Former WWE star and pro wrestling veteran Stevie Richards appeared on an episode of his Stevie Richards Show, where he discussed various topics, including ECW legend Mike Awesome’s lack of great ring psychology.
Richards said, “For everything Mike Awesome could do athletically and physically, he had zero psychology. His psychology sucked. This is not your main course, this is like eating your ice cream first before the main course, it makes no sense, and that’s what makes me feel bad because they made their mark here but what memorable moment did Mike Awesome and Tanaka ever create?”
On how the risks Mike Awesome took weren’t worth it:
“He hurt himself doing this dive, but did it sell an action figure, did it sell a t-shirt, did they get any kind of residuals off of this that made it worth it? No, I don’t think so. We watch it now, but it’s like, awesome match but what do you remember about it? He hit him with a chair, went through a table.”
On feeling like the brutality of the match was dumb:
“I met Mike backstage at the show, and he seemed like a very kind, easygoing guy, nobody ever said he was a bad guy, but this is just stupid. The whole thing is dumb.”
On the finish of the match:
“The finish happens where three-quarters of the people can’t see the finish in the audience. You could’ve done this spot even in the ring.”
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(H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes)
