Raven shares why he demanded a “warts and all” story when it came to his new documentary, Nevermore: The Raven Effect. He explains how insecurity shaped his early career, what really happened when he walked away from Vince McMahon and the WWF office, and how five minutes of “divine inspiration” created the Raven character. He and filmmaker Geordie Day talk about the wild reality of ECW in the ’90s, and why the Dreamer feud, Sandman storyline, and Crucifixion angle worked so well. Raven also recounts the truth about his relationship with Paul Heyman, his favorite episodic stories from Portland, the WrestleMania 17 golf-cart fiasco, the frustrations of WCW and the Flock, the chair-shot debate with Dreamer, the real story of Shane McMahon staying at his house, and the ending beat of the film that Raven loves the most.
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 – Why Raven agreed to a “warts and all” doc
06:55 – Insecurity, ego & peer respect
13:00 – Crafting Nevermore
15:20 – Creating the Raven character
19:00 – Leaving WWF
22:40 – Discovering ECW
27:10 – Raven’s childhood & psychology
31:25 – Dreamer, Sandman & Beulah stories
36:40 – Portland & episodic storytelling
40:50 – WCW frustrations
45:05 – WrestleMania 17 golf-cart story
51:00 – Paul Heyman, Roddy Piper & rare footage
54:20 – Coaching Moose & Sami
57:10 – Shane McMahon stories
59:30 – Favorite scenes in the doc
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