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Bill Apter decided that Short Hills was a wealthier area and moved me to Short Hills without knowing it. '(Laughs) I don't think so! I don't think I've ever done a leaping shoulder block! Even in the wrestling magazines, I said I was from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, because that was a wealthy area. The man himself has no recollection of getting airborn. In researching for the segment, I saw claims that 'Scotty Flamingo' used a leaping shoulder block to finish off his opponents. Jake was one of my heroes, so it was an homage to him,' Raven said. You have to kind of jump up and fall back and kick your feet out suddenly before you fall on your ass, but that's a pain in the ass with bigger guys. I don't think that looks dangerous at all. Most guys when they do a piledriver, they fall on their butts. 'Scotty Flamingo used the piledriver the few times he went over, Scotty The Body, I don't remember what he used! I was doing a piledriver before, but with heavier guys it's a pain and it also kills my tailbone and asscheeks.

While portraying some of those characters, he relied on another classic wrestling finishing tactic.Īs it turns out, a literal pain in the ass gave birth to the Evenflow DDT.

Other names included Scotty The Body and Johnny Polo. Early in his career, he was blossoming WCW light heavyweight star Scotty Flamingo. Raven, real name Scott Levy wasn't always Raven, and he didn't always use the Evenflow DDT. There's a line at the end, he goes 'what has come to be known as the Zero Effect.' I thought that was so cool!'

Ddt wrestling move movie#

'I changed it to the Raven Effect because this movie 'Zero Effect' with Bill Pullman. 'I knew I needed a name for it, and Pearl Jam's 'Evenflow' was out, and it was just such a cool name,' remembered Raven. The motivation for the Evenflow DDT was apparent, but the rechristened 'Raven Effect DDT' wasn't as obvious to fans, and had cinematic ties.

Later in Raven's career, he changed the name of his technique. He's actually a great athlete, you'd never know it by his frankensteiner or half his spots he does,' said Raven. I think it's half a rib, because he would do a somersault, but he would land on the other side of me, which is impossible! He'd be on my left side, do a somersault, somehow roll over my side and end up on the other side of me. Who was the worst? Raven was quick to fire friendly shots at a familiar ECW foe. There's guys like Kanyon who could spike themselves and stay with their head in the ground and their legs straight out like somebody threw a javelin and it landed in the grass. When you do a somersault, it looks like a somersault and it's actually more dangerous because you got the guy's next. 'Guys always want to take a somersault, and I have to tell them a face plant looks so much better, because it looks like you got planted. Perhaps more importantly, is how the opponent takes the Evenflow. 'The more your legs are at 90 degrees, it gives the illusion that they've gone in a different direction and that it's more sudden.' 'To make it look good, you have to kick your legs out and drop to your back as fast as you can,' said Raven. According to the former NWA Worlds Champion, everything from leg placement, to how fast you fall plays a role. Raven's DDT is a little different than the version Jake 'The Snake' Roberts made his go-to. If I have them by the left arm in a facelock, they'd take their left arm, spin out of it.'Īfter the initial signifying introduction to the move, making it look good is the next task. If you always hit it suddenly as soon as you grab the neck, when you pause, people will go 'he's pausing so someone will reverse it.' I kinda stole that from Matt Hardy - the couple second thing. 'When I'm not being lazy and just falling and do it right, I hook the guy, and give it a second or two,' Raven explains 'There has to be a space for someone to counter it. The setup that he uses, by his own admission, isn't as revolutionary, but eliminated predictability from longtime wrestling fans who recognize patterns in selling and counters. Raven's version of the popular move was revolutionary in its own right. You need a finish you can do to everyone,' Raven told me, with the latter point being a sentiment often echoed when speaking to any wrestler about their finishing move. It's a pesticide that was banned in the 70's, so it's a really good name. 'A lot of people don't even know what DDT is.