Raven is the one who started the Nest which became one of the most strongest stables that the wrestling industry has ever seen. Raven basically collected up all the jobbers who were going no where but down and turned them into a force to be reckoned with. Raven joined ECW on January 7, 1995, later Stevie Richards would introduce him as....."Raven", an anti-social grunge!! Stevie Richards, being victimized for months by Tommy Dreamer, announces to ECW announcer Joey Styles that he has looked in Dreamer's past and found a man who knows the workings of Dreamer's soul, a man with whom Richards can see a kinship with in his hatred for Dreamer. For months, Stevie Richards has been copying the varied gimmicks of Scott Levy, Styles asks if this would be the man formerly known as Johnny Polo, or Scotty Flamingo. Richards replied that the man who would come to his aid and continue his childhood rivalry with his former best friend, Tommy Dreamer, would be "Raven." It was still the same man who had previously been Polo and Flamingo, only wilder and more feral. His past had made him an anti-social outcast, and when Raven needed Dreamer, Dreamer abandoned him. Raven said he had left the WWF out of disgust and had a become a roadie for the grunge rock band Pearl Jam, but his hatred for Dreamer had made him take Richards under his wing to destroy Dreamer. Raven and Stevie Richards then began to haunt Tommy Dreamer and Raven beat him everytime they wrestled. However, Dreamer still remained a force in ECW At this time, Raven had begun to gather a group of followers in ECW, who saw Raven as some sort of leper messiah. Raven drew the outcasts of ECW to his side to help him in his war against Dreamer. This group eventually came to be known as "Raven's Nest." Raven was able to make those close to Dreamer turn against him. Other members of the Nest included at this time included Johnny Hotbody and Tony Stetson. Raven was about to unload another weapon in his arsenal against Dreamer. Stevie Richards told a story about his, Raven, snd Dreamer's experiences at summer camp many years ago. There, he along with Raven and Dreamer had been the best of friends along with a girl named Beulah McGillicutty. Stevie said that Raven had shunned her because she was nothing but a "fat piece of hell" at the time. Dreamer stood up to Raven for treating her like garbage and that had ruined their friendship and started their rivalry. However, Stevie Richards and Raven brought Beulah out to stand at their side and it was apparent that time had changed Raven's misconception of her as she was very attractive. Raven then announced that not only was Beulah part of the Nest, she was also his girlfriend. Beulah's conception of Dreamer had also changed as her newfound hatred of Dreamer drove her to aid Raven in any way she could. Stevie Richards gave Hotbody and Stetson the ultimatum of beating the Pitbulls, or else they'd be fired from the nest. Somehow Hotbody and Stetson win and the Pitbulls join Raven's Nest. Raven, Stevie and Joey Styles Raven with Beulah |
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Raven, Stevie Richards, and Tommy Dreamer have a 3 way dance on the show as well. Raven wins due to Beulah spraying Dreamer in the eyes with hairspray. Stevie hits on Beulah and is also sprayed in the eyes. May 17, 1995 - Luna Vachon attacks Tommy Dreamer as he beats on Raven, Richards, and Beulah McGillicutty during a match from Tampa. Thus, Luna joins the Nest as Stevie's valet.This soon comes to an end as a video clip starts with Raven calling out Steve Richards who has some nasty scratches on his back which are accredited to Luna. June 14, 1995 - Pitbulls vs. Public Enemy for the ECW tag team titles in a double dog collar match. Pitbulls think they win, Raven interferes to beat on the PE. Dreamer comes in. It turns into Dreamer vs. Raven. Richards and Beulah attack Dreamer and Luna Vachon saves Dreamer and turns on Raven. A main event is then setup as Beulah McGillicutty vs. Luna Vachon in a steel cage. Raven and Stevie Richards lead Beulah to face Luna Vachon. Stevie managed a win for Beulah with a chairshot to Luna's head. After the match, Raven DDT's and beats on Luna Vachon until a bloody Dreamer tries to make the save. Dreamer gets a Raven DDT for his troubles and a few broken fingers. Raven then crucifies Luna to the ring ropes with handcuffs and beats on her some more. Thus, the whole point of Raven bringing in Vampire Warrior (Gangrel) was to keep Dreamer occupied while they took out Luna Vachon. June 30, 1995 - At this time, Raven and Stevie Richards tag-teamed to represent the Nest and were able to become the ECW World Tag Team Champions when they defeated Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge, The Public Enemy, in their home turf of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania at Hardcore Heaven 95. July 11, 1995 - The Pitbulls turn against Raven and Richards after they lose a match to the Dudley Boys. Pitbulls say Raven and Richards have titles that should be theirs. July 18, 1995 - At Heatwave '95, Raven has a cage match with Tommy Dreamer. At one point in the match, Dreamer handcuffs Raven crucifix-style to the cage and hits him with a steel chairshot so hard that the chair doubles around his head. This goes on to be known in ECW history as "The Chairshot heard 'Round the World." August 8, 1995 - Raven and Richards vs. The Pitbulls. Raven and Richards win due to an assist from the "hench wench" Beulah McGillicutty after she sprays the Pitbulls with hair spray so Raven can powerbomb them for the win. Tommy Dreamer and Luna Vachon run in and Beulah gets a piledriver for her trouble. Stevie Richards then gets together with Francine, now one of the most well known non-WWF women wrestlers. But then Beulah and Francine go at it in a cat fight. Thye get broken up by Raven and Stevie. By this time, Raven's Nest lost Hotbody and Stetson, but in their place joined Snot Dudley, Big Dick Dudley and Dudley Dudley. Dreamer and the Pitbulls challenged Raven's Nest to an 8-man tag team match later in the show. |
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Raven's Nest then cuts a promo where they say the dysfunctional family is the modern nuclear family. Stevie says Beulah is jealous of he and Francine, setting up the angle that has Beulah leave the Flock later down the line. Meanwhile, Tommy's group is one man short for the 8-man tag team match, so they find a new partner to replace Luna Vachon, Cactus Jack! It's time for the now 8 man tag match: Pitbulls, Tommy Dreamer and Cactus Jack vs The Dudleys, Raven and Richards. Cactus has some comments first, he finds Dudley Dudley repetitive and then he says if there is a big Dick around anywhere, you know that Stevie Richards will be kneeling before it. Joey Styles talks about the stage being set up for the 8 man match and highlights of the match as Cactus is mimicking Raven. We hear the conversation between the two, Raven mentions some of the ECW losers. He talks about never getting a chance to see what would have happened if he locked up with Shane Douglas. The match starts off with Dreamer and Dudley Dudley and soon its Richards in and he gets a double DDT. Cactus is in cleaning house until Raven comes upon the scene and Cactus tags out to Pitbull II. But soon, Cactus runs in and DDT's Tommy Dreamer. The winner is Raven and Cactus Jack joins Raven's Nest. September 19, 1995 - The Pitbulls eventually turned against The Nest and were granted a shot at Raven and Richards' titles. Beulah and Raven go into the ring and say the match will be the best of 3 falls. Raven gets the first fall, Stevie gets pinned by Pitbull 2 for the second fall. Raven then chokes out Pitbull 2 with a rag, so Dreamer runs in chains himself to Raven and pins him! But the fall doesn't count. Mayhem breaks out as 911 runs in the ring and choke slams the referree Bill Alfonso. Pitbull2 gets up and powerbombs Raven and Richards. ECW Commissioner Tod Gordon makes the three count and the Pitbulls are the new ECW Tag Champions. They also take Francine as their manager at this point. October 7, 1995 - Raven and Richards regain the tag team titles by defeating the Pitbulls due to a double-arm DDT by Cactus Jack on one of the Pitbulls. However, they lose the titles that same night to The Public Enemy in a 3 way dance with the Public Enemy and New Jack and Mustafa Seed, The Gangstas. December 8, 1995 - Raven and Cactus Jack vs. Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk at the ECW Arena. Raven has been teasing Terry Funk for most of November, calling him a "hardcore has-been." A hardcore match, which included Terry Funk teeing off on Raven's crotch with a golf club! Ouch! Raven gets wrapped in barbed wire by Dreamer and Cactus and Raven lose. At this time, The Heavenly Bodies join Raven's Nest. At this time, ECW holds an event called Ultimate Jeopardy, between 2 teams in a steel cage - Raven's team; which consists of him, Stevie Richards, The Eliminators (Perry Saturn and John Kronus), and the Heavenly Bodies, vs. Tommy Dreamer, The Public Enemy, and the Pitbulls. The match also has some interesting stipulations: If Public Enemy loses - they must face each other later in the night. If the Pitbulls lose, they must split up as a team and whoever pins them gets Francine for a week. If Tommy Dreamer loses, his head gets shaved. If Raven loses, whoever pins him gets Beulah for a week. If the Eliminators lose, they must leave ECW. If Stevie Richards loses, then the winning team gets 5 mins in the cage with him. If the Heavenly Bodies lose, then all of the stipulations for their team are enforced. |
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December 1995 - Raven defeats Dreamer and gains a shot at the ECW World Title held by The Sandman. Although Raven makes a good showing, Sandman wins their first battle. Around this time, the Blue Meanie joins Raven's Nest and one half of the Heavenly Bodies, Tom Pritchard, leaves the Nest to join the WWF as one half of the Bodydonnas. January 3, 1996 - Dancin Stevie Richards is in the ECW Arena ring. He says he's not here to steal the spotlight, but to welcome all the executives from Fox, PRIME and that they are in New York to see Stevie Richards in ECW. Stevie then goes to see Missy Hyatt. He takes the mic and Missy calls him a "clueless putz" and he offers her a ride in Raven's limo to show her how his sundial points to noon - he then offers her a date with Raven and she seems very interested in that and gives Stevie a big kiss and says to take that back to Raven January 5, 1996 - Stevie Richards is in the ring and he now announces that he is to be known as "Studly Stevie Richards" because of the events with Missy Hyatt and that he is the original babe magnet. He says that Beulah's been neglected by Raven so Stevie will give her some late Christmas cheer. Beulah doesn't want to be touched. Stevie doesnt want to look bad in front of the ECW crowd, so Stevie goes to make a move on her, but Beulah screams. Beulah announces to Raven and to the world that she is pregnant. Stevie thinks he's going to be an uncle. Raven becomes incensed at this this and tells her that, "You were only supposed to take one pill a day, stupid!" Beulah then tells Raven that Raven isn't the father and Raven then starts to blame Richards for the affair. Beulah then shocks them all by announcing that neither Raven or Richards is the father, it is actually Tommy Dreamer. This drove Raven further down the spiral of hate and betrayal. Later on, a skit is shown with Dreamer in the hallway, saying how he could learn to love Beulah and how he can play a game of one upsmanship he'd be there for his kid, not like Raven. Tommy then walks into a room in the hotel and finds Beulah in bed. She gets up and then says "Tommy, I want to feel your pain", Dreamer then looks in the camera and then says "Go". The camera then leaves and as the door closes, it focuses on the "Do Not Disturb" sign. Raven becomes incensed at this and orders Cactus Jack to destroy Dreamer. January 27, 1996 - At this time, he replaced Beulah as his valet with the lovely Kimona Wanaleia. Just three weeks after Beulah's betrayal, Raven was granted another shot at The Sandman's belt. Raven was easily able to defeat Sandman on January 27, 1996 with the help of his Flock, and held the title for nine months, defending it against Sandman, Shane Douglas, "Bam Bam" Terry Gordy, and Dreamer. Comments from Raven, he's got a new girl, he's got the belt - he doesn't need Beulah, never needed her - never did. February 14, 1996 - Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie are in the ring with Sandman. Richards was supposedly sent to give Sandman one chance to back out of the match at the Arena. Sandman reminds Stevie's he's never backed down from a fight and soon Meanie is gettingcaned- and he calls Stevie a bitch and tells him to tell Raven to get ready- he's coming for HIS belt. Raven is out to the ring with Kimona Wanaleia, he calls Raven a moron and that gets the Meanie's crap kicked out of him. Raven blames him for not giving Beulah her birth control pills. Raven starts slapping Stevie and Stevie begs for Raven not to hit him anymore. March 20, 1996 - Raven comments on ECW TV about how he thinks Dreamer loves everyone, his family, his friends, ECW and how Raven only loved one thing, Beulah - he's loved Beulah since he was 11 and now only Dreamer only loves her since he knows now what's in her box. |
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March 26, 1996 - Raven makes his way to the ring on crutches suffering from gout in his foot. He's joined by the Fabulous Ones (Stevie, the Blue Meanie, and Cactus Jack - making one of his last ECW appearances) and Kimona Wanaleia. Richards is trying to get Raven not to wrestle because of his gout, but "The Franchise" Shane Douglas wants his belt back and the fans want to see this match. This match went all over the place outside the ring- Raven is trying to get the match over as soon as he can, but Franchise is giving him a run for it Richards throws a chair into the ring to help Raven out. The Franchise must get rid of the Fabulous Ones as they are helping Raven out. There was also some help from Kimona as she tries to get in the Franchise's face and he puts her overhis knee to spank her and even though she seems to like it, Franchise wants none of her. Franchise is giving out suplexes left and right and while the ref is out, the Bruise Brothers new members of the Nest, are out to make the save for Raven. Raven gets the pin on Douglas for the win, and after the match, the Bruises are out to finish the match as they look to want to beat Douglas. But Dreamer makes the save and now the Bruises are kicking around Dreamer. Dreamer about to get it himself, but Sandman is in and he canes everyone in sight, except for Dreamer and Douglas- the three seem to have made some kind of bond to get Raven. April 2, 1996 - Raven and the Blue Meanie have a segment where they talk about how Raven has been wrestling with gout. The Blue Meanie is with a doctor talking about how the Raven's foot has been surgically reconstructed but is now shorter than his other leg. Meanie holds up the X - Ray device to prove this is true. Raven is in the segment and says not only can you feel his pain, Shane Douglas - now you can see it. April 15, 1996 - Joey Styles is in the ECW Arena for the opening of the ECW TV show and he's joined by ECW champion Raven, Dr. Mark Allen, the Bruise Brothers and of course Kimona Wanaleia. Dr Allen began treating Raven for gout - a severe inflammation of the joints which attacked his foot - but due to the trauma, Raven's foot looked like "Humpty Dumpty", he had to put it back together , it took 6 hours and many pins, staples and more to reconstruct the foot. The Sandman comes out to survey things with Dr. Allen and is in the ring and he says that if he can drink a case of beer before he wrestles, than Raven can wrestle with that foot. The Sandman is then attacked by the Bruise Bros. and then Shane Douglas and Tommy Dreamer come in for the save. Tommy's got Raven in the ring with the figure four. Prime Time Brian Lee (the WWF's Chainz) is in the ring to make the save for Raven. April 26, 1996 - In a match Raven has scheduled against Shane Douglas. Kimona announces that she has a secret that will destroy Raven. Kimona reveals that Beulah really wasn't pregnant at all, but used the pregnancy as an excuse to cover up a lesbian affair she was having with Kimona. Dreamer was also shocked by this announcement, until he announced that he was "hardcore" enough to handle both Kimona and Beulah at once. Chants break out in the ECW arena of "Raven's got no pussy, he just got the Meanie, but he also has Stevie!" Shane controls most of the match, he gets Raven in the figure four, Meanie tries to make the save by doing a moonsault, but Shane gets out of the way. Stevie ends up super kicking him, but Shane kicks out. One of the Bruise Brothers runs in to interfere, but Dreamer comes out to make the save. In the mean time, Shane has Raven down for the count as the ref is ushering Dreamer out. Shane and Dreamer exchange words, with Shane and Tommy going at it briefly. Shane takes off Raven's boot and goes for the figure four again, another run in by a Bruise Brother. While Shane fights off Raven's crew, Raven loads up his boot which is off and nails Shane. Raven gets the win. |
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April 29, 1996 - Raven vs. Shane Douglas. Stevie lets Super Nova join Raven's Nest. Raven beats Douglas again with help from the Nest. October 5, 1996 - December 7, 1996 -Raven, driven to the edge by his lifestyle and personal turmoil, enters rehab for the fifth time in his life. However, even though Raven had a legitimate reason to take a sabbatical from ECW, Paul Heyman, ECW's owner, decreed that Raven's belt would be defended by Stevie Richards in a tag team bout pairing Richards with fellow Nest member Brian Lee against Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. Sandman scored the pin on Richards and thus regained the ECW belt on October 5, 1996 at ECW High Incident. On Raven's return, he staged one of the acts he is famous for in ECW, when he staged a mock crucifixion of The Sandman after brutally attacking him. He also managed to get the Sandman's wife, Lori Fullington (Bubbles) and his young son, Tyler, to join his Nest. December 7, 1996 - ECW Holiday Hell 1996 - a no rope barbed wire death match - Raven vs. The Sandman for the ECW World Heavyweight Title. Raven comes out first with Lori and Tyler (Sandman's Wife and Son) , but Todd Gordon and the referees immediatley force them back to the locker room. Sandman rips the leg of his pants sliding in the ring. They go back and forth, but Sandman ends up being the first one to end up against the wire. Things go back and forth a bit. Raven's shirt ends up getting ripped off and stuck on the wire. Sandman does an over the wire cane shot to the floor. They cut off a one side of the wire and use it as a weapon. Raven got whipped with the wire. Sandman wraps the wire around his body, knocks Raven out on the floor and attempts to splash him through a table. Things go back to the ring, Raven gets control. They try to do the piledriver on the table, but the table breaks too soon. Raven gives Sandman a DDT on the table, folds it over on top of him and gets the pin. And just like that, Raven wins the belt back, with a clean pinfall no less. Soon afterward, Stevie broke free of Raven's Nest and started his own group, the Blue World Order, a parody of WCW's nWo, which featured former Nest members, The Blue Meanie and Supernova. Raven's followers at this time were substantially diminished. They were Lupus and Chastity, who was in Justin Credible's entourage in ECW until she joined WCW to play the part of Raven's sister. February 23, 1997 - ECW makes an appearance on the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night RAW. During a match involving Stevie Richards, then known as Big Stevie Cool of the Blue World Order, Raven comes out and does his Crucifix arm salute over a fallen Richards on the outside of the ring and then leaves. April 13, 1997 - Raven is set to defend his ECW World Title against the number-one-contender at ECW's first PPV, Barely Legal. The way the number-one-contender will be decided is the three top contenders to the title, Stevie Richards, The Sandman, and Tommy Dreamer, will lock-up in a three way dance for the spot. The winner would then face Raven immediately afterward for the title. Tommy Dreamer, fulfilling a debt of gratitude to his mentor in wrestling, gives his spot in the three way to that mentor, Terry Funk. After the hard fought 3 way, the winner was Terry Funk. And in less than 7 minutes, the new ECW champion was Terry Funk. This was Raven's last major match in ECW. May 10, 1997 - Raven fails to regain his title from Terry Funk in a 4 way dance between he, Terry Funk, Stevie Richards, and the Sandman June 7, 1997 - Raven has one last match with Tommy Dreamer at Wrestlepalooza 1997 - aloser leaves town match, loser has to leave ECW. This match was the excuse given for Raven's leaving for World Championship Wrestling. Just as Raven is about to face Dreamer, one of Raven's remaining Nest members, Lupus, tells Raven he has nothing left to prove and that Raven should just leave, and Raven does! Dreamer chases after him and they do have a fight, which results in Raven's only ever pinfall loss to Dreamer in ECW. This is also Raven's last PPV appearance in ECW. |
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