History YMMV / StevieRichards

** "Right To Censor won". Many see the WWE eventually going PG as this having happened.

* TakeThatScrappy: After Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield roughed up Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie by shoot attacking him, Meanie was signed to another contract and reunited with the rest of the bWo. On the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHMpUhEWp7M July 7 2005]] episode of [=SmackDown=], during a match between JBL and Meanie, Stevie Richards hits JBL with an absolutely '''brutal''' chairshot that busts JBL right open. Seeing a notorious bully like JBL get laid out with such a stiff hit continues to be a CatharsisFactor for many smarks.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and Nova) at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him {{unperson}}ed from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments. This may be a reference to how in the story mode for the ''VideoGame/WWFNoMercy'' video game, Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to Wrestling/TheBigShow, who was absent from the game after having been sent home for his weight issues.[[/note]]

** Along similar lines, Wrestling/JimRoss would say he's "goofier than a pet 'coon."

** Along similar lines, Wrestling/JimRoss would say he's "goofier than a pet 'coon."
* StopHelpingMe: Victoria was able to defeat Wrestling/TrishStratus in their "UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} [[GimmickMatches Street Fight]]" on the January 27, 2003 ''Raw'' ''despite'' Richards' attempts to help her (e.g., miscalculating with the fire extinguisher spray.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and Nova) at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.
* MemeticMutation: (from his BWO days): "WE'RE TAKING OVER!"
** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him [[{{Unperson}} unpersoned]] from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments. This may be a reference to how in the story mode for the ''VideoGame/WWFNoMercy'' video game, Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to Wrestling/TheBigShow, who was absent from the game after having been sent home for his weight issues.[[/note]]
* NeverLiveItDown: His post-ECW career could not have been helped by how Wrestling/JoeyStyles would constantly refer to him as a "clueless putz."

* StopHelpingMe: Victoria was able to defeat Wrestling/TrishStratus in their "UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} [[GimmickMatches Street Fight]]" on the January 27, 2003 ''Raw'' ''despite'' Richards' attempts to help her (e.g., miscalculating with the fire extinguisher spray.)
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot and/or HilariousInHindsight: RTC were hated heels for attempting to stop wrestlers from doing hardcore matches and trying to shut down any [=Fanservice=], and for telling the fans that they were bad people for wanting to see, well, what they wanted to see. The gimmick died out after ''[=WrestleMania=] XVII'', with Ivory getting jobbed out on the weekend shows, Val Venis, Bull Buchanan and the Goodfather getting PutOnABus down to OVW, and Richards temporarily disappearing until it was time for the ECW invasion. Imagine if, on the October 21, 2002 ''Raw'', when HHH's [[Horrible/{{WWE}} "Katie Vick" video]] started, it had been interrupted by the RTC [[CensorBox crossout circle]] and [[HellIsThatNoise warning buzzer]], with Richards and Ivory back in the RTC gear destroying the tape. Even if it was only a for a short time (HHH would have squashed Richards like a bug, of course), it could have made RTC into the biggest babyfaces in the company, since ''no one'' (other than Vince, of course) thought "Katie Vick" was a good idea and people would likely have cheered RTC (or, frankly, ANYONE) for stopping it. If there was ''ever'' a moment in WWE history where RTC interfering would have been ''welcomed'', that would have been it.

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him [[{{Unperson}} unpersoned]] from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments. This may be a reference to how in the story mode for the [[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWF No Mercy]] video game, Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to Wrestling/TheBigShow, who was absent from the game after having been sent home for his weight issues.[[/note]]

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him [[{{Unperson}} unpersoned]] from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments. This may be a reference to how in the story mode for the [[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWF No Mercy]] video game, Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to Wrestling/TheBigShow, who was absent from the game after having been sent home for his weight issues.[[/note]]

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him [[{{Unperson}} unpersoned]] from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments.[[/note]]

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit[[note]]The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him [[Unperson unpersoned]] from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments.[[/note]]

** Richards himself, as the replacement for Wrestling/ChrisBenoit

* StopHelpingMe: Victoria was able to defeat Wrestling/TrishStratus in their "UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} [[GimmickMatches Street Fight]]" on the January 27, 2003 ''Raw'' ''despite'' Richards' attempts to help her (e.g., miscalculating with the fire extinguisher spray.)

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, Wrestling/{{Psicosis}} and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]]) at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, [=Psicosis=] and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]]) at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, [=Psicosis=] and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]]} at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.

* NeverLiveItDown: His post-ECW career could not have been helped by how Wrestling/JoeyStyles would constantly refer to him as a "clueless putz."

* EnsembleDarkhorse: On the September 10, 2007 ''Raw,'' [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]]'s flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years[[note]]He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] for less than a day on August 18, 2002[[/note]] and had not even had a [=PPV=] match[[note]]The [=Mexicools=] (Juventud Guerrera, [=Psicosis=] and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and [[Wrestling/MikeBucci Nova]]( at ''WWE The Great American Bash 2005'' on July 24, 2005[[/note]] in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.