Even in TNA (yeah, I know) he was a master on the mic; "I am Raven... and I am the most ruthless, unforgiving being on the planet. I am a human cancer. I am the living, breathing embodiment of the Khmer Rouge. I am a killer, a warrior, and a slaughterer of so many souls, that even God, Allah and Buddha working overtime are having a hard time keeping score..." Excellent...
I've always thought, along with most wrestling fans who aren't completely retarded, that Raven should've done that DDP stalker angle. He could've made it so much better
Vince couldn't utilize any wrestlers that weren't wwf guys. He dropped the ball with all of the big wcw guys and ESPECIALLY ecw . Raven was hugely over in wcw
@@buckyhate7695 Oh shut up. Raven couldn't wrestle a real match to save his life. Him, Dreamer, Sandman, and the other needed to bash each other in the head to be entertaining in the ring
Raven was one of my favorite if not the favorite from the ECW days. Such a great character and it was refreshing to see during that time in pro wrestling.
You gotta keep um separated. Its unbelievable how many characters and storylines Raven was apart of for his 2 1/2 years in ECW. His promos were also top notch.
Raven had such a great series of interviews with RF video awhile back. Not just the shoot, but the "star power" & ring psychology videos. Love that story about talking to Paul on the phone, & immediately forgetting when he was supposed to start. So he just showed up early, & ended up making a good impression with the cover story that he just wanted to introduce himself & get a feel for the locker room. 😆
I had the entire series of Raven / RF Video shoots, I picked them up in a local Pawn shop for like 10 bucks total like 10 years ago. Watched them and ended up selling them on Ebay afterwards. Made a nice profit on them, close to $100 bucks.. but I kick myself in the ass for not holding onto them. Would love to still own them.
One of the most underrated and underutilized wrestlers of all time. Hell of a wrestler and smart ontop of all that he had a hell of a way of delivering promos.
Just started the video but I couldn't resist giving it a like already. "What about me, what about Raven?"; well Scotty that's what we're about to find out.
Well technically he never left because he never signed the contract he was going to sign the contract with Haman to be a part of ECW until he seen that and that's when he decided not to sign with them
Kurt seemed really hypocritical with this. Kurt called it blasphemy (by definition it's not; blasphemy means to makes light of religion while this angle uses religious symbolism to tell a story of martyrdom and Raven attempting to make Sandman a martyr to society like Raven) and signs with WWF who is actually committing blasphemy by turning the cross into a satanic symbol (I know they never explicitly said Taker was working with the devil but it is implied by the higher power concept and the cult like actions of the ministry of darkness) thus taking away it's reverence, but it's okay cause it is actually the undertaker's symbol and has a little x at the bottom so it is nothing like a cross.
Man that Ministry t-shirt Raven wears, the one at 10:07, is the exact same one I had back in the day. Ministry were awesome. Raven was awesome. ECW was awesome.
I wish you could upload like 4 vids at a time lol I have legit done watched every single one of these man. You make really good wrastling content and I love you for it
A full video on who I think is one of the most underrated performers and Characters of all time, Awesome! . I'm a huge Raven fan. Looking forward to part 2. Could you please cover his NWA TNA /Impact Wrestling career at some point? That's how I first became a Raven fan as a kid. Thank you for this. Never more
weird suggestion, but david arquette would be an interesting journey to follow starting at the top(kind of) because wcw, then his struggles and eventual return to the ring. its kind of inspiring. you may have allready covered this in detail im not sure though.
I actually thought, when Raven went back to WCW, that he was going to join with DDP, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig and Kevin Nash with Kimberly Page and Madusa. The Diamond Exchange re-established. It was understandable it didn't happen at the time with the NWO being hot at the time, still it could have happened afterwards. It was a missed opportunity.
Great as always. Would love to see a Rey Mysterio Jr piece focusing on his pre-WWE times. Favorite wrestler in WCW and his matches in ECW were amazing.
He was never signed to ECW. He showed up to a show to get convinced by Heyman, but then the crucifixion happened and Angle didn't want to join. He ended up in WWE instead.
The Raven/Dreamer & Raven/Sandman feuds were incredible. The writing was great, the story line acting was the best thing in the business at that time and Sandman stole the show when his son said what we he said. ECW was on Friday or Saturday night at around 2am back in the 90s, I never missed an episode. One of the malls used to have an RFVideo stand that had 3 hour best of VHS tapes, I think the hardcore tv tapes and a few others. Went at least once a month to pick things up, until it disappeared. Raven is STILL one of my all time favorite characters.
I had no idea raven was in ECW for so long. Thought he was there for like 6 months & then came to WCW. Which was my first exposure to the raven character... Although I do remember asking my pops, "is that that annoying dude (Johnny polo) that used to be on wwf tapes we rented?"
How about a video on Brian "Grand Master Sexay" Christopher(Lawler)? From his early USWA start, up until his untimely and very unfortunate death. Would be very interesting.
Man, you gotta give it to Raven- he was a good looking kid! my first exposure to him was Johnny Polo in WWE, then ECW Raven, then WCW Raven. But yea, I knew nothing about his beginnings. Cool video
Man, the ECW promos this guy did... to this day some of the most epic words ever spoken. To this day I think this is why I like sitting on the floor in the corner of rooms.
really good video this could’ve easily been a few hours (If anyone wants to see a very cool WWF home video Inside the WWF is one of the legit buried treasure during there Coliseum Home Video days (Jonny Polo is in the entire thing very interesting and funny you can tell he didn’t take the WWF gig to seriously) Luv Raven but, its hard to take him seriously after all the goofy podcast he’s done he’s kinda of killed his own creation and devalued what “Raven” was
@@Very_Stupid I'm a big ECW fan but yeah he sucked big time in WWF. WCW he was okay. ECW is where he shined in my opinion just like the rest of them Awesome, Dreamer, sandman, and RVD.
I can't wait for you to cover the ECW and WCW Career of Steve Austin, and the ECW Career of Mick Foley. Seeing you cover the careers of guys like Finlay and William Regal is going to be good too
One of my favorite Raven's moments; Raven: You what?! You're pregnant?! What are you stupid? The pill says one day in a time, moron! What you're an idiot?" Beulah: Why would you care it's not yours! (Raven proceed to beat Stevie up) Beulah: Stop it! It's not him neither!! It's Tommy's... (Raven proceed to roughly grab Beulah by the neck then Dreamer saves Beulah)
One of the most underrated wrestlers ever
Don't forget Steve Blackman
I don't think he was under rated he was a main eventer in 3 of 4 of the big companies just wasn't pushed as Raven in WWE
One of the best workers in the business. Anyone that disagrees is not very perceptive or knowledgeable about pro wrestling.
Even in TNA (yeah, I know) he was a master on the mic;
"I am Raven... and I am the most ruthless, unforgiving being on the planet.
I am a human cancer. I am the living, breathing embodiment of the Khmer Rouge.
I am a killer, a warrior, and a slaughterer of so many souls, that even God, Allah and Buddha working overtime are having a hard time keeping score..."
Excellent...
I know what your saying, he did get his dues for a time. But he doesnt get the credit he deserves now, for sure
Raven vs Undertaker in WWE would be awesome feud they missed out on in the Invasion era
Imagine how incredible it would've been if he would've been the stalker instead of DDP?....
I've always thought, along with most wrestling fans who aren't completely retarded, that Raven should've done that DDP stalker angle. He could've made it so much better
Raven with anyone if they used him right
@@slipendoos1123 definitely
Vince couldn't utilize any wrestlers that weren't wwf guys. He dropped the ball with all of the big wcw guys and ESPECIALLY ecw .
Raven was hugely over in wcw
Crazy how bishoff and Vince overlooked the talent Raven had within his character
Had Raven been a roided out schmuck, with all of 4 moves, he'd have been Vince's wet dream.
It wasn't Bischoff: It was what he called "The Big Ten". He planned a great angle with Piper.
@Kevin Michaud Everyone was doing them. I mean roided out, like Warrior, or Hogan.
@@buckyhate7695 Roided out like The Rock is what you meant.
@@buckyhate7695 Oh shut up. Raven couldn't wrestle a real match to save his life. Him, Dreamer, Sandman, and the other needed to bash each other in the head to be entertaining in the ring
Raven was one of my favorite if not the favorite from the ECW days. Such a great character and it was refreshing to see during that time in pro wrestling.
He had a perfect balance of a insane ominous person
man... raven is definitely one of my favorite dudes. thanks for this video. pretty good info!
Yeah mines too
Yeah mineseses 2
Finally!!! “Quote the raven never more”
But what does that even mean
@@sumsolution5113 "What doesn't it mean?" -Raven
Edgar Allen Poe
"Quoth."
@@EdmundKempersDartboard On the shirts he designed it says "Quote" so yeah
You gotta keep um separated. Its unbelievable how many characters and storylines Raven was apart of for his 2 1/2 years in ECW. His promos were also top notch.
He was there longer than that he went back in 99 and 2000
Raven had such a great series of interviews with RF video awhile back. Not just the shoot, but the "star power" & ring psychology videos.
Love that story about talking to Paul on the phone, & immediately forgetting when he was supposed to start. So he just showed up early, & ended up making a good impression with the cover story that he just wanted to introduce himself & get a feel for the locker room. 😆
I had the entire series of Raven / RF Video shoots, I picked them up in a local Pawn shop for like 10 bucks total like 10 years ago. Watched them and ended up selling them on Ebay afterwards. Made a nice profit on them, close to $100 bucks.. but I kick myself in the ass for not holding onto them. Would love to still own them.
Thank you sir, I know I've been bugging you for a while. You're the man!
Same 🤣
Hey joe rogan! Haha
Raven The First Human Being To Have Free Access To The WWE/WWF Network Lol
I think he might still be the only guy to have an action figure from ECW, WCW, WWE and TNA too 😂
@@jamessunderland7435 whoa... your right.
I was thinking Stevie Richards but he prob never had a WCW one
Raven was awesome in ECW in the late 90’s because he just fit because the 90’s were all about goths
@@187mrsmith
Listen from 6:30- 6:41
One of the most underrated and underutilized wrestlers of all time. Hell of a wrestler and smart ontop of all that he had a hell of a way of delivering promos.
Just started the video but I couldn't resist giving it a like already. "What about me, what about Raven?"; well Scotty that's what we're about to find out.
The one I've been waiting for. Such an underutilized guy in the business. Hope he joins AEW creative staff
@john bush i seen the clip of him and Dreamer
I like how Kurt Angle left ECW because of the crucifix angle, but feuded with the Undertaker when the WWE did their version 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Well technically he never left because he never signed the contract he was going to sign the contract with Haman to be a part of ECW until he seen that and that's when he decided not to sign with them
kurt had little idea about pro wrestling during those days when he left ecw
Kurt seemed really hypocritical with this. Kurt called it blasphemy (by definition it's not; blasphemy means to makes light of religion while this angle uses religious symbolism to tell a story of martyrdom and Raven attempting to make Sandman a martyr to society like Raven) and signs with WWF who is actually committing blasphemy by turning the cross into a satanic symbol (I know they never explicitly said Taker was working with the devil but it is implied by the higher power concept and the cult like actions of the ministry of darkness) thus taking away it's reverence, but it's okay cause it is actually the undertaker's symbol and has a little x at the bottom so it is nothing like a cross.
Well it was not cross when undertaker did it or kurt angle just was like a this company locks better
Raven DDT has emphasis and that drew me to him much more and mystic he brought
Even flow, thoughts arrive like butterflies
(DDT on the chair ) I use to love ecw
Raven's evening flow was exactly what Jake The 🐍 Roberts is the true master of the DDT !
Amazing video. Your passion for the sport really shines through in the detail. Thank You!
Man that Ministry t-shirt Raven wears, the one at 10:07, is the exact same one I had back in the day. Ministry were awesome. Raven was awesome. ECW was awesome.
Underrated wrestler with a superb wrestling mind.
Raven is unbelievably underrated!
My fav video of yours yet! Can't wait for part 2! You're doing the Lord's work
These are great Thank You. Could you do Franchise Shane Douglas
Been waiting for this so glad you got it up thank you for making this looking forward to pt2!
I remember Raven saying Kidman hated his flock gimmick...and it was sooo sweet (the 7yr itch 👌). Raven was one of my favorites in WCW
Wasn't cm punk part the flock at some point aswell!!!
@@manuelgarcia5175 no dont think so
tc jew Yes, in TNA.
Manuel Garcia Yes, in TNA.
@@DantevKratosnot the Flock. He was part of the Gathering though.
Love the videos brother. Please do one on Magnum TA
ian isaac yes plz
I wish you could upload like 4 vids at a time lol I have legit done watched every single one of these man. You make really good wrastling content and I love you for it
Love watching these bios. I've lost count on how many of these videos I watched now
Kurt angle was fresh off the Olympics(neck surgery).. He seen that chair shot.. he said fck that " ill just wait till wwf contacts me"
A full video on who I think is one of the most underrated performers and Characters of all time, Awesome! . I'm a huge Raven fan. Looking forward to part 2. Could you please cover his NWA TNA /Impact Wrestling career at some point? That's how I first became a Raven fan as a kid. Thank you for this. Never more
Their are a lot of things i learned about Raven in this bio.. He was a wrestler i know nothing about. Thanks Wrestling Bios..
Awesome 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I can't wait for part 2
weird suggestion, but david arquette would be an interesting journey to follow starting at the top(kind of) because wcw, then his struggles and eventual return to the ring. its kind of inspiring. you may have allready covered this in detail im not sure though.
I actually thought, when Raven went back to WCW, that he was going to join with DDP, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig and Kevin Nash with Kimberly Page and Madusa. The Diamond Exchange re-established. It was understandable it didn't happen at the time with the NWO being hot at the time, still it could have happened afterwards. It was a missed opportunity.
@john bush It was a group that could have elevated certain guys (Sick Boy, Kidman) with potential. WCW ruined the group, that went nowhere.
Great job. Your videos are Brilliant. Looking forward to seen part 2 and 3. A lot of work put into these videos. Well done 👍
Have waited for this for a while. I'm a big fan of Raven, know quite a bit myself. You've done a lot of homework.
GREAT VIDEO and I can't wait to see the Raven ones for WCW and WWE.
Without a doubt one of my all time favorite wrestlers and by far one of the most underrated and forgotten workers ever.
Wowie! Talk about informative! There was so much backstory and history here that I had exactly zero idea about. Love It!
As soon as I see you have uploaded a video I watch it before even seeing what it is, amazing work you do dude.
Full episode on New Jack would be appreciated!
Your content is amazing
No, that would not be not be appreciated.
What about me...what about Raven?
The character everyone wishes they came up with - truly epic
Seriously the best wrestling channel on RUclips. I can’t stop binge watching all of these. Amazing content 🙌🏻🤘🏻
great job can't wait for part 2 bro
Great as always. Would love to see a Rey Mysterio Jr piece focusing on his pre-WWE times. Favorite wrestler in WCW and his matches in ECW were amazing.
Keep up the good work, really look forward to these throughout the week 💯💯💯
You should make a one on Steiner Brothers and lex luger. Also it would be great these were slightly longer! Enjoy your content a lot
Kurt Angle in ECW before WWE in 96 wow!!!!!
He was never signed to ECW. He showed up to a show to get convinced by Heyman, but then the crucifixion happened and Angle didn't want to join. He ended up in WWE instead.
Raven is one of the best I have nothing but respect for Scott Levi
if you want to show respect, spell his name right. It's Levy.
@@LordBarros I know but the damn spell check got it messed up
Very underrated wrestler was very good on the mic
All the videos ive seen of Raven and never knew about his friendship with Shane etc
Good video.
One of my favorites ever, I got to see him wrestle a couple of times and got to meet him
This was a good video can't wait for next one
Raven just had this wrestling presence that just used to excite and intrigue me as a teenage fan. He is right up there with the best
The Raven/Dreamer & Raven/Sandman feuds were incredible. The writing was great, the story line acting was the best thing in the business at that time and Sandman stole the show when his son said what we he said. ECW was on Friday or Saturday night at around 2am back in the 90s, I never missed an episode. One of the malls used to have an RFVideo stand that had 3 hour best of VHS tapes, I think the hardcore tv tapes and a few others. Went at least once a month to pick things up, until it disappeared. Raven is STILL one of my all time favorite characters.
Always been one of my all time favorites. He and Jake thr snake had such amazing psychology.
Awesome awesome video!
Ahhh mate could have watched another hour of the video easily. Great work as always :)
Can't wait for part 2. Love this channel. Keep up the great work.
Can we get one on the Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal Sabu? Please?
Thank you for the informational video I love Raven!!
Another great video! Maybe a Jerry Lynn one someday 🤷🏻♂️
I wouldn't mind seeing a video about Allundra Blayze. She was my favorite female wrestler as a kid
I loved it when he came back to ECW and helped Tommy Dreamer to win the tag titles. Man what a pop he got.
Yip. - Jeff Farmer.
Always loved his entrance he just picks a corner and sits down lol his style I love this guy
Raven and Brett Hart are my favorite wrestlers of all time.
My all time fav , first wrestling tee I ever bought was Raven's back in 1996 at ECW live event on Easter
Raven was great and ECW was the best I would have rather have watched ECW hardcore TV any day over RAW and Nitro! Thanks for another great video.
Thank you for sharing brother
I had no idea raven was in ECW for so long. Thought he was there for like 6 months & then came to WCW. Which was my first exposure to the raven character... Although I do remember asking my pops, "is that that annoying dude (Johnny polo) that used to be on wwf tapes we rented?"
Easily one of your best videos.
How about a video on Brian "Grand Master Sexay" Christopher(Lawler)? From his early USWA start, up until his untimely and very unfortunate death. Would be very interesting.
Loved Raven when I saw him the first time on WCW. But man, how much I would have enjoyed him in ECW!
Man, you gotta give it to Raven- he was a good looking kid! my first exposure to him was Johnny Polo in WWE, then ECW Raven, then WCW Raven.
But yea, I knew nothing about his beginnings. Cool video
What a great channel man, keep up the good work
One of my favorites of all time!
i cant stop thinking about the Raven gimmick and Speed Racer meshing after seeing that shirt @1.36
You have the best channel on youtube.
Good stuff
Raven was my favorite and ECW still one of my favorite wrestlers top five
"Quoth The Raven... Never More"
Man, the ECW promos this guy did... to this day some of the most epic words ever spoken.
To this day I think this is why I like sitting on the floor in the corner of rooms.
Great video, learnt a bit and I’m a huge Raven fan.
Vampiro next!
really good video this could’ve easily been a few hours (If anyone wants to see a very cool WWF home video Inside the WWF is one of the legit buried treasure during there Coliseum Home Video days (Jonny Polo is in the entire thing very interesting and funny you can tell he didn’t take the WWF gig to seriously) Luv Raven but, its hard to take him seriously after all the goofy podcast he’s done he’s kinda of killed his own creation and devalued what “Raven” was
Great videos!! Please keep these going 🔥👌🏻💪🏻
Raven was awesome man one of my favorite wrestlers ever
I love this man.
I'm a big Raven fan really cool video. Didn't know about about his contribution in WCW.
How is that possible? Lol.
@@Very_Stupid I'm a big ECW fan but yeah he sucked big time in WWF. WCW he was okay. ECW is where he shined in my opinion just like the rest of them Awesome, Dreamer, sandman, and RVD.
Raven is one of the greatest to ever lace up the boots
One of the best talents that was way overlooked...should have been a multiple wwe wcw and ecw champ
Awesome video thanks
Man!! I learned alot!!
I can't wait for you to cover the ECW and WCW Career of Steve Austin, and the ECW Career of Mick Foley. Seeing you cover the careers of guys like Finlay and William Regal is going to be good too
Awesome video.
Great vid
One of my favorite Raven's moments;
Raven: You what?! You're pregnant?! What are you stupid? The pill says one day in a time, moron! What you're an idiot?"
Beulah: Why would you care it's not yours!
(Raven proceed to beat Stevie up)
Beulah: Stop it! It's not him neither!!
It's Tommy's...
(Raven proceed to roughly grab Beulah by the neck then Dreamer saves Beulah)
I remember that Raven almost cause the mainia 17blackout by almost hitting the main n power cord in a hardcore match l o l🐱
And he also got tossed through a glass window by Kane
@@VRBombshell laphin out loud l o l 🦅I remember that
Just watched some of him and the flock earlier today after watching scott hall talk about blue meanie and the BWO
Damn this intro goes hard
Dreamer not winning until wrestlepalooza is why raven is one of the best minds in the business
Raven rockin the art of rebellion suicidal tendencies shirt .nice .
Meeting DDP seems to change every wrestler's life in one way or another