Raven on Developing The Raven Character

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[@michaelaburns734]

What About Raven? We are getting a Raven episode soon yes.

[@MatterOfTrooth]

Met Raven a few times at Englishtown NJ flea market 20+ yrs ago. He had a store selling wrestling figures, etc. Really nice, down to earth and loved talking wrestling.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Off the top of my head he wore Suicidal Tendencies - Art of Rebellion shirts , Ministry Psalm 69 , Nevermore , Melvins and countless more .

[@krillin876]

I saw Melvins open up for Ministry about a year or so ago!

[@johndawhale3197]

I've always thought the Ministry song "Burning Inside" would be an epic walkout song...

[@kirablackstar6130]

Savatage, KMFDM, and Neil Young too. Outside of the music shirts he wore a lot of comic book character shirts too such as Sandman (DC/Vertigo), Sandman Mystery Theater (DC/Vertigo), Daredevil, Spiderman, Grendel, etc

[@HansGruberfan]

Scott loves his birds. Flamingos and Ravens.

[@brettriverboat9920]

I could never understand why TNA or now AEW wouldn't hire him as a writer, bizarre, what a wrestling mind. Love you Raven

[@fingersTitan]

You answer your own question in your statement. "What a wrestling mind" AEW doesn't go for intelligence. Only 100% unfiltered BS. Under the 700k average now and still dropping. All we wanted was an alt to WWE and we are still waiting.

[@scotthalvorson1161]

​@@JohnnyLaps thats bs

[@JohnnyLaps]

​@@scotthalvorson1161ok

[@JohnnyLaps]

@@scotthalvorson1161 Scott I was very close to the situation most of these ECW guys we're insane and could not work elsewhere I think that's been proven and Scotty is a born bullshiter similar to Paul

[@kevinlock7637]

Politics his views are his views and they get in the way but it's all good

[@mjdf122]

Raven was an amazing character in ECW

[@donaldmurphy1405]

Wow,another great one,Saturn,Larry Z,and Now Raven,Three of the best right there!!!

[@jonbourgoin182]

Raven has done shoots with just about anyone that was willing to pay him, I am genuinely surprised it took you this long to book him! Better late than never though, Raven is always entertaining to listen to. Edit: I love how Raven admits to being a total poser by wearing t shirts of bands he didn't even listen to.

[@SmaugUKA]

Less that Raven the Character didn't listen to them and more Scott Levy did not. He even mentions in this Interview that the Character from the inception would be a big music fan and concert goer.

[@Slechy_Lesh]

yeah I had to keep telling myself, it's how wrestling works..

[@Brando-Lee3725]

Cant wait to hear more from Raven ! Thanks again James ! I wish he could get this message , its a funny story about me and my then girlfriend meeting Raven at an indy show in KY . My girl had a crush on ol Scotty lol , so we go to get pics with im , I get mine (your standard hold your fist up with the guy ) now her turn ! They sit besides each other an they get ready to take picture , my girl leans in with a smooch , he leans in briefly then recoils back as the pic was taken LOL !!!!!!! He nailed it ! No blurry motion on him at all , just my girl sitting in frozen duckface 8 inches from his face with a shit eating grin on it ! Too fn funny . I hope you see this Scotty/Raven .

[@bobhughes424]

Raven needs more praise and appreciation for what he's done in and for the wrestling business. Dude is a genius.

[@koolkeiths]

Lets get a weekly POD with Raven, super smart dude and full of stories.

[@tahcria]

For what it's worth - KMFDM is the band that he gets a little confused on. Great interview!

[@matandcat2506]

Great band too 🤘🤘🤘

[@sethputnamsghost]

KMFDM- Kill Mother Fkn Depeche Mode.😉 also known as MDFMK back in the day.🤘

[@matandcat2506]

@@sethputnamsghost We don't like Michael Jackson, we hate Depeche Mode We don't care for Madonna or Kylie Minogue!!! KMFDM SUCKS!!!!!

[@tahcria]

@@sethputnamsghost I can't remember if I was aware of that. Sounds familiar but it has been awhile. Anyway - thanks for the reminder! Take care!

[@erickennedy8534]

Scotty great pro wrestler. But, he could never main event the big time. But, he was perfect for ECE. Greatest ECW wtestler ever. .

[@siblis20]

All the head shots and drugs have taken effect on his speech and his constant hand shaking

[@markconner8664]

Fuck yes. Raven has come home to roost.

[@fdeadlycommasir]

He seems very intelligent, but confused at the same time. Looking forward to hearing the whole interview.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Raven is on record as having a higher than average IQ.

[@erickennedy8534]

It's called Drugs

[@brianshields7485]

​@@erickennedy8534and or CTE

[@brianshields7485]

And or CTE

[@greer504]

He’s definitely slowed down a bit here and sounding just a tad bit off. But thats probably just years of wear and tear. Still always a great listen though.

[@keironhiggspoet]

I've noticed all of Scott's wrestler names seem to have a relation to birds. Raven is by far his best gimmick though. his promos are almost poetry

[@mox19380]

the poetic angle was intentional based on the raven poem by poe

[@georgemaranville3305]

I met Raven at a WCW show in Nashville years ago. He made me smell his finger.

[@Trill_4_Life]

More like 25 years ago

[@amanrob]

Raven should've been brought in during some of Bray Wyatt's storylines. Would've been epic.

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

Yea i doubt Raven was a fan of Morbid Angel.

[@mikejejenich-pb5zx]

Raven 🐦‍⬛ was criminally underrated. Bishoff and vince dropped the ball on him. He should have been pushed harder 👋

[@erickennedy8534]

So, over who in WWE, and WCW!! He was perfect, for ECW. But, Paul did not pay him

[@JeffRW78]

I thought he was used decently in WCW. Him and the flock were a regular part of the show for a bit. Unfortunately WCW had a set main event scene that very few midcarders were allowed to break into.

[@dannyx1791]

Oh nice, I love Raven!

[@tonesdad0408]

Good shit James!

[@magdabrownis265]

Johnny Polo!

[@xhuntarianx]

Great character one of the all time best and he pulled it off brilliantly. And as far as theme songs his best was the WCW come as you are ripoff by far. That song just suited his character perfectly.

[@RebelliousEra]

I told my kids this guy was Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam and they seemed pretty okay about that

[@dr0yd55]

Do you still have the Dreamer chair?

[@ElmoKnowsWhereYouLive5150]

I hope he's eventually a free agent in UPW.

[@bigvanpapi]

Ah man Raven was my Teenage idol! I grew up watching TNA mid 00’s. I use to cosplay (before it became a trend) as Raven all time in middle school with jorts & ripped t-shirts and grew my hair out. No 🌈 tho

[@davidslayer]

awesome you got raven!. ~ the offspring are the greatest. he has good taste.

[@davidslayer]

too bad the audio got messed up.

[@mikelopez2024]

I know them. Their guitar player Noodles is a giant asshole

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

Quote The Raven….

[@ryankeefe2102]

Personally i thought "come out and play" never fit him i thought it was too fast i always thought that "would" would've been perfect "know me broken by my master" lyric fits Raven perfectly and it would've worked as a contrast to Dreamer using "Man In The Box"

[@clydefrogv1]

they shoulda just switched songs cause dreamer sucks eggs and so do the offspring

[@ryankeefe2102]

@y0shiklassik yea Man in the box does fit Raven "Jesus christ deny your make he who tries will be wasted"

[@mikelopez2024]

Yeah it never fit with him

[@mikelopez2024]

​@@clydefrogv1I know them unfortunately. Their guitar player Noodles is one of the worst people I ever met. Horrible person to his fans and bandmates also

[@mycabbages3538]

I was always a wwf guy growing up. I only saw his run there. I watched him via reliving the war but even there his wcw run didn’t do much for me. Loved the look but just didn’t like the constant sitting in the ring corner complaining about his life and making his flock do all his wrestling for him. Seems like a cool guy though. Wish him the best.

[@100thedarkdestroyer]

I think even Raven himself said that it was weird that they were paying him so much just to sit in the ring and complain.

[@jonbourgoin182]

His best matches were in ECW.

[@scotthalvorson1161]

Watch his whole ECW run its the best

[@TimmuDammu]

Not politically by any means. But i sence a slight Joe Biden in raven here. I don't mean stupid or anything. What mean is his speech and and having a slight difficulty of getting it out smoothly. I watch Stevie Richards cast with this guy and said Raven unfortunately is or has declining a bit. The interviewer said he had to cut 12 minutes of dead air interviewing Raven. 😢

[@mgene8093]

Yea he’s got that blank stare

[@mrchriscornwell]

I didn't know he was balding....

[@javierscott2698]

James Mitchell scalped his head in TNA after a hair vs hair match against Shane Douglas.

[@KayFabe87]

It happens. No escaping from one's genetics. He had awesome hair for the prime of his life so it was a good run.

[@MeLoNHeAd00]

He has so much trouble remembering and speaking now .

[@brianshields7485]

Probably cte

[@JS-fm3xg]

Seems like Parkinson’s

[@MeLoNHeAd00]

@@JS-fm3xg I thought the same !

[@aaronimpactgaming]

In this video, Vader talks about Raven developing the Raven character

[@my-king]

What's happened to him? He seems really off.

[@SmaugUKA]

Years of drug and alcohol use besides hardcore matches and life in general. Probably some brain damage too from all the head trauma.

[@punkfan9489]

Sounds like he has brain damage

[@shadygrove720]

Does dude have Parkinson’s?

[@brianshields7485]

Drugs and CTE I'd say

[@brianshields7485]

Years of drug abuse and CTE I'd say he's still alive most of the ECW roster is dead i don't know what quality of life he has though

[@happynemesis8313]

First

[@erickennedy8534]

Scotty great pro wrestler. But, he could never main event the big time. But, he was perfect for ECE. Greatest ECW wtestler ever. .