Championships held by Stevie Richards include the ECW World Tag Team Championship, the WWE Hardcore Championship, the NWA National Heavyweight Championship and the Extreme Rising World Championship.
90 Facts About Stevie Richards
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Stevie Richards wrestled his first match on February 25,1992 for the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance as "Stevie Richards ", facing Jannetty.
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Stevie Richards wrestled a handful of matches for Eastern Championship Wrestling before spending two years working on the independent circuit for seasoning.
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Stevie Richards's first televised appearance was on the June 28,1994 episode of NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, teaming with Hack Meyers in a loss to Dory Funk Jr.
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Shortly after his return, Stevie Richards was given a valet, Angel.
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At Heat Wave on July 16,1994, Stevie Richards lost to Tommy Dreamer.
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Stevie Richards's behavior attracted the scorn of commentator Joey Styles, who repeatedly described him as a "clueless putz" and referred to his attending the Blue Oyster Bar, a gay bar.
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Stevie Richards then revealed that he had tracked down McGillicutty, who was now a Penthouse model, who harbored a grudge against Dreamer.
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On June 30,1995 at Mountain Top Madness, Raven and Stevie Richards defeated The Public Enemy to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship.
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At Hardcore Heaven on July 1,1995, Raven and Stevie Richards defeated Dreamer and Vachon in a tag team match.
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Raven and Stevie Richards regained the titles from The Pitbulls on October 7,1995, only to lose them to The Public Enemy later that evening.
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At November to Remember on November 18,1995, Stevie Richards introduced a lackey of his own, The Blue Meanie.
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At House Party on January 5,1996, Stevie Richards attempted to kiss McGillicutty, who refused, eventually announcing that she was pregnant.
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The angle concluded at Natural Born Killaz on August 24,1996, when Stevie Richards offered to drop the lawsuit if Hyatt would insult The Sandman.
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Later that month, Stevie Richards took part in ECW's first tour of Japan, defeating Keizo Matsuda in a bout in Korakuen Hall as well as helping Raven defend his title against Tommy Dreamer.
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The relationship between Raven and Stevie Richards began to deteriorate in late 1996.
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At "High Incident" on October 26,1996, Stevie Richards was involved in one of ECW's most controversial angles, with Raven's Nest "crucifying" The Sandman by tying him to a cross and placing a crown made of barbed wire on his head.
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At November to Remember on November 16,1996, Stevie Richards debuted the Blue World Order, a comedy stable parodying the New World Order in World Championship Wrestling.
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Later that night, Stevie Richards inadvertently superkicked Raven during his ECW World Heavyweight Championship bout against The Sandman.
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The tensions between Raven and Stevie Richards continued to build until, on December 28,1996, Stevie Richards turned on Raven by superkicking him during a match with The Sandman.
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At Hostile City Showdown on March 15,1997, Stevie Richards faced Raven and Dreamer in a three-way dance for Raven's ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
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At ECW's first pay-per-view, Barely Legal on April 13,1997, Stevie Richards faced Terry Funk and The Sandman in a triple threat match, with the winner facing Raven for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship in the main event.
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On May 1,1997, episode of ECW Hardcore TV, a controversial angle took place in which a morose Raven confronted Stevie Richards, telling him he had one final "mission" for him.
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Raven then attacked Stevie Richards before begging him to "end my pain".
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At The Buffalo Invasion on May 11,1997, Raven and Stevie Richards reformed their tag team to face Dreamer and Funk, with Stevie Richards pinning Funk despite bickering with Raven throughout the match.
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Stevie Richards refused, instead super kicking Raven and enabling Funk and The Sandman to pin him.
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Stevie Richards broke his retirement in August 1997, signing a contract with World Championship Wrestling.
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Stevie Richards made his debut on the July 13,1997 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, confronting Raven, who had just signed with WCW.
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In September 1997, Stevie Richards rejoined Raven, sitting with him in the audience during WCW events.
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In November 1998, Stevie Richards joined Maryland Championship Wrestling, winning the MCW Tag Team Championship with Earl the Pearl in his debut match.
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At the independent supercard Break the Barrier on May 15,1999, Stevie Richards won the APWF Heavyweight Championship, which he held until August 1999.
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Stevie Richards planned on retiring from professional wrestling to study information technology at the Community College of Philadelphia.
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Stevie Richards's plans changed when he was offered a contract with the World Wrestling Federation in mid-1999.
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Stevie Richards debuted on August 15,1999, episode of Sunday Night Heat, helping his old bWo partner, The Blue Meanie, win a match against Al Snow.
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Stevie Richards returned to wrestle matches on Jakked and Metal, where he lost more often than not.
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Stevie Richards challenged both Dean Malenko and Scotty 2 Hotty for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in this period, unsuccessfully.
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Stevie Richards returned on the June 26,2000 episode of Raw, with a new look and gimmick, shorthaired and in a shirt and tie, reminiscent of Michael Douglas's character from the movie Falling Down.
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Stevie Richards became a full-fledged heel, formalized his name to "Steven Richards" and formed a stable known as the Right to Censor.
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Stevie Richards spoke for, managed, and tag-teamed with his recruits: The Godfather, Bull Buchanan, Ivory, and Val Venis.
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Stevie Richards announced his alliance with the WCW tag team, thus becoming a de facto member of The Alliance.
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Stevie Richards managed Kronik in a match against The Undertaker and Kane, after which Kronik was released from the WWF.
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Stevie Richards then appeared mainly on the "B shows", Jakked and Metal, until Team Alliance lost at Survivor Series in 2001.
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Stevie Richards was then fired along with the rest of the Alliance roster by Vince McMahon.
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Stevie Richards formed an alliance with Victoria in late 2002, as a mentally unbalanced couple helping each other win their matches.
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Stevie Richards often helped her retain the WWE Women's Championship.
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Stevie Richards went on a losing streak on Heat from April 19,2004 till December 3,2006.
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Stevie Richards was legitimately injured during the Raw debut match of Chris Masters in February 2005, when a botched Polish hammer broke his nose and orbital bone.
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Stevie Richards returned for an 18-Man inter-promotional Battle Royal at WrestleMania 22.
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Stevie Richards wrestled on ECW's weekly show under his old ring name of Stevie Richards.
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Stevie Richards soon returned to his heel persona, turning on the other ECW Originals and siding with the newer stars.
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Stevie Richards was a lumberjack in the pre-WrestleMania 23 Lumberjack Tag Team match.
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Stevie Richards then went on to lose to CM Punk three more times.
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In mid-2007, Stevie Richards turned face again, and teamed with Tommy Dreamer against The New Breed on house shows, replacing The Sandman in the ECW Originals.
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Stevie Richards teamed with Tommy Dreamer and lost to Thorn and Elijah Burke.
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Stevie Richards then disappeared from WWE programming to have throat surgery.
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Stevie Richards beat James Curtis next, then Mike Knox.
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Stevie Richards commentated on the Extreme Rules match between Mike Knox and Tommy Dreamer on the 100th episode of ECW.
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Stevie Richards remained on the ECW brand after the June 2008 Draft, but wrestled his final three WWE matches on SmackDown.
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Stevie Richards lost to Vladimir Kozlov twice in July 2008, and to The Brian Kendrick on August 15.
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Stevie Richards was released from his WWE contract shortly thereafter.
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Stevie Richards won the Force One Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Championship on February 28,2009 in Barnegat, New Jersey, defeating Danny Doring, as well as the TRP and Showcase heavyweight championships.
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On May 28,2011, Stevie Richards debuted as an announcer for Lucha Libre USA.
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In 2012, Stevie Richards wrestled regularly for the Extreme Rising promotion, as well as for the NWA and Florida-based promotions CCW and ICW.
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On October 6,2012, Stevie Richards defeated Aramis to win the American Championship Pro Wrestling Heavyweight title in Vineland, New Jersey.
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Stevie Richards challenged Drew Galloway unsuccessfully for EVOLVE Championship in Nebraska on September 9,2014.
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On November 16,2014, at House of Hardcore VII, Stevie Richards defeated Danny Doring.
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On May 28,2016, in Louisiana, Stevie Richards successfully defeated Curt Matthews to capture the WildKat Revolution Championship.
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Stevie Richards retained the title over Matthews in a rematch on July 23,2016.
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Stevie Richards retained again over Bob Holly on September 10,2016.
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On November 12,2016, at the Revolution Rumble event, Stevie Richards defeated Heavyweight Champion Bu Ku Dao by pin to capture the championship.
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Stevie Richards made his first successful defense the following week in New Orleans, defeating Vordell Walker.
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On July 30,2016, Stevie Richards entered a Metro Pro Wrestling tournament to a new MPW Heavyweight Champion.
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Stevie Richards was eliminated by Mike Sydal when Sydal used Richards' tights for leverage.
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Stevie Richards remained in title contention on the independent wrestling scene when on November 5,2016, in Miami, he challenged for the No 1 contendership to the ICW Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat with Shawn Prime and Gangrel, where Gangrel was victorious.
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Hawx defeated Richards using heel tactics in New York but Richards would defeat him the following night in Philadelphia with a Stevie-Kick, earning his first win for the promotion.
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Stevie Richards was then entered into an eight-man tournament to crown the first Extreme Rising World Champion.
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Later in the show, Richards would confront Raven who had been running down the promotion, which led to a "Loser Leaves Town" match which ended as No Contest due to interference from Raven's new Flock, who Richards would decimate through a series of Steve-Kicks and Stevie-Bombs.
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However, title defenses eventually resumed as Stevie Richards defeated Kenny Kendrick at a SCW show in August 2013 prior to him making his first defense in an Extreme Rising ring at the December 28th 2013 iPPV "Unfinished Business" where he defeated former NWA World, ECW World and WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino by submission.
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Later that night he ran-out after the co-main-event and Stevie Richards-Kicked top contenders Matt Hardy, Luke Hawx and Homicide as well as Hardy's wife Reby Sky which he would later justify in a video promo.
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For two months, Dr Stevie Richards's face did not appear on television, as the camera was positioned behind him during his sessions with Abyss and, later, Daffney.
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Stevie Richards's identity was revealed when he interfered in Abyss's match with Matt Morgan at Lockdown, preventing Abyss from using a chair, which caused him to lose.
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At Sacrifice, Abyss turned on Stevie Richards and chokeslammed him onto a pile of thumbtacks, after he threatened Lauren, Abyss' girlfriend.
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Stevie Richards lost to Abyss at the 2009 Victory Road pay-per-view.
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Stevie Richards tried to explain this to Nash, only to receive a Jackknife Powerbomb.
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Stevie Richards covered Foley, pulled an unconscious Dr Stevie over, and used his hand to count the pinfall.
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Two weeks later, Stevie Richards assaulted Abyss after losing a match to him; Foley turned on him and saved Abyss.
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Stevie Richards then booked Stevie in a match with Abyss for the following week; if Abyss pinned Stevie, he would have to leave TNA.
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Stevie Richards failed to bring the Television Championship to EV 2.0, and was taken from the ring in a neck brace, suffering a storyline injury.
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Stevie Richards returned to ROH in January 2016, losing to Adam Cole.
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Stevie Richards returned in June 2016, for a series of matches, taking part in the "Road to Best in the World" tour.