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Raven

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
957 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

I was watching The Crow for inspiration, and the character's name was Eric Draven.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

I go, Draven, Raven, quote the Raven evermore.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

All right, I got a name and a catchphrase, boom.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

Now I need an outfit.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And then I put the outfit together in like two minutes because it wasn't hard to figure out, you know.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And then I came up with the idea of the concert T-shirt because I'm a big believer in ring jackets.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

You got to wear or have a bunch of ring jackets because to be a star, you got to look like a star.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

But Raven's character wouldn't care about looking like a star.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

I had to get an anti-star look that still was a star character that made me look like a star.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And so...

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

So I figured with the concert shirts, I'd have a different shirt every day, every match, so I could have a variety without having to change my jacket.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And plus, I had no chest.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

As a bodybuilder, I always wanted to be a bodybuilder, but I never had the genetics for it.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And so I wore...

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

So I had a thick waist, no abs, flat chest, but I had big arms and shoulders, you know, at the time, you know, until injuries took their toll.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

But that's a long story.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

But, yeah, so I figured I'd wear a concert T-shirt, sleeves cut off, I could show off the arms.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

You want to accentuate your strengths and hide your weaknesses.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And I hid my weaknesses.

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Raven's Most Hardcore ECW Moments, Early Onset Parkinson's, WrestleMania, TNA, WWE Run

And another weird thing about that is I had really good legs, like really good thighs, but I had such a thick waist that it took away from it.