Scott Levy
Statistics
Ring name(s)	Johnny Polo Raven Scott Anthony Scotty the Body Scotty Flamingo
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1. 85 m)
Billed weight	245 lb (111 kg/17. The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass 5 st)
Born	September 8, 1964 (1964-09-08) (age 43) Short Hills, New Jersey[1] [2]
Resides	Atlanta, Georgia
Billed from	The Bowery, Palm Beach, Florida
Trained by	Larry Sharpe Charlie Fulton The Sheik Jake Roberts
Debut	February 20, 1988
Website	TheRavenEffect.com Raven at MySpace

Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964 in Short Hills, New Jersey), better known by his ring name Raven, is an American Professional wrestling performer, writer and producer. The stone is a unit of Weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Short Hills is an unincorporated area located within the township of Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Bowery (ˈbaʊɚi or /ˈbaʊri/ is the name of a street and a small neighborhood in the southern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Palm Beach is an upscale Incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Larry Weil (b June 26, 1951) is an American Retired Professional wrestler, manager and trainer better known under his ring name "Pretty Edward "Ed" George Farhat ( June 9, 1926 - January 18, 2003) was an American Professional wrestler best known Aurelian Smith Jr (born May 30 1955 in Gainesville, Texas) is a second-generation American professional wrestler and Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Events 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Short Hills is an unincorporated area located within the township of Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. A ring name is a Stage name used by a professional wrestler, or in some cases a Martial artist or boxer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff

He is a former Extreme Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight champion and National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight champion, and holds a record for most reigns as WWF/E Hardcore champion. The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Championship is a Professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Hardcore Championship was a Hardcore wrestling championship defended in World Wrestling Entertainment, (formerly the World Raven is the only professional wrestler to hold championship gold in each of the major American promotions of the last decade; World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, & Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Levy is also the innovator of numerous types of "gimmick" wrestling matches, such as the Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match, the Raven's Rules Match, and the Hangman's Horror Match. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 World Championship Wrestling (1992-1993) 1.3 World Wrestling Federation (1993-1994) 1.4 Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995-1997) 1.5 World Championship Wrestling (1997-1999) 1.6 Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999-2000) 1.7 World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000-2003) 1.8 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003-2008) 1.8.1 The Gathering 1.8.2 NWA Championship 1.8.3 Serotonin 1.9 Recent activity 2 In wrestling 3 Championships and accomplishments 4 Personal life 5 In other media/miscellaneous facts 6 See also 7 References 8 Notes 9 External links

Career

Early career

Scott Levy entered the wrestling business in 1988 as Scotty The Body in Memphis' Continental Wrestling Association, where he was the boy-toy of Missy Hyatt, who used him to her and Eddie Gilbert's advantage. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. The Continental Wrestling Association (later on “Championship Wrestling Association” was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. Melissa Ann Hiatt (born October 16, 1964) is an American professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring name Missy Hyatt. Thomas Edward (Eddie Gilbert Jr ( August 14, 1961 &ndash February 18, 1995) was an American professional wrestler

After leaving Memphis, Levy competed in his home state of Florida until he was let go after an argument with part-owners Steve Keirn and Jack Glidden. Steve Keirn (born September 10, 1951) is a retired professional wrestler. 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 ("Rick Davis") and Terry ("The Frog") in All Star's top spots, as well as Tomko making false allegations about Levy being in legal trouble. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal NWA All Star Wrestling is a former Canadian Professional wrestling promotion based in Vancouver British Columbia. In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains Al Tomko was a Canadian Professional wrestler and wrestling promoter From there, he went to Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland. Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW also known as Portland Wrestling (PW is the common name used to refer to different Portland Oregon based Professional Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers 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. In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. His manager in PNW was Taylor Made (who would later work for the World Wrestling Federation as Tori). Terri Poch (born August 20 1967) is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances After taking a brief break from competing, he returned to PNW as a face and began a feud with top heel The Grappler. Len Denton (real name - Edward Lynn Denton) is a Professional wrestler, best known by his ring name The Grappler.

World Championship Wrestling (1992-1993)

He got his first major exposure as a wrestler in 1992 in World Championship Wrestling. Competing in the light-heavyweight division under the name Scotty Flamingo, playing a surfer from Florida and even bringing a surfboard to the ring with him. Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders He was managed by Diamond Dallas Page, and he won the short lived WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (also known as the first incarnation of the WCW Cruiserweight Championship) on June 20, 1992 by defeating Brian Pillman at the WCW Pay Per View Bash At The Beach. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Cruiserweight Championship was a Professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment and was "The Yellow Dog" redirects here but "The Yellow Dog" is also a novel by Georges Simenon. After the match, many other wrestlers lined up in the back to praise the quality of the match. On July 5, 1992, Brad Armstrong defeated Levy to win the Light Heavyweight title. Brad Armstrong (born Bradley James on June 15, 1961) is an American professional wrestler. He had feuds with Pillman, Armstrong, and Johnny B. Badd. Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American retired amateur boxer and professional wrestler. He won a "boxing" match over Badd at Clash of the Champions XXI on November 18, 1992 via knockout. The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. He left WCW in early 1993.

World Wrestling Federation (1993-1994)

After leaving WCW, Levy joined the World Wrestling Federation as manager Johnny Polo, a spoiled, rich preppie kid, and was placed with Adam Bomb. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Preppy, also spelled preppie, is a chiefly North American adjective or noun traditionally used in relation to northeastern private University-preparatory schools Bryan Clark Jr, normally Bryan Clark (born March 14, 1964) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances He was also manager of The Quebecers tag team, whom he led to three reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions. The Quebecers were a Tag team in the World Wrestling Federation from mid-1993 to mid-1994 and again in 1998 that consisted of Jacques Rougeau and The World Tag Team Championship is a Professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. He occasionally wrestled, worked as a color commentator and cohost of Radio WWF, and, behind the scenes, worked as a producer for Monday Night RAW. This article is about the television program You may be looking for the 1994 video game or the 2002 video game WWE Raw is During this time, Polo briefly starred alongside Roddy Piper, Jim Ross, Richard Kimble, Wolfman Jack, and Of in the short lived "Jim Ross Show". Levy left in 1994.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995-1997)

On January 7, 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). Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, In a dramatic departure from his former gimmicks, Levy began portraying a depressed, nihilistic misanthrope with a grunge-inspired wardrobe. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing is a philosophical position that argues that Existence is without objective meaning Purpose Misanthropy is a general dislike distrust or hatred of the Human species or a disposition to dislike and/or distrust other people Raven had a stoic manner, and delivered eloquent, philosophical promos which included many literary allusions and ended with the catchphrase, "Quote the Raven, 'Nevermore'." He made his debut with Stevie Richards, attacking Tommy Dreamer and claiming Dreamer was his enemy when they were children at summer camp. Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic philosophy, was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC In Professional wrestling, a promo is short for "promotional interview" a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference or representation of or to a well-known person place event literary work myth, or work of art " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 For similar names see the disambiguation page Stephen Richards Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler and Thomas Laughlin In addition to his current role Dreamer is best known for the time he spent in the Philadelphia based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Summer camp is a supervised Program for Children and/or Teenagers conducted (usually during the Summer Months in some countries Richards soon brought Raven a valet, Beulah McGillicutty, a girl from Dreamer & Raven's pasts, who had unrequited feelings for Dreamer as a child, but was now seeking revenge. Trisa Hayes Laughlin (born Trisa Hayes on March 14 1969) better known by her Stage name, Beulah McGillicutty, is an American Unrequited love is love that is not openly reciprocated even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired Raven and Dreamer had a multi-year ongoing feud with a great deal of matches; Dreamer became over as an underdog face showing resilience and tenacity in the spite of Raven coming out victorious almost every time.

Another major ECW feud was with Sandman. A Professional wrestling feud is a staged rivalry between multiple wrestlers or factions of wrestlers James (" Jim " Fullington Following the highly-publicised caning of Michael P Raven "brainwashed" Sandman's real-life son to join his cult-like following and turned him against his father. Raven got at Sandman by having his son deny his relationship with his father and perform Raven's taunt to slowly eat away at Sandman's psyche. This led to many bloody matches, culminating in an October 1996 match in 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 brutalized Sandman. For the village near Anjar Kutch Gujarat India see Shinai village. Raven's lackeys, Steven Richards and the Blue Meanie, pulled out a giant wooden cross from under the ring, tied Sandman down to it, and lifted it up and "crucified" him. Brian Heffron (born May 18 1973 is a professional wrestler better known as The Blue Meanie. ^[3] At the same event, Kurt Angle was present as a special guest (he was considering changing pro from amateur wrestling) and the offensive angle caused him to leave and threaten a lawsuit if his name appeared on the same episode as the "crucifixion". Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9 1968 is an American professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport Wrestling. ^[4] Levy came out and gave a questionable apology for his actions. To this day, Levy claims that the angle was not an insult to Jesus Christ, but an insult to The Sandman, by using religious iconography to convey an artistic standpoint. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE)

In a shoot interview for the Forever Hardcore documentary, Levy mentioned that his own religion came into question over the incident, with many ECW wrestlers believing that Levy (who, along with then-ECW owners Paul Heyman and Tod Gordon, is Jewish) deliberately used the crucifixion as an anti-Christian statement. In Professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event &ndash that is an event that is "real" and not staged Hardcore Homecoming was a series of Professional wrestling events which were advertised as a reunion of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling Paul Heyman (born September 11, 1965) is an American entertainment producer most well-known for his former roles in Professional wrestling Tod Gordon (born June 19 1955 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is the former founder of Extreme Championship Wrestling, later owned the promotion Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Levy says he was coerced into the apology by Heyman, who feared a backlash, and was angrily confronted by wrestlers who questioned why Raven didn't crucify Sandman on a "Jewish Star". The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by The footage of the "crucifixion" was never used by ECW and was not publicly seen until it appeared on the WWE DVD The Rise and Fall of ECW. WWE Home Video is a video distribution and production company that show World Wrestling Entertainment programming The Rise and Fall of ECW is a documentary DVD produced by World Wrestling Entertainment.

Raven dominated ECW throughout 1995-1996 and enjoyed two reigns as ECW World Heavyweight Champion. The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW Championship is a Professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. His group of followers, Raven's Nest, included many names over his two-year stint in the company: Cactus Jack, Stevie Richards, Tony Stetson, Johnny Hotbody, The Pitbulls, The Dudley Boys, Brian Lee, The Bruise Brothers, Beulah McGillicutty, Kimona Wanalaya, Lori Fullington, The Blue Meanie, Super Nova, Chastity, and Lupus. Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997 Michael Francis "Mick" Foley Sr Early life Foley was born in Bloomington Indiana. Tony Matteo is a semi-retired American Professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Hitman" Tony Stetson, who has competed in Northeastern independent Johnny Weiss aka Johnny Hotbody is an American Professional wrestler best known for his work in the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance and Extreme Championship This article is about the Extreme Championship Wrestling team For the rest of the stable see Dudley family. For the competitive video game team formerly known as Team 3D see 3D Brian Lee (born November 26, 1966) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler. Donald "Don" Harris and Ronald "Ron" Harris (born October 23, 1961) are American twin brothers who Trisa Hayes Laughlin (born Trisa Hayes on March 14 1969) better known by her Stage name, Beulah McGillicutty, is an American Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) currently residing in Maple Shade Township New Jersey, is a retired Lori Fullington (born May 17, 1967) is an American retired Professional wrestling manager. Michael Bucci (born June 5 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Denise Riffle (born June 18, 1971 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American former Professional wrestling valet, better His feud with Tommy Dreamer began at his debut and lasted for the next two years, before Dreamer finally defeated him at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1997. Thomas Laughlin In addition to his current role Dreamer is best known for the time he spent in the Philadelphia based Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW New Alhambra Arena is a former Warehouse and current multi-purpose venue used primarily for Professional wrestling and Boxing events Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Also, during his first stint in ECW, Raven successfully defended the ECW World Heavyweight Title against famous veterans Terry Gordy and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, among others. Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy ( April 23 1961 - July 16 2001) was a Professional wrestler who was most famous in the United States for Steve Williams (wrestler may refer to Stone Cold Steve Austin "Dr He gave Dr. Death his first loss in a singles match in the U. S. in many years. In June 1997, Raven faced Tommy Dreamer in a "Loser Leaves ECW" Match and lost. Raven then moved on to World Championship Wrestling.

World Championship Wrestling (1997-1999)

On June 30, 1997, Raven was seen sitting in the front row at WCW Monday Nitro, and the commentators acknowledged him as a former champion from a "major independent" organization; Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was never mentioned by name. WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling. Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by On August 21, 1997 at Clash of the Champions XXXV, Raven brutally defeated Stevie Richards in an "unsanctioned" match and then took a seat in the front row. The Clash of the Champions were a series of professional wrestling television specials aired by World Championship Wrestling. The storyline continued that Raven would frequently appear in the front row for the next few months with his lackeys, slowly forming what would be known as the Flock. Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997 Raven was an "unsigned free agent", but eventually accepted a contract with WCW Commissioner J.J. Dillon which stipulated that he could wrestle only when he wanted and under his own rules. In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player James J "JJ" Dillon (born Jim Morrison on June 26, 1942 in Trenton New Jersey) is a former

The Flock was a stable of misfits in the same vein as the Raven's Nest group in ECW. However, with The Flock, Raven was more openly abusive and controlling, which eventually led to dissention and rebellion. The group's matches were held under Raven's Rules, which meant no disqualifications -- weapon usage, double teaming and outside interference were rampant.

On November 23, 1997 at World War 3, Raven met Scotty Riggs in a match in which Raven dropped Riggs into a chair, "damaging" Riggs' eye. World War 3 was an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling. Scotty Antol (born March 1, 1967) is an American Professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling Riggs later joined The Flock, as would Reese, Kidman, Van Hammer, Horace, Lodi, and Sick Boy. Ron Reis is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the late 1990s as The Yeti Mark Hildreth is a former Professional wrestler best known as Van Hammer in World Championship Wrestling. Michael Bollea ( October 21 1965) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Horace Hogan Bradley "Brad" Cain (born September 8, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, Author and Personal trainer Robert Scott Vick (born March 20, 1973) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship With The Flock's help, Raven won the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship as well as the WCW World Tag Team Championship with Perry Saturn. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE United States Championship is a Professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. The World Championship Wrestling (WCW Tag Team Championship was a Professional wrestling world tag team championship in World Championship Wrestling Perrieve Spencer Satullo (born October 25 1966) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Perry The former reign lasted only a day as Raven defeated Diamond Dallas Page at Spring Stampede 1998 and lost the belt the following night to Bill Goldberg on WCW Monday Nitro. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr Spring Stampede was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view from World Championship Wrestling held in the month of April in 1994 and then from 1997 to 2000 William Scott Goldberg 2 time United States Heavyweight Champion In early 1998 Goldberg defeated the likes of Brad Armstrong at SuperBrawl VIII WCW Monday Nitro was a weekly Professional wrestling program produced by World Championship Wrestling.

Raven had a notable feud with Perry Saturn after losing the U. S. title. He blamed the flock and Saturn in particular for his loss. This led to a series of matches, culminating in a match at Fall Brawl 1998 -- if Raven lost, the Flock would be able to disband. Fall Brawl was an annual Pay per view in World Championship Wrestling (WCW held in the month of September from 1993 through 2000 Saturn won with the help of Kidman, who also wanted to leave Raven's abuses. Without the Flock, Raven began a series of depressing interviews and walked out on several matches. In October at Halloween Havoc, Raven refused to wrestle Chris Jericho for the WCW Television Championship, but eventually was convinced to return to the ring. Halloween Havoc was an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 2000 Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9 1970 better known by his Ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian Television and stage The World Championship Wrestling (WCW World Television Championship was one of the more unusual belts in the history of wrestling as the championship (with rare exceptions could He lost the match and wasn't seen until 1999. On his return, a series of vignettes were shown in which a camera crew followed Raven to his supposed childhood home, where he had led a privileged upper class lifestyle. The American upper class describes the sociological concept pertaining to the "top layer" of society in the United States. This hearkened back to Levy's pre-Raven characters. 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). Denise Riffle (born June 18, 1971 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American former Professional wrestling valet, better Christopher Klucsarits (born January 4 1970) better known by his Ring name Chris Kanyon (or simply Kanyon) is a American Scott Charles Bigelow ( September 1 1961 &ndash January 19 2007) was an American professional wrestler, best known James (" Jim " Fullington Following the highly-publicised caning of Michael P He later joined with Vampiro and the Insane Clown Posse in a short-lived stable called The Dead Pool. Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his Ring name of Vampiro Insane Clown Posse is an American hip hop duo from Delray Detroit. Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997

In a backstage meeting in 1999 which involved every contracted WCW wrestler, Eric Bischoff offered anyone their release right then and there. Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27 1957) is an American Entrepreneur and former Professional wrestling booker, producer Levy was the only one to stand up and walk out, as he was dissatisfied with WCW's creative direction. Levy left the company.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999-2000)

As a condition to leaving WCW, Levy was not allowed to directly join the World Wrestling Federation upon leaving the promotion as levied by a no compete clause in his contract. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Via a loophole in the contract, Levy rejoined ECW and signed a one-year contract on August 25, 1999. Raven made a surprise return on ECW's debut on TNN and won the tag team titles from the ironically departing Dudley Boyz along with Tommy Dreamer on August 26, 1999. A reluctant tag team, Raven and Dreamer reigned as ECW World Tag Team Champions for several months. The Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW World Tag Team Championship was the Tag team championship contested in Eastern Championship Wrestling and Extreme When they lost those belts, they feuded briefly. Their short feud on several occasions included The Sandman, Mike Awesome, and Masato Tanaka. Raven and Mike Awesome won the tag team titles from Tanaka and Dreamer on March 4, 2000 only to lose them a week later to The Impact Players at the Living Dangerously pay per view. The Impact Players were a Professional wrestling Heel Stable in Extreme Championship Wrestling Raven was left off TV until his eventual departure and return to the WWF.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2000-2003)

On June 23, 2000, Levy met with WWF officials to discuss a return to the World Wrestling Federation. Raven made his WWF debut at Unforgiven 2000 when he interfered in the Strap Match between Tazz and Jerry Lawler, by DDT-ing Lawler. Unforgiven is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which has been held in September since the Peter Senerchia (born October 11 1967) is an American retired professional wrestler and current Color commentator best known Jerry Lawler (born November 29 1949 is an American Musician, Film Actor, Politician, professional wrestler and wrestling He then started teaming with Tazz before they went their separate ways. On December 20, 2000 in Chattanooga, TN, he defeated Steve Blackman for the WWE Hardcore Championship, his first of a record 27 title reigns. Steve Blackman (born September 28, 1963 in Annville Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional wrestler who best known The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Hardcore Championship was a Hardcore wrestling championship defended in World Wrestling Entertainment, (formerly the World

The first half of 2001 saw Raven achieve several memorable moments. At the Royal Rumble, he prevented Kane from chokeslamming comedian Drew Carey. Royal Rumble (2001 was the fourteenth annual Royal Rumble Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation Glen Thomas Jacobs In the 1988–1989 season he was an NCAA All-star; he is still listed in the Truman State University media guide as holding the record for highest Drew Allison Carey (born May 23 1958 is an American Comedian, Actor and Game show host. 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 The Big Show. WrestleMania X-Seven was the seventeenth annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation Paul Randall Wight (born February 8 1972 in Aiken South Carolina) better known by his Ring name, (The Big Show, is an American At Backlash, he lost to Hardcore Champion Rhyno in a hardcore match. Backlash is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and is held normally Terry Gerin (born October 7 1975 Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999-2001 Gerin debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999 as Rhino, the A brief angle had an anonymous Black Ninja, who was later revealed to be Tori, aiding Raven in retaining the Hardcore Championship. Terri Poch (born August 20 1967) is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances

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. This article is about the storyline For the pay-per-view see WWF InVasion. The Alliance (aka The WCW/ECW Alliance) was a Professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation that lasted from July 2001 Darren Kenneth Matthews In WWF/E he is a former Intercontinental Champion, 4 time European Champion, a 5 time Hardcore Champion Perrieve Spencer Satullo (born October 25 1966) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Perry He was best remembered for being managed by diva Terri Runnels and destroying the love interest of Saturn, his mop called "Moppy. Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels (born October 5, 1966) is a former WCW and WWE Professional wrestling manager, and " 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. The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century By the end of the year, Raven was off the air, having been fired (kayfabe) after the Alliance lost to the WWF at the Survivor Series. In Professional wrestling, kayfabe (ˈkeɪfeɪb KAY-fayb) refers to the portrayal of events within the industry as "real" that is the portrayal of professional

In March 2002, when the Brand Extension was announced, Raven was drafted to Raw with the 28th pick. The World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E Brand Extension was a process first used in 2002 by said Professional wrestling promotion as a means On the final SmackDown! before the split began, he defeated Maven to once again win the Hardcore Championship, thus bringing the title to Raw. Maven Klint Huffman Early life Maven was born to an African American father and a white mother He lost the title that Monday to Bubba Ray Dudley. Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling At that time, Levy decided to spend some time announcing, and Raven became the new color commentator for Sunday Night HEAT and WWF Excess. WWE Heat (formerly known as WWE Sunday Night Heat and capitalized as WWE HEAT) was a Professional wrestling show for This lasted a couple of months, as he later "quit" the show to resume his wrestling career on Raw. This did not last long either, as was banished from RAW after losing a match to Tommy Dreamer on June 24, 2002. Raven was forced to spend the rest of the year on HEAT, the show that he quit from mere weeks earlier.

Levy was given creative control to develop a storyline related to the seven deadly sins a la the film Se7en, with Raven becoming a sort of puppet master using HEAT as his playground. The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of Vices that were originally used in early Christian It started to play out; however, it was determined by management that it was not over enough, and the angle was aborted.

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. Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003-2008)

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. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett XWA is an English Professional wrestling promotion that used to be a high profile company under the name Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA 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 Levy's years of drug and alcohol abuse during the height of his fame in the late nineties. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. Phillip Jack Brooks (born on October 26 1978 Depending on alignment as a crowd favorite or villain, different aspects of the culture are emphasized to encourage

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. Jeffrey "Jeff" Leonard Jarrett (born April 14, 1967) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance Raven then embarked upon a long-running storyline in which he claimed it was his "destiny" to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title. Raven began playing mind games with the roster, starting with his former nemesis Sandman, and debuted his trademark Clockwork Orange House of Fun match, which Levy devised himself. On April 30, 2003 Raven got his first shot at Jeff Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight title. In a bloody match marred with outside interference and weapons, Jeff Jarrett defeated Raven.

The Gathering

On September 17, 2003, Raven lost his trademark long hair after he was defeated by Shane Douglas in a hair versus hair match, thanks to the surprise interference of Vampiro. Troy Shane Martin (born November 21 1964) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his Ring name Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his Ring name of Vampiro He later regrew it. This is notable because when his head was shaved by James Mitchell, Mitchell shaved too deep, cutting into Raven's scalp, and creating a bloody mess. While in TNA, he formed a stable known as The Gathering, which included Punk and Alexis(B. Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997 K. A Mickie James), though they would later turn on him. In 2003, Raven feuded with James Mitchell and the Disciples of the New Church. James (Jim Mitchell (born February 26 1965) is an American Professional wrestling manager, known for his appearances with Raven took them all out one by one just like he said, but with help from The Gathering. Raven ended his feud with James Mitchell in a Last Man Standing match, which was won by Raven. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing

In 2004, Raven teamed up with The Sandman to go against The Gathering. The Gathering won due to interference from James Mitchell, who had aligned himself with The Gathering. Raven then teamed with Terry Funk to defeat the Gathering, even though James Mitchell tried to interfere.

Also in 2004, Raven's old friend Sabu returned to TNA Wrestling. Terry Michael Brunk ( December 12 1964) better known by his Ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler. Raven teamed with Sabu to defeat The Gathering one last time. Raven and Sabu would then feud with Abyss and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Montaque N "Monty" Brown (born April 13 1970 is an American professional wrestler and former National Football League Linebacker Abyss and Monty Brown would outnumber Sabu on many occasions, when Raven failed to watch Sabu's back. Christopher J "Chris" Parks Border City Wrestling BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time Raven 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. Retesh Bhalla (born April 7, 1982 in Washington DC) better known by his Ring name, Sonjay Dutt, is an Indian American Raven defeated Sabu in a no holds barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was canceled after Sabu (legit) suffered a back injury. The next year saw Raven falling in various feuds, with names such as Diamond Dallas Page, Erik Watts, Jeff Hardy, Dustin Rhodes, Abyss, Sean Waltman, and Monty Brown. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr Erik Watts (born December 19 1967) is an American Professional wrestler. Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy is an American professional wrestler on the SmackDown brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11 1969 is an American professional wrestler. Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler. He also competed in the very first Monster's Ball match, with Abyss and Brown. A Monster's Ball match is a Professional wrestling, hardcore match staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

NWA Championship

On June 19, 2005, Raven turned face and fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA Slammiversary (by taking Jeff Jarrett's place after Jarrett attacked a fan from the crowd earlier that night and got arrested), defeating A.J. Styles, Abyss, Sean Waltman, and Monty Brown in a five way King of the Mountain match. The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA World Heavyweight Championship is the primary Professional wrestling title in the National Wrestling Alliance Slammiversary 2005 was the first annual Slammiversary Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Alan Jones (born June 2 1978 (TNA where he is a three-time TNA Triple Crown Champion. Christopher J "Chris" Parks Border City Wrestling BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13 1972) is an American professional wrestler. Montaque N "Monty" Brown (born April 13 1970 is an American professional wrestler and former National Football League Linebacker The King of the Mountain match is a professional wrestling match exclusive to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA He would go on to successfully defend the title in two defenses over the following months against Abyss at No Surrender, and Rhino two months later at Unbreakable. No Surrender is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Unbreakable was a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

On September 15, 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 interfered on Jarrett's behalf. America's Most Wanted (usually shortened to AMW) was a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of "Wildcat" Chris Harris and Chris Harris (born December 25, 1973) is an American Professional wrestler. James Allan Black (born June 1, 1975) In wrestling Finishing and signature moves * In Professional wrestling a screwjob occurs when a match ends in a controversy often involving "cheating" by the nominal victor BCW officials immediately contacted TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko, who declared the title change official. Lawrence (Larry Whistler (born December 5 1953 is a professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Larry Zbyszko. ^[5] (TNA had briefly gone dark on its national television timeslot prior to jumping to Spike TV, prompting a title change in another NWA based promotion). Spike (formerly called Spike TV) a division of MTV Networks, is an American cable network designed for an audience described This led to Raven feuding with Larry Zbyszko, who brought in wrestlers like PJ Palaco (Justin Credible) and Chris K (Kanyon) to wrestle Raven. This culminated in a match at Final Resolution 2006 where Raven wrestled Sean Waltman with the stipulation that if Raven lost he would have to leave TNA. Raven would lose the match, and went on hiatus as a result. The real reason for his leaving was to deal with a thyroid condition.

Serotonin

Raven would return to TNA on April 23, 2006 at the Lockdown pay-per-view, and reignited his feud with Zbyszko. They would end their feud at Victory Road 2006 in a Hair vs. Hair match which Raven won. Victory Road is a Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing He has since continued to wrestle sporadically due to the thyroid condition that he has been dealing with^[6]. The thyroid is one of the largest Endocrine glands in the body His last major angle involved a feud between Abyss and Brother Runt. Matthew Johnathan "Matt" Hyson (born August 13 1970) and was a Third grade English Teacher. Subsequent to this, his coverage in major televised angles has dropped considerably. While he was off-air, an alliance was teased between Kazarian, Johnny Devine, and Matt Bentley. Frank B Gerdelman (born August 4 1977) better known as Kaz and Frankie Kazarian, is an American professional wrestler John Peter (JP Parsonage (born April 27, 1974) better known by his Ring name "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine, is a Canadian Matthew James "Matt" Bentley. Later in 2003 Bentley formed a stable with Shane Douglas and Traci known as The New Franchise. On the TNA Primetime Special before Genesis 2006, the three came out in goth, addressing a new movement in TNA. After a loss at the pay-per-view, sporting a new look (often with a mask), Raven revealed himself as their leader, caning the loser of the match. This stable became known as Serotonin. Raven's Nest was a Professional wrestling stable led by Raven that was present in Extreme Championship Wrestling between 1995 and 1997 The direction of this stable was very hard to place, although they lost the majority of their televised matches. Regardless of the outcome, Raven would hit the Serotonin competitor with a cane. After a long hiatus, Raven returned to the ring, losing to Christopher Daniels in a First Blood Invitational then losing to Chris Harris after interference from Kaz. Daniel Christopher Covell (born December 24, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of Performing Chris Harris (born December 25, 1973) is an American Professional wrestler. Frank B Gerdelman (born August 4 1977) better known as Kaz and Frankie Kazarian, is an American professional wrestler On one edition of Impact, Raven came out after Kaz's win over Havok and Martyr and hit Kaz in the back with a Kendo Stick, breaking it over Kaz's back. TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total Raven, Havok, and Martyr then attacked Kaz with Kendo Sticks. On the July 19th edition of Impact!, Raven and the rest of Serotonin took on the reuniting Triple X. Raven had very little time in the match and Serotonin lost after Skipper hit a top rope leg drop Daniels hit a BME and Senshi hit the Warrior's Way on Havok.

Raven won a House Of Fun match, on the 9th of August edition of Impact. TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total He teamed with Robert Roode and James Storm against the team of "The Wildcat" Chris Harris, Rhino, & Kazarian. Raven lost to Kaz, who had rebelled against him, at Hard Justice despite having the remaining members of Serotonin involve themselves in the match. Raven has become more involved in the ring in recent months and is said to be getting back into shape. Between Hard Justice and No surrender 07 he wrestled against Samoa Joe, who got the win. He was part of the Tag Team Guantlet along with Havok at No surrender. He was eliminated in 22 seconds by Team 3D. He stated that he was biding his time and waiting for guys like Joe, Christian, and Angle to tear each other apart and then he would be there to reclaim the TNA Championship. He then issued a challenge to Abyss and Rhino at Bound For Glory. Abyss later had Black Reign added to the match and made it a Monsters Ball. Recently, Raven formed a brief alliance with Havok, Black Reign, Judas Mesias, and James Mitchell with the purpose of defeating Abyss. John Peter (JP Parsonage (born April 27, 1974) better known by his Ring name "Hot Shot" Johnny Devine, is a Canadian Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11 1969 is an American professional wrestler. Gilbert Cosme (born May 25 1976 better known by his ring name Ricky Banderas, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler James (Jim Mitchell (born February 26 1965) is an American Professional wrestling manager, known for his appearances with Christopher J "Chris" Parks Border City Wrestling BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time On the November 15 edition of Impact, Havok was revealed to be Team 3D's X Division traitor, effectively ending Serotonin. TNA Impact! (official typeset " TNA iMPACT! " is a Professional wrestling Television program produced by Total At Turning Point 2007, Raven substituted for Rhino in the "Match of 10,000 Thumbtacks" and teamed with Abyss to defeat Black Reign and Rellik. Turning Point is an annual Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in the month of December Dustin Patrick Runnels (born April 11 1969 is an American professional wrestler. John Hugger (born April 20, 1977) was a American professional wrestler.

Raven was officially released from TNA. His profile was removed from the roster on March 7, 2008.

Recent activity

Now that Levy is no longer with TNA, he has decided to open up his own professional wrestling school in Georgia, which will work in conjunction with the promotion, Great Championship Wrestling. A professional wrestling school is a school or gym that teaches students the necessary skills to become pro wrestlers. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Georgia Championship Wrestling was a Professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta Georgia superstation He has enlisted the help of Johnny Swinger to assist in training the students. Joseph Robert "Joe" Dorgan (born July 3, 1975) Swinger began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW as a jobber in 1997 The school is tentatively scheduled to open in the spring of 2008 and he is currently taking resumes for potential students.

Levy is also currently the heavyweight champion of CWA (Champions With Attitudes), an independent professional wrestling promotion based out of Orangeburg, South Carolina. In Professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff A professional wrestling promotion (also federation or fed) is a company or Business that performs regular shows involving Professional Orangeburg, also known as "The Garden City" is the principal city and County seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States He won the championship when he defeated Timber in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 15, 2008.

Levy was also featured doing shows overseas at Russia's IWF, battling Joe Legend. Independent Wrestling Federation ( Независимая Федерация Реслинга) is the first and only Russian professional wrestling promotion, Joseph Edward (Joe Hitchen (born September 2 1969 is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his Ring name, Joe E

Levy is also a regular on AudioWrestling. com where he has done a half dozen interviews on since the mid 90's.

Levy has also done columns for WrestleZone. com, touching on various topics of the wrestling business.

Between Friday 11th April and Friday 18th April 2008, Raven performed at four AWF Events in Australia and New Zealand. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island He also hosted wrestling seminars in Minto, New South Wales, Blakesview, South Australia and Wellington, New Zealand. Minto is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the

On May 24, Raven and Johnny Webb defeated Homeless Jimmy and Khan Kussion at an XPW live event called Cold day in Hell with special guest referee Terry Funk. Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW was an independent Professional wrestling promotion that was owned by Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering Terrence "Terry" Funk (born June 30 1944) is an American professional wrestler and Actor known chiefly for the

On April the 11th, Levy took part in the AWF Explosion tour, which saw TNT put his Australasian Heavyweight Championship on the line, Raven went on to win the match and the title. Greg Bownds (born February 20, 1977) better known by his stage name TNT, is an Australian professional wrestler and Promoter, He lost this title back to TNT on April 18th, in Palmerston North, New Zealand

In wrestling

• Finishing and signature moves
  • Raven Effect DDT / Evenflow DDT (Flowing snap DDT)
  • Drop toe-hold onto an opened steel chair
  • Diving knee drop bulldog
  • Sleeper hold
  • Bulldog
  • Piledriver
  • Cobra clutch
  • Cross armbreaker
  • Crossface chickenwing
  • Knee lift
  • Superkick
  • Russian legsweep into a guard rail or wall
  • Three or four jabs followed by a discus clothesline
  • Fist drop to the opponent's groin
  • Slingshot Crossbody

• Managers
  • Taylor Made/The Black Ninja
  • Kimona Wanaleia
  • Beulah McGillicutty
  • Francine
  • Chastity
  • Terri
  • Lori Fullington

• Wrestlers managed
  • Adam Bomb
  • The Quebecers (Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Ouellette)
  • Raven's Nest
  • The Flock
  • Dead Pool
  • The Gathering
  • Serotonin

• Entrance themes
  • "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring (ECW)
  • "Short But Thick" by Jimmy Hart (WCW)
  • "Raven Theme" by Jimmy Hart (WCW)
  • "What About Me?" by James A. Johnston (WWE)
  • "End of Everything" by Jim Johnston and Stereomud (WWE)
  • "Offspring" by Dale Oliver (TNA Wrestling)
  • "Scream" by Dale Oliver (TNA Wrestling)

Championships and accomplishments

• Australian Wrestling Federation
  • AWF Australasian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Champions With Attitude
  • CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^{[7][8][9][10][11]}
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Stevie Richards (2), Tommy Dreamer (1), and Mike Awesome (1) ^{[12][13][14][15][16]}
• Extreme Wrestling Federation
  • EWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Heartland Wrestling Association
  • HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hugh Morrus ^[17][18][19]
• Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
  • MEWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[20]
• National Wrestling Federation
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[21]
• NWA Midwest
  • NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[22][23]
• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[24][25]
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Top Gun (1), The Grappler (1), and Steve Doll (1)^[26][27]
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship (1 time)^[28][29]
• Peach State Wrestling
  • PSW Cordele City Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • 3PW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[30][31][32]
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^{[33][34][35][36]}
  • King of the Mountain (2005)^[37][38]
• United States Extreme Wrestling
  • UXW Heavyweight Championship (5 times, current)^[39][40]
• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brian Christopher^[41][42][43]
• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[44][45][46]
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^{[47][48][49][50]}
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Perry Saturn^{[51][52][53][54]}
• World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF/E Hardcore Championship (27 times) (Most reigns)^{[55][56][57][57][58]}

Personal life

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Professional wrestling throws are the application of techniques that involve lifting the opponent up and throwing or slamming him or her down which makes up most of the action of A piledriver is a Professional wrestling driver move in which the wrestler grabs his opponent turns him upside-down and drops into a sitting or kneeling position Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission. Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission. Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a Submission. Attacking maneuvers are offensive moves in Professional wrestling, used to set up an opponent for a submission hold or for a throw. 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Aerial techniques are spectacular maneuvers using the ring and its posts and ropes as aids used in Professional wrestling to show off the speed and agility of a wrestler Terri Poch (born August 20 1967) is an American bodybuilder and former professional wrestler, best known for her appearances Kristina Laum (born November 23, 1976 in Seoul, South Korea) currently residing in Maple Shade Township New Jersey, is a retired Trisa Hayes Laughlin (born Trisa Hayes on March 14 1969) better known by her Stage name, Beulah McGillicutty, is an American Francine Fournier (born February 19 1972) known simply as Francine is a former American Professional wrestling valet most Denise Riffle (born June 18, 1971 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American former Professional wrestling valet, better Terri Lynne Boatright Runnels (born October 5, 1966) is a former WCW and WWE Professional wrestling manager, and Lori Fullington (born May 17, 1967) is an American retired Professional wrestling manager. 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Levy is a member of Mensa^[60] and the Theta Chi Fraternity^[61]. Mensa is the largest oldest and most famous high-IQ society in the world Theta Chi Fraternity (ΘΧ is an international college fraternity.

He is a lifelong fan of comic books. In Wizard Magazine's May 1999 issue Levy is quoted as saying "I love the Marvel Knights line. Wizard or Wizard The Magazine of Comics Entertainment and Pop Culture (originally titled Wizard The Guide to Comics and Marvel Knights is an Imprint of Marvel Comics. Dealing with more mature themes than the regular imprint it is not intended for Children However it does I'm a big Kevin Smith fan, and his work on Daredevil is the best on that book since Frank Miller's stuff. Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2 1970 is an American Screenwriter, Writer, Film director, Actor and Comic book writer Daredevil is a Fictional character that appears in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American Writer, Artist and Film director best known for his dark Inhumans is also great. The Inhumans are a fictional race of Superhumans created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. 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 (Dream) on his back. Watchmen is a twelve-issue Comic book Limited series written by Alan Moore, and illustrated by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins The Swamp Thing is a Fictional character created by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson for DC Comics and featured in a long-running horror-fantasy The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Dream is the fictional Protagonist of DC Comics ' Vertigo Comic book series The Sandman, written by Neil

Levy, along with Brian Azzarello, wrote Issue #14 of Spider-Man's Tangled Web, entitled "The Last Shoot". Spider-Man's Tangled Web is the name of a Comic book series starring Spider-Man and his supporting cast published by Marvel Comics for 22 issues The comic was based around the professional wrestler (named Crusher Hogan) who Peter Parker defeated in the character's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Amazing Fantasy was a Comic book Anthology series published by Marvel Comics. He also provided a blurb quote for the back of 100 Bullets.

He claims he has been to the concert of every band whose t-shirt he has worn in-ring.

In other media/miscellaneous facts

Along with Diamond Dallas Page, he appears in the music video to the song "Rising" by Stuck Mojo. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr Stuck Mojo is a rap metal group from Atlanta Georgia. They were formed in 1989 by guitarist Rich Ward and original bassist Dwayne Fowler

Diamond Dallas Page, who was being interviewed by Carson Daly along with the Foo Fighters on MTV Live, was seen receiving the Evenflow DDT through a coffee table by Raven. For the 1930s cricketer see Dallas Page (cricketer Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American Television host. Foo Fighters is an American Alternative rock and Post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 MTV Live was a US television series that aired from 1997 to 1998 on MTV, featuring interviews with celebrity guests live musical performances news coverage and In Professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler falls down or backwards to drive a held opponent's head into the mat

Raven was a commentator alongside Kid Rock and Jimmy Hart on MTV's Spring Break "Cancun Beach Brawl", which featured various WCW wrestlers competing in a battle royal; and industrial metal band, Fear Factory, performing. Robert James Ritchie (born January 17 1971 in Romeo Michigan) known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American Musician and actor known for his over-the-top Jimmy Ray Hart Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards * Manager of the Year in 1983 * Best Interviews MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. In Professional wrestling, a battle royal (sometimes battle royale; plural battles royal or battle royals) is a multi-competitor match type Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length

Raven has appeared on the game show, Win Ben Stein's Money. Win Ben Stein's Money was an American television Game show that ran from July 28 1997 to December 31 2002 on the Comedy Central cable network

Raven has also appeared on the Donny & Marie talk show alongside Konnan. Donny & Marie was a 1998 talk show hosted by Donny and Marie Osmond. Charles Ashenoff (sometimes seen Hispanicized as Carlos Ashenoff) (born June 6 1964 in Santiago de Cuba) better known by his Ring name,

Levy has taped numerous interviews for Ring of Honor's Secrets of the Ring series, as well as two shoot interviews with The Sandman for their Straight Shootin’ series. Ring of Honor (ROH is an American Professional wrestling promotion. In Professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event &ndash that is an event that is "real" and not staged James (" Jim " Fullington Following the highly-publicised caning of Michael P He also taped a shoot interview for the documentary Forever Hardcore. Hardcore Homecoming was a series of Professional wrestling events which were advertised as a reunion of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling He's also taped for RF Video for their Behind Closed Doors series, Face Off series along with the Honky Tonk Man and Kevin Sullivan, as well as the On The Road With series. Honky Tonk Man redirects here For the song by Johnny Horton later covered by Dwight Yoakam see Honky Tonk Man (song. Kevin Francis Sullivan (born October 26 1949) is an American professional wrestler and booker. He's also taped for Kayfabe Commentaries and their Guest Booker series.

According to Levy (depicting Raven on the Hardcore Homecoming DVD before his match with The Sandman), he is the only man in the business to have an action figure as a member of WWE, WCW, ECW, and TNA rosters. Hardcore Homecoming was a series of Professional wrestling events which were advertised as a reunion of talent from the defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling James (" Jim " Fullington Following the highly-publicised caning of Michael P World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW) was a Professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1992 by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA) is an American Professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett

Raven is the only professional wrestler to hold championship gold in WWE, WCW, ECW, & TNA. (It should be noted, even though the Dudleys (Team 3D) have held gold for each promotion, their WCW title win was done after the WWE's purchase of WCW, while all of Raven's title reigns were accomplished when all four promotions were independent entities). For the rest of the stable see Dudley family. For the competitive video game team formerly known as Team 3D see 3D

See also

References

Notes

• Thom Loverro (2006). The Rise & Fall of ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling. WWE Books, 384. ISBN 1416510583.  

External links

• TheRavenEffect.com (Official Website)
• Raven at MySpace

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