Episode 452: The Evolution Of RAVEN
What Happened When
Podcast Heat
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of What Happened When, Tony and Conrad are joined by ECW/WCW/TNA legend Raven to talk about his brand-new documentary, Nevermore: The Raven Effect. Raven shares how the project came together, where fans can watch it, and how it served as a powerful reminder of his journey and everything he’s overcome. The guys also have some fun revisiting Raven’s early matches in Portland, with Raven telling hilarious stories from his days in the territory. And if that’s not enough, Tony and Conrad sit down to watch a full episode of Portland Wrestling courtesy of our friends at Ultimate Wrestling Classics!
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| 0:00.0 | SavewithConrad.com. |
| 0:03.0 | My name is Darrell. |
| 0:04.8 | I came from Massachusetts and I moved to Wisconsin. |
| 0:09.4 | There's a lot of people that might be asking, why go with Conrad? |
| 0:12.6 | Why go with Supreme Lending? |
| 0:14.6 | And let me tell you something, brother. |
| 0:16.6 | I think about the credentials, the tag team partner that I'd be working with. |
| 0:22.2 | First of all, we got the podfather himself, Conrad. How can you go wrong with that? |
| 0:27.3 | And then also go on to save witherick.com, which, you know, who else could have kicked Vince's |
| 0:34.7 | ass for 83 consecutive weeks? You can't beat that duel right there, but they did bring a secret weapon. |
| 0:41.2 | And I didn't realize this because this was not advertised. |
| 0:43.9 | I worked closely with Larry the Axe Thompson. |
| 0:47.3 | And let me tell you, with all the stress with moving across the country, with the large family that I have, |
| 0:53.4 | it was reassuring to know that I |
| 0:56.1 | had the enforcer at my back, handling questions from the other side of sellers. The other side |
| 1:03.7 | with trying to find the right prices. He took care of all that. All I had to do was keep my eye on |
| 1:09.4 | the prize and make it there to Wisconsin. |
| 1:12.5 | They were absolutely fantastic. They checked in on me, especially Francis. Very patient with me. |
| 1:18.9 | I don't go through this process all the time, so I trusted the experts. I was able to call them. |
| 1:24.5 | They called me if they had questions and it felt like it was a personal arrangement. |
| 1:29.4 | There was even a point in which, from the seller's side, they wanted something else that wasn't part of the norm. |
| 1:35.9 | Francis straight up told me, hey, we're loyal to you. |
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