I remember you telling us on Patreon last year that you were told that nobody would be interested in a book about you. I'm so glad to hear that you're making your autobiography a reality. Hopefully, in the not-too-distant future, you'll show them and they'll see how wrong they were.
@nurijones8376 the reason he was given by the publisher is he wasn't a big name in wrestling and he didn't fuck his life up so nobody would be interested in what he has to say. Shows what they know, doesn't it
I never had a chance to watch ECW as a kid, but now 20 yrs later getting back into wrestling, ECW is just soooo interesting too me makes me wish i had checked it out back in the day!!
@@judahofjudea4601 They were on TNN (late in the evening?) near the end (till they shoot on the lack of support from TNN for their TV show, not the kind of thing TV exec. love), I watched ECW Saturday afternoon on their first TV station original broadcaster.
My favorite era of ECW Was 95-98 And A Huge Reason Is Because Of Raven And Stevie Richards With Ravens Nest! I Love This Podcast. A Fellow Philly Native. I Love That You Never Lost That Philly Accent. Keep Up The Great Work
Raven is maybe the most underappreciated wrestler ever, also the most criminally under-utilized by the major promotions, there will never be another Raven
Quick Raven Story: Raven was headlining a Frank Goodman USAPro show at the Elk's in Queens with Justin Credible. The fans started an ECW chant after the guys came out, and Raven decided to cut a promo on the fans trying to turn heel on the fans saying the fans were the reason ECW ended. Soon as Raven did that, the Crowd's ECW chant turned in to a Johnny Polo chant, and the crowds' heel reaction to Raven's heel Promo made Justin Credible bust a gut laughing in the ring. Fun Night. =)
Wrestling is a collaborative art form. Audience participation is integral. Love it when the audience shows such talent and cooperation. England shows get wild. The crowd gets so hot and they are participators. Remember the Fandango dance and chant that wwe ruined? Started in the UK. I always get excited when a show is from the UK. What are your favorite crowds, as a fan?
@@savagecatgt honestly, I have only been to a handful of indie shows because a fraturnity brother was ticket selling to get on the card and the one time Major Wrestling Figure Podcast Holiday Toy Drive show when Ryder and Hawkins were still with WWE before they got their release, and I don't go to many live shows since I broke my neck. It's kind of hard to get around or sit comfortably during a show dealing with a spine that has gone through multiple fusion surgeries. =(
Raven’s promos were the first ECW material I ever saw and was hooked. Became a Stevie fan through Raven’s Nest - but loved how Richard’s grew into his own as he went to WWE
Killers is probably in their top five visual covers, possibly top five albums (at least of the early years/first half of their run). Though I'm more of a Seventh Son, Fear of the Dark, Dance of Death girlie
I been following mr richards since i saw him early ecw days and followed through to wwe. Top 5 of my 5 favourite wrestlers. Rip Sid Justice. Always remembered never forgotten. ❤
Always been a Stevie Richards fan. He is absolutely great as a pod caster. Just tons of energy, intricate detail of his wisdom in yhe buisness and knows how to speak clean and smooth. He would be great as a broadcaster in the sport.
Loved Stevie in ECW. Always felt it was his best run. One of my favorite Stevie movements from back in those days was when Francine was introduced as Stevie's girlfriend and when Raven picked on her Stevie stood up to Raven for a second and than superkicked Francine. It was tremendous heat!
I enjoyed this episode, but I thought Raven would be on. Then I thought the episode would be about him. I was just wrong about everything. My girlfriend would be happy to hear it...if she existed.
Ravens flock was so over I can only think it was buried because the top card guys were jealously protecting their spot, brother!!! I loved their intro and there was always some vaudeville comedy with Lodi, etc... So much more depth and entertainment than NWO. One of the biggest lost opportunities in pro wrestling!!!
Yes. It is a near perfect film series. Did you know in the second film Marty's dad was recast and the new actor wore the old actors face as a mask?. Caused issues and changes at SAG. There are some good deep dive videos about all the drama.
While Raven is one of my all time favorites, I could totally see you being very different people. That being said, Stevie is a transparent breath of fresh air in all these videos. Hopefully i get to meet you at a convention or something one day for and autograph.
Honestly that Sid idea is awesome. Would be easy to pull off with the dynamics of it, wouldn’t have to get too physical apart from a few power bombs, would get a great reaction, and would have made Sid some extra money.
Hey most old school wrestling fans like you and myself tried to be Raven. I have always liked Stevie he was a great promo and that Stevie Kick is legendary especially in the Smackdown games.
That Raven/Dreamer story was great. I don't think it really could have existed on that level without Stevie, then the addition of Beulah. Even the addition of Gangrel and Luna, then Stevie vs Luna in the cage. I remember watching that Raven/Richards vs TPE and buying into that. I think that whole story is what made ECW.
Former CHS Lancer from South Philly here. Appreciate the CHS South Lawn reference as it relates to the Raven character. Tommy Dreamer would have definitely been more of an East Lawn guy at CHS. Natural rivalry.
I read about every wrestling biography that I get my hands on because reading is fundamental. Of course I would read a Stevie Richards book! I think you should break them up into a series so you could have one covering your time in ECW and one covering your time in WWF and one covering your time in tna, and then just one about life after wrestling
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Raven might have acknowledged it at some point but Don Muraco was a precursor to Raven in his early 80s WWF run where he tossed the intercontinental belt around like he didn’t care about it.
Amazing show as always.... Far be it though for me to say life is too short not to talk with someone you have love for. Hopefully nothing bad happened between you and Dreamer if not one of you needs to pick up the phone
Great episode and hell yeah Todds book is amazing I suggest the audiobook for him doing impressions if his friends...no spoilers but "WHAT THE FUCK IS A JOHNNY LUNCHBOX?" is a thought that makes me stop and laugh a few times a week
Ran across a match from ecw 11/93 still eastern.Stan Hanson and funk vs Abdullah and Sullivan which ended with Sullivan hitting Abdullah with a hammer(turned on him) and Hanson clearing every wrestler/referee and security out of the ring.would love to get your take! Never new this match existed
From what I have seen from back in the day and recently, Gary Wolfe didn't take care of the other wrestlers. I've heard it from other wrestlers too. In the locker room, not a good guy.
I remember you telling us on Patreon last year that you were told that nobody would be interested in a book about you. I'm so glad to hear that you're making your autobiography a reality. Hopefully, in the not-too-distant future, you'll show them and they'll see how wrong they were.
People who talk like that have a name
Cocksuckers
It's so odd that people hate Stevie. I always liked his work
I'm buying that book
@@nurijones8376exactly he’s such a good guy
@nurijones8376 the reason he was given by the publisher is he wasn't a big name in wrestling and he didn't fuck his life up so nobody would be interested in what he has to say. Shows what they know, doesn't it
I never had a chance to watch ECW as a kid, but now 20 yrs later getting back into wrestling, ECW is just soooo interesting too me makes me wish i had checked it out back in the day!!
This channel needs to have Raven on, it would be the most full circle moment as far as wrestling podcasts go
His name is Scotty Polo!
His name is Scotty The Body!
@@EmoEmu That’s Scotty Flamingo to you, Emu
@@Canadian_Skeptical I’m not sure if you are trying to be funny/cute or whatever but the name is Johnny Polo, 1993 WWF (back then).
Yes!
ECW was the best way to end a week through my college years.
I use to catch it on TNN Fridays, but then some weeks it wasn't even on.
@@judahofjudea4601 They were on TNN (late in the evening?) near the end (till they shoot on the lack of support from TNN for their TV show, not the kind of thing TV exec. love), I watched ECW Saturday afternoon on their first TV station original broadcaster.
My favorite era of ECW Was 95-98 And A Huge Reason Is Because Of Raven And Stevie Richards With Ravens Nest! I Love This Podcast. A Fellow Philly Native. I Love That You Never Lost That Philly Accent. Keep Up The Great Work
Raven is maybe the most underappreciated wrestler ever, also the most criminally under-utilized by the major promotions, there will never be another Raven
Yup!!!
And stevie is 2nd most underrated
Raven basically got me into wrestling during Monday Night wars, still my all time favorite.
I'll throw Nova in there he's basically been erased from history no one ever talks about Nova @@billistik666
Not really though. I think he gets the right amount of credit.
Quick Raven Story: Raven was headlining a Frank Goodman USAPro show at the Elk's in Queens with Justin Credible. The fans started an ECW chant after the guys came out, and Raven decided to cut a promo on the fans trying to turn heel on the fans saying the fans were the reason ECW ended. Soon as Raven did that, the Crowd's ECW chant turned in to a Johnny Polo chant, and the crowds' heel reaction to Raven's heel Promo made Justin Credible bust a gut laughing in the ring. Fun Night. =)
Wrestling is a collaborative art form. Audience participation is integral. Love it when the audience shows such talent and cooperation. England shows get wild. The crowd gets so hot and they are participators. Remember the Fandango dance and chant that wwe ruined? Started in the UK. I always get excited when a show is from the UK.
What are your favorite crowds, as a fan?
@@savagecatgt honestly, I have only been to a handful of indie shows because a fraturnity brother was ticket selling to get on the card and the one time Major Wrestling Figure Podcast Holiday Toy Drive show when Ryder and Hawkins were still with WWE before they got their release, and I don't go to many live shows since I broke my neck. It's kind of hard to get around or sit comfortably during a show dealing with a spine that has gone through multiple fusion surgeries. =(
my favorite will always be dancing stevie richards the original king of swing
Raven’s promos were the first ECW material I ever saw and was hooked. Became a Stevie fan through Raven’s Nest - but loved how Richard’s grew into his own as he went to WWE
I love this show. Thank you for the hard work, Stevie. We all appreciate the content. God bless ❤️
Loving James's Maiden shirt.
best album
Killers is probably in their top five visual covers, possibly top five albums (at least of the early years/first half of their run). Though I'm more of a Seventh Son, Fear of the Dark, Dance of Death girlie
Listening on my deck with beautiful weather in Tacoma Washington 85 degrees today with low humidity
We love you Stevie
WTH we love the accents and ALL the episodes! Keep them coming!
I been following mr richards since i saw him early ecw days and followed through to wwe. Top 5 of my 5 favourite wrestlers. Rip Sid Justice. Always remembered never forgotten. ❤
It'd be awesome to see Steven Richards induct Raven
Stevie, Dreamer & Billy Kidman should do it together, I'd cry😍😍😍😍
@@pendafen7405 hell yeah
Approaching Arn Anderson with the idea of bringing Sid in is an absolutely fantastic scenario in my head.
I picture him starting the pitch and realizing who he is talking to just as he said, "We bring in Si..."
James: I have a story. Stevie disregards what James says and tells a story of his own. James' story is never heard. 😂
Always been a Stevie Richards fan. He is absolutely great as a pod caster. Just tons of energy, intricate detail of his wisdom in yhe buisness and knows how to speak clean and smooth. He would be great as a broadcaster in the sport.
Hearing Raven talk about his loaded boot in shoots lives rent free in my head.
Loved Stevie in ECW. Always felt it was his best run. One of my favorite Stevie movements from back in those days was when Francine was introduced as Stevie's girlfriend and when Raven picked on her Stevie stood up to Raven for a second and than superkicked Francine. It was tremendous heat!
Well, Stevie was Raven's girlfriend first, anyone would be annoyed
Stevie Polo is one of those great names that makes you smile
❤ best part of the week has arrived
I enjoyed this episode, but I thought Raven would be on. Then I thought the episode would be about him.
I was just wrong about everything.
My girlfriend would be happy to hear it...if she existed.
Dude, you should pursue comedic writing. The anti joke is very hard to deliver, especially over text. Very good cadence to your words.
You're musical baby! Musical!
I look forward to videos utilizing the smartboard more often. I think it really sets you apart from all the other wrestling shows on UA-cam.
Really dig that Stevie uses the character model of his that's in the Retromania Wrestling game during the White Board segment
Love you Stevie. I hope your book comes out soon. So excited.
Ravens flock was so over I can only think it was buried because the top card guys were jealously protecting their spot, brother!!! I loved their intro and there was always some vaudeville comedy with Lodi, etc... So much more depth and entertainment than NWO. One of the biggest lost opportunities in pro wrestling!!!
Riggs kfabe losing his eye still haunts me. And I was IN LOVE with Flock!era Kidman
I just love how much of a mark Stevie is for Back to The Future, because I am too.
Yes. It is a near perfect film series. Did you know in the second film Marty's dad was recast and the new actor wore the old actors face as a mask?. Caused issues and changes at SAG. There are some good deep dive videos about all the drama.
Stevie, Sid, and Victoria would've been an AWESOME little group!! Sad we didn't get to see it.
Stevie I can’t get enough of your content love the insight and your overall way you go about presenting yourself!
When Stevie turned face against Raven and got serious it worked SO well. I wanted him to win in the three way dance sooooo badly.
Oh wow Stevie, Stryper, Poison and Cinderella? All my favorites! 🤣
OMG RAVEN CHAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENINGGGGGGGGG
I actually did click the bell when you said it. First time ever. This has become some of my favourite wrestling content arround
Raven is the king!!!!
We need a raven stevie reunion show
Loving this content guys. I look forward to it every week.
I’m really looking forward to this. Quote the Raven - Nevermore.
Stevie, you're already one of my favorite wrestling podcasts. Keep it up you guys. Such good shit.
Edit* W.A.S.P?? 😂
Thanks for being so honest on ur show Mr Stevie
Now this is a treat
T-Shirt:
That will be for a future episode.
Raven rules
Raven Rules Match
While Raven is one of my all time favorites, I could totally see you being very different people.
That being said, Stevie is a transparent breath of fresh air in all these videos. Hopefully i get to meet you at a convention or something one day for and autograph.
I haven't even started yet, but this is gonna be my favorite episode. Raven is my second favorite wrestler (behind Terry Funk) of all time.
Honestly that Sid idea is awesome. Would be easy to pull off with the dynamics of it, wouldn’t have to get too physical apart from a few power bombs, would get a great reaction, and would have made Sid some extra money.
Yes bring back the mullet Stevie! Arguably the mullet in wrestling, gave Kentucky waterfall HBK a run for his money
I’m an African American alt kinda metal head and I remember basing so much of my style off Steve Richards and Raven in ECW
Hey most old school wrestling fans like you and myself tried to be Raven. I have always liked Stevie he was a great promo and that Stevie Kick is legendary especially in the Smackdown games.
Sid was always just so magnetic. You just had to watch him.
Love this show look forward to it wvery week
Thought I'd see an interview with Raven here😁 Well, I think it has to happen in the future!
Stevie, you are such a gentleman!
That Raven/Dreamer story was great. I don't think it really could have existed on that level without Stevie, then the addition of Beulah. Even the addition of Gangrel and Luna, then Stevie vs Luna in the cage. I remember watching that Raven/Richards vs TPE and buying into that. I think that whole story is what made ECW.
Keep up the great work
Stevie, you nailed it. There should be a fan vote or a fan wing something like that something like as you said is model after what MLB and NFL do.. 👍
Former CHS Lancer from South Philly here. Appreciate the CHS South Lawn reference as it relates to the Raven character. Tommy Dreamer would have definitely been more of an East Lawn guy at CHS. Natural rivalry.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ amazing
nothing wrong with a good old W.A.S.P T-shirt!
I love WASP. Great band. Blackie Lawless was a great front man back in the day. "The Crimson Idol" is one of my all time favourite albums
I FUCK LIKE A BEAST!!!!!!
"If you only knew" was a song on the WWF album!
With Vince gone he probably would've been inducted in the HOF soon. RIP legend
Not gonna lie, didn't know what ECW Press was, thought Paul E Dangerously might've set up a book printing company for a second LMAO
I read about every wrestling biography that I get my hands on because reading is fundamental. Of course I would read a Stevie Richards book! I think you should break them up into a series so you could have one covering your time in ECW and one covering your time in WWF and one covering your time in tna, and then just one about life after wrestling
Another great show guys. 👍
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The only thing I dislike about Stevie's accent is how he says 'eastren' 😅
Raven might have acknowledged it at some point but Don Muraco was a precursor to Raven in his early 80s WWF run where he tossed the intercontinental belt around like he didn’t care about it.
Iron Maiden shirt = auto like 😎
@@Psymonkee such a good band I've seen them a dozen times and they never get boring
@@tullyDT lucky sod! I've only managed to catch them 5 times 🤣
We (Britain) did get Kids in the Hall but was a middle of the night thing.
The way I (Brit millennial) saw it was on UA-cam
Killer T shirt James 🤘
The thing about Foley is he did that same handcuffed chair shot in ECW years before the Rumble
Quote the Richards, nevermore
raven my all time fav ! :=)
901 Memphis TN in da building 😊
Great show boys! Take care.
Stevie--Raven's Flock breakdown next? Or talk to Billy Kidman?🙏🙏🙏
You know, I never had a problem with Stevie Richards.
We did get Family Ties in the UK. It was on Sky 1 at 6 or 7 pm weeknights in the early 90s.
I think the chairshot you can't remember, because it hit you so hard, might be the hardest you ever took! 😆
Amazing show as always.... Far be it though for me to say life is too short not to talk with someone you have love for. Hopefully nothing bad happened between you and Dreamer if not one of you needs to pick up the phone
Loved the ECW tag team with Raven when he would yell at you with a microphone while you wrestled and demand that you tag him the f back in.
Great episode and hell yeah Todds book is amazing I suggest the audiobook for him doing impressions if his friends...no spoilers but "WHAT THE FUCK IS A JOHNNY LUNCHBOX?" is a thought that makes me stop and laugh a few times a week
Stevie would love to hear your ECW HOF
Get those Maxi Pads ready
Stevie should break down some Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten chairshors lol.
Ran across a match from ecw 11/93 still eastern.Stan Hanson and funk vs Abdullah and Sullivan which ended with Sullivan hitting Abdullah with a hammer(turned on him) and Hanson clearing every wrestler/referee and security out of the ring.would love to get your take! Never new this match existed
Thanks for doing this episode this is what I had been waiting for Stevie
Drew fucking Carrey made it in the HoF before Sid. Just let that sit for a minute...
Celebrity wing but still the hof is meaningless
We got Family Ties. It was on Channel 4
Am I the only one that thinks it's a shock he's 17 and married already?
This show gets over every episode l😂. Haven't missed an episode and I am not the biggest wrestling fan (I was back then E C DUB!)
The grappler actually used that same loaded boot gimmick, and he's who Raven credits with teaching him to book
I want the mullet back!
Home, James!
Anthony Greene is actually in Pro-Wrestling NOAH now. He's a former GHC tag champ!
Family ties was on sky one on the 90s in the uk. Eventually it was replaced with married with children.
From what I have seen from back in the day and recently, Gary Wolfe didn't take care of the other wrestlers. I've heard it from other wrestlers too. In the locker room, not a good guy.
I’d buy a book about Steve, Steven or Stevie Richards.
Seems like a swell Fn guy if y’all ask me!
Bring the iconic mullet back stevie! Lol
Family Ties was shown in the UK on BSB.