, I'm sure there was always a percentage of people who just wanted to say they'd seen one of hid matches, and who weren't even invested in the current storylines, but the Hogan character in general. Still, that's no knock on Raven. All the great heels; Piper, Jake, Flair, Lawers, all only drew when paired with an equally great babyface. Raven's definitely one of the best heels of the last 30 years.
What’s the “New York clique”?
Kevin Nash, Triple H, Sean Waltman/Syx Pac, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels and sometimes Billy Gunn
Seems like the only people who say raven was cool were the ones traveling with him in wcw (steve austin/mick foley)
Thank God that wrestlers today don't have this mentality anymore.. And look where Raven's career ended up. the gutter
Stevie Al Snow got all the answers but never made any money
Al Snow in ECW Was Huge and Stevie had a Preety nice Run as a Mid carder , so I don't know what your talking about 😂 Guess you only saw their Wwe run , Vince didn't like to push Talent he didn't invent himself
Stevie is so emo
Thats funny "he still thinks of himself as a top guy" cuz he was never a top guy. At least not in any company that mattered.
Mattered, to you
TNA defo mattered when he was at the top
@@sxejima1463 Yeah, when it was NWA-TNA, when they actually had the potential to be competitive with WWE.
Ah, but Raven was one of the guys on the cover of wcw/nwo Revenge for Nintendo 64!🙂
Intro song ?
He was so annoying as Johnny Polo, especially on commentary.
Yeah but wasn't raven also part of creative,setting up the matches...some people become dicks as they move up the food chain
Raven was smarter than other people around him so it's why he was offputting to others.
Did he say he was money in the ring?
Bischoff saw the Stevie kick and called him Shawn Michaels.
This interview sounds like an alternate reality.
I could see Bischoff saying something like this and then immediately moving on to something that actually matters.
I always thought you had an HBK type feel about you.
The way this is titled is misleading and clickbait AF. He clearly respects Raven.
i was bored with scotty/raven way back in portland wrestling in the pacific northwest
Nobody fucking cares about you being bored with that... like really? Nobody cares about you.
Stevie’s nothing but a two-bit carny.
At least He had a Career 😂 and People Know who he is 🤣
Who is Steve Richards
Lol exactly
He won the 2004 royal rumble and made hhh tap out at wrestlemania 20.
@@brianthomas3451 NOT FUNNY!
I bet your mom knows
Who the f*** is Raven is he Johnny Polo is he Scotty Flamingo is he Scotty the Body who the f*** is Raven
These ppl must live and breathe wrestling 🤣🤣🤣 to deal with being treated like shi... I know we all pay dues in everything we do like me in the USMC but unnecessary being treated like u a bozo. I like Raven but i definitely woulda made him meet the maker
Raven reminds me of Scott Hall. Crazy talent, knows it, and is generally an arrogant jerk. Ultra cocky guys can rationalize it and wimp fanboys worship it. Regular guys just have to deal with these creeps.
Ahhhh the guy who was with the blue meanie? I believe he's a internet troll now shitting on aew begging wwe for a paycheck
Couldn’t be farther from the truth
@@learntolovenotregret 🤣🤣 yeahh I believe I saw him posting the same memes on TH-cam as the average dumb WWE troll 🤡
@@21Arfon21 Watch his show he criticizes both AEW and WWE i really don’t understand the point you’re trying to make about him being. a tribalist lol he also has 0 interest in working for WWE considering her has his own financial avenues that aren’t wrestling related
@@learntolovenotregret dude he was literally on the WWE bump show promoting it 🤣🤣 same as bully ray he disses aew then wwe made him look like the average fat indy ref at mania 🤣🤣
@@21Arfon21 Yet again he literally criticizes WWE all the time and wouldn’t even take a job if it was offered to him because he has many financial avenues he’d rather pursue. You’re fanned out bro, go outside
Better much?😏
Do you mean bitter much? And no he's not
Scott was just as talented as flair and had more depth.
Somebody sounds bitter.
Liar
How do you know?
@@y4j1981 good guess
@@ASCUMBAGWh0re how so?
And Stevie will always be nothing more than a Jobber
And you will always be a clown. I think Stevies bank account is doing good. DORK.
What a cry baby pretend victim
Wow..I mean your just weird