I trained and wrestled with him when he was Scotty the Body in the WWA ... was a great guy and always fun to be around! so glad he is doing well today!
Well, the first thing I learned when I started hanging around with wrestlers and training is the importance of behaving backstage. Raven didn't, he had no allies outside of ECW during the Wars, so he was misused. If nobody likes or trusts you backstage, you will not get to the top
I'm not sure how many others think the same way, but I've always thought his best work, was in WCW. He was a fantastic heel, with an inventive gimmick.
People won't listen to him so that's not gonna happen. It would be great though. I just accepted that wrestling will never be cool again; at least not everywhere. It'll be a flash here n there. BUT when I want to watch good wrestling, i usually load up DVD's or find them online some place.
I stumbled into this, watched it, and was impressed with this guy. Listening to him speak and his vocabulary expose his intelligence. This is a well-spoken man.
Met Raven at a comic book convention and asked him about CM Punk leaving the WWE. Obviously several years ago. Raven was and will always be my favorite wrestler. I was a huge WWE mark during the Monday Night Wars. The only reason I watched WCW was for Raven, Jericho and Goldberg.
you missed out brah,,, KRONIK,, disco inferno,,norman smiley,, the giant,, big sexy,, wrath,, konan,, the wall,,Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, eyes of stone dean malenko,, the nwo,, the wolfpack,, wcw was most epic,, wwf was great,, wwe sucked balls and still does,,
@@mogwaijizm872 BRUH, EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AT IT'S BEST [ 1994 TO 1999] THEY CHANGED WRESTLING FOREVER!!!!! LONG LIVE E.C.W. [ ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
I had a chance to meet raven at a ring of honor wrestling event in 2003 in boston...at a meet and greet ...the man is a genius ..the ecw raven character was an inspiration for me when i was in high school
Between his mic skills and ring work, Scottie should've been the heavyweight champion of EVERY company he worked for. Raven with the blond braids, leather kilt, and such intelligent heel promos, he would've been a GREAT WWF Heavyweight champion.
hes way to small for the hwtbelt,,, intercontinental belt for sure,,, just,, hows he gonna beat Goldberg,, big sexy,, even bam bam,, no,,as leader of the flock,, he was awesome,,, just awesome... miss shit like that,, its what wwe is lacking
wwe,, I like the new day ,,, they are fun,, a bit naughty,, silly,, just fun,, wwe needs more guys and crews like that,, not the same as the new day,,but the same chill vibe and fun loving rascles,,, chris Jericho had it,, still has it,,, wwe needed Jericho,, y2j,,, revived wwe like nothing else could have,,they owe him alot
Raven Vs Tommy Dreamer is by far one of the best storyline in any history of wrestling, anytime I saw these two go at it, I knew it was going to be an amazing match.
Ricky Barksdale his program with dreamer was fucking awesome but his program with Sandman drew the most money, raven made James Fullington actually look like a wrestler
RAVEN IS SERIOUSLY UNDERVALUED BY THE WRESTLING COMPANIES , BUT THE WRESTLING FANS RESPECT THIS MAN SO MUCH FOR HIS INCREDABLE MIC / CHARACTER ABILITIES. HE WAS ALSO A DAMN GOOD IN RING PERFORMER ON TOP OF THAT. HIS ECW DAYS WERE SO AWESOME AND HIS WCW W/ RAVENS FLOCK WAS AMAZING AS WELL. HE HAD VERY VERY GOOD PROGRAMS AND BEING THE LEADER OF THAT STABLE FOR THE TIME HE PLAYED IT ABSOLUTLY CRAZY INCREDABLE HE HAD A SHORT ( MAYBE A MONTH OR 2 ) PROGRAM WITH DDP THAT MOST PEOPLE OVERLOOK BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND FIND IT ON WWE NETWORK YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AT ALL , THE PROGRAM FROM START ALL THE WAY TO THE PAYOFF MATCH , I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PPV IT REACHED THE END AT BUT THEY HAD 4 OR 5 INCREDABLE MATCHES ( I REMEMBER ONE HARDCORE MATCH THAT DDP BEAT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF RAVEN WITH A TRASH CAN AS RAVEN LAID HELPLESS IN THE CORNER) MAN GOOD MEMORIES FROM THESE DAYS # QUOTE THE RAVEN NEVERMORE ## RAVEN WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE TALENTS WHO NEVER EVER NEEDED THE STRAP TO GET OVER , HE NEVER NEEDED ANY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HIS STORYLINE TO GET ME EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN HIS PROGRAMS . THAT IS A AMAZING TESTAMENT TO HIS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TELL AN AMAZING STORY FOR MULTIPLE MONTH LONG PROGRAMS THAT FELT IMPORTANT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REWARD OR CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE
@@chloehyden1906 Excellent comment. Raven WAS/IS one of the best pure all around "Characters" ever created. He not only gave everything he had in ring but he played the character perfectly. The WWE as usual over looked a great talent. His "dark" persona could have been utilized so much better. Raven's flock was epic. He was epic. A true great in the business. HOF should be a GUARANTEE. That is if the WWE had any brains. Since Triple H is the head ass kisser now. Eh forget it WWE sucks anyway.
I liked Raven because he was so relatable...especially his style of dress...he was one of us. Funny he mentions Hot Topic...he should've sold gear there. I would've bought it. I would still buy it today. I go to Hot Topic and look for old school WWE shirts but they only sell them online.
Great to see him clean and sober. Nathaniel Hawthorne said “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”
Raven: All time favorite worker. All time favorite wrestler. This guy got so many guys over it's ridiculous. And what a cool character. An embodiment of that era. Still my favorite.
JASON, HELL YEAH!!! RAVEN AND A FEW KEY GUYS IN ECW COULD PUT EVERYBODY OVER!!! RAVEN EXPLAINED THE ART OF SELLING AN INJURY!!! GRIMACE IN PAIN, HOLD THE " INJURED" ARM AND SELL IT TO FANS, JUST LIKE SELLING THE OTHER WRESTLERS PUNCHES, AND VICE VERSA. RAVEN IS A GENIUS, KNOWS THE SPORT AND UNDERSTANDS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING DISBELIEF IS THE GOAL OF ANY GREAT WRESTLER!!! WE THE FANS KNOW IT'S SCRIPTED, BUMPS ARE REAL BUT RAVEN KNOWS WHEN THE MATCH IS SO GOOD THAT FOR A SECOND OR TWO YOU THINK, ARE THESE GUYS REALLY PISSED AT EACH OTHER, STIFF SHOTS, HEAVY DUTY BUMPS AND SELLING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MATCH. RAVEN SAID AS A HEEL I WANT THE FANS TO HATE ME MORE THEN THEY LOVE THE BABY FACE [ FAVORITE] QUOTE THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍
I was a "misfit" so I gravitated towards Raven very fast when his character debuted in 1992. I was also a huge fan of the corvidae, and he sort of reminded me of Raphael (TMNT 1991 movie one), and as a kid that is just about all you need to know you like someone right away. Now I love him for that, for being such a huge intellect and comic geek, and being one of the nicest guys in the industry-- so amusing that the most notorious heels are actually the biggest teddy bears lol. Hope to meet him in-person someday.
I truly believe raven is one of the best wrestlers of his generation he was awsome I loved him growing up ravens flock with perry Saturn and him in eve and wwe hardcore matches were insane. Levy is super smart and knowledgeable
Ring psychology is a long gone art in wrestling, guys just wanna do 100 flips and false finishes just how the business has evolved or devolved depending on how you look at it
They absolutely should, any wrestling company SHOULD invest in Raven being a mentor/ambassador/producer, Scott Levy is one of the best minds in the history of the business.
Exactly! Promo classes as well. Definitely a booker or producer. He has such a mind for the business and a wealth of knowledge that it's a damn shame he's not being utilized.
I think Raven has always been a good wrestler along with all the ECW stars and honest in the interview about what was happening at that time. They changed wrestling and in my book ECW was the best of the big 3 (who gave everyone a chance compered to the other 2).
I mean, Raven was really nice to me when I was 10. He was like genuinely chill and liked my leather jacket haha. I dressed like Sandmans kid in the Raven Feud back in the day hahaha.
To Raven (Scotty The Body), I’m so happy to hear that you are doing better Scott 😌 this makes me happy for you Tiki p.s. and what a career you had! Wow! ☺️🙃😊
It is really a commendable thing that Raven overcame his drug use and thanks also to Paul Heyman who gave the right advice to Raven. Hope he does well and fulfill his goals.
raven was very on point for that generation ..his character was extremely unique but at the same very true to the mtv 90s grunge (de ) generation . cm punk was a watered down version
BOTH RAVEN AND CM PUNK WERE GREAT ATHLETES IN THEIR PRIME. I AGREE THAT MCMAHON USED THE CHARACTER CM PUNK AS A WATERED DOWN VERSION OF THE GRUNGE/ METAL/ PUNK LISTENING GENERATION X SLACKER WHO WAS RAVEN. CM PUNK WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN ECW BUT THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAVEN AND CM PUNK MADE THAT [ RAVEN AND PUNK COMPETING IN THEIR PRIME IMPOSSIBLE] I RESPECT CM PUNK BUT RAVEN'S HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPORT ARE UNPARALLELED...
If any company would hire Raven and Jake Roberts to book the show's would be amazing. The have two of the best minds that the wrestling business ever had. They can read a crowd like no other. Thanks Raven for all you've done.
Scott seems like an awesome guy to shoot the shit with, like RVD he's his own man and doesn't follow others, shame that that sort of personality doesn't go very far in wrestling really, politicking doesn't come naturally with that sort of personality type.
He's my trainer & gonna be my manager when I go pro, as someone whose trying to become a wrestler specifically for the hardcore style, there's no one better to coach & mentor you.
At least Raven had a very memorable debut with a MONSTER pop during the taz/lawler strapmatch....if im not knocking mistaken the debut was in philly which def helped the ovation but it was still thunderous
LOU, TECHNICALLY THAT WAS NOT RAVEN'S DEBUT . RAVEN WAS ALREADY IN WWF AS JOHNNY POLO, WHO MANAGED [ ADAM BOMB] DID PLAY BY PLAY AND HAD SOME MATCHES, ALTHOUGH NOT AS [ RAVEN] BUT STILL SAME PERSON.
When I first started watching shoot interviews 6 or 7 years ago (12 or 13 years after wrestling started sucking to me) and first heard raven in a shoot, I was like NO WAY THATS THE SAME GUY... those of you not around for the late 90s era of wrestling missed MAGIC..
Raytrailer was a correctional officer in Cobb county Georgia before he was a wrestler. Technically, that character was not created for him. It was part of him in real life. A better example would be, when Jim Cornett created big bubble Rogers for Ray. Him as Jim’s bodyguard, worked good too.
Perry Saturn looks worse. I really feel bad for the guy. One of the most talented wrestlers. Just never really made it cuz he was shorter a little too weird for the mainstream back then and the drugs.
Shon Moody it’s more because he kicked the shit out of a jobber who accidentally dropped him on his head so they punished him by kayfabing the head injury and thus moppy was born. he never, ever recovered from that burial
Tommy and Raven went to summer camp only in storylines, Raven is 6 years older.....it takes on a more comedic spin, if you imagine a 12 year old Raven competing and being outclassed by a 6 year old Dreamer.
I remember seeing Raven way way back in Global Wrestling (?) against Buff Bagwell. I think they were both just starting out. There was also a skinny kid there named Rob Van Dam.
Yeah GWF.. I think they used to have a show on ESPN that would come one around 4pm (central time). I used to watch it sometimes after I’d get off school.
WCW actually bothered to do something interesting with Raven like sitting in crowd, own rules and his flock but they were either stupid or unwilling enough to be as invested with the in ring stuff. Always seemed like the flock where like the 5 stooges or something trying to intefere but running in one at a time and being chucked out of ring. Didn't exactly set them up for possibly going against any of the main eventers.
MARK, RAVEN KNEW THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF W.C W SUCKED AND WHEN BISCHOFF HELD A MEETING WITH ALL THE WRESTLERS, RAVEN WAS THE FIRST OR ONE OF THE FIRST TO SAY I'M OUT OF HERE AND SIGNED THE RELEASE PAPERWORK. THAT MADE HIS ECW RETURN EXPLOSIVE, I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE ENERGY WHEN HE SHOWED UP AT ECW FOR HIS RETURN 👍👍👍
Someone tell the ECW legends that are still alive and tell Paulie to all get together and buy back ECW, revitalize it and rebuild it with all new talents. It may take a while to get the brand over again. But thats where the good story telling and characters come in.
Hell yeah. They were a pretty good, underrated combo. I remember the quebecers had some pretty damn good matches back in the early Raw days. One of the best tag matches I ever watched was them vs 123 Kid and Razor Ramon for the tag titles. Even though they didn’t finish the match on live TV, due to WWF running out of TV time, it was a great match. I think they ended showing the ending on one of them WWF shows that came out on Saturday mornings on USA.
Always loved raven never saw his ecw stuff till last few years as we only wcw nitro 1 hour on late night Fridays. The first time I ever saw wresting round April may 1997 just finished watching Mortal Kombat 1 on VCR suddenly back to TV and this Thing called wrestling which I never seen or heard of before I was 9 years old, that show had the match where raven and the first took out/blinded Scotty Riggs eye. I was enthralled and have loved Raven ever since 22 years later. One of my top 5 for sure. Raven, Sting, Brett Hart and Hall & Nash in no particular order. Though I really enjoy some of the top WWE guys at the moment. Fav 3 Shinsuke, Rollins and AJ Styles.
WOW, YOU SAID IN 1997 YOU WERE 9 AND SAW YOUR FIRST WRESTLING!! I WAS 30 IN 1997 AND WAS GOING TO ECW SHOWS, AND IT WAS AWESOME,EVEN THOUGH I AM 21 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU, WE ARE STILL FANS OF RAVEN!!!! THAT IS AWESOME 👍👍👍
Always thought Raven and the flock should have got a bigger push, maybe take over the WCW heel faction spot that the 4 horsemen had as they were diminished at that time and Ravens Flock could of filled that void. Atleast I think.
I thought his run in TNA was incredible. *Destiny Fulfilled!* NWA Champion! His feud with Jeff Jarrett and Rhino epic stuff. Way underrated all around. I loved when TNA brought him back for cameos at the insane asylum.
Nah....Hogan vs Macho man....flair vs Hogan.... Austin vs McMahon....Austin vs rock...undertaker vs Kane....thats just 5 off the top of my head with no time to think. Raven vs Dreamer might be good but it's not that good.
HE HAD A SUN TATTOO ON EITHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT SHOULDER// WATCH ALL HIS VINTAGE ECW MATCHES, A COOL SUN TATTOO , ORANGE, RED, GOLD HE ALWAYS WRESTLED IN CUT OF SHIRTS, HIS ARMS WERE HUGE IN 1995/1996 AND HE WAS DECEPTIVELY FAST AND STRONG🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@Bulldog-cj3hz he got a custom neo tribal raven with a slash mark design on his left pectoral. Solid black. Balances out well with his other tattoos, especially that large anchor tattoo that I’m sure is a trademark look for him.
The black nostalgia nerd+ wwe would misused him for being creative look at what they did to jimmy Jacobs now at what he doing right now in impact and the indies since wwe release him a lot better than he was before and in wwe they only use one idea from jimmy Jacobs that was that whole list thing which at that time was the best thing on raw
His gimmick is up there with the undertaker just a shame vince didn’t use him proper I see a lot of raven in the bray wyatt character would love to see raven feud with wyatt that would be awesome
Shamus McCallahan Lol I was going to say the same thing Rob must owe him some work for ruining his life when he was a boy. Or perhaps this boy is trying to be wrestling’s version of Milo?
I trained and wrestled with him when he was Scotty the Body in the WWA ... was a great guy and always fun to be around! so glad he is doing well today!
Met Raven last night in Rochester, NY. Really intelligent, cool, and down to earth dude. Thanks for coming out man!
Maaaan i think raven is one of the most underrated guys and characters of all time
They wrote such shit for him tho,it's the generic sad Man that was molested as a Child....he deserved better than that
Well, the first thing I learned when I started hanging around with wrestlers and training is the importance of behaving backstage. Raven didn't, he had no allies outside of ECW during the Wars, so he was misused. If nobody likes or trusts you backstage, you will not get to the top
I'm not sure how many others think the same way, but I've always thought his best work, was in WCW. He was a fantastic heel, with an inventive gimmick.
In my opionion top 5 characters of all time RAVEN
Didn't get enough play
Raven is easily one of the best. He is criminally underrated.
Raven should be an agent or a booker for a major promotion. He has such a good take on the industry!
Yes and no. He gets back on the road and starts hanging around wrestlers again he's gonna start to use drugs again
He's not stable enough. He's an ex-junkie.
hollywood21639 I mean he got clean before 2001 when he came back to the WWF. Think how many years he worked on the road with TNA.
I hope he comes back
People won't listen to him so that's not gonna happen. It would be great though. I just accepted that wrestling will never be cool again; at least not everywhere. It'll be a flash here n there. BUT when I want to watch good wrestling, i usually load up DVD's or find them online some place.
I stumbled into this, watched it, and was impressed with this guy. Listening to him speak and his vocabulary expose his intelligence. This is a well-spoken man.
Raven is one of my all times favorite. Glad he is stay around to tell more stories
Met Raven at a comic book convention and asked him about CM Punk leaving the WWE. Obviously several years ago. Raven was and will always be my favorite wrestler. I was a huge WWE mark during the Monday Night Wars. The only reason I watched WCW was for Raven, Jericho and Goldberg.
you missed out brah,,, KRONIK,, disco inferno,,norman smiley,, the giant,, big sexy,, wrath,, konan,, the wall,,Juventud "Juvi" Guerrera, eyes of stone dean malenko,, the nwo,, the wolfpack,, wcw was most epic,, wwf was great,, wwe sucked balls and still does,,
@@mogwaijizm872 BRUH, EXTREME CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING AT IT'S BEST [ 1994 TO 1999] THEY CHANGED WRESTLING FOREVER!!!!! LONG LIVE E.C.W. [ ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍
They cut out the part where the dude's wig jumps off his head and comes after Raven. Raven then had to finish it by giving the wig the Evenflow DDT.
jawknee5 LMAO!!!!!!!
The raven effect was also a good name for it!
That is some dedication towards the craft.
🤣🤣
Raven evenflowing the guy's wig is available on the director's cut...only available on side b of the American Ultra blue ray.
I had a chance to meet raven at a ring of honor wrestling event in 2003 in boston...at a meet and greet ...the man is a genius ..the ecw raven character was an inspiration for me when i was in high school
Between his mic skills and ring work, Scottie should've been the heavyweight champion of EVERY company he worked for. Raven with the blond braids, leather kilt, and such intelligent heel promos, he would've been a GREAT WWF Heavyweight champion.
He was the champion of the one that mattered ECW
Little problem: he didn't make a lot of friends in management. That is a bit of a problem.
hes way to small for the hwtbelt,,, intercontinental belt for sure,,, just,, hows he gonna beat Goldberg,, big sexy,, even bam bam,, no,,as leader of the flock,, he was awesome,,, just awesome... miss shit like that,, its what wwe is lacking
wwe,, I like the new day ,,, they are fun,, a bit naughty,, silly,, just fun,, wwe needs more guys and crews like that,, not the same as the new day,,but the same chill vibe and fun loving rascles,,, chris Jericho had it,, still has it,,, wwe needed Jericho,, y2j,,, revived wwe like nothing else could have,,they owe him alot
@@tafua_a do you not remember how many cruiserweights have held the heavyweight belt? Raven could have easily held it if he had the opportunity
I could listen to Raven for hours on end. One of my top 5 all-time favorites.
Raven Vs Tommy Dreamer is by far one of the best storyline in any history of wrestling, anytime I saw these two go at it, I knew it was going to be an amazing match.
Ricky Barksdale his program with dreamer was fucking awesome but his program with Sandman drew the most money, raven made James Fullington actually look like a wrestler
Ricky Barksdale it went from a storyline to being a real life rivalry thats why
RAVEN IS SERIOUSLY UNDERVALUED BY THE WRESTLING COMPANIES , BUT THE WRESTLING FANS RESPECT THIS MAN SO MUCH FOR HIS INCREDABLE MIC / CHARACTER ABILITIES. HE WAS ALSO A DAMN GOOD IN RING PERFORMER ON TOP OF THAT. HIS ECW DAYS WERE SO AWESOME AND HIS WCW W/ RAVENS FLOCK WAS AMAZING AS WELL. HE HAD VERY VERY GOOD PROGRAMS AND BEING THE LEADER OF THAT STABLE FOR THE TIME HE PLAYED IT ABSOLUTLY CRAZY INCREDABLE HE HAD A SHORT ( MAYBE A MONTH OR 2 ) PROGRAM WITH DDP THAT MOST PEOPLE OVERLOOK BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND FIND IT ON WWE NETWORK YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AT ALL , THE PROGRAM FROM START ALL THE WAY TO THE PAYOFF MATCH , I FORGET THE NAME OF THE PPV IT REACHED THE END AT BUT THEY HAD 4 OR 5 INCREDABLE MATCHES ( I REMEMBER ONE HARDCORE MATCH THAT DDP BEAT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF RAVEN WITH A TRASH CAN AS RAVEN LAID HELPLESS IN THE CORNER) MAN GOOD MEMORIES FROM THESE DAYS # QUOTE THE RAVEN NEVERMORE ## RAVEN WAS ALWAYS ONE OF THOSE TALENTS WHO NEVER EVER NEEDED THE STRAP TO GET OVER , HE NEVER NEEDED ANY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HIS STORYLINE TO GET ME EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN HIS PROGRAMS . THAT IS A AMAZING TESTAMENT TO HIS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO TELL AN AMAZING STORY FOR MULTIPLE MONTH LONG PROGRAMS THAT FELT IMPORTANT WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REWARD OR CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE
@@chloehyden1906 Excellent comment. Raven WAS/IS one of the best pure all around "Characters" ever created. He not only gave everything he had in ring but he played the character perfectly. The WWE as usual over looked a great talent. His "dark" persona could have been utilized so much better. Raven's flock was epic. He was epic. A true great in the business. HOF should be a GUARANTEE. That is if the WWE had any brains. Since Triple H is the head ass kisser now. Eh forget it WWE sucks anyway.
I liked Raven because he was so relatable...especially his style of dress...he was one of us. Funny he mentions Hot Topic...he should've sold gear there. I would've bought it. I would still buy it today. I go to Hot Topic and look for old school WWE shirts but they only sell them online.
I use to love hearing him on the mic...he would say with your 2.5 kids and on and on,it ways friggin great...good to see him still around...
Raven - my fav wrestler of all time!
and why is that sad????
same
Smart post..simple and truthful...he gave ECW credibility
Super sad lol
He was too ahead of his time.
I could listen to Raven all day.
kevin timperley, I actually have- as I own DVD's of lots of his shoot interviews; So I appreciate your comment!!!! ;-)
kevin timperley you ever meet him you can bc he never shuts the fuck up
"The Young Bucks tag-team are selling merch(andise) & they are not even shown on national TV." - Raven
He has a podcast called the raven effect
same! lol well i have in some cases with these interviews
Intelligent and humble man I wish wrestling was like it used to be...I’m glad he got clean and sober congratulations bro,it’s no easy task
Great to see him clean and sober. Nathaniel Hawthorne said “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”
I went to salem mass over halloween last year, we went to the Hawthorne statue in town....NOBODY was there. For shame.
SO TRUE ERIC, REMEMBER WHEN RAVEN SAID LIFE IMMITATING ART AND THEN ART IMMITATING LIFE, SO TRUE.
Raven: All time favorite worker. All time favorite wrestler. This guy got so many guys over it's ridiculous. And what a cool character. An embodiment of that era. Still my favorite.
JASON, HELL YEAH!!! RAVEN AND A FEW KEY GUYS IN ECW COULD PUT EVERYBODY OVER!!! RAVEN EXPLAINED THE ART OF SELLING AN INJURY!!! GRIMACE IN PAIN, HOLD THE " INJURED" ARM AND SELL IT TO FANS, JUST LIKE SELLING THE OTHER WRESTLERS PUNCHES, AND VICE VERSA. RAVEN IS A GENIUS, KNOWS THE SPORT AND UNDERSTANDS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING DISBELIEF IS THE GOAL OF ANY GREAT WRESTLER!!! WE THE FANS KNOW IT'S SCRIPTED, BUMPS ARE REAL BUT RAVEN KNOWS WHEN THE MATCH IS SO GOOD THAT FOR A SECOND OR TWO YOU THINK, ARE THESE GUYS REALLY PISSED AT EACH OTHER, STIFF SHOTS, HEAVY DUTY BUMPS AND SELLING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MATCH. RAVEN SAID AS A HEEL I WANT THE FANS TO HATE ME MORE THEN THEY LOVE THE BABY FACE [ FAVORITE] QUOTE THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE🤘🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍👍
I believe Raven was number 1 in the number 3 company. He's correct.
Raven voice hasn't aged at all. Sounds like he's 27
Rev and he looks exactly his age....
what happened to his eyebrows?
Rev absolutely loved his character. He was always fun to watch.
How about the interviewers voice?
Johnny X you know some young lookin 70 year olds
Always liked Raven and till his day I do, seems like a down to earth fella
He also collects comics (or did) so that is always cool. Yeah nailed what is missing in today's world...is the stories and build.
@@Ecwfan his love for comics were public by the shirts he’d wear
I was a "misfit" so I gravitated towards Raven very fast when his character debuted in 1992. I was also a huge fan of the corvidae, and he sort of reminded me of Raphael (TMNT 1991 movie one), and as a kid that is just about all you need to know you like someone right away. Now I love him for that, for being such a huge intellect and comic geek, and being one of the nicest guys in the industry-- so amusing that the most notorious heels are actually the biggest teddy bears lol. Hope to meet him in-person someday.
I truly believe raven is one of the best wrestlers of his generation he was awsome I loved him growing up ravens flock with perry Saturn and him in eve and wwe hardcore matches were insane. Levy is super smart and knowledgeable
AEW should hire Raven to teach ring psychology
Sammy Riggs promos too
And everything else too
Ring psychology is a long gone art in wrestling, guys just wanna do 100 flips and false finishes just how the business has evolved or devolved depending on how you look at it
They absolutely should, any wrestling company SHOULD invest in Raven being a mentor/ambassador/producer, Scott Levy is one of the best minds in the history of the business.
Exactly! Promo classes as well. Definitely a booker or producer. He has such a mind for the business and a wealth of knowledge that it's a damn shame he's not being utilized.
Raven humble as fuck these days lmao. Still, love him to death. Vince really fucked him over, just because he was an outsider.
Is that Rob Feinstein? I missed the episode of to catch a predator
Golden Elite listen to his Podcast. He's still annoyingly self centered and egotistical when he's with his cohost who he feels better than.
Hal Mcdonald No it's not Rob. It's probably his boyfriend.
@Golden Elite..what are you talking about, he was once part of Vince's inner circle???
Raven tried suing him!! LOL he was part of a class action lawsuit against the WWE
I think Raven has always been a good wrestler along with all the ECW stars and honest in the interview about what was happening at that time. They changed wrestling and in my book ECW was the best of the big 3 (who gave everyone a chance compered to the other 2).
Raven is looking better than he has in a long time.. must be off the drink/drugs... good for him!
He got clean in the late 2000s
Raven: "I'm not really a deep thinker."
Also Raven: ~could write a college disertation on crowd psychology~
Raven was an amazing talent
m g what are you talking about he's considered one of the best ecw champions of all time? Troll?
m g lol definitely a troll has to be let me guess Roman reigns and bray wyatts promos are better lol
Raven's accountability is pretty incredible. I wish him the best.
Raven is in my top 5 all time favourites wrestlers. Could listen to him all day. Wish he was pushed more in wCw and WWE
Peninsula painting projects+ I thought his run in wcw was way better than wwe wwe shitted on him big time at least wcw he had a world title
I mean he had wcw world title shot
george brice yeah I get what you mean mate he deserved better
AEW should hire Raven for their creative team. The man is smart.
His first comment on drama over athleticism is so spot on imo
I mean, Raven was really nice to me when I was 10. He was like genuinely chill and liked my leather jacket haha. I dressed like Sandmans kid in the Raven Feud back in the day hahaha.
To Raven (Scotty The Body),
I’m so happy to hear that you are doing better Scott 😌 this makes me happy for you
Tiki
p.s. and what a career you had! Wow! ☺️🙃😊
It is really a commendable thing that Raven overcame his drug use and thanks also to Paul Heyman who gave the right advice to Raven. Hope he does well and fulfill his goals.
U were awesome raven. U were my favorite in ecw n I loved raven n the flock in wcw.
Raven is an awesome chat
raven was very on point for that generation ..his character was extremely unique but at the same very true to the mtv 90s grunge (de ) generation . cm punk was a watered down version
BOTH RAVEN AND CM PUNK WERE GREAT ATHLETES IN THEIR PRIME. I AGREE THAT MCMAHON USED THE CHARACTER CM PUNK AS A WATERED DOWN VERSION OF THE GRUNGE/ METAL/ PUNK LISTENING GENERATION X SLACKER WHO WAS RAVEN. CM PUNK WOULD HAVE DONE WELL IN ECW BUT THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAVEN AND CM PUNK MADE THAT [ RAVEN AND PUNK COMPETING IN THEIR PRIME IMPOSSIBLE] I RESPECT CM PUNK BUT RAVEN'S HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPORT ARE UNPARALLELED...
If any company would hire Raven and Jake Roberts to book the show's would be amazing. The have two of the best minds that the wrestling business ever had. They can read a crowd like no other. Thanks Raven for all you've done.
Imagine if those two were booking AEW instead of the Elite.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, BUT AS I KNOW SO WELL, [ PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS] RAVEN AND SNAKE ROBERTS TOGETHER =RELAPSE!!!!
Scott seems like an awesome guy to shoot the shit with, like RVD he's his own man and doesn't follow others, shame that that sort of personality doesn't go very far in wrestling really, politicking doesn't come naturally with that sort of personality type.
I could listen to Raven talk about the business all day
He's my trainer & gonna be my manager when I go pro, as someone whose trying to become a wrestler specifically for the hardcore style, there's no one better to coach & mentor you.
You were in the upper eshellance is what you meant to say. And you definitely were sir ECW this is awesome
I met raven once at an indie show. Such an awsome dude.
At least Raven had a very memorable debut with a MONSTER pop during the taz/lawler strapmatch....if im not knocking mistaken the debut was in philly which def helped the ovation but it was still thunderous
LOU, TECHNICALLY THAT WAS NOT RAVEN'S DEBUT . RAVEN WAS ALREADY IN WWF AS JOHNNY POLO, WHO MANAGED [ ADAM BOMB] DID PLAY BY PLAY AND HAD SOME MATCHES, ALTHOUGH NOT AS [ RAVEN] BUT STILL SAME PERSON.
When I first started watching shoot interviews 6 or 7 years ago (12 or 13 years after wrestling started sucking to me) and first heard raven in a shoot, I was like NO WAY THATS THE SAME GUY... those of you not around for the late 90s era of wrestling missed MAGIC..
100% TRUE, GOOD YEARS FOR NUMEROUS REASONS, [ ECW] IMHO, WAS GROUNDBREAKING STUFF 👍👍
Seriously? Geez actors must confuse the shit out of you then.
Smart dude. Could listen to Raven for hours.
Raytrailer was a correctional officer in Cobb county Georgia before he was a wrestler. Technically, that character was not created for him. It was part of him in real life. A better example would be, when Jim Cornett created big bubble Rogers for Ray. Him as Jim’s bodyguard, worked good too.
Big Bubba Rogers became the Big Boss Man in the WWF.
Dusty Rhodes created the Bubba Rogers gimmick and put him with Cornette.
His character resonated with me as a teenager. He perfectly encapsulated the angst and depression of neglected male youth.
all of us were Raven in the 90’s
One of my all time favourite wrestlers! Quote the Raven Nevermore!!
*quoth
Seeing Raven makes me feel old.
you are old.
Raven looks like Randy the Ram 20 years after the end of "The Wrestler"
Perry Saturn looks worse. I really feel bad for the guy. One of the most talented wrestlers. Just never really made it cuz he was shorter a little too weird for the mainstream back then and the drugs.
Shon Moody it’s more because he kicked the shit out of a jobber who accidentally dropped him on his head so they punished him by kayfabing the head injury and thus moppy was born.
he never, ever recovered from that burial
@@NeroDBlanco moppy was over as hell to be fair
Ram jammer
Why couldn’t the Hardy boys and Raven have a group together? All three those guys are wild. A few guys I really enjoyed watching.
I'm with you, Scotty. I haven't watched since about 2000.
Your looking good Raven. It's good to see you doing alright
Truly one of the all time greats in the history of the business
When Raven would come down to the ring and chill in the corner
When Raven would slap Stevie Richard's and Stevie would slap The Blue Meanie
I actually got into Raven because of WCW didn’t even know he was in ECW.
Raven was so awesome.
Tommy and Raven went to summer camp only in storylines, Raven is 6 years older.....it takes on a more comedic spin, if you imagine a 12 year old Raven competing and being outclassed by a 6 year old Dreamer.
I remember seeing Raven way way back in Global Wrestling (?) against Buff Bagwell. I think they were both just starting out. There was also a skinny kid there named Rob Van Dam.
GLOBAL WAS GOOD OLD SCHOOL AND IWCCW // SMW// UWF// TOO MANY TERRITORIES TO REMEMBER
Yeah GWF.. I think they used to have a show on ESPN that would come one around 4pm (central time). I used to watch it sometimes after I’d get off school.
Such an intelligent person Raven is. Very smart dude!
raven was a great villian
Absolutely love Raven and could listen to his stories for days. The host absolutely ruins this interview by his hugely defensive body language 😂
ravens tna matches were hardcore and great to watch,he was one of tna greats.
Funniest thing about Raven is remembering that every time he mentions that he reads books, he means comic books lol
Mans created one of the best gimmicks of all time
Man, I love Raven.
Raven got big push in wcw I thought. They really gave his character the backing it needed to get over in the masses
I Still Love ❤ Raven
Damm happy to hear him one of my favorites
WCW actually bothered to do something interesting with Raven like sitting in crowd, own rules and his flock but they were either stupid or unwilling enough to be as invested with the in ring stuff. Always seemed like the flock where like the 5 stooges or something trying to intefere but running in one at a time and being chucked out of ring. Didn't exactly set them up for possibly going against any of the main eventers.
MARK, RAVEN KNEW THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF W.C W SUCKED AND WHEN BISCHOFF HELD A MEETING WITH ALL THE WRESTLERS, RAVEN WAS THE FIRST OR ONE OF THE FIRST TO SAY I'M OUT OF HERE AND SIGNED THE RELEASE PAPERWORK. THAT MADE HIS ECW RETURN EXPLOSIVE, I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE ENERGY WHEN HE SHOWED UP AT ECW FOR HIS RETURN 👍👍👍
I'm so happy and grateful that he is clean.
Someone tell the ECW legends that are still alive and tell Paulie to all get together and buy back ECW, revitalize it and rebuild it with all new talents. It may take a while to get the brand over again. But thats where the good story telling and characters come in.
Johnny Polo may have been created for him, but he did an amazing job with that character. I loved The Quebecers.
Hell yeah. They were a pretty good, underrated combo. I remember the quebecers had some pretty damn good matches back in the early Raw days. One of the best tag matches I ever watched was them vs 123 Kid and Razor Ramon for the tag titles. Even though they didn’t finish the match on live TV, due to WWF running out of TV time, it was a great match. I think they ended showing the ending on one of them WWF shows that came out on Saturday mornings on USA.
Scott Levy, better known as "Raven" from ECW and the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment.
Always loved raven never saw his ecw stuff till last few years as we only wcw nitro 1 hour on late night Fridays. The first time I ever saw wresting round April may 1997 just finished watching Mortal Kombat 1 on VCR suddenly back to TV and this Thing called wrestling which I never seen or heard of before I was 9 years old, that show had the match where raven and the first took out/blinded Scotty Riggs eye. I was enthralled and have loved Raven ever since 22 years later. One of my top 5 for sure. Raven, Sting, Brett Hart and Hall & Nash in no particular order. Though I really enjoy some of the top WWE guys at the moment. Fav 3 Shinsuke, Rollins and AJ Styles.
WOW, YOU SAID IN 1997 YOU WERE 9 AND SAW YOUR FIRST WRESTLING!! I WAS 30 IN 1997 AND WAS GOING TO ECW SHOWS, AND IT WAS AWESOME,EVEN THOUGH I AM 21 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU, WE ARE STILL FANS OF RAVEN!!!! THAT IS AWESOME 👍👍👍
Raven was a epic character....!!!!!
Always thought Raven and the flock should have got a bigger push, maybe take over the WCW heel faction spot that the 4 horsemen had as they were diminished at that time and Ravens Flock could of filled that void. Atleast I think.
At least he's aged well.
this is the man we need back even if it's just a manager
Wresters migrating to different territories made the sport MORE exciting. There was alot more switching in the 80s.
Quote the raven for ever more.
I thought his run in TNA was incredible. *Destiny Fulfilled!* NWA Champion! His feud with Jeff Jarrett and Rhino epic stuff. Way underrated all around. I loved when TNA brought him back for cameos at the insane asylum.
Raven vs. Dreamer is the greatest feud in the history of wrestling.
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One of em for sure for sure. Top 10 maybe 5
Z Wilson /// Sandman vs. Raven was best feud.Raven stole Sandmans Kid.
Nah....Hogan vs Macho man....flair vs Hogan.... Austin vs McMahon....Austin vs rock...undertaker vs Kane....thats just 5 off the top of my head with no time to think. Raven vs Dreamer might be good but it's not that good.
I’d personally go Flair v Dusty or Flair v Steamboat over Flair v Hogan any day.
Raven looks healthier now than before, awesome super smart guy. I was lucky enough to tattoo him.
What tat did you give him?
HE HAD A SUN TATTOO ON EITHER THE LEFT OR RIGHT SHOULDER// WATCH ALL HIS VINTAGE ECW MATCHES, A COOL SUN TATTOO , ORANGE, RED, GOLD HE ALWAYS WRESTLED IN CUT OF SHIRTS, HIS ARMS WERE HUGE IN 1995/1996 AND HE WAS DECEPTIVELY FAST AND STRONG🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
@@Bulldog-cj3hz he got a custom neo tribal raven with a slash mark design on his left pectoral. Solid black. Balances out well with his other tattoos, especially that large anchor tattoo that I’m sure is a trademark look for him.
Dont be jealous. I just met Raven today. Doing pest control. Hes really cool and down to earth.
I would love raven to write for a company (not the wwe)
The black nostalgia nerd+ wwe would misused him for being creative look at what they did to jimmy Jacobs now at what he doing right now in impact and the indies since wwe release him a lot better than he was before and in wwe they only use one idea from jimmy Jacobs that was that whole list thing which at that time was the best thing on raw
Raven sounds like that one guy from the GTA Vice City Pressing Issues station... "back down busta, before I bust ya balls!"
His gimmick is up there with the undertaker just a shame vince didn’t use him proper I see a lot of raven in the bray wyatt character would love to see raven feud with wyatt that would be awesome
I said the same stuff when I saw young bucks n bullet club merch at hot topic. I tripped out.
I totally bought his carater hook line sinker..i was so in love
Does Raven ever let the interviewer ask questions? lol
Oh he loves to hear himself talk. :)
Jimmy Metal From what I've learned from the raven effect podcast. No, no he doesn't. Ask poor bigsby
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Why is Raven getting interviewed by mid-transition Bruce Jenner
Rob's new boy?
Shamus McCallahan Lol I was going to say the same thing Rob must owe him some work for ruining his life when he was a boy.
Or perhaps this boy is trying to be wrestling’s version of Milo?
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Who cares? Why so judgmental over such superficial bullshit?
Raven is now GoldMember