Raven discusses ‘Nevermore: The Raven Effect’ documentary
Raven discussed the upcoming documentary on his life during a recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show.
Nevermore: The Raven Effect will be released on Amazon Prime on November 18. Special screenings of the film will be held this weekend at the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art, in the city where Raven was a pivotal part of ECW. Raven told Helwani that ECW was probably the part of his career that he is most proud of.
Raven said of ECW:
“When I got there, the babyfaces were all being booed, the heels were all being cheered, nothing was right with the world. I said, I’m going to be a heel, everybody who fights me is going to be a babyface. Because everybody thought the heel/babyface dynamic was passe at that point. And I refused to believe that because you have to have the heel/babyface dynamic to truly have the great matches. So I made a point that I was going to be a heel, everyone I fought would be a babyface, and it swung the company around, all ego aside.”
Earlier in the conversation, Raven talked about how he used to feel his career was a failure because he never won the WWE Championship.
“For the longest time, I didn’t think my career was a success because I wasn’t the world champion of WWE, which is really ridiculous. I held myself to such a high standard. But as my therapist said, you’re the one holding yourself to that standard, you can also let yourself off the hook too.”
“And that kind of triggered something in me and made me realize that you don’t have to hold yourself to a higher standard.”
Nevermore: The Raven Effect was directed by Geordie Day, who also worked on the biographies Tough Guy: The Bob Probert Story and Charles Manson: The Final Words. A description of the film reads:
“Nevermore: The Raven Effect examines the pivotal shift in wrestling history, through the eyes of Raven/Scott Levy, a brilliant, inventive, complicated and controversial performer.”
“Now approaching sixty, Raven/Levy and many others look back at an era when an extreme personality thrived in an extreme environment – the only question is, how did he live to tell the tale?”
Chris Jericho, Billy Corgan, Rob Van Dam, Diamond Dallas Page, Bubba Ray Dudley, Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, Perry Saturn, Kevin Sullivan, Blue Meanie, Shane Douglas, Lodi, Brian Myers, D’Lo Brown, Buff Bagwell, Sami Callihan, Moose, and Scott D’Amore are advertised as appearing in the film.
Raven’s appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show is available below:
A trailer for the documentary:
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