- This article refers to the wrestler, for the article on the actor please see Scott Levy (actor)
Scott Levy (born September 8, 1964 in Short Hills, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Raven. He is currently wrestling for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Career
Early career
Scott Levy studied criminal justice at the University of Delaware and originally wanted to be a lawyer. Scott Levy broke into the wrestling business wrestling in the Northwest as "Scotty The Body".
After leaving Memphis, Levy next competed briefly with Vancouver's All Star Wrestling; he wrestled as a face there and got over with the fans, but ended up leaving due to promoter Al Tomko's preference to push his sons, Todd (AKA Rick Davis) and Terry (AKA The Frog) in All Star's top spots. From there, he went to Portland's Pacific Northwest Wrestling. He was one of the main heels for most of his three years there, winning all of the titles and feuding heavily with Steve Doll; after taking a brief break from competing, he returned to PNW as a face and began a feud with top heel The Grappler.
His first national TV exposure was in the Global Wrestling Federation as Scotty Anthony. He was a member of The Cartel with Cactus Jack, Rip Rogers, and Makhan Singh.
He got his first major exposure as a wrestler in 1991 in World Championship Wrestling under the name Scotty Flamingo, and won the short lived WCW Light Heavyweight Title (also known as the first incarnation of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship) in 1992. He had feuds with Brian Pillman, Brad Armstrong and Johnny B. Badd. He won a "boxing" match over the former Golden Gloves champion Badd at the Clash of Champions on November 18, 1992 when his ring corner men, Diamond Dallas Page and Vinnie Vegas, loaded his gloves with water so he could KO Badd. He left later that year.
In early 1993, Levy joined the then-World Wrestling Federation as the manager Johnny Polo, a spoiled, rich kid, and was placed with Adam Bomb. More famously, he was also the manager of the Quebecers tag team, whom he led to a few reigns as WWF World Tag Team Champions. He occasionally wrestled, worked as a color commentator, and, behind the scenes, worked as a producer for the WWF's Monday Night RAW TV program, before leaving in 1994.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
In
1995, now bulked up to approximately 230 lb (104 kg), Levy debuted in
Extreme Championship Wrestling under the name
Raven (a reference to
the poem by
Edgar Allan Poe). In a dramatic departure from his former
characters, Levy began portraying a
depressed,
nihilistic,
sadistic,
misanthrope. He made his debut with
Stevie Richards, attacking
Tommy Dreamer, claiming Dreamer was his enemy when they were children at Summer Camp. He also debuted with the valet, Beulah McGillicutty, a girl who liked Dreamer as a child, but is now seeking revenge. Raven and Dreamer had a great deal of matches with Raven coming out victorious every time.
Another major ECW feud was with Sandman. He "brainwashed" his son to join his cult like following, and turned him against his father. Raven would get at Sandman by having his son deny his relationship with his father, and he would do Raven's taunt to slowly eat away at Sandman. This led to many bloody matches, which Sandman's son interfered to help his father. After the match, the two embraced, but Raven came from behind with a Kendo Stick, and smacked his enemy. Steven Richards and the Blue Meanie came out with a giant wooden cross, and tied Sandman down to it. They then lifted it up, and "crucified" him. The fans gave a negative reaction. At the time, Kurt Angle was backstage, and the offensive angle caused him to leave and threaten a lawsuit if his name appeared on the same episode as the "crucifixion." Raven came out, and gave a questionable apology for his actions.
Raven dominated ECW in 1995-1996 and enjoyed two reigns as ECW World Heavyweight Champion during his tenure in ECW. His group of followers, Raven's Nest, included many names over his two-year stint in the company, including Cactus Jack, Stevie Richards, Tony Stetson, Johnny Hot Body, The Pit Bulls, The Dudley Boys, Brian Lee, The Bruise Brothers, Beulah McGillicutty, Kimona Wanalaya, Lori Fullington, The Blue Meanie, Super Nova, Chastity, and Lupus. He started a legendary feud with Tommy Dreamer that lasted for the next two years, before Dreamer finally defeated him at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in June 1997. Also, during his first stint in ECW, he successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Title against Terry Gordy and Steve Williams, among others, giving Dr. Death his first loss in a singles match in the U.S. in many years.
World Championship Wrestling
In 1997 Levy left ECW and rejoined WCW, leading
The Flock. He enjoyed some moderate success with WCW, but nothing on the level of his former ECW main event status. He won the
WCW U.S Heavyweight Championship as well as the
WCW World Tag Team Championship, with
Perry Saturn. The former reign lasted only a day as Raven defeated
Diamond Dallas Page at a Pay Per View and lost the belt the following night to
Bill Goldberg on
WCW Monday Nitro.
Raven had a notable feud with Perry Saturn after losing the U.S Title to Goldberg. He blamed the flock and Saturn in particular for his loss. This led to a series of matches, the last of which happened at WCW Fall Brawl 98. Without the Flock, Raven began a series of depressing interviews and walked out on several matches. In October at WCW's Halloween Havoc 98, Raven refused to wrestle Chris Jericho for the Television Title, but eventually was convinced to return to the ring. He lost the match and wasn't seen until 1999. He was reunited with his former valet Chastity, who WCW claimed was his sister, and moved into other storylines, creating feuds with Chris Kanyon, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Hak (The Sandman). He later joined with Vampiro, and the Insane Clown Posse in a short-lived stable called The Dead Pool. Dissatisfied with WCW's creative direction, Raven left the company in 1999.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Raven rejoined ECW and teamed up with his old enemy, Tommy Dreamer. A reluctant tag team, Raven and Dreamer reigned as
ECW World Tag Team Champions for several months. When they lost those belts, they feuded once again before Levy left for the WWF in the summer of
2000.
World Wrestling Federation
Raven made his return at Unforgiven 2000 when he interfered in the Strap Match between
Tazz and
Jerry Lawler, by DDTing Lawler. He then started teaming with Tazz before they went their separate ways. Raven's first taste of gold came on
December 20th in Chattanooga, TN, when he defeated
Steve Blackman for the
WWE Hardcore Championship, his first of a record 27 title reigns.
The first half of 2001 saw Raven achieve several memorable moments. At the Royal Rumble, he prevented Kane from chokeslamming comedian Drew Carey. At WrestleMania X-Seven, he competed in his only match of the annual event, losing the Hardcore Championship to Kane in a Triple Threat Match that also included Big Show. At Backlash, he lost to Hardcore Champion Rhyno in a widely remembered hardcore match.
However, the second half wasn't as successful. Raven found himself in small roles for the next few months. When the Invasion storyline began, he found himself in the new WCW/ECW Alliance, but had forgettable feuds against William Regal and Perry Saturn. He was best remembered for being managed by diva Terri Runnels and destroying the love interest of Saturn, his mop called "Moppy." Like many other former ECW wrestlers, Raven lost his ECW look and switched to the more uniform WWF style of dress. This eventually led to him wearing a kilt, and then to a standard pair of trunks and boots. Raven made the latter change on his own initiative, hoping that this would win the WWE's attention. Still, the WWE kept him lower on the card. By the end of the year, Raven was off the air, having been fired after the Alliance lost to the WWE at the Survivor Series.
2002 may have been his worst year professionally. In March, when the Brand Extension was announced, Raven was drafted to Raw with the 28th pick. On the final SmackDown! before the split began, he defeated Maven to once again win the Hardcore Championship, thus bringing the title to Raw. He would lose the title that Monday to Bubba Ray Dudley. At that time, Raven decided to spend some time announcing, as he became the new color commentator for WWE Sunday Night Heat. This only lasted a couple of months, as he would later "quit" the show and resume his wrestling career on Raw. Unfortunately, this would not last long either as was banished from Raw after losing a match to Tommy Dreamer on June 24, 2002. Raven would be forced to spend the rest of the year on HEAT, the show that he quit from mere weeks earlier. Although Raven did win his way back onto the Raw roster, he only had one match (losing to Jeff Hardy in a Royal Rumble qualifier) and was released the following week on January 20, 2003.
Despite a large reaction from fans to his early appearances, the WWF showed little interest in pushing him beyond the Hardcore division.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Levy's main exposure since then has been for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (Then NWA-TNA), and in Europe for the
Frontier Wrestling Alliance, where he reverted to his original grunge image. He also appeared in
Ring of Honor that year, battling
CM Punk in one of the company's most famous feuds which was based around Punk's straight-edge lifestyle as opposed to Raven's years of drug and alcohol abuse during the height of his fame in the late nineties.
Raven debuted in TNA Wrestling on January 22, 2003, two days after his release from WWE, attacking Jeff Jarrett and stealing the NWA World Heavyweight Title from him. Raven proceeded to start a long-running storyline in which he claimed it was his "destiny" to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Despite two shots at the belt (versus Jarrett and AJ Styles, respectively), he was unable to capture the gold at the time.
On September 17, 2003, Raven lost his trademark long hair after he was defeated by Shane Douglas in a hair versus hair match. He later regrew it. While in TNA, he formed a stable known as The Gathering, though they would later turn on him.
In 2004, Raven's old friend Sabu returned to TNA Wrestling.
Eventually Raven challenged Sabu to an empty arena match to be held on June 9, but Sabu refused to wrestle him, claiming that he had promised his uncle, The Sheik, their trainer, that he would never fight Raven. Raven then waged a campaign against Sabu, disrespecting the memory of his uncle and assaulting Sabu's mouthpiece, Sonjay Dutt, until Sabu finally broke and attacked him on July 23. Raven defeated Sabu in a no holds barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was cancelled after Sabu (legit) suffered a back injury
On June 19, 2005, Raven fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA Slammiversary 2005, defeating A.J. Styles, Abyss, Sean Waltman and Monty Brown in a five way King of the Mountain match. The unique part of this situation was that Raven was previously suspended by Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko for attacking him, and was inserted into the match on the pay per view pre-show when Jarrett was removed for attacking a fan (the fan was really indy wrestler Sal Rinauro).
After successfully defending the title at TNA No Surrender 2005 on July 17, 2005, against Abyss in a brutal Dog Collar Match, he was gored by Rhino, who aligned with Jeff Jarrett in yet another effort to get Jarrett into the title picture. Jarrett would get a title shot if he pinned Raven in a tag-team match at TNA Sacrifice on August 14, where Raven teamed with Sabu and Jarrett teamed with Rhino. Ultimately Rhino got the pin on Raven after goring him through a table, and was given the title shot at TNA Unbreakable on September 11.
At Unbreakable, Raven made the request of making the match a "Raven's Rules Match", to which Rhino agreed. Raven's Rules means no-disqualification, with Raven pushing a shopping cart to the ring containing various nominally-illegal foreign objects. In the match, Rhino got sliced in the face by a pizza cutter, while Raven was split open by a shot from a garbage can and shot in the forehead twice with a staple gun. In the end, after unsuccessful interference by Jeff Jarrett, Rhino suffered the Raven Effect DDT, and Raven retained the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once more.
On September 15, 2005 Raven lost the NWA Title to Jeff Jarrett in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada, at a special event of Border City Wrestling. America's Most Wanted ("Wildcat" Chris Harris and "Cowboy" James Storm) came out and made and interfered on Jarrett's behalf. TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko was immediately contacted by BCW officials, who declared the title change official. *
Raven was enraged by this acceptance, and went on the rampage backstage during the weeks leading up to Bound For Glory. As a result, when challenger Kevin Nash went down to illness and forfeited his title shot, Larry Zbyszko refused to grant Raven a rematch. Rhino came out and berated Raven, asking where the sick person that crucified The Sandman in ECW went, and saying Raven now was pathetic.
During this, and a segment with Cassidy Riley on the following episode of iMPACT, it has been hinted that Raven has "gone soft" as a result of his involvement with an as-yet unrevealed woman. On the December 3 addition of iMPACT, he lost a "Raven's House Of Fun Match" against The Diamonds in the Rough.
Currently fueding with Larry Zbyszko, Raven has been repeatedly pressured to sign a release form and leave TNA. He has steadfastly refused, and Zbyszko has brought back some of Raven's past cronies (P.J. Polaco (Justin Credible) and Chris K. (Chris Kanyon)) in an attempt to "punish" him.
Raven was set to face an opponent of Zbyszko's choosing at Final Resolution. If Raven won, he would have gotten a NWA World Heavyweight title match, but if Larry's choice won, Raven would be kicked out of TNA.
Raven's opponent was Sean Waltman. Halfway through the match, the referee was knocked out and Larry Zbyszko became the ref and constantly gave Raven a slow count. However, he would give Sean Waltman the same count, showing some objectivity. It ended when Sean Waltman gave Raven an X-Factor through a table off of a ladder. Sean went for the pin, and Raven got his foot on the rope but Zbyszko counted the fall anyway. Afterwards, Raven ran into Jackie Gayda, who informed him that they had something in common - they were both being screwed by "TNA Management".
Currently, Levy is recovering from a gastrointestinal problem brought on by years of drug abuse. His "firing" was kayfabe cover so he could recuperate. It is not known if Raven has fully recovered from the thyroid condition yet, but he made his return to TNA at TNA Lockdown 2006.
Contrary to internet speculation, Raven did not appear at ECW One Night Stand 2006. Raven is currently signed to a three-year deal with TNA. Most of these rumors surfaced after his official website revealed an updated look, bearing an obscured ECW logo in the top-left corner. Raven has since stated on an interview that he enjoys TNA and has no interest in returning to ECW or WWE at all.
Raven made his TNA in-ring return at Sacrifice against A-1. Larry Zbyszko was in a corner of A-1, however Raven managed to gain a victory.
While Raven was one of the eight King of the Mountain match contenders for TNA Slammiversary 2006, he lost to Jeff Jarrett in their qualifying match on the June 1 episode of iMPACT.
On the June 16 episode of iMPACT!, Raven was on the losing end of an 8 man tag team main event match teaming with AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Rhino against America's Most Wanted, Monty Brown, and Bobby Roode after Monty Brown pinned Daniels following a Pounce. He was seen limping down the entrance ramp, still feeling the effects of his thyroid condition. He still went on to wrestle the match just as though he wasn't in pain at all.
He is set to face Larry Zbyszko in a hair vs hair match, at Victory Road.
Raven defeated Larry Zbyszko in a hair vs hair match. Raven strapped him in the barbers chair in order to shave the hair from his head.
Wrestling facts
- Finishing and signature moves
{|
| Diamond Dallas Page |
Beulah McGillicutty |
Kimona Wanalaya |
Chastity |
Francine |
Tori |
Terri Runnels |
Lucy |
Alexis Laree
| Championships and accomplishments
- Defeated The Public Enemy on June 30 1995 in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to The Pitbulls on September 16 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- ECW Tag Team Championship (2) (with Stevie Richards)
- Defeated The Pitbulls on October 7 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to The Public Enemy on October 7 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Defeated The Sandman on January 27 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- The Sandman pins Stevie Richards in a tag team match with Sandman and Tommy Dreamer vs. Richards and Brian Lee when Raven no-showed on October 5 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2)
- Defeated The Sandman on December 7 1996 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to Terry Funk on April 13 1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- ECW Tag Team Championship (3) (with Tommy Dreamer)
- Defeated The Dudley Boyz on August 26 1999 in Elmhurst, New York, USA
- Lost to the The Impact Players on January 9 2000 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Defeated Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka on March 4 2000 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to The Impact Players on March 12 2000 in Danbury, Connecticut, USA
- Extreme Wrestling Federation
- EWF Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Anarchy on April 26, 2003
- Stripped of title on April 26, 2003
- Defeated from Lance Cade and Steve Bradley on March 12 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Lost to Lance Cade and Steve Bradley on March 15 2002 in Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
- MEWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Corporal Punishment on April 23 1995
- Lost to Chad Austin on October 1 1995
- NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Derek Stone on June 25 2005 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Stripped on June 2 2006 for lack of title defenses
- NWA Pacific Northwest Championship Wrestling
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (with Top Gun)
- Defeated The Southern Rockers (Scott Peterson and Steve Doll) on July 8 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- Vacated on July 22 1989 after team breaks up
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (2) (with The Grappler)
- Defeated Top Gun for control of the titles on August 5 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA; chose The Grappler to be new partner
- Lost to The Southern Rockers (Rex King and Steve Doll) on September 16 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Carl Styles in a tournament final on September 2 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lost to Rex King on October 7 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (2)
- Defeated from Rex King on October 14 1989 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- Lost to Curtis Thompson on February 3 1990 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship
- Defeated from Ricky Santana on March 17 1990 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- Final champion; Title abandoned later in 1990
- NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (3)
- Defeated The Grappler for the vacant title on June 2 1990 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- Title held up following a match against The Grappler on July 28 1990 in Portland, Oregon, USA
- NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3) (with Steve Doll)
- Defeated The Wrecking Crew (The Grappler and The Equalizer) on December 3 1990 in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA
- Lost to The Wrecking Crew on December 5 1990 in Gresham, Oregon, USA
- National Wrestling Federation
- NWF Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Johnny Dreamer on May 31, 2003 in Franklin Square, New York, USA
- Final champion; title abandoned in 2003
- PSW Cordele City Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated ???
- Lost to Robbie V on March 10, 1995
- 3PW Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Sabu and The Sandman on November 22 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to Joey Matthews on April 17 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- PWI ranked Levy # 168 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003
- Defeated A.J. Styles (champion), Abyss, Monty Brown and Sean Waltman on June 19 2005 in Orlando, Florida, USA
- Lost to Jeff Jarrett on September 15 2005 in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada
- United States Extreme Wrestling
- USXW Heavyweight Championship
- Defeated Balls Mahoney on May 31 2003 in Franklin Square, New York, USA
- Lost to Shane Douglas on February 14 2004 in Bethpage, New York, USA
- USXW Heavyweight Championship (2)
- Defeated Shane Douglas on May 14 2004 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA
- Stripped on June 19 2004 due to injured ribs
- USXW Heavyweight Championship (3)
- Defeated Rhino on November 26 2005 in Bethpage, New York, USA
- Lost to Trent Acid on May 20 2006 in Bethpage, New York, USA
- Defeated The Moondogs (Spot and Splat) on March 22 1993 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Lost to The Moondogs on March 29 1993 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Defeated Brian Pillman on June 20 1992 in Mobile, Alabama, USA
- Lost to Brad Armstrong on July 5 1992 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Defeated Diamond Dallas Page on April 19 1998 in Denver, Colorado, USA
- Lost to Goldberg on April 20 1998 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- Defeated from Rey Misterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman on May 9 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Lost to Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow on May 31 1999 in Houston, Texas, USA
- Defeated Steve Blackman on December 22 2000 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
- Lost to Al Snow on January 22 2001 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (2)
- Defeated Al Snow on January 22 2001 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
- Lost to K-Kwik on February 3 2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (3)
- Defeated Crash Holly on February 3 2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
- Lost to K-Kwik on February 4 2001 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (4)
- Defeated Crash Holly on February 4 2001 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Lost to Hardcore Holly on February 6 2001 in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (5)
- Defeated Hardcore Holly on February 6 2001 in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Lost to Hardcore Holly on February 10 2001 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (6)
- Defeated Hardcore Holly on February 10 2001 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Lost to Hardcore Holly on February 11 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (7)
- Defeated Al Snow on February 11 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Lost to Steve Blackman on February 17 2001 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (8)
- Defeated Steve Blackman on February 17 2001 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
- Lost to Steve Blackman on February 18 2001 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (9)
- Defeated Steve Blackman on February 18 2001 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
- Lost to Billy Gunn on February 25 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (10)
- Defeated Billy Gunn on February 25 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Lost to The Big Show on February 25 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (11)
- Defeated The Big Show on March 19 2001 in Albany, New York, USA
- Lost to Kane on April 1 2001 in Houston, Texas, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (12)
- Defeated Maven on March 26 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lost to Bubba Ray Dudley on April 1 2002 in Albany, New York, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (13)
- DefeatedGoldust on April 6 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Lost to Bubba Ray Dudley on April 6 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (14)
- Defeated Goldust on April 7 2002 in Denver, Colorado, USA
- Lost to Bubba Ray Dudley on April 7 2002 in Denver, Colorado, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (15)
- Defeated Bubba Ray Dudley on April 15 2002 in College Station, Texas, USA
- Lost to Tommy Dreamer on April 15 2002 in College Station, Texas, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (16)
- Defeated Goldust on April 19 2002 in Uniondale, New York, USA
- Lost to Bubba Ray Dudley on April 19 2002 in Uniondale, New York, USA
- WWF Hardcore Championship (17)
- Defeated Goldust on April 20 2002 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Lost to Bubba Ray Dudley on April 20 2002 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (18)
- Defeated Bubba Ray Dudley on May 6 2002 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Lost to Justin Credible on May 6 2002 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (19)
- Defeated Tommy Dreamer on May 25 2002 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Lost to Steven Richards on May 25 2002 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- WWE Hardcore Championship (20)
- Defeated Tommy Dreamer on May 26 2002 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- Lost to Steven Richards on May 26 2002 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
- WWE Hardcore Championship (21)
- Defeated Tommy Dreamer on June 2 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Lost to Steven Richards on June 2 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (22)
- Defeated Bradshaw on June 22 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Lost to Spike Dudley on June 22 2002 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (23)
- Defeated Bradshaw on June 30 2002 in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
- Lost to Crash Holly on June 30 2002 in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (24)
- Defeated Bradshaw on July 26 2002 in Houston, Texas, USA
- Lost to Justin Credible on July 26 2002 in Houston, Texas, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (25)
- Defeated Bradshaw on July 27 2002 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Lost to Justin Credible on July 27 2002 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (26)
- Defeated Bradshaw on July 28 2002 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- Lost to Justin Credible on July 28 2002 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
- WWE Hardcore Championship (27)
- Defeated Tommy Dreamer on August 17 2002 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
- Lost to Shawn Stasiak on August 17 2002 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Trivia
- Levy is reportedly responsible for the creation of many types of wrestling matches including the Raven's Rules Match, the Hangman's Horror Match and the Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match (Raven's House of Fun Match, Bowery Death Cage Match).
- Levy has a reported IQ of 143, and is a member of Mensa International.
- Levy is one of the few wrestlers to be in all major american wrestling companies ECW, WCW, WWE, and TNA.
- Levy is the only wrestler to have an action figure of himself made in ECW, WCW, WWE and TNA, arguably the four most prominent promotions in North America of the 1990s and early 2000s. In addition, Levy was featured in video games produced by ECW, WCW and WWE (and has appeared on many covers of WCW and ECW games), with TNA also set to release a video game in the future, and has won championships in all four promotions, placing him among a select few.
- Raven was the fourth of five wrestlers to win both the ECW and NWA World Heavyweight Championships.
- Levy, along with Brian Azzarello, wrote Issue #14 of Spider-Man's Tangled Web, entitled "The Last Shoot". The comic was based around the professional wrestler (named Crusher Hogan) who Peter Parker defeated in the character's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy. Levy's influence is clearly seen by the insider's take on professional wrestling within the issue, including the use of kayfabe terminology.
- In ECW & ROH, Levy's theme music was The Offspring's "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)".
- During his WCW career, Levy's theme music was an instrumental sound-alike of Nirvana's "Come as You Are". His current TNA theme borrows from this theme, as Raven considers it his definitive theme.
- Levy is an alumnus of Theta Chi Fraternity, which he joined during his days at the University of Delaware.
- In Wizard Magazine's May 1999 issue Levy is quoted as saying "I love the Marvel Knights line. I'm a big Kevin Smith fan, and his work on Daredevil is the best on that book since Frank Miller's stuff. Inhumans is also great. It could be the break-out book of the year because they're finally treating them as real characters instead of just freaks and monsters with no personality." The article goes on to say that he is a big fan of Watchmen, Swamp Thing, and especially Sandman and that he has a tattoo of Neil Gaiman's Sandman character on his back. He also provided a blurb quote for the back of 100 Bullets.
- In March of 2005, TNA released The Best of Raven. Raven can also be seen on the TNA DVD's The Best of AJ Styles, The Best of Jeff Hardy & The Best of The Bloodiest Brawls.
- Currently has the most title reigns in the WWE, being 27. All of them were from the Hardcore Title.
- He is often thought of as one of the most talented wrestlers not to win a major title or receive a major push in WWE or WCW. Stone Cold Steve Austin stated in his autobiography that the WWE "missed the boat" on Raven.
References
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- * - http://www.tnawrestling.com/raven/bio/bio.html - TNA biography
- * - http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/wiamain.htm - Wrestling Information Archive
- * - http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ - Solie's Title Histories
- * - http://www.theraveneffect.com/info/titles - Title histories on his official site
External links
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