Raven actually helped me through my childhood. It was rough growing up but I always knew on Monday I could turn on wcw nitro and escape. Thank you Raven my favorite wrestler of all time
i don't know who won on this? the ugly girl got to sleep with raven, so she got what she wanted and thought to herself that's she's prettier then what she really is. but raven had to do the deed with a ugly girl, which is gross. and risked catching something just to have a story to tell.
I use to draw him from the WCW/NWO revenge promos on the magazine, he was always my favorite wrestler until Steve Austin blew up in WWE in 1998 which both wrestlers gave me confidence during middle school and high school.
I was there at that meet and greet, Raven is a nice, humble guy, he wanted to redo the pic i took with him until we got it right, major props to him thanks Raven!
I got my picture taken with Teddy along last year at the Harley Race Wrestling Arena in Missouri. He was the same way. He wanted to make sure I was happy with what I had paid for.
It's obvious he's made a big effort to humble himself. These days when someone interviewing him says something like, 'You were one of the most iconic characters from the 90's.' he usually responds with a sincere 'Thank you.' rather than just letting it go by unacknowledged.
When Benoit crossfaced Raven and he passed out, instead of submitting, it made me think that he was the coolest heel of his generation. I loved that rivalry.
Meeting Raven is one of the greatest experiences in my life. He gave me great advice and also motivated me to get back into wrestling. I hope to one day get to learn more from him. Always a great wrestling mind
I came close to meeting him because my mom worked with Chris Kanyon's mom's and when he passed on I found out that Raven was coming to his funeral but he got there after I left. He was stuck in traffic but I wish I could of waited a while longer so that I could of met him (even though it was a sad occasion).
I was pretty nervous about this one, because I respect what he has done in the business and I wanted to make sure the interview was worth his time. Thank you for checking it out!
One of the greatest transformations in wrestling of all time Johnnie Polo & Body to Raven. Great interview I could listen to Scott Levy talk wrestling for hours
Raven is such a smart guy, not just in the business but overall. He's probably the most thoughtful of any wrestler I've seen interviewed in a long time. Quite possibly ever.
Excellent interview. Subscribed for you. ECW is/was and always will be my favorite promotion. I got to be friends with some of their boys in the late 90's. Raven wasn't one of them, I only met him once through others after a show in Poughkeepsie NY. But he was one of the biggest shocks to me real life vs's character (biggest shock Meng/Haku). The man was truly smart in the business aspect of it not just the ring. I always thought once he was done in ring he should start his own promotion. Honestly I think he'd be an amazing booker because of his mind for the business.
I like your interview, Scott is always fascinating, I just have a suggestion: I thought the talk was more interesting towards the end when you covered stuff like internet comments and music. Maybe rather than trying to ask wrestling questions like everyone else, you could swerve and build your own brand where you talk to wrestlers about their own interests. Like at the end where Scott mentions his other interests, that would be a great opportunity to get off the beaten track.
like Bully/Bubba (Buh Buh) Ray (Dudley) who, I think, is a KI$$ (Army) fan, not a K-Pop fan (the BTS Army); Stevie Richards (who is usually on a Vince Russo (The Brand) podcast, like to promote his Home Gym (fitness) ideas.
Raven was a great character. Forgot how sophisticated Raven was, wanting to get beat by his opponent due to issues. And Bobby Heenan really pointing it out for the audience to drive it home too
I would love to see Raven work backstage in AEW. He has one of the best minds in the business and he could be a huge benefit to the younger talent especially in regards to in-ring psychology and gimmick work. Hell he's still a great talker so they could use him as a manager or even as an one-off appearance to help sell a FTW fued or a deathmatch type match.
He’s still my favorite of ALL time!! Followed up by Triple H and Bray Wyatt! WWE really dropped the ball with him. I still have his autograph from WrestleMania 17 (X-7). Really a cool, smart dude!
Look I love Raven probably more than anyone. Growing up he helped me so much. But we do NOT need a 60 year old Raven in AEW. It would be embarrassing for him and people would make fun of him.
Raven has one of the greatest wrestling minds his character was great shame wwe didn’t get it he would have been a great main event guy imagine him feuding with undertaker and all the great mind games and great promos he could have done at least we are still seeing the effects raven left on the business today with the likes of bray wyatt I see a lot of raven in his character
Per Scott's comment, I rarely post. As a fan of professional wrestling pre 2000, it's too bad he wasn't around in the 70's & early 80's. His mind would have been great during that period. I wish him the best in his future endeavors, whatever that might entail.
When I met the raven it was the best thing in my life because I told myself when I was a teenager I was going to meet him but the only problem was is when I got the talk to him I completely froze but I did get a t-shirt and a signed picture with him
Sting stole the Crow character, Raven just thought that "raven" sounded cool and used it and made it his own. I never thought sting was ever good at creating a identity. All he did was watch what other people did and copy. He's like "oh wow the road warriors are using face paint, i will too". "Oh wow, everyone is using colorful outfits, i will too", "Everyone is wearing black, i will too". "The joker is cool, i'll take that gimmick". lame. Sting the real person is a nice dude, but him coming up with his own thing, very uncreative.
@@samorozco2002 Not true. Where did you come up with this? Lol The Crow gimmick was Scott Hall’s idea for Sting. Sting just rolled with it at the time and it got extremely over. The Surfer Sting character originated with him partnering with Warrior at the time as The Blade Runners. Not every gimmick he had was a rip-off of something. If that’s the case, you could say that about the many wrestlers trying to emulate Flair back in the 80s to mid 90s.
@@OmegaRedEX yeah thats my point. Scott hall had to give him the idea because he cant make something up on his own. Sting could of done something crow like, but to actually just steal everything from that including the way he paints his face in the exact same way, thats cheap. Yeah he got over, because the movie was popular, but he was already over, he was just trying to stay relevant because the old look was out of style. As for everyone copying flair...thats true, and I do think of all the cheap knock off and how none of them came close to being in flairs league. Not Greg the hammer valentine, Bobby rood, not Terry Taylor, ect. Sting is a great wrestler, but coming up with fresh ideas for his gimmick is not his thing.
@@samorozco2002 Exactly. And Flair himself got his gimmick from Buddy Rogers. Hulk Hogan got his gimmick from Superstar Billy Graham since that was his mentor and Billy Graham was a big star in his time. Road Warriors’ gimmicks was entirely inspired by Mad Max: The Road Warrior. See the pattern? Every gimmick, I’m sure, wasn’t original. It’s based off of some popular idea/something that was successful before (however, you CAN be one of the first to do that particular gimmick). But, it’s a matter of the wrestler portraying that gimmick well in order for them to get over and if it click with people, it’ll click. If it don’t, it don’t. For Sting, I’m with him for trying to stay relevant. Your primary goal is to make money. When you think about it, what happened with Hogan back in the mid 90s? He was booed because his gimmick got stale. It worked in the 80s and early 90s, but, times were changing. You can’t pull off the same thing for long and only a selective few could do that. So, the result? He was involved in the biggest heel turn in the history of pro wrestling. The Rock? Same thing. The goody two shoes gimmick he was putting up wasn’t working. So, he had to turn heel and complete change his character and be himself. Steve Austin? Same thing. Went from trying to be Flair with the Stunning Steve Austin gimmick, to the Ringmaster character, to the serial killer character (when developing the Stone Cold character), to eventually evolving to a more New Jack type of character mixed in with Sandman. With Sting, I’m sure it was the same thing. The 90s was an era where edginess was the biggest thing. Sting turning into The Crow and not saying anything for over a year, battling against the nWo, was the best thing that was going for him.
@@OmegaRedEX I understand staying relevant and changing it up. Hogan, is a good example of it. But the difference is that with all the guys you mentioned is that they were inspired, they weren't a copy. Hogan was inspired by Billy Graham, but you didn't see him come out with tye die shirts, and outlandish clothes, but ventura did. Hogan made his gimmick his own thing by being all American good guy. Same with flair and buddy Roger's. Buddy never talked about being rich, having tons of women, having a stable like the horsemen, buying expensive clothes, ect. He enhanced everything buddy started. What Sting did is similar to what they did in the wwf. Remember fake razor and fake diesel. They dressed up Kane to look and act like diesel. They dressed up some guy to look and act like razor. A carbon copy. That's how I see Sting as. All he added to crow character was a bat. Then as joker Sting, he's crazy 😜. He tried to be weird but it didn't work out so great. He could of done stuff with his character that was more creative. He could of been broken Sting, maybe not wear so much make up and the little he did make it look as his face is breaking like porcelain. He's depressed, angry. He could of gone back and revamp his bright style gear for a new era since nobody looks that way any more. He could do something, but my point is, and always was, he's not creative in creating a character for himself. I wouldn't be surprised if came out as iron man Sting. Just paint his face as iron man and wear a suit to match, winter soldier Sting.
12:14 What he says here about how most comments on the internet come from such a small group of people seems so true. Even though more and more people are using the internet, I bet most of them are still "lurkers".
Raven and (Tommy) Dreamer were Paul Heyman's/E. Dangerously's muses; Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction") had Uma Thurman; Tim Burton had Johnny Depp. It was a shame that the WWE did run with Raven's ideas, like a "Se7en" (film storyline), for Sunday Night Heat. Great Questions by Denise on AEW's main (hardcore / "indy darlings") fan base vs. the casual fans. (It was interesting that AEW was selling Hot Topic merch, before AEW was ever put on the air, with Dynamite & later Rampage; like a 1990's underground rave party, from a warehouse: via, word of mouth only.) Over Saturated (NWA (Shockwave), MLW (Fusion), (TNA) Impact Wrestling, ROH (hiatus), NJPW (Japan or California), AAA (Mexico), AEW, WWE/WWF): Yes vs. "It's a Great time to be a Pro Wrestling fan (now; there are so many options (to choose from)." "The bookers that listen to the internet (some Twitter trolls: a small audience).." "Everybody's Life is on Display. It's a Trap ! I barely Post." - Raven "It really can affect your mental state." - Denise S. (Yup; So True.) "I have too many interests to occupy my time. It's time to move on." - Raven Raven is great on his psychological mind games, in the promos that he gave, against a Tommy Dreamer; like a Jake "the Snake" Roberts (with his ex-wife Cheryl) vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude (R.I.P.).
I WAS OUT OF WRESTLING AT THE THE TIME RAVEN WORKED WITH UNCLE TONY.. I WISH I WAS THERE.. I WANT TO BE THERE , I STILL HAVE A LIL BIT MORE GAS IN THE TANK AND A LITTLE RUST ..I NEED ONE MORE GO.. SUPERFLY P
I agree with everything he said except the Internet audience being a small minority. That was true in 1999 when the Internet was only in 30% of US homes, but the online audience has grown exponentially since then while the casual audience is now pretty much non-existent. Always cater to your hardcore fans first, because they DO watch every week and they DO support you financially. And they WILL eventually leave if they've finally had enough, as evidenced by Raw drawing some of its lowest ratings ever recently. Going whole hog to draw in casuals is building your foundation on quicksand. Casual fans by nature are fickle and won't be around forever.
omg I was wondering what caused a surge in comments/views? I saw that he was at AEW but I didn't think people would end up finding my interview because of it lol but glad you all did!
I don't feel it smart to completely disregard internet fans because we're a "small" percentage. We're really not that small. Most new WWE RUclips videos get at least 100,000 views, with several averaging around the 400,000 mark. Sure, not everybody thumbs up or down on the videos, and even less people comment, but it's still a sizable portion of the audience. It's like voting polls. Due to the law of large numbers, the larger your sample size the more accurate representation of the overall national opinion, but that doesn't mean you completely disregard your sample of a thousand people commenting. Hell, you could poll a high school classroom on the latest Wrestlemania and that would still be valuable data!
The Otis Mandy rose recent post Wrestlemania upload has 2.3 million views and like 2,400 comments. That’s nothing lol most people that view it or like it or just casuals passing by to watch if cause they’re fans but they won’t go crazy commenting and ranting in the sections. That is the small portion right there.
Raven actually helped me through my childhood. It was rough growing up but I always knew on Monday I could turn on wcw nitro and escape. Thank you Raven my favorite wrestler of all time
i don't know who won on this? the ugly girl got to sleep with raven, so she got what she wanted and thought to herself that's she's prettier then what she really is. but raven had to do the deed with a ugly girl, which is gross. and risked catching something just to have a story to tell.
MY FAVORITE AS WELL.....
He helped me too, he showed me that being different was okay and that I didn't need to feel bad about who I was
I use to draw him from the WCW/NWO revenge promos on the magazine, he was always my favorite wrestler until Steve Austin blew up in WWE in 1998 which both wrestlers gave me confidence during middle school and high school.
Wrestlers do not get enough credit for the impact that they make in people's lives.
I was there at that meet and greet, Raven is a nice, humble guy, he wanted to redo the pic i took with him until we got it right, major props to him thanks Raven!
He was in Baltimore a couple months ago and he did the exact same thing . I felt honored
I got my picture taken with Teddy along last year at the Harley Race Wrestling Arena in Missouri.
He was the same way. He wanted to make sure I was happy with what I had paid for.
It's obvious he's made a big effort to humble himself. These days when someone interviewing him says something like, 'You were one of the most iconic characters from the 90's.' he usually responds with a sincere 'Thank you.' rather than just letting it go by unacknowledged.
When Benoit crossfaced Raven and he passed out, instead of submitting, it made me think that he was the coolest heel of his generation. I loved that rivalry.
I have been watching old old ecw from 1996/97 raven was the best dude. Thanks Denise
Meeting Raven is one of the greatest experiences in my life. He gave me great advice and also motivated me to get back into wrestling. I hope to one day get to learn more from him. Always a great wrestling mind
I came close to meeting him because my mom worked with Chris Kanyon's mom's and when he passed on I found out that Raven was coming to his funeral but he got there after I left. He was stuck in traffic but I wish I could of waited a while longer so that I could of met him (even though it was a sad occasion).
Didn't he let you call him Scotty?! He let me, lol. Yip. He let little, old me call him by his REAL name. Lol. Anyway, I don't brag about it.
Nailed it Denise. Not an easy interview always and you got Raven (one of my favorites) to stay serious and dialed in. Well done.
I was pretty nervous about this one, because I respect what he has done in the business and I wanted to make sure the interview was worth his time. Thank you for checking it out!
Well, you need to be 'dialed in' don't you?
Wow! That treatment he got looks fantastic! His hair is all thick again!
Raven is still better to interview whether in character or out then everyone else.
Why is raven looking like king harly race!!!!!!
It’s the mutton chops.
I was about to post the exact same thing. 😂. RIP Harley Race
Looks more like Raiden from mortal kombat
Raven Race 😆
He’s getting old hehe
One of the greatest transformations in wrestling of all time Johnnie Polo & Body to Raven.
Great interview I could listen to Scott Levy talk wrestling for hours
Raven is such a smart guy, not just in the business but overall. He's probably the most thoughtful of any wrestler I've seen interviewed in a long time. Quite possibly ever.
This was a great interview! Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Thanks for this interview Denise! I'm a huge Raven fan!
u are so welcome!
Excellent interview. Subscribed for you. ECW is/was and always will be my favorite promotion. I got to be friends with some of their boys in the late 90's. Raven wasn't one of them, I only met him once through others after a show in Poughkeepsie NY. But he was one of the biggest shocks to me real life vs's character (biggest shock Meng/Haku). The man was truly smart in the business aspect of it not just the ring. I always thought once he was done in ring he should start his own promotion. Honestly I think he'd be an amazing booker because of his mind for the business.
Excellent Interview Denise, Great Job Like Always!!! :)
thank you!
Favorite wrestler EVER!
I like your interview, Scott is always fascinating, I just have a suggestion: I thought the talk was more interesting towards the end when you covered stuff like internet comments and music. Maybe rather than trying to ask wrestling questions like everyone else, you could swerve and build your own brand where you talk to wrestlers about their own interests. Like at the end where Scott mentions his other interests, that would be a great opportunity to get off the beaten track.
Stop calling him Scotty! You know, boundaries and respect. You know?
like Bully/Bubba (Buh Buh) Ray (Dudley) who, I think, is a KI$$ (Army) fan, not a K-Pop fan (the BTS Army); Stevie Richards (who is usually on a Vince Russo (The Brand) podcast, like to promote his Home Gym (fitness) ideas.
Great interview. I agree with everything Raven said about current wrestling and social media.
Great interview you know how to interview people so well 👍🏾
Thank you sooo much!!!!
Raven was a great character. Forgot how sophisticated Raven was, wanting to get beat by his opponent due to issues. And Bobby Heenan really pointing it out for the audience to drive it home too
A Raven interview in only 16 minutes? What?!
Interviewer done well here to be fair. Stayed composed when Raven was a bit unsure. Good stuff.
Great questions Denise, love the fact that Raven opened up completely and was given space to completely answer in depth .
Very underrated wrestler. he deserves to be in HOF.
Great interview.
Thank you!!!
Guy has been in ECW, WCW, WWE and TNA, it would be an awesome thing if he went to AEW and is the dark order's exalted one 💪
Bro that would be sick. Raven is my favorite wrestler
I would love to see Raven work backstage in AEW. He has one of the best minds in the business and he could be a huge benefit to the younger talent especially in regards to in-ring psychology and gimmick work. Hell he's still a great talker so they could use him as a manager or even as an one-off appearance to help sell a FTW fued or a deathmatch type match.
Watching NOW! Excited to hear his thoughts on AEW.
This is a very good interview
Raven is super smart on the business.
great interview. Raven is awesome. one of the coolest guys i ever met from the wrestling business.
thank you for checking out my interview!!
"Quote the Raven nevermore"
great job
thank you!!
I know bishoff said he never really liked ravens character I say ravens best run was in ecw
Would love to see Raven in AEW do something such as a manager/ Broadcasting role like Taz.
He’s still my favorite of ALL time!! Followed up by Triple H and Bray Wyatt! WWE really dropped the ball with him. I still have his autograph from WrestleMania 17 (X-7). Really a cool, smart dude!
Raven Is Underrated
His whole career ECW and earily TNA are the only ones who gave him a chance
I WANT "THE FLOCK" BACK IN AEW.
With Raven and new talents.
OMG!!!
ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT FIT!!!
💯💯💯
Look I love Raven probably more than anyone. Growing up he helped me so much. But we do NOT need a 60 year old Raven in AEW. It would be embarrassing for him and people would make fun of him.
Like how Scotty (what his friends call him) sniggers after saying 'you're welcome.' Really great character work.
RAVEN IS AMAZING AND MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME AMAZING VIDEO GRATE JOB
Raven is beginning to look like super star Billy Graham.
Raven has one of the greatest wrestling minds his character was great shame wwe didn’t get it he would have been a great main event guy imagine him feuding with undertaker and all the great mind games and great promos he could have done at least we are still seeing the effects raven left on the business today with the likes of bray wyatt I see a lot of raven in his character
great interview!
Per Scott's comment, I rarely post. As a fan of professional wrestling pre 2000, it's too bad he wasn't around in the 70's & early 80's. His mind would have been great during that period. I wish him the best in his future endeavors, whatever that might entail.
Its always great to listen to Scott. Like Nash has said “He’s a high IQ guy”
" Raven's Rules, there are None!!!"
Great interview with a great star.
When I met the raven it was the best thing in my life because I told myself when I was a teenager I was going to meet him but the only problem was is when I got the talk to him I completely froze but I did get a t-shirt and a signed picture with him
Great interesting questions
This man is intelligent,he can take over the creative process on wwe
cool interview... nice work
thank you soooo much!!!!
*i wanna meet Raven and have a wrestling chat with him sooo bad* 🖤
Interesting. Sting got his character from The Crow and so did Raven. That’s awesome
Sting stole the Crow character, Raven just thought that "raven" sounded cool and used it and made it his own. I never thought sting was ever good at creating a identity. All he did was watch what other people did and copy. He's like "oh wow the road warriors are using face paint, i will too". "Oh wow, everyone is using colorful outfits, i will too", "Everyone is wearing black, i will too". "The joker is cool, i'll take that gimmick". lame. Sting the real person is a nice dude, but him coming up with his own thing, very uncreative.
@@samorozco2002 Not true. Where did you come up with this? Lol The Crow gimmick was Scott Hall’s idea for Sting. Sting just rolled with it at the time and it got extremely over. The Surfer Sting character originated with him partnering with Warrior at the time as The Blade Runners. Not every gimmick he had was a rip-off of something. If that’s the case, you could say that about the many wrestlers trying to emulate Flair back in the 80s to mid 90s.
@@OmegaRedEX yeah thats my point. Scott hall had to give him the idea because he cant make something up on his own. Sting could of done something crow like, but to actually just steal everything from that including the way he paints his face in the exact same way, thats cheap. Yeah he got over, because the movie was popular, but he was already over, he was just trying to stay relevant because the old look was out of style. As for everyone copying flair...thats true, and I do think of all the cheap knock off and how none of them came close to being in flairs league. Not Greg the hammer valentine, Bobby rood, not Terry Taylor, ect. Sting is a great wrestler, but coming up with fresh ideas for his gimmick is not his thing.
@@samorozco2002 Exactly. And Flair himself got his gimmick from Buddy Rogers. Hulk Hogan got his gimmick from Superstar Billy Graham since that was his mentor and Billy Graham was a big star in his time. Road Warriors’ gimmicks was entirely inspired by Mad Max: The Road Warrior. See the pattern? Every gimmick, I’m sure, wasn’t original. It’s based off of some popular idea/something that was successful before (however, you CAN be one of the first to do that particular gimmick). But, it’s a matter of the wrestler portraying that gimmick well in order for them to get over and if it click with people, it’ll click. If it don’t, it don’t.
For Sting, I’m with him for trying to stay relevant. Your primary goal is to make money. When you think about it, what happened with Hogan back in the mid 90s? He was booed because his gimmick got stale. It worked in the 80s and early 90s, but, times were changing. You can’t pull off the same thing for long and only a selective few could do that. So, the result? He was involved in the biggest heel turn in the history of pro wrestling.
The Rock? Same thing. The goody two shoes gimmick he was putting up wasn’t working. So, he had to turn heel and complete change his character and be himself.
Steve Austin? Same thing. Went from trying to be Flair with the Stunning Steve Austin gimmick, to the Ringmaster character, to the serial killer character (when developing the Stone Cold character), to eventually evolving to a more New Jack type of character mixed in with Sandman.
With Sting, I’m sure it was the same thing. The 90s was an era where edginess was the biggest thing. Sting turning into The Crow and not saying anything for over a year, battling against the nWo, was the best thing that was going for him.
@@OmegaRedEX I understand staying relevant and changing it up. Hogan, is a good example of it. But the difference is that with all the guys you mentioned is that they were inspired, they weren't a copy. Hogan was inspired by Billy Graham, but you didn't see him come out with tye die shirts, and outlandish clothes, but ventura did. Hogan made his gimmick his own thing by being all American good guy. Same with flair and buddy Roger's. Buddy never talked about being rich, having tons of women, having a stable like the horsemen, buying expensive clothes, ect. He enhanced everything buddy started. What Sting did is similar to what they did in the wwf. Remember fake razor and fake diesel. They dressed up Kane to look and act like diesel. They dressed up some guy to look and act like razor. A carbon copy. That's how I see Sting as. All he added to crow character was a bat. Then as joker Sting, he's crazy 😜. He tried to be weird but it didn't work out so great. He could of done stuff with his character that was more creative. He could of been broken Sting, maybe not wear so much make up and the little he did make it look as his face is breaking like porcelain. He's depressed, angry. He could of gone back and revamp his bright style gear for a new era since nobody looks that way any more. He could do something, but my point is, and always was, he's not creative in creating a character for himself. I wouldn't be surprised if came out as iron man Sting. Just paint his face as iron man and wear a suit to match, winter soldier Sting.
Prime Raven vs Moxley would have been historic
Cool interview :)
I use to be soooo in love with raven!
Ikr? Me too!! Lol. I even dressed like him in school! 💜
I love ur channel and u look amazing
thank you very very much!!!
Wwe should hire raven as head writer and head of talent relations
Head of Talent relations?? No way. Writer... Maybe for NXT... No Triple H would have none of giving Scott Levy an office gig
Wasn't there a "Blue Mini" character in the WWE? Maybe I'm thinking of Owen's old character "The Blue Blazer"
Actually there was "hence the JBL incident"
Great interview!!
thank you!!!
good interview
12:14 What he says here about how most comments on the internet come from such a small group of people seems so true. Even though more and more people are using the internet, I bet most of them are still "lurkers".
Raven and (Tommy) Dreamer were Paul Heyman's/E. Dangerously's muses; Quentin Tarantino ("Pulp Fiction") had Uma Thurman; Tim Burton had Johnny Depp. It was a shame that the WWE did run with Raven's ideas, like a "Se7en" (film storyline), for Sunday Night Heat. Great Questions by Denise on AEW's main (hardcore / "indy darlings") fan base vs. the casual fans. (It was interesting that AEW was selling Hot Topic merch, before AEW was ever put on the air, with Dynamite & later Rampage; like a 1990's underground rave party, from a warehouse: via, word of mouth only.) Over Saturated (NWA (Shockwave), MLW (Fusion), (TNA) Impact Wrestling, ROH (hiatus), NJPW (Japan or California), AAA (Mexico), AEW, WWE/WWF): Yes vs. "It's a Great time to be a Pro Wrestling fan (now; there are so many options (to choose from)." "The bookers that listen to the internet (some Twitter trolls: a small audience).." "Everybody's Life is on Display. It's a Trap ! I barely Post." - Raven "It really can affect your mental state." - Denise S. (Yup; So True.) "I have too many interests to occupy my time. It's time to move on." - Raven Raven is great on his psychological mind games, in the promos that he gave, against a Tommy Dreamer; like a Jake "the Snake" Roberts (with his ex-wife Cheryl) vs. "Ravishing" Rick Rude (R.I.P.).
Hes soo cool!
Great guy!
I WAS OUT OF WRESTLING AT THE THE TIME RAVEN WORKED WITH UNCLE TONY.. I WISH I WAS THERE.. I WANT TO BE THERE , I STILL HAVE A LIL BIT MORE GAS IN THE TANK AND A LITTLE RUST ..I NEED ONE MORE GO.. SUPERFLY P
The only thing that surprised me is how many dudleys have wrestled under that name.
imagine dudley civil war
I love this woman she's so smart when it comes to wrestling I need a woman like her
Great interview btw you are beautiful :)
Thank you for checking it out!
Imagine him being a manager to someone like Dexter Loomis
What Brock Lesnar's face will look like in his late 50's
Oh damn, quote that comment nevermore
16:24 Raven looking at the goods......
He'll Yeah ❤️
GOAT
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Alternate 1985 Biff Tannen.
What a mark………
WHAT ABOUT ME WHAT ABOUT RAVEN
Eres mi idolo
lol!
I agree with everything he said except the Internet audience being a small minority. That was true in 1999 when the Internet was only in 30% of US homes, but the online audience has grown exponentially since then while the casual audience is now pretty much non-existent. Always cater to your hardcore fans first, because they DO watch every week and they DO support you financially. And they WILL eventually leave if they've finally had enough, as evidenced by Raw drawing some of its lowest ratings ever recently. Going whole hog to draw in casuals is building your foundation on quicksand. Casual fans by nature are fickle and won't be around forever.
Is Raven talking after Harley Race?
Groovy
You can always rely on Raven to talk in great length.
Who else is here after AEW Dynamite in Atlanta? Exalted One?!?
Yuuuup!
omg I was wondering what caused a surge in comments/views? I saw that he was at AEW but I didn't think people would end up finding my interview because of it lol but glad you all did!
@@DeniseSalcedo i actually really enjoyed the interview, you don't ask "stupid mark questions" that everyone knows and already asked. Good interview!!
Very intelligent guy.
Raven's hair looks a bit better.
i like to listen to raven.
if he would use some black haircolor,he would not really look older as he did as a wrestler
Lmaooo "Ah, you're welcome"
If a dude was interviewing he would answer no to everything and it would be a 2 minute vid
I would be apart of or am apart of Raven's flock
AS LONG AS I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A STEVIE RICHARDS.....
This guys 17 points off from the highest i.q recorded
He nailed it... Intergender matches have a bad look.
Raven is still too cool
why did raven stop pumping iron
He forgot sign guy
Quote the raven NEVERMORE
I don't feel it smart to completely disregard internet fans because we're a "small" percentage. We're really not that small.
Most new WWE RUclips videos get at least 100,000 views, with several averaging around the 400,000 mark.
Sure, not everybody thumbs up or down on the videos, and even less people comment, but it's still a sizable portion of the audience.
It's like voting polls. Due to the law of large numbers, the larger your sample size the more accurate representation of the overall national opinion, but that doesn't mean you completely disregard your sample of a thousand people commenting.
Hell, you could poll a high school classroom on the latest Wrestlemania and that would still be valuable data!
It is small.
The Otis Mandy rose recent post Wrestlemania upload has 2.3 million views and like 2,400 comments. That’s nothing lol most people that view it or like it or just casuals passing by to watch if cause they’re fans but they won’t go crazy commenting and ranting in the sections. That is the small portion right there.
AEW
Iroh??
Wow he's so old
He is only 56. If he dyes his hair he looks much younger. But dying it is a pain and it has chemicals.
Raven looks like he's just done with everything.
Desperate to have intergender matches!
Taylor swift?? 🤮🤮🤮
Ravens and old man he don't like the internet that's funny