[1997-02-22-ECW-TV] Raven promo

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Raven cuts a promo in looks like what might be an NYC subway station. He points out that Dreamer has never beaten him, and that Terry Funk is old, washed up and a has been.

 

"My father beat me, Terry Funk, and I'm going to beat you the same way."

 

Just when I'm trying to give Raven a second chance and starting to warm up to him a little bit, he starts talking about how he was beaten and molested growing up and continues this promo far longer than needed. Too much.

[Bix]

I totally forgot this happened. It gets worse a few weeks later.

[soup23]

This started off so well with Raven saying that Dreamer had never beaten him. Then we get into therapy time with Raven. This is brutal stuff especially from the heel champion of a company.

[Robert S]

The CM Punk version of this promo six years later was so much better than this.

[Kevin Ridge]

Raven calls Funk washed up. He has anger towards Terry because he reminds him of his father. Raven pines for going to baseball games with his dad. Him going on and on weakened overall promo.

[PeteF3]

The Raven-Dreamer feud is back on after a hiatus. He also has words for that five-and-dime cartoon would-be legend, Terry Funk. I actually think comparing Funk to his abusive father is a sound idea on its own, but when Raven starts screaming and ACTING this becomes too melodramatic to be believable. It's also hard to buy Raven whining about his father not taking him to baseball games after tossing out "molestation" without a second thought. Oh, now we're back to talking about Sandman and Tyler. What a fresh topic. And we switch gears AGAIN to talking about Stevie Richards. To say this was all over the place would be a gross understatement.

[KB8]

Yeah, this went on forever and was all over the place. Raven's just about my least favourite prominent ECW wrestler and this was a very Raven segment.