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IWA-Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling: IWA-MS Heavyweight Championship: Raven [w/Lucy] vs. Chris Hero: (03.28.03) - Raven made his debut for Ian Rotten's IWA Mid-South Hardcore Wrestling in Clarksville, Indiana on March 28th on a show appropriately entitled "Quote The Raven." Raven made his way to the ring sporting a new plaid blue skirt and tailed by Lucy, formerly known as WCW's Daffney Unger, as his ring valet. Daffney was clearly enthralled with Raven, doing the Crucifix as she came out to ringside and wearing a red flannel skirt herself with fishnets and combat boots. Raven was here to face the current IWA-MS Heavyweight Champion, Chris Hero. Hero does a wrestling/superhero character not unlike Nova of ECW fame.
Raven got on the microphone and cut a promo at which point Hero comes down, sporting a stylized Superman shield logo t-shirt styled after his own initials CH, and they start the match off. Match was back and forth with Hero going for a lot of high-flying moves against Raven. Lucy made her presence known in the match and received 10 count-a-long spanks from Hero for her trouble. Raven hit Hero with the Evenflow but Hero kicked out at 2. Raven went after Hero with a chair shot, but in the end, Hero pulled victory from the jaws of defeat by locking Raven in the STF at which point Raven submitted the match via tapout to Hero who retained his title.
WINNER: Chris Hero via Submission.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 15/8/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Chris Hero: 0/1/0
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NWA Total Nonstop Action: Raven Video Package: (03.26.03) - Raven was not in action on NWA/TNA this week, the story being that he was so decimated by the massive blood loss and effort put into his hardcore ladder match against AJ Styles that he was too injured to participate in this week's show and was off mending his wounds so he could return and claim his rightful destiny as the new NWA World Heavyweight Champion by defeating Jeff Jarrett.
In his place, TNA prepared an excellent video package showing Raven's path to fulfill his destiny, starting by his targeting Jeff Jarrett on his debut on TNA on 1/22/03 to his fulfilling the path to his destiny by winning the match for the contract against Jarrett on 3/19/03, set to the music of Gotham Road, the new band by ex-Misfits vocalist, Michale Graves.
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Ring of Honor: Raven & Colt Cabana vs. CM Punk & Ace Steel: (03.22.03) - Raven faced his ROH adversary CM Punk once again at the Murphy Recreation Center in Philadelphia, PA. Last time, in singles action, Punk got the best of Raven via a low blow that the official missed. This time, Raven is here to teach Punk some respect by having Punk's trainer Colt Cabana as his tag partner as he goes against another Cabana protege in Ace Steel. Raven has had run-ins with Steel and Punk as a tandem in IWC & RCW. This is a Raven's Rules match and as such Raven had the early advantage as well as crowd support once Punk ripped into the crowd preaching about how sXe he was and the superior lifestyle he lead by being straight-edge. The match utilized plenty of weapons but Raven went after Punk, who tried his best to avoid him and in the end Raven got the pin on Ace Steel via the Raven Effect.
WINNER: Raven/Colt Cabana via Pinfall (21:16)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Tag Records against CM Punk & Ace Steel: 1/0/0
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Tag Record for 2003: 2/0/0
Raven then held out his hand to to shake Punk's to abide by the Code of Honor but Punk flipped him off. After the match, Raven kept hitting Steel with the Raven Effect in an effort to get Punk back into the ring so he could try to hit Punk with the Raven Effect. When Punk finally got in Cabana turned on Raven and the trio put the boots to him. Cabana said that Punk and Steel were like his family since he was trained by Steel and grew up in the business with Punk. Many believe Punk played mind games with Cabana. The trio will now be known as the Second City Saints.
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NWA Total Nonstop Action: Raven Promo: (03.19.03) - TNA comes live from the Asylum tonight as Raven and AJ Styles are set to go one-on-one once again to decide the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship currently held by Jeff Jarrett. Raven and Styles wrestled to a draw last week and this week they'll go at it in a ladder match with the contract to fight the World Champion hanging above the ring. Prior to the match, we get a video promo from Raven previewing his strategy for the match as we see him surrounded by a variety of tools of hardcore plunder:
"This is the poisoned legacy that life has left me. This decayed estate is all that remains of my despised inheritance. This dismal place, chandeliered with mad dog bottle glass, and tiled with a syringes of mosaic and human filth. These are my people. The deformed in body and in mind. The wretched and discarded. These sideshow apparitions shall be worn as a medal on my chest, signifying the honor guard as they accompany me onto destiny. AJ Styles, you are interfering with my fate. You are interfering with a divine confluence of events. I am destined to be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. AJ Styles, you are nothing more than a pissant to be stepped upon on my road to glory. I will use any means necessary to eliminate you from the picture. There is no DQ. There is no stoppage for blood. There is no countout. There are no pinfalls. Whoever climbs this ladder to the top and pulls that contract off will be the man to face Jeff Jarrett. AJ Styles, you do not have what it takes because I am a man with destiny. I am a man on a mission and I will not be dictated to by someone such as yourself! I will put you through these tables! I will hit you with these chairs and I will climb that ladder and so help you, AJ Styles if you come between me and my destiny, I will not be held accountable for my actions. Welcome to Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun. Quote the Raven, nevermore!"
A video package later airs of Raven and AJ Styles rivalry thus far throughout NWA/TNA.
Hardcore Ladder Match: Raven vs. AJ Styles - This match will decide who faces Jarrett next for the NWA World Heavyweight title - Raven or AJ Styles - following last week's draw. Raven comes through the crowd, with a bandage wrapped tightly around his head following the various head injuries Raven has suffered since the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Raven sits in the corner awaiting AJ Styles. Styles sneaks in through the crowd and ambushes Raven with a cheap shot. AJ gets the trash can and bashes it repeatedly against Raven's head. He places the can on Raven's head then hits it with a spin kick as Raven is stunned. Raven is tossed a top the ladder and hits a double springboard moonsault onto Raven on the ladder! AJ sets the chair up and hits Raven with the drop toe hold on the chair. AJ gets cocky and props himself on the chair using Raven as a footstool and hits the Evenflow on Raven on the chair! Raven is stunned as AJ goes and sets up the ladder and starts to climb up to get the contract. Raven gets up and knocks AJ off with a chair that whacks AJ off the top rope. Raven is split open from the head and starts bleeding rapidly as the gash on his forehead starts bleeding down his face. Raven gets the ladder after clocking AJ with a trash lid. He clocks AJ with the ladder 3 times straight in the face as AJ folds like an accordion! Raven gets the ladder again and uses it as a weapon against AJ. He clocks AJ with a trash lid from the top rope. AJ falls hooked from the top rope. AJ saves himself by clocking Raven on the head with a lid as he flies into the ladder. AJ splashes the ladder just as Raven is by it, see-sawing it into Raven's face! AJ is a bloody mess as AJ clocks him with the lid numerous times! AJ goes to climb the ladder, AJ hits a huracanrana off the ladder onto Raven! Raven is a bloody, bloody mess at this point. Raven grabs AJ off the ladder and guillotines him off the ladder onto the ropes!
At this point, Raven grabs a staple gun and uses it on AJ's head, drilling him in the skull as AJ screams in agony! Raven gets the staple gun and uses it on AJ's forehead again! Raven gets a trash lid and clocks AJ with it again! Raven tries to wipe the blood off his eyes as he's drenched in it. He sets a table up on the outside as AJ crawls after being hit with a legsweep on the barricade. Raven goes after AJ, but AJ hits with a superkick and Raven is down. AJ rallies and puts Raven on the table. Raven is on the table as AJ goes up top. Raven grabs the referee and tosses him on top of himself as AJ goes for a top rope legdrop that hits, as the table explodes into shards! We can see now that the impact of the table crash causes the back of Raven's head to get pierced with a shard from the table and the back of Raven's head is now oozing blood as well as his forehead. Raven convulses and coughs up some of the blood in his mouth. AJ goes up top to try and get the contract off the ladder. Disqo from S.E.X. comes in and tips the ladder over as AJ stops the tipping. AJ kicks Disqo down and continues to climb. Disqo then grabs Styles and powerbombs him off the ladder onto a table at ringside that explodes as AJ goes through it. A bloody and disoriented Raven gets up and gets in the apron and climbs up the ladder and grabs the contract. Raven wobbles as he holds his bloody contract in the air and the camera pans as Raven passes out in the middle of the ring, drenched in blood as he grips the contract as the show ends.
WINNER: Raven via Attrition (11:10)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 15/7/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. AJ Styles: 1/0/1
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Raven was a bloody mess. We as fans of Raven, really need to be appreciative of what he is giving. He is literally giving his life's blood, to rebuild his legacy, and to entertain the fans.
Blood was running out of the back of his head like it flows from a faucet. The table was completely smeared and soaked with his blood. The blood was pooled on the carpet of the ramp there was so much of it. As the PPV went off the air, the last thing you saw was Raven laying in the middle of the ring. He would remain in that position not moving for 10-15 more minutes. He didn't so much as twitch once. Disco Inferno was first on the scene, because he eventually was sent out to the ring to drag Raven back, only to discover Raven was completely out of it. Disco tried to talk to Raven, then called out for help. The Harris Boys immediateley hit the ring, (The Harris Boys are Office for those who don't know) and then all of the referees. Jeremy Borash came to the ring, and they all were hovering around Raven.
The E.M.T. put on his gloves, and proceeded to check out Raven's head. The Harris Boys and Disco picked Raven up, who was no where near coherent looking, and they took him to the back.
When the E.M.T. was checking out Raven, the crowd erupted into a "Raven! Raven! Raven!" chant. It was really cool to see this from the crowd out here. When they got him up and carried him out, he got a standing ovation from what was left of the crowd, which suprisingly was pretty big.
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MEW: Raven vs. Jeff Rocker: (03.16.03) - Raven appeared for Maine Event Wrestling in Portland, Maine debuting for the independent group against Jeff Rocker. Raven was massively over with the Maine crowd, who had a non-stop RAVEN chant going on throughout his match. Raven dominated throughout the match and finished off Rocker with the Evenflow DDT.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 14/7/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. Jeff Rocker: 1/0/0
Later on in the show, Grandmaster Sexay invited some kids into the ring to dance after he defeated Syxx-Pac. He also said that some of the wrestlers in the back said they could dance better than him, and that if any of them wanted to come down and have a friendly dance then they are welcome to come. So Raven came down and gets on the mic and mentions that hes a great dancer and so on. The music starts up and Brian starts dancing when suddenly Raven attacks Brian and does a drop toe hold on the steel chair and hit him several times with it as well. After that he picked him back up and evenflowed him through it. It was some pretty crazy stuff, the crowd was going nuts. He then got on the mic and set up a match between himself and Brian at the next show that has yet to be announced -- "Quote the Raven, Nevermore".
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Ring of Honor: Raven/CM Punk Confrontation: (03.15.03) - Raven's involvement in Ring of Honor is the impetus for this feud between the decadent Raven and the straight-edge CM Punk. As Punk told Ring of Honor, "When I got the call to come to Ring Of Honor I was never so proud. I know only the top athletes who make wrestling a sport come to ROH. Raven is a weak individual and does not belong and he's going to find out why straight edge means I'm better than you."
Raven's response to this statement came tacked on as a surprise to all, especially CM Punk, at the end of Ring of Honor's 1st Anniversary video. Raven said that he remembered when he was coming up, all the up and comers would disrespect the veterans for being old and slow, but unlike them, Raven is in the best shape of his life. He thinks Punk has a lot of talent but he's not going to make a name for himself at Raven's expense. Raven questioned Punk's lifestyle and says that being straight edge is not virtuous, but rather that he doesn't have the balls to walk on the wildside. "Welcome to Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun, Quote the Raven, Nevermore!"
At ROH's 3/15 show in Cambridge, MA, near Boston at the Massachusetts National Guard Armory, Punk got on the microphone and ran-down the man from the Bowery, calling him on his lifestyle and extolling why being Edge makes him a better athlete than Raven. Punk ran down Raven. He said Raven wasn't even there to answer his challenge because he was scared of him. So as Punk leaves the ringside area, Raven comes out and backs him up into the ring where they cut a promo on each other ending with Raven saying he'll first out wrestle Punk in their match and then put him through a table and Raven walked out on him as Punk, stealing a page from the rulebreaker's handbook, attacked Raven from behind. Raven rallied as Punk slid out of the ring avoiding the wrath of the enigmatic one as their match was set later for the night.
Raven [w/Trinity] vs. CM Punk - Raven makes his way to the ring via "Come Out & Play" by The Offspring, his old ECW theme music. The match started off as the mat-based wrestling affair that Punk claimed he would excel in versus the limited skills a debauched Raven would have due to his years of physical inebriation. However, this didn't prove to be the case, as Raven outwrestled CM Punk with a strong variety of holds proving why Raven is the master of ring technique and psychology that allowed him to succeed in WCW, WWE and NWA/TNA. Punk quickly grew frustrated with this and decided to level the playing field against the Poet of the Macabre with the ultimate equalizer: a steel chair straight out of Raven's playbook, busting Raven wide open as he bled before the Boston audience. The match quickly turned into an ECW-style brawl. Punk legdropped Trinity on a table outside the ring. Raven was soon bleeding from a cut he incurred the night before in IWC. The ROH referee got bumped and Raven did a drop toe hold on Punk into a chair. He went for the pin but no ref. Punk ended up coming out on top due to hitting Raven with a blatant low blow while the referee was out from the bump, then quickly capitalizing by locking the prone Raven into a Tequila Sunrise submission. Afterwards, the ROH officials had to restrain Raven from hitting the Evenflow on Punk, as Raven justifiably didn't adhere to the "Code of Honor" after Punk got the win over him so cheaply. So Raven just hit the referee with the DDT instead in protest!
WINNER: CM Punk via Submission
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 13/7/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. CM Punk: 1/1/0
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IWC: Raven vs. CM Punk: (03.14.03) - Before the match-up Raven made his presence felt early on. interfering in NWA/TNA rival AJ Styles' matchup. Super Hentai was set to defend his Super Indy Title against AJ Styles, in a visually spectacular contest. Both men’s similar styles and high-risk mentality caused the match to turn into a high-flying game of "Can You Top This?" that had fans in awe until the very end. However, things didn’t stay one-on-one entirely, as Doe reappeared to try to seek revenge on Hentai, only to be cut off by Bubba. The Mysterious X ran in as well, but AJ took care of him. Finally, with everyone else distracted, the one and only RAVEN appeared and gave Hentai the Evenflow DDT, allowing AJ to hit The Styles Clash and pin Hentai for the 1-2-3 to become the NEW IWC Super Indy Champion!
Raven started his match with CM Punk in the locker room, and it eventually spilled out into the ring, and the bell was sounded even though the match had been scheduled for later on. Both men went through a very physical battle, until it took not one, but two Evenflow DDTs to keep Punk down for the 3 count.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 13/6/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. CM Punk: 1/0/0
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NWA Total Nonstop Action: Raven/AJ Styles Confrontation: (03.12.03] - NWA/TNA comes to you on March 12, 2003 from The TNA Asylum at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville. Tonight, Raven and A.J. Styles go one-on-one to decide who will face Jeff Jarrett on March 19th as the number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.
Goldilocks interviews A.J. Styles as he's set himself up on Raven's Nest in the TNA Asylum in a deliberate attempt to antagonize the Poet of the Macabre. He says he's gonna take a dump in Raven's Nest but states that he wants Raven to bring his best game forward to the match tonight, because then he'll have proven once he beats Raven and then Jarrett that he's the undisputed NWA Champion. Raven then comes up towards the Nest but A.J. hurls a chair at Raven's head, knocking him down the steps. Raven goes up to fight him, but the Harris Brothers grab Raven and restrain him from making a mistake and wearing himself out before the match as they head back towards the S.E.X. locker room.
Raven vs. A.J. Styles - This match is to decide the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Title against Jeff Jarrett next week on TNA. Raven makes his way out to the ringside area first. He now has a black kilt and does the Crucifix then slumps into the corner awaiting the arrival of 'The Phenomenal' A.J. Styles. Both men pace around the ring then face off, head-to=head, in the middle of the ring. They shove each other around until Raven gores Style and mounts him with repeated blows to the head. The referee Rudy Charles warns Raven to back off. Raven picks A.J. up, but A.J. reverses and tries to lock Raven up in the Styles Clash but Raven breaks the lock and slides out of the ring. Raven then eats a baseball slide dropkick from Styles goes to the outside to play Raven's wicked game of hardcore. Raven whips A.J. into the guardrail, but thanks to A.J.'s deft balance, he's able to balance on the steel rail. Raven will have none of this and knocks A.J. down as he lands hard to the groin on the rail. Raven grabs Styles and slams him into the steel steps headfirst as Raven dominates the match at this point.
Raven takes Styles back in the ring and they exchange blows. A.J. runs the ropes and Raven hits him with the drop toe hold which sends him back to the floor. Raven follows and goes outside to goad Jeff Jarrett who is outside doing commentary for the match. Raven picks up the belt and states he's coming for it next. Ravem slams Styles head into the turnbuckle post then kicks him some more. He clocks Styles with a steel chair as he continues the beatdown on the prone A.J. Raven then hits A.J. with a telegraph clothesline and then a running knee-lift as the audience begins a LET'S GO RAVEN chant as we see Styles is busted wide open from the chair blow. Raven whips A.J. to the corner and eats a big boot as he tries a splash. A.J. then goes to capitalize but Raven clocks him with a spinning roundhouse kick to the side of his head. Raven then hits A.J. with the top rope kneedrop driver. Raven then locks A.J. in a sleeper hold, but A.J. counters with the same hold. Raven breaks it with a scoop by Raven sending A.J. into the ringposts. A.J. locks the sleeper on once again, Raven breaks it with a jawbreaker. Both men are down and AJ is bleeding heavily. The crowd starts chanting RAVEN. Both men eat vicious right hands and A.J. is in control and hits him a Nightmare on Helms Street for 2. A flurry of exchanges culminated with Helms hitting an inverted neckbreaker on Raven from the outside apron which whiplashes Raven forward. Styles tries a springboard dropkick which Raven catches in flight and reverses into a wicked snap powerbomb for a 2 count.
A.J. then runs the rope and Rvane tries to catch him but eats a savate kick for his troubles as both men collapse. Styles only gets a 2 due to a slow cover. A.J. whips Raven and takes him down a head/scissors takedown. Raven whips A.J. into the pads and hits Raven with an Evenflow DDT on his own for 2. Raven crawls outside and counter a crossbody splash to the outside with a kneelify in flight. Raven then slaps Jarrett which sets him off as he slaps Raven repeatedly knocking him down. Jarrett then attacks Styles as security escorts Jarrett away. Raven is in teh ring as Jarrett leaves. A.J. hits a missile dropkick on the referee aiming for Raven. Raven then evenflows A.J. and has the 3 but there's no referee to count the pin off the Raven Effect. Referee Andrew Thomas runs in from the back and counts a 2. Raven then whips Styles to the ropes and tries the splash but A.J. moves and Raven hits Thomas as Styles hits the Styles Clash with no one to count his pin. Charles counts a 2 as he regains consciousness. Raven grabs a chair and clocks A.J. with it just as A.J. simultaneously kicks Raven with a swift roundhouse to the head. Both men are knocked out and fall with an arm draped over the other as the referees make simultaneous 3 counts and the match ends in a draw!
WINNER: Draw between Raven & Styles (10:00)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 12/6/1
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record vs. A.J. Styles: 0/0/1
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Raven pulled himself over into his corner where he was laying pre-match, and Styles stumbled to his feet holding his head. Jarrett made his way back to the ring, and Borash announced the referees Decision. The Match was an official Draw. No winner, No loser.
Both Raven and Styles Protested, Raven shoved one of the refs, and then shoved A.J. A.J. shoved him back, and the refs and security got between them. Jarrett got on the mic and said that this was bullshit and the people paid to see a winnner, and he wanted to know who he had to defend the NWA World Heavyweight Title against next week. It was again announced that it was a draw, and several "3 way Dance" and "Triple Threat" chants broke out. Jarrett nodded his head in approval to the chant, and said "I guess I'll just have to beat both of your asses next week!" ...
Raven motioned for Jarrett to bring it on, and Jarrett hit the ring. All 3 attempted to go at each other, but security broke them apart.
Raven rolled out of the ring, and was vocal about his displeasure of the decision, all the way back to the S.E.X. dressing room.
A bloody A.J. Styles stumbled his way up the ramp, in definite worse condition than Raven. Jarrett was the last to leave, and did to a big ovation.
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PWA: World Heavyweight Title: Raven [w/Trinity] vs. Pat Gunnar vs. Psycho Osbourne: (03.09.03) - Raven challenged for the PWA Heavyweight Title in this match-up which saw Raven dominate throughout and then seal himself teh victory in the match-up as well as the PWA Title by defeating Osbourne by hitting him with the Evenflow DDT. The crowd was in support of Raven, but before the celebration got underway, it was announced that due to a "CONTRACT WORDING CLAUSE" signe dprior to the match by the participants, it was Gunnar who had to be pinned for the Title to change hands. So Raven gets the win, but is denied the championship.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Records for 2003: 12/6/0
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USA Pro Wrestling: Raven [w/Trinity] vs. The Sandman: (03.08.03) - Raven returned the Madhouse of Extreme, the same venue where he made his return to ECW back in 1999, as he made his New York indie wrestling re-debut for USA Pro Wrestling in Queens, NY. Raven was accompanied to ringside by Trinity, a featured regular in NWA/TNA, Raven's new stomping grounds since leaving WWE. Sandman then come sout and we have the two's first meeting since their brutal brawl on Wednesday in Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun, with the winner supposed to be getting a shot at Ballz Mahoney's USA Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title in this No-DQ matchup. A hardcore brawl ensued with both men beating the hell out of each other in a throwback to their classic battles. Raven gets the win after Sandman missed a somersault senton onto a table.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Records for 2003: 11/6/0
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NWA Total Nonstop Action: Raven Promo/Kevin Sullivan Confrontation: (03.05.03] - NWA/TNA opened up with a shot of the darkened TNA Asylum as Raven was perched on his Nest at the top of the Asylum. Raven got on the mic and cut a promo to hype that night's "Clockwork Orange House of Fun" match against The Sandman:
"Pete Townshend, the world's greatest living songwriter, once said, 'No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned.' Sandman, tonight you hope to withstand the Raven juggernaut. But fighting me in my own creation is foolhardy at best, suicide at worst. Sandman, Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun will be your undoing -- it will be your Hiroshima. You see, I am bathed in sanity and light, clothed in madness and shadows, dealing out woe and sorrow to those who are foolish enough to oppose me. I have a destiny! I have a destiny! To be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion ... You see, life is a tapestry ... and those who are singled out for this divine birthright have two choices. They can fight it or they can face it. Well, I have turned the other cheek for far too long. I have - I have not been devout because pain and horror are holy things and by believing in the darkness, we are elevated. And by elevating us, we elevate ourselves when we destroy. And when we destroy, we are cleansed. Welcome to Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun. Quote the Raven, nevermore!"
Suddenly, the lights go out and they cast an additional spotlight in the ring on Kevin Sullivan, who claims that he was hardcore fighting guys like Terry Funk and Abdullah the Butcher while Raven was still is diapers. That he didn't make his reputation in a "glorified Bingo Hall" like Raven, but in places like The Cow Palace in San Francisco and through the bloody South in Georgia. Sullivan says he had heard that Raven was now the man in hardcore wrestling and he demanded to be here at TNA tonight, not as a referee - because a referee makes rules and order, but rather as an special observer to make sure this is the most violent match of all times so Sullivan can say he was there when Raven really made himself for destroying Sandman and if he doesn't Sullivan will make him pay. Raven then grabs the mic again.
Raven: "Sullivan, if you're here to pass the torch to me, you're a few years too late, because I respect what you did, but the carnage you left is nothing compared to the bloodshed that I will leave. Welcome to the Asylum, Kevin Sullivan: Do you think that you'll keep your sanity?"
Sullivan: "Raven, this night we'll see whether you're the real thing, or just another imposter."
With that, Sandman shows up and knocks Raven off the Nest as Sandman chugs a beer to announce his arrival as the Harris Borthers coem to Raven's side and they go to the back together.
We then have a promo backstage where Goldilocks interviews Sandman. Sandman says the match tonight against Raven will be lions, tigers and bears, oh my. Sandman mocks Kevin Sullivan's involvement and that thye match will be a typical affair with Raven, Sandman, canes and beer. Quote Sandman nevermore.
We then see an awesome video package detailing Raven and Sandman's feud in TNA leading up to the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match.
Raven's Clockwork Orange House of Fun: Raven vs. The Sandman - Kevin Sullivan makes his way to the ring, 'wearing' a painted on referee outfit of grease paint on his bare torso with the word violence scrawled on chest in red. The set up the Clockwork Orange House of Fun match is a ring with all the ropes criss-crossed with heavy steel chains. There are 4 poles on each ringpost adding an additional 5 feet which are linked by heavy steel chains to which are clamped on a variety of items of hardcore plunder, varying from steel chairs, to fan sign covered street signs, a section of guardrail, a steel cage door, several singapore canes and trash cans, a variety of kendo sticks, chains, tables and steel chairs. The only way to win is after brutalizing your opponent in the house of fun is to toss your opponent from the top of Raven's Nest at the top of the Asylum through 4 tables stacked on each other to the ground below.
Raven makes his way to the ring, announced as weighing 242 lbs. from Philadelphia. Raven does the Crucifix amidst the hardcore plunder plucked from his imaginings. Sandman makes his way down to the ring sporting a 12 pack of beer as ammo to keep him going through the match. Raven starts it off by pounding Sandman with the trash can. Sandman hits Raven with a savate kick. Raven gets thrown outside and Sandman bashes him against a trash can on the outside. He doubles Raven over on teh guardrail then does a legdrop off the top rope apron on Raven's head against the steel as Raven is busted wide open. Sandman pounds on Raven some more and busts Raven's forehead wide open and Raven starts bleeding profusely. Sandman grabs a can and tosses it at Raven after a failed drop toe hold attempt. Raven grabs Sandman and hits him with the Evenflow as Sandman is stunned. Raven then uses that time to grab a length of guard rail and drop toe holds Sandman against it. Raven then grabs a chain off the Funhouse and whips Sandman with it, then chokes Sandman out with it.
Raven then grabs various chairs and starts whacking Sandman with them as Sandman becomes a broken marionette for Raven to toy with. Sullivan hands Raven more chairs and he gleefully cracks them over Sandman's head. Raven hits Hak with a drop toe hold on the chair. By this point, Raven has a complete crimson mask as the blood seeps all ovr his face and hair. Raven unclamps a lid from the Funhouse to nail Sandman with to knock him on the table and then goes to the top rope and hits a top rope elbow on Sandman through the table! Sandman gets some booze and it hulks him up as he rallies enough to give Raven a conchairto with 2 trash lids and then a Singapore Cane shot! They go up to Raven's Nest and Sandman dominates as Raven teeters on the edge of losing! Raven tries to toss Hak over again to no avail. they're choking each other out on teh edge of the balcony. Hak clocks Raven with the trash lid. Raven kicks it and Sandman back. They're to the top of the balcony and Hak looks to be in control until Raven hits Sandman with a fire extinguisher blow, blinding Sandman and then Raven grabs Sandman and launches him over through 4 tables as Raven wins the match!
WINNER: Raven via Attrition (8:19)
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles TV Record vs. Sandman: 16/9/5
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record for 2003: 10/6/0
Raven, covered completely in blood from head to toe, crawls to the ring amidst the carnage of the remains of Raven's Clockwork Orange Hosue of Fun and grabs the microphone to call out Jeff Jarrett:
"Now -- Now, that I've disposed of the Sandman once and for all ... I WANT MY TITLE SHOT NOW!! Jeff Jarrett, look at me ... I'm a bleeding, bloody mess ... this is your only chance to possibly defeat me. I dare you to give me a title shot right now! Come on Jeff, are you scared! Come on Jarrett, me and you, one-on-one, for the title! I HAVE A DESTINY, DAMN YOU! I've got a destiny to fulfill! Where the hell are you?!! COME DOWN HERE NOW!"
Jarrett runs down with a steel chair and the NWA title in hand. Raven is so drained and bloodied he's little match for Jarrett as Jeff assails him with a sledgehammer atachhed to the chains above the ring and then with several trash cna lid shots. A.J. Styles then runs to ringside and appears to be about to clock Jarrett but instead decapitates Raven, who falls like a sack as all hell breaks loose with A.J., Brian Lawler, David Flair and Erik Watts all coming in to try and take out Jarrett as the show goes off the air.
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RCW Misfortune: Raven vs. Vic Capri: (03.01.03) - Raven was wrestling for RCW on March 1. 2003 in LaSalle, IL one night after facing another Vic, Vicious Vic Grimes, in XPW. Raven came in and got a tremendous reaction in front of well over 500 fans against indy superstar Capri. The match went all around the ring, even into the bar area of the arena concessions and involved a stop sign which Raven used on Capri. Raven finished off the match with the Evenflow after overcoming Capri using several tricks of Raven's own playbook against him, including the drop toe hold on the chair.
WINNER: Raven via Pinfall.
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Record versus Vic Capri: 1/0/0
WIN/LOSS/DRAW Singles Records for 2003: 9/6/0
Later on, Raven comes in during the RCW Battle Royale and attacks CM Punk and Ace Steele, heels in RCW, as they attack Acid. Raven comes in and exacts the odds by hitting them with a double dose of the Raven Effect, laying out C.M. Punk and Steele.
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