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[@N0strapapas]

I can't get over how good the quality of Stevie's camera is. I don't think I've ever seen a podcast come close.

[@RicheyYT]

I believe he probably recording the podcast on the camera and using that footage instead of recording from the video call program they use

[@flyersluver4eva]

He is a tech nerd

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

​@@flyersluver4evaone of us

[@KayFabe87]

A huge improvement over the Muraco-cam and Shane Douglas’s camera. They looked like they were recorded with the same camera used for the Zapruder film.

[@robv4936]

Agree, one of the best I recall seeing.

[@Evilash1303]

I am honestly super excited about this show. A lot of respect for Stevie and for James. Love Stevie’s positive attitude towards things and James is the perfect guy to do it with. Looking forward to it guys!

[@DanVanDam]

Richards is the king of Strong OCD style

[@barryjamesbugarin5736]

Since the renaissance of Stevie Richards on youtube, it's basically impossible to not be a huge fan! Congratulations, Fellas! I wish much success to both of you and the channel!

[@TeeKoon]

Stevie is a revelation, such an interesting knowledge, a balanced opinion. I was expecting a feud between him and Raven, the scapegoat-disciple revolt!

[@annebonney463]

It's great to see you continue on. Try and get Shane on board every now and again. 🎉

[@DjakedB405]

Are you talking about Shane Douglas?

[@annebonney463]

@@DjakedB405 Yes

[@DjakedB405]

@@annebonney463 love that guy doesn't get enough respect

[@horncrownedproductions9675]

@@DjakedB405 this show is replacing James' show he was doing with Shane.

[@elmstreetdreams]

YES!! Love Stevie, Love James, he and Dutch are killin' it, can't WAIT for this project!! 💥👊

[@user-ic6oq5ty9c]

Congratulations guys! That’s the first 2 hour KZbin vid that kept my attention all the way through. Keep up the good work 💪

[@WallStreetIceCream]

I like to see stevie go on dutch show i think they could have a great conversation

[@kareemramzey8870]

I believe they did that couple years ago no?

[@WallStreetIceCream]

@@kareemramzey8870 no

[@WallStreetIceCream]

@@kareemramzey8870 no

[@TheActualFinn]

Stevie is one of those guys that without him you wouldn't have all the bigger names. He made those guys look great and I'm very thankful to have him in the era I watch. Thanks Stevie!!

[@megsley]

woo! congrats on the new show, fellas 🍻

[@aaronpitts6749]

Stevie, I first discovered you on Russo’s podcast and immediately became fascinated in your honest, positive take of the business. I will admit, I wasn’t a fan of yours in the 90’s but you have a great mind for wrestling.

[@Commentssectionbingo]

James thanks for your continued honesty re the whole podcast business. This was a great setup episode You have done it again

[@eternalharmony7546]

Always been a big Stevie fan so Im glad he does so much on youtube these days

[@mtbd215]

i truly look forward to the Stevie Richards show

[@neilsun2521]

Great show, guys. Stevie's a much needed voice amongst all the ex wrestling personalities with his sane sober insights. No agenda; no bitterness. Love it.

[@ojl392]

Carry the ideas from your channel here man. Choose a match to analyze about what went right or wrong, or clips of that subject. Maybe the topic could be on a move or a certain phase in the match like the finish! GO STEVIE!!!

[@fingersTitan]

I loved Stevie's move breakdown vids. I'm guessing he won't be carrying them on? I'm just clicking play. I hope to hear he is but not holding out. Edit ALREADY SUBBING. This sounds superb.

[@KayFabe87]

The Marty Jannetty story about running into a stranger’s house unannounced just to “say hello” is a good way to get ventilated by a homeowner who is not expecting company in the middle of the night.

[@robzombie2024]

You nailed it.

[@david-468]

Yep , but I do believe jannetty was a Cali boy growing up so makes a lil more sense

[@KayFabe87]

@@david-468 Jannetty is actually from Georgia so he should know better.

[@david-468]

@@KayFabe87 yeah he was born there, don’t know if he was raised there tho

[@billholtz8711]

I like this new tag team of Stevie and James. Intelligent and interesting conversation is appreciated.

[@jtown1022]

I'm glad they're having Stevie do the Whiteboard Breakdown of a match. You could fill a whole channel of nothing but shorts of Stevie Richards doing Whiteboard Breakdowns, and it would draw money. Also I have feeling he would make a killing with Superchats and fundraisers.

[@WhutThu]

This is the first full episode that I've seen from Stevie. But his Integrity jumps out of the screen! I'm subbed.

[@paulknight5300]

Great show! Awesome job guys. Looking forward to many more shows to come. I'd love to see Stevie and Dutch having indepth conversations!

[@Steven-rp8zo]

This is huge!!! So happy to see you guys collaborate. Two of the best to do it!

[@bradmullins9132]

Stevie forgot to add Lita to the list of that female cast, but other than that absolutely loved the show!!

[@HiGlowie]

More like Chita amirite hehehe

[@aaronpitts6749]

In today’s era, Charlotte and obviously that AEW trans lady. Her name escapes me. Also Becky can hang with small guys like Johnny Sameface or a Sami Zayn

[@jtarantula3390]

Time stamp?

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Im so glad the whiteboard screen is still getting over

[@burntvirtue]

Stevie you had such a good thing going with your channel the way it was man. Perfect format, video length, and outro music.

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

Hell yes!

[@jakecole8343]

Love the show guys, look forward to seeing more :)

[@ghjk9592]

I just love how professional diplomatic and knowledgeable Stevie is. I still love Dutch but I think this might be my favourite KZbin wrestling content.

[@ChuckWCoulter]

This is great. Congratulations, gentlemen.

[@lindsaymanns3559]

Richie has beautiful blue eyes ! A very good camera 🎥

[@k_gene2816]

Shannon Moore be a good guest .. talk his short wcw days, Matt hardy, Cruiserweight days, etc

[@____K_____989]

Dude. I am so here for camera angle talk.

[@user-vj9qz3br6l]

Great video! Looking forward to the new show / podcast

[@ianvollmer4928]

Stevie n james equals gold. So (edited) f u haters!. Philly dudes please support. Give some hate to me love u guys! Love them! Please support. Stevie a great real dude.

[@BkZ1AnD0nLy]

Don't stop doing these guys. This is good great stuff

[@moonbase73]

Congrats guys. Looking forward to this.

[@DinoTGenesis]

WCW and WWF were running a few shows in Florida around mid Dec in 1996. At first I thought the weather looked too sunny but according to Weatherspark, it was sunny for a few hours each day. The guy next to Bulldog looks like Brad Armstrong. I think the guy between Austin and Show is Mike Enos.

[@Baker15ww]

Sounds amazing!🎉

[@JosephRamous]

So glad you guys are doing this Stevie is great! So happy we’re getting this show

[@MikeeTompkins]

Definitely looking forward to this new show and happy to be here for take off!

[@desiduarte969]

This is a very intelligent show. A very straight forward show. I'm on board.

[@CeemPlay]

The master of the Stevie kick

[@Zoogleas]

So regarding the photograph discussed around the 1 hour mark, I think Stevie was right when he said it's probably just a bunch of wrestlers working out at a gym where there was a show in the same area. Aside from that, we can deduce some things about it: The photo was taken before the year 2000, as Show cut his hair in early 2000. It was also after 1996 as Steve is completely bald, and he entered with a little bit of hair before shaving it completely. I'm not entirely convinced that is Billy Gunn in the photo. When Gunn returned at Unforgiven 2000 as part of Mick Foley's investigation into who ran down Austin, he still had long hair, which would only be cut a few months later when he returned. It doesn't look like that person has long hair, so it raises questions to me that it's Billy Gunn. Also on that topic, the person next to Steve I'm almost 100% is not HBK, as even in bad lighting/shadowy area of a photography I think we'd all know that it was him. If Stevie is off on that one, he might be off on ID'ing Gunn too. Flair and Hogan look like they did in the late 90's as well. Reading an old Reddit thread from 6 years ago, someone suggested the third person from the left is Lanny Poffo, Macho's brother, and I think that may have been suggested in the interview here as well. I think that's a likely candidate. The other two unknowns may just be fans who requested the photo. Based on what I'm looking at in the photo, I'd say it was ca. 1997 or 1998, and that is what someone on the thread stated as well, that it was taken in Venice Beach, California at Gold's Gym, which is what the misidentified HBK is wearing a shirt of, so it could be accurate. Interesting to try to deconstruct the date based on information from within the photograph however.

[@andymanthey6695]

You and Stevie are so excited about all the new ideas you have and how different its going to be. This isn't an insult on Stevie, it's just absolutely the truth. Stevies career was what it was because he didn't have "it" or never had a huge fan base. So you expect people to tune in, to a guy we all tuned out, over 20 yrs ago??? I'm sure you'll have his true fans... so you'll get 400 to 1000 likes right there. I'll bet my 1st born the stevie show is done by Sept 24th. Bank on it

[@seabrook1976]

This should be a solid collaboration. Can’t wait to check out the new content!

[@Luckragol]

stevie! \o/

[@jerisergedunphy]

I laughed when Dutch said your last name and you looked so shocked 😂

[@mtt16690]

Been watching stevie since the T4 show. See no reason to stop now he’s teamed with the best co host. This will be great

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

It looks like Stevie is in the room with me. That camera quality! 🙌🏻

[@rondebold3249]

I always thought Steveie always stood out, entertaining and a great worker!

[@m.adampriest7719]

This show is great. I’ve never seen wrestling analyzed like nfl or mlb. Keep up the good work

[@misternewman1576]

This is gonna be great.

[@markconner8664]

Love this. I’d love to hear as many road stories & general happenings involving Raven. I believe I’ve heard Raven say he hired Stevie to also take care of his bookings also (flights & whatnot).

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm7993]

Hearing what AA said to Masters about Stevie made me realize another level of respect for Stevie. Seems like a good dude

[@cowpalacedave]

Great job!

[@triumpthat]

It's gonna be great

[@Andy-kw5nw]

I saw Sullivan at the Miami Beach convention center when I was 12 early in 86. He walked out with the jack roberts. The main event that night was a barbed wire match between Barry windham vs., his father, Black jack mulligan……………..also saw Lex Luger for the first time. Good times Good times😂………..RIP Sullivan😢

[@epic1761]

loved stevie

[@markconner8664]

Good stuff. 👍🏻

[@murraysaucedo897]

Stevie Richards kinda looks like David Grohl

[@suffocatdevil]

I always remember the interview with James Storm when he just got to WWE about everyone doing super kicks as transition moves as it was his finisher. He just said in his southern accent “well they don’t get up from mine”. Fair play mr storm 😂

[@IamThePro78]

I feel like I'm nerding out with all the camera talk😂

[@rauladdams5709]

Love it ❤❤❤ Subbed.

[@vikdaddy]

This guy is the only person who puts himself in the thumbnail also 😂

[@MichaelKrucinski-lm6zs]

James is king

[@natedizzle106]

Nicest guy in the wrestling business. Wish Stevie all the best

[@horncrownedproductions9675]

Should call the show "I'll Show You! I'm Taking Over! with Stevie Richards".

[@redzzder7951]

Hit a stevie kick on the subscribe button

[@justanobody0]

I didn't know who Stevie Richards was until a couple days ago, when I came across a Stevie Richards show episode I'm Canadian, and although I was aware of wrestling from a young age in the 90s I know if I saw any wrestling until like 2004 probably, and that's on the internet. I don't know if we got any channels that televised wrestling (I'm talking about my situation specifically, not any Canadian, I'm sure there were families that got the channels, ordered the ppvs, and got the vhs tapes) anyways, Stevie comes across as a humble guy I've been watching multiple Steve Richards episodes or clips

[@NightcapLover]

Big Stevie Cool 👍

[@mjdf122]

WSI and Big Stevie Cool

[@TheAC420]

Kevin Dunn being gone is still my favorite thing WWE has done in years. No question. Less camera cuts the better it makes you feel more like you're there. Let's also give our flowers to Michael Cole for being such a trooper for all these years. I think he's doing his best work.

[@NLaBar]

The photo at 1:01:00 is crazy , as it’s clearly WCW guys on the left and WWF on the right. I don’t think that’s HBK next to Bulldog… just doesn’t seem like a group of guys who’d be hanging out taking a photo together unless maybe it was the grand opening of that golds gym in Florida somewhere 🤷🏻

[@ME-qz9hk]

"Steve Austin" looks more like Perry Saturn there to me

[@ducklife420]

i'm smoking a blunt the size of one of dutch mantel's ceegars while i'm listening to this. i love the show guys thank you!

[@user-yk9rs6lr5c]

It’s rich that James puts so much emphasis on the camera quality. He works with Dutch, a fella who can’t even get a camera to work.

[@CeemPlay]

Out of his control

[@Topher_ofthe_North]

I'm glad Stevie see that The learning tree gimmick is just a parity of Tony kahn . Thanks guys 😊

[@ms.carriage6867]

please get Shane on as a co host when possible 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

Lori's big lad smashing out another episode!

[@sambanner1889]

Great vid guys. That photo, the guy with the blue hat could it be Brakus maybe and Scott Taylor (Scotty Too Hotty) next to Bulldog.

[@leejames1839]

June 28th is my birthday great gift

[@jtarantula3390]

And yet again, no one mentions Stacy Carter aka The Kat I wanted to know where the Right To Nudity angle was going and what he knew about her firing

[@TonyDanza4Lyfe]

Hey Stevie I remember when you should’ve won the million for mlb 2k! Can u describe it?

[@emfs9522]

James Romero I believe lol.

[@Christoffski]

Usually only Cornette and Last's shows sound this good. I don't normally care too much about video, but there's actually a point with Stevie.

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

SUBSCRIBED. WILL BE TUNING INTO THIS PODCAST!! CONGRATULATIONS FOR GETTING STEVIE RICHARDS!

[@edbridges1164]

The camera angle was nicknamed "Coyote Camera" by the King tended to be used a lot during Ladder matches

[@krispykreme3176]

1:51:15 Pretty much sums it up, Shawn truly was flawless

[@blastkill]

This new show should be fucken good. Stevie seems like a really fucken good dude.

[@phillysfinest215]

I would have called the show “Mr nice guy “ because he’s one of the nicest guys in the biz you won’t hear no gossip or drama

[@smeagle3295]

Sharmelle is a rough name. It sounds like a toilet paper brand..

[@RMGLUCK]

Austin debuted in the WWF with wispy blond hair. He shortly thereafter decided to go bald on his own terms, which proved an eminently sensible decision.

[@Amypj]

How can he not mention Ivory when speaking about the women. She was so good.

[@jdbaylor1305]

1:01:14 3rd from left: Billy Kidman? (Billy was pretty thick in the shoulders for a while).

[@ainaalaina-kn8kp]

Hello 👋

[@nickross2423]

It's 97 or 98.. bulldog still wore that gear in wcw at the beginning

[@andrewvassos3304]

When I was in the business I would soak things up like a todays sponge

[@michaelheasman9749]

Is Stevie still gonna be on russo shows as well?

[@thecolourofspring5972]

Stevie seems legit as hell tbh, i love what i'm seeing and hearring here

[@cal9784]

The guy next to Bulldog looks absolutely nothing like HBK. Stevie needs his eyes checked!

[@KayFabe87]

Very insightful and thought provoking comment.