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ECW TV: Raven/Steve Richards Interview: (02.24.95) - Steve Richards comes down to the ring after being called down by Joey Styles. Richards wants to point out his brand new look to Joey. Continuing the tradition of taking ideas for his gimmick from Raven, Richards is wearing 'Daisy Duke' cutoff shorts and a half shirt from a hair metal band in a "Bizzarro"-style parody of Raven's look. Raven gets called down to the ring by the newly christened "Dancin' Stevie Richards" to apologize to him for his recent loss against Dreamer at the ECW Arena.

Richards apologizes for letting Raven down last show by losing to Dreamer. Raven scolds Richards, but also lambasts society in general in his diatribe. Tommy Dreamer then comes down and states that he wants to settle the score between himself and Raven right now. Raven tells Dreamer this is not the proper time and he will not fight him and because Dreamer is such a white meat babyface, he knows that Dreamer won't git him first if he refuses to fight. The crowd starts chanting "Pussy, Pussy" at Raven since he won't take on Dreamer, but Dreamer leaves when he realizes he can't have Raven in the ring now.

Richards then pipes in that he has all the answers to Raven's personal agenda against Tommy Dreamer anyway, so he shouldn't worry. Stevie was at a bar last week, playing air guitar when 2 guys came up to him and kicked his ass, so he recruited them to help Raven take care of Tommy Dreamer. These two guys are former Eastern Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champions, Johnny HotBody and Tony Stetson.

Stetson and HotBody do an interview where they realize that Raven is the disenchanted voice of his generation and they're down with him and his cause and vibe. They tell Raven that they cna handle Dreamer with no problem and want to join him. At this point, Dreamer runs in with a STOP sign and starts to clean house. He fights off Richards, Stetson and Hotbody very well. Finally Raven and Dreamer lock up, but not for long as Raven backs away. When they break up, Joey says "There is something between them, something we don't know about." And so the Raven/Dreamer saga continues.


ECW Double Tables: Raven Appearance: Steve Richards vs. Tommy Dreamer: (02.04.95) - This is ECW live at the first RSPW Internet Fan Convention, which would later become the genesis of the yearly ECW Cyberslam convention, from Viking Hall in South Philadelphia. Tommy Dreamer comes out wearing RSPW's [the rec.sport.pro-wrestling usenet newsgroup] official convention t-shirt [a red "RSPW TO THE EXTREME" t-shirt] as he takes on Raven's protege, Richards. At one point in the match, Richards steals the shirt which riles up the Philly crowd to no end. After several near falls, Raven interfered and held Dreamer while Richards used a superkick. This was all right in front of the ref. Dreamer won with a cradle.

WINNER: Tommy Dreamer via Pinfall. (7:38)

After the match Dreamer nearly got into it with Raven and as they dragged Raven off and Dreamer challenged him to come back; he told "Johnny Polo" to give a message to his friends at the WWF to kiss his ass.


ECW: Raven Appearance: Steve Richards vs. Dino Sendoff - (02.03.95) - Extreme Championship Wrestling is in Jim Thorpse, Pennsylvania at the Flagstaff for this match pitting Sendoff, who claims to hail from the Taj Mahal, against the protege of the man from the Bowery, the Raven, in Steve Richards. This is the 2nd match of the night. The whole affair starts off slow as Steve is very wary of trying anything without consultation from his spiritual guru in Raven and they frequently consult between maneuvers. Richards manages some offense but Richards ultimately gets the pin after Raven comes in and drops Dino in the gut with his Doc Marten's aided superkick.

WINNER: Steve Richards via Pinfall.


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