Se7en
08-13-2003, 08:59 AM
This is from the recent shoot interview that Raven did with the folks at RFvideo.com.
I highly recommend anyone who's a Raven fan to get the interview, as it gives some interesting insight into Scott Levy's life and career (holy Christ, was THIS guy fucked up on drugs in his day).
It also gives some insight into just how things are run in the WWE these days. For all of those who enjoyed Raven when he was there, here's a look at the storyline which Levy himself proposed, and what could have become of it, if it had been given the chance.
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The Seven storyline- Since you can't kill people and just beating someone up isn't very good, proven because they do that on RAW and "Brian Gerwitz is an idiot." He thinks "he fucked me royally business-wise." Since psychological damage lasts longer, he wanted to do that based off of the seven deadly sins. The first three would have been jobbers or guys like Coach, in order to get things started without bogging down in a feud. The fourth one would become a feud, which would last a few months, which would end with Raven losing an "I Quit" match. You'd think it would end the storyline but he'd then actually come back two weeks later and come in for the fifth sin. The last ones were going to be envy and lust. He wanted take a face like Matt Hardy and show him on a bar in a videotape kissing a girl who isn't Lita, checking into a hotel with her, etc., all the way up to the shot of the "Do not disturb" sign going on the door. The next shot would be of the aftermath of the night before, with beer bottles and condom wrappers abound, then pulling back to show Raven consoling Lita. While he would be consoling her, he would be feeling on her and trying to kiss her but she's too busy sobbing. It would come out later that Matt didn't actually do it. The next week, he'd be gone while Hardy would be trying to find him for revenge. The week after, Raven would have Lita in the ring and insist on playing the tape again because, while Matt's sin was lust, Raven's was envy because he was envious of Matt's perfect life and perfect girlfiend and so forth. Immediately after saying that he was guilty of envy, he'd act like his soul was purged despite completely screwing over all those other people. Matt would beat the piss out of Raven, Lita would knock Matt out with an international object, and Lita would leave with Raven. He'd then feud with Matt and it would turn out that Lita had cheated on Matt first and that their relationship was already in trouble but that Matt had been trying as hard as he could to hold it together. Raven booked it out to be a six month program with at least two major feuds within that time but he was later asked by Stephanie McMahon where he would go afterwards. Raven felt that he'd be made by that storyline for life at that point and that they wouldn't NEED to find other sins to have programs on.
His final storyline before getting fired- He was going to turn Hurricane heel in a program with Tommy Dreamer and himself. He'd turn Hurricane into such a heel that Hurricane would turn on him, which would make him a tweener. Dreamer would be trying to play the angel and keeping Hurricane as a face while he would be the Devil and trying to turn him heel. There's more than that but that's the simplest form of it. After that, Hurricane would then bring in an OVW sidekick and a girl who would supposedly be the head of his fan club. The long and short of it would be that Hurricane would become a major player, getting over an OVW guy as a monster, Hurricane's valet, revitalize Raven and Dreamer's careers, etc. without having to work with a Triple H or other big star to do it. The first reason he couldn't do it was that Brian Gerwitz didn't want to turn Hurricane heel since he'd come up with the Hurricane character. Then Gerwitz wanted to make Hurricane heel but use his own idea "which probably fucking sucks and he wanted to cock-block me out." (Gerwitz' idea was for Hurricane and Trish Stratus to tag against Stevie Richards and Victoria, they win and hug after the match, Hu
I highly recommend anyone who's a Raven fan to get the interview, as it gives some interesting insight into Scott Levy's life and career (holy Christ, was THIS guy fucked up on drugs in his day).
It also gives some insight into just how things are run in the WWE these days. For all of those who enjoyed Raven when he was there, here's a look at the storyline which Levy himself proposed, and what could have become of it, if it had been given the chance.
[quote]
The Seven storyline- Since you can't kill people and just beating someone up isn't very good, proven because they do that on RAW and "Brian Gerwitz is an idiot." He thinks "he fucked me royally business-wise." Since psychological damage lasts longer, he wanted to do that based off of the seven deadly sins. The first three would have been jobbers or guys like Coach, in order to get things started without bogging down in a feud. The fourth one would become a feud, which would last a few months, which would end with Raven losing an "I Quit" match. You'd think it would end the storyline but he'd then actually come back two weeks later and come in for the fifth sin. The last ones were going to be envy and lust. He wanted take a face like Matt Hardy and show him on a bar in a videotape kissing a girl who isn't Lita, checking into a hotel with her, etc., all the way up to the shot of the "Do not disturb" sign going on the door. The next shot would be of the aftermath of the night before, with beer bottles and condom wrappers abound, then pulling back to show Raven consoling Lita. While he would be consoling her, he would be feeling on her and trying to kiss her but she's too busy sobbing. It would come out later that Matt didn't actually do it. The next week, he'd be gone while Hardy would be trying to find him for revenge. The week after, Raven would have Lita in the ring and insist on playing the tape again because, while Matt's sin was lust, Raven's was envy because he was envious of Matt's perfect life and perfect girlfiend and so forth. Immediately after saying that he was guilty of envy, he'd act like his soul was purged despite completely screwing over all those other people. Matt would beat the piss out of Raven, Lita would knock Matt out with an international object, and Lita would leave with Raven. He'd then feud with Matt and it would turn out that Lita had cheated on Matt first and that their relationship was already in trouble but that Matt had been trying as hard as he could to hold it together. Raven booked it out to be a six month program with at least two major feuds within that time but he was later asked by Stephanie McMahon where he would go afterwards. Raven felt that he'd be made by that storyline for life at that point and that they wouldn't NEED to find other sins to have programs on.
His final storyline before getting fired- He was going to turn Hurricane heel in a program with Tommy Dreamer and himself. He'd turn Hurricane into such a heel that Hurricane would turn on him, which would make him a tweener. Dreamer would be trying to play the angel and keeping Hurricane as a face while he would be the Devil and trying to turn him heel. There's more than that but that's the simplest form of it. After that, Hurricane would then bring in an OVW sidekick and a girl who would supposedly be the head of his fan club. The long and short of it would be that Hurricane would become a major player, getting over an OVW guy as a monster, Hurricane's valet, revitalize Raven and Dreamer's careers, etc. without having to work with a Triple H or other big star to do it. The first reason he couldn't do it was that Brian Gerwitz didn't want to turn Hurricane heel since he'd come up with the Hurricane character. Then Gerwitz wanted to make Hurricane heel but use his own idea "which probably fucking sucks and he wanted to cock-block me out." (Gerwitz' idea was for Hurricane and Trish Stratus to tag against Stevie Richards and Victoria, they win and hug after the match, Hu