Raven (wrestler)

For the actor, see Scott Levy (actor).

Scott Levy
Born	(1964-09-08) September 8, 1964 Short Hills, New Jersey
Website	TheRavenEffect.com Template:Myspace
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Johnny Polo Raven Scott Anthony Scotty the Body Scotty Flamingo
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	244 lb (111 kg)
Billed from	The Bowery Palm Beach, Florida
Trained by	Larry Sharpe Charlie Fulton The Sheik Jake Roberts
Debut	February 20, 1988

Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964), better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler, actor, writer, and producer, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

He is a four time world heavyweight champion, having won the ECW and NWA World Heavyweight Championships, and holds the record for most reigns as WWF/E Hardcore Champion. Raven was the first professional wrestler to hold championships in each of the major American promotions of the last decade; World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and 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.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

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. 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. 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. From there, he went to Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland. 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. His manager in PNW was Taylor Made. After taking a brief break from competing, he returned to PNW as a face and began a feud with top heel The Grappler.

Levy was given national media exposure during his stint with the Texas-based Global Wrestling Federation. There, he went by the name of "Palm Beach Heart Throb" Scott Anthony. He was part of the faction known as the Cartel, managed by a "Boss" that was never named. Global Wrestling was aired on ESPN and was seen around the country. Levy was part of the announce team for much of the first year, displaying a witty sense of humor and considerable mic skills. His style complemented the "straight wrestling announcers", Scott Hudson and Craig Johnson, who were also in that announce team.

World Championship Wrestling (1992–1993)

He got his first major exposure as a wrestler in 1992 in World Championship Wrestling. He competed 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. 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 Beach Blast. 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. He had feuds with Pillman, Armstrong, and Johnny B. Badd. He won a boxing match over Badd at Clash of the Champions XXI on November 18, 1992 via knockout after DDP filled his glove with water. He left WCW in July 1993 after disagreements with then-booker Bill Watts.

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1994)

After leaving WCW, Levy joined the World Wrestling Federation as manager Johnny Polo, a spoiled, rich preppy kid, and was placed with Adam Bomb. He was also manager of The Quebecers tag team, whom he led to three reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions. He occasionally wrestled, worked as a color commentator and cohost of Radio WWF, and, behind the scenes, worked as the associate producer for Monday Night Raw. During this time, Polo briefly starred alongside Roddy Piper, Jim Ross, Richard Kimble, and Wolfman Jack 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). In a dramatic departure from his former gimmicks, Levy began portraying a depressed, nihilistic misanthrope with a grunge-inspired wardrobe. Raven had a stoic manner, and delivered eloquent, philosophical promos which included many literary allusions and ended with the catchphrase, "Quoth 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. Richards soon brought Raven a valet, Beulah McGillicutty, a girl from Dreamer and Raven's pasts, who had unrequited feelings for Dreamer as a child, but was now seeking revenge. Raven and Dreamer had a multi-year ongoing feud with a great deal of matches; Dreamer got over as an underdog face showing resilience and tenacity in the spite of Raven coming out victorious every single time.

Another major ECW feud was with Sandman. 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. 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. 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". 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. 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. Levy says he was coerced into the apology by Heyman, who feared a backlash, and was angrily confronted by wrestlers who questioned why Raven did not crucify Sandman on a "Jewish Star", to which Raven replied that it would not have any philosophical impact on the crowd whatsoever, and that they would then have to roll The Sandman out of the arena. 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.

Raven dominated ECW throughout 1995-1996 and enjoyed two reigns as ECW World Heavyweight Champion. His group of followers became known as the Raven's Nest. 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. He gave Dr. Death his first loss in a singles match in the U.S. in many years. His feud with Tommy Dreamer began at his debut and after a short pause while Raven feuded with Sandman, it lasted for the next two years, before Dreamer finally defeated him at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 7, 1997 in a "Loser Leaves ECW" match. Raven then moved on to World Championship Wrestling.

Return to WCW (1997–1999)

On June 30, 1997, Raven made his return to WCW as he 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. 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 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 was an "unsigned free agent", but eventually accepted a contract with WCW Commissioner James J. Dillon which stipulated that he could wrestle only when he wanted and under his own rules. The Flock was a stable of misfits in the same vein as the Raven's Nest group in ECW. With The Flock, however, Raven was more openly abusive and controlling, which eventually led to dissension 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. Riggs later joined The Flock. 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 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 Monday Nitro. 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 that if Raven lost, The Flock would be able to disband. 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. He lost the match and was not 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. 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). In one controversial vignette, he went shopping with Kanyon, who was concerned about his friend's depression. Raven laughed and called Kanyon a mark and, for the entire vignette, acted easygoing and good humored, treating his "character" as a complete work. He later joined with Vampiro and the Insane Clown Posse in a short-lived stable called The Dead Pool.

In a backstage meeting in 1999 which involved every contracted WCW wrestler, Eric Bischoff offered anyone their release right then and there. Levy was the only one to stand up and walk out, as he was dissatisfied with WCW's creative direction. Levy left the company.

Return to ECW (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. 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 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. When they lost the 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 Living Dangerously. Raven was left off TV until his eventual departure and return to the WWF.

Return to the WWF/E (2000–2003)

Levy competing for WWE in September 2002.

On June 23, 2000, Levy met with WWF officials to discuss a return to the World Wrestling Federation. Raven made his return at Unforgiven when he interfered in the Strap match between Tazz and Jerry Lawler, by DDT-ing Lawler. He then started teaming with Tazz before they went their separate ways. On December 20, 2000 in Chattanooga, he defeated Steve Blackman for the WWE Hardcore Championship, his first of a record 27 title reigns, though most of Raven's title reigns were short-lived. The Hardcore title at the time was contested under the "24/7" defense rule, leading to segments where one wrestler would win the title only to immediately lose it to another wrestler. The first half of 2001 saw Raven achieve several memorable moments. At the Royal Rumble, he prevented Kane from chokeslamming comedian Drew Carey. At WrestleMania X-Seven, he competed in his only WrestleMania match, losing the Hardcore Championship to Kane in a Triple Threat match that also included The Big Show. At Backlash, he lost to Hardcore Champion Rhyno in a hardcore match. A brief angle had an anonymous Black Ninja, who was later revealed to be Tori, aiding Raven in retaining the Hardcore Championship.

The second half was not as successful as 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. He was best remembered for being managed by diva Terri Runnels and destroying the love interest of Saturn, his mop called "Moppy." He also started teaming with regularly Justin Credible in late July, 2001. Like many other former ECW wrestlers, Raven lost his ECW look and switched to a different style of dress. This eventually led to him wearing a kilt and changing his hair style completely. By the end of the year, Raven was not seen on WWE programs, as the Alliance lost the "Winner Take All" match at Survivor Series.

In March 2002, when the WWE Brand Extension was announced, Raven was drafted to Raw with the 28th pick. On the final SmackDown! before the split began, he defeated Maven to once again win the Hardcore Championship, thus bringing the title to Raw. He lost the title that Monday to Bubba Ray Dudley. At that time, Levy decided to spend some time announcing, and Raven became the new color commentator for Sunday Night Heat and Excess. 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 then 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. 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) before being released from the WWE the following week on January 20, 2003.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003–2008)

Levy in TNA.

Levy's main exposure since his departure from WWE 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 (though using looks from all the major companies he had worked at under the name 'Raven'). 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.

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. 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 Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight title, yet Jarrett won the match.

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. While in TNA, he formed a stable known as The Gathering, which included ROH rival CM Punk, as well as Julio Dinero and Alexis Laree, though they would later turn on him. He created matches involving old friends and brought in former work colleagues from ECW such as New Jack, Perry Saturn, Mikey Whipwreck, and Justin Credible, all of whom Raven beat in matches. Later in the year these superstars overturned Sports Entertainment Xtreme (SEX). In 2003, Raven feuded with James Mitchell and the Disciples of the New Church. Raven took them all out one by one just like he said, but with interferences from The Gathering and ECW counterparts. Raven ended his feud with James Mitchell in a Last Man Standing match, which was won by Raven. This led to a long undefeated run and the beginning of Raven's attempts to fulfill his destiny. 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. Raven teamed with Sabu to defeat The Gathering one last time. Raven and Sabu then feuded with Abyss and "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Abyss and Brown outnumbered Sabu on many occasions, when Raven failed to watch Sabu's back. 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. Raven defeated Sabu in a No Holds Barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was canceled after Sabu suffered a legitimate back injury. He also competed in the very first Monster's Ball match, with Abyss and Brown.

NWA World Heavyweight Champion

On June 19, 2005, Raven turned face and fulfilled his self-proclaimed destiny when he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at 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. He successfully defended the title in two defenses over the following months against Abyss at No Surrender, and Rhino two months later at Unbreakable. Against Rhino he showed his full array of moves and pealed back the years looking like the Raven in ECW and early WCW. He not only defeated Rhino but hit a Raven Effect DDT on Jeff Jarrett, with the assistance of Jeff Hardy running to the ringside. He also had a tag team match with Sabu against Jeff Jarrett and Rhino.

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. BCW officials immediately contacted TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko, who declared the title change official (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). This led to Raven feuding with Larry Zbyszko, who brought in wrestlers like PJ Palaco and Chris K to wrestle Raven. This culminated in a match at Final Resolution 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 returned 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 in a Hair vs. Hair match which Raven won. He has since continued to wrestle sporadically due to the thyroid condition that he has been dealing with. His last major angle involved a feud between Abyss and Brother Runt and lost to Abyss in a Hangman's Horror match on impact after Hyson turned on him. 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. 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. 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. 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. Raven, Havok, and Martyr then attacked Kaz with kendo sticks. On the July 19 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 diving leg drop, Daniels hit a Best Moonsault Ever, and Senshi hit a Warrior's Way on Havok.

Raven won a House of Fun match, on the August 9 edition of Impact!. He teamed with Robert Roode and James Storm against the team of Chris Harris, Rhino, and 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. 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. On the November 15 edition of Impact, Havok was revealed to be Team 3D's X Division traitor, effectively ending Serotonin. At Turning Point, Raven substituted for Rhino in the "Match of 10,000 Thumbtacks" and teamed with Abyss to defeat Black Reign and Rellik. Raven was officially released from TNA, and his profile was removed from the roster on March 7, 2008.

Independent circuit (2008-2009)

Levy has decided to open up his own professional wrestling school in Georgia, which will work in conjunction with the promotion, Great Championship Wrestling. He has enlisted the help of Johnny Swinger to assist in training the students.

Levy was the heavyweight champion of CWA Pro Wrestling, an independent professional wrestling promotion based out of Orangeburg, South Carolina, from March 15 through August 8, 2008. He won the championship when he defeated Timber in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 15. He was stripped of the title after missing several shows, therefore not being able to defend the championship. Levy was also featured doing shows overseas at Russia's Independent Wrestling Federation, battling Joe Legend. Between April 11 and 18, 2008, Raven performed at four AWF Events in Australia and New Zealand. He also hosted wrestling seminars in Minto, New South Wales, Blakeview, South Australia, and Wellington, New Zealand. On April 11, Levy took part in the AWF Explosion tour, which saw TNT put his Australian Heavyweight Championship on the line; Raven went on to win the match and the title. He lost this title back to TNT on April 18, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Raven appeared briefly for the Insane Clown Posse's promotion Juggalo Championshit Wrestling, interfering against Corporal Robinson and stealing the JCW title. When Robinson attempted to hit the Boot Camp, the lights shut off in the arena. When they turned back on, Raven appeared in the ring and hit Robinson with his Evenflow DDT, before stealing the JCW Heavyweight Championship belt. In the third episode, Sexy Slim Goody (kayfabe) knocked Robinson out with a steel chair shot, and Raven began to shave Robinson's afro. Sabu appeared from out of the crowd and scared Raven off, leaving Robinson with a half shaved afro. The tag team of Raven and Sexy Slim Goody had a match against Corporal Robinson and Sabu in the following episode. Raven to fled from the match with the stolen championship belt before Corporal Robinson pinned Sexy Slim Goody. At Bloodymania II, Corporal Robinson defeated Raven in a "Loser leaves JCW" Ladder match to retain his championship. He is scheduled to wrestle Gary Valiant in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match on April 10 on Showtime All-Star Wrestling.

In June 2008 Raven wrestled for Irish Whip Wrestling in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

Return to TNA (2009-present)

After more than a year, Raven returned to TNA on May 28 as a heel when he feigned a save by attacking Abyss with a Kendo stick with Dr. Stevie assisting him, he then aligned himself with Dr. Stevie and Daffney.

Other media

Raven will be starring in a low budget Australian film called Sleeper, which is releasing in 2009. He also stars alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the movie Death Racers.

Along with Diamond Dallas Page and Billy Kidman, he appears in the music video to the song "Rising" by Stuck Mojo.

Raven was a commentator alongside Kid Rock and Jimmy Hart on MTV's Spring Break "Cancún Beach Brawl", which featured various World Championship Wrestling wrestlers competing in a battle royal; and industrial metal band Fear Factory performing. Raven has appeared on the game show, Win Ben Stein's Money. Raven has also appeared on the talk show Donny & Marie alongside Konnan, promoting a WCW event, and demonstrating wrestling maneuvers on host Donny Osmond. He is slated to release an music album starting with the single "Burn in Hell", produced by Violent J.

He was recently touring the UK with independent promotions such as Extreme World Wrestling

Personal life

Levy was the first and one of only two wrestlers that have held at least one championship in ECW, WCW, WWE, and TNA, the other being Mick Foley.

Levy has a wife named Selina, whom he married in January 2007. He is Jewish, and a member of Mensa and Theta Chi Fraternity.

He is good friends with Extreme Championship Wrestling alumni Thomas Laughlin, Jim Fullington and the Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J). He is also well liked and respected by many of the younger TNA stars, including AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.

Scott Levy 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. I'm a big Kevin Smith fan, and his work on Daredevil is the best on that book since Frank Miller's stuff. Inhumans is also great. 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. Levy, along with Brian Azzarello, wrote Issue #14 of Spider-Man's Tangled Web, entitled "The Last Shoot". The comic was based around the professional wrestler (named Crusher Hogan) who Peter Parker defeated in the character's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy. He also provided a cover quote for a trade paperback edition of 100 Bullets.

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

Levy, along with colleagues Chris Kanyon and Michael Sanders, attempted to sue World Wrestling Entertainment for "cheating them out of health care and other benefits" but a federal judge in Stamford, Connecticut dismissed the case.

In wrestling

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

• Managers
  • 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
  • The Dead Pool
  • The Gathering
  • Serotonin

• Entrance themes
  • "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring (ECW/ROH)
  • "Short But Thick" by Jimmy Hart (WCW)
  • "Raven Theme" (instrumental version of "Come as You Are" by Nirvana) by Jimmy Hart (WCW)
  • "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains (ECW)
  • "What About Me?" by Jim Johnston (WWF/E)
  • "End of Everything" performed by Stereomud and composed by Jim Johnston (WWE)
  • "Offspring" by Dale Oliver (TNA)
  • "Scream" by Dale Oliver (TNA)

Championships and accomplishments

• Extreme Championship Wrestling
  • ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • ECW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Stevie Richards (2), Tommy Dreamer (1), and Mike Awesome (1)

• Heartland Wrestling Association
  • HWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Hugh Morrus

• Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
  • MEWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• National Wrestling Federation
  • NWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Pacific Northwest Wrestling
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Top Gun (1), The Grappler (1), and Steve Doll (1)
  • NWA Pacific Northwest Television Championship (1 time)

• Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  • 3PW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • King of the Mountain (2005)

• United States Xtreme Wrestling
  • UXW Heavyweight Championship (5 times, current)

• United States Wrestling Association
  • USWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brian Christopher

• USA Pro Wrestling
  • USA Pro Championship (1 time)

• World Championship Wrestling
  • WCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Perry Saturn

• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF/E Hardcore Championship (27 times)

Filmography

• Death Racers (2008) - The Reaper
• Sleeper (2009) - Adam Resnik

See also

• Raven's Nest

External links

• TheRavenEffect.com (Official Website)
• MySpace.com/OfficialRaven
• Sleeper-Film.com (Official Website of "Sleeper")