History Wrestling / StevieRichards

* WouldHitAGirl: Had a cage match against Luna Vachon at ''ECW Heat Wave 1995'', which he lost.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Abandoned WCW after a loss to Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage on the October 4th (taped October 1), 1997 ''WCW Saturday Night'' with no real storyline explanation. The October 13th ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' featured a pretaped vignette of Raven talking about his childhood. This was followed by the Wrestling/{{Goldberg}} vs. Scotty Riggs match (4-0.) During the entrances, Raven was shown in the crowd with Perry Saturn and the as-yet-unnamed Sick Boy. Announcer Tony Schiavone acknowledged that Richards was not there and said, "Well you know, here today gone tomorrow with Stevie Richards."

* BareYourMidriff[=/=]WhoWearsShortShorts: A rare male example for both, as he wore half-shirts for years, particularly in ECW and WCW.

'''Michael Steven Manna''' (b. 1971) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, PA best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Stevie Richards.''' He started his career in 1992 and appeared on the very first ECW event, February 25, 1992, going to a 20-minute draw with Jimmy Jannetty. He would struggle in the midcard for close to three years until a series of losses to Tommy Dreamer in late 1994 would serve to invigorate his career via the debut of Wrestling/{{Raven}}. Richards would become Raven's flunky and they would go on to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] twice. After Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie made his surprise debut at ''ECW November to Remember 95'', they developed a gimmick of doing {{Affectionate Parod|y}}ies of wrestlers of the past and present. Richards would ultimately follow Raven to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in Summer 1997 but leave in early October to briefly go back to ECW. He would bounce around the independents until he arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1999 where he would stay until 2008. He again spent time on the independent circuit before showing up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2009. Along with his two ECW World Tag Team Title reigns, he was also a 22x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Champion]]. He has also competed for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for many independent promotions around the U.S.

* ArchEnemy: Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman in ECW; pretty much the entire WWE roster as the leader of Right to Censor; Wrestling/TrishStratus and whoever Victoria may have been feuding with at the time; Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, Wrestling/{{Test}}; Abyss in TNA.

* OneOfUs: '''Very''' well known as one of wrestling's top gamers.

* AmbiguouslyGay: While he never did an outright GorgeousGeorge gimmick, his enthusiasm for Raven[[note]]See also the [=Ho Yay=] entry on Raven's YMMV page.[[/note]] led to some speculation and comments along those lines. While he and Raven were walking to the ring for their ECW World Tag Team Title defense against Tommy Dreamer and Luna Vachon at ''ECW Hardcore Heaven 95'', July 1, 1995, Wrestling/JoeyStyles said that all of his friends at the [[Film/PoliceAcademy Blue Oyster]] are happy that he is an ECW World Tag Team Champion.

* FinishingMove: Steviekick, Stevie-T (double-arm DDT)

* ArchEnemy: Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman in ECW; pretty much the entire WWE roster as the leader of Right to Censor; Abyss in TNA.

* CostumeCopycat

* ExecutiveMeddling[=/=]ScrewedByTheNetwork[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: On the August 23, 1999 ''Raw'', Stevie Richards and the Blue Meanie presented the first "The Blonde Bytch Project" vignette, a mockery of Wrestling/{{Sable}}. It was scrapped out of concern for her lawsuit and because, allegedly, Vince [=McMahon=] was unaware of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and didn't know how many people would get the joke.[[note]]A similar fate would befall Paul Burchill's {{Pirate}} gimmick in 2006, with Vince not knowing about the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies.[[/note]]

'''Michael Steven Manna''' (b. 1971) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, PA best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Stevie Richards.''' He started his career in 1992 and appeared on the very first ECW event, February 25, 1992, going to a 20-minute draw with Jimmy Jannetty. He would struggle in the midcard for close to three years until a series of losses to Tommy Dreamer in late 1994 would serve to invigorate his career via the debut of Wrestling/{{Raven}}. Richards would become Raven's flunky and they would go on to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] twice. After the Blue Meanie made his surprise debut at ''ECW November to Remember 95'', they developed a gimmick of doing {{Affectionate Parod|y}}ies of wrestlers of the past and present. Richards would ultimately follow Raven to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in Summer 1997 but leave in early October to briefly go back to ECW. He would bounce around the independents until he arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1999 where he would stay until 2008. He again spent time on the independent circuit before showing up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2009. Along with his two ECW World Tag Team Title reigns, he was also a 22x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Champion]]. He has also competed for various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories and for many independent promotions around the U.S.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: A rare male example, mainly in ECW.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Abandoned WCW after a loss to Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage on the October 4th (taped October 1), 1997 ''WCW Saturday Night'' with no real storyline explanation. The October 13th ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'' featured a pretaped vignette of Raven talking about his childhood. This was followed by the Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}-Scotty Riggs match (4-0.) During the entrances, Raven was shown in the crowd with Perry Saturn and the as-yet-unnamed Sick Boy. Announcer Tony Schiavone acknowledged that Richards was not there and said, "Well you know, here today gone tomorrow with Stevie Richards."

* AffectionateParody: He and Stevie and, later, [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]] were known for this.

'''Michael Steven Manna''' (b. 1971) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, PA best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Stevie Richards.''' He started his career in 1992 and appeared on the very first ECW event, February 25, 1992, going to a 20-minute draw with Jimmy Jannetty. He would struggle in the midcard for close to three years until a series of losses to Tommy Dreamer in late 1994 would serve to invigorate his career via the debut of Wrestling/{{Raven}}. Richards would become Raven's flunky and they would go on to hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-t.html ECW World Tag Team Titles]] twice. After the Blue Meanie made his surprise debut at ''ECW November to Remember 95'', they developed a gimmick of doing {{Affectionate Parod|y}}ies of wrestlers of the past and present. Richards would ultimately follow Raven to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in Summer 1997 but leave in early October to briefly go back to ECW. He would bounce around the independents until he arrived in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1999 where he would stay until 2008. He again spent time on the independent circuit before showing up in Wrestling/{{TNA}} in 2009. Along with his two ECW World Tag Team Title reigns, he was also a 22x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Champion]].

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: As Dr. Stevie.

* TheShrink: As "Dr. Stevie" in TNA.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: PlayedForLaughs when he was the self-appointed General Manager of ''[[{{BShow}} Sunday Night Heat]]'', which he had renamed ''Stevie Night Heat'' and was supposedly the head of "[=StevieCorp.=]"

* TookALevelInBadass: A few, especially after he started using the name '''Steven''' Richards in WWE.

AffectionateParody: He and Stevie and, later, [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]] were known for this.
** [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} "Bluedust"]]

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Richards The Other Wiki]].

'''Michael Steven Manna''' (b. 1971) is an American [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, PA best known for his work in Wrestling/{{ECW}} as '''Stevie Richards.''' He started his career in 1992 and appeared on the very first ECW event, February 25, 1992, going to a 20-minute draw with Jimmy Jannetty. He would struggle in the midcard for close to three years until a series of losses to Tommy Dreamer in late 1994 would serve to invigorate his career via the debut of Wrestling/{{Raven}}.