Wrestling legend tells Fightful he's not done in the ring
Added 2023-03-06 21:00:02 +0000 UTCFightful spoke to Raven, who is returning to MLW imminently.
The details surrounding his MLW return are being kept quiet, but he told us that he's very happy with the way things ended up going with what he filmed at MLW. Beyond that, he told us he's open to working as a producer there and elsewhere. He noted that he believes he's on a shortlist for potential producers in IMPACT, and said that he's actually producing in NWA now. He had been brought in to produce there a while back, but had to have knee surgery and took time off.
It's been a while since we've seen Raven in the ring, and it's likely we won't in 2023, but he's not saying he's retired. In fact, he told us that he plans on doing some more matches after he gets his second shoulder taken care of, after needing shoulder and knee replacements in the past. Raven told us that likely he's going to work tag team matches to minimize bumps, but is definitely planning on wrestling again in the future.
We spoke to him about the Flock, and he said that he took Horace as a favor to Hulk Hogan, but he primarily wanted new talent without established runs. He's always preferred having a stable because it gives him something to play off creatively.
Raven said that even though he was in ECW for less than a year between 1999-2000, he was under contract during that period.
The Rhino Gore into the shopping cart came about because Raven wanted to lift the shopping cart and hit Rhino with it, but it was too awkward to do that with. Raven didn't believe when Rhino pitched the Gore spot that he could actually fit into the shopping card, and still wants to know how or why Rhino was so confident that he could.
