Raven (The Steve Austin Show): "I did so much ecstasy I fried my brain cells to the point where I literally... I wouldn't remembe..."

The Steve Austin Show · March 26, 2026 · 1h 36m

Classic Wrestling Announcers, Jerry Lawler and MORE with Raven - SAS CLASSIC

Personal health/addiction

I did so much ecstasy I fried my brain cells to the point where I literally... I wouldn't remember what I did before I came to your house. That's how bad the problem, my brain got addled.

I got pancreatitis. I was supposed to be at TV... no food, no water, no nothing for like eight days. The first four days, I mean, I was just I was literally howling in pain at night. They would just close my door and just I just have to suffer.

I had a few runs off afterwards with pills. But for the most part, it was back in 99, 2000. I don't know. Whenever I went to WWE as Raven, that was when I quit. And then I quit everything, I mean everything, everything, probably at least seven, eight years ago.

WWE creative/booking

I sold [Vince McMahon] on this idea, the seven deadly sins. It was the greatest storyline I ever wrote. Vince was like, 'Oh, my God, that's great. I want you to be on the booking committee.' And I'm like, 'I don't want to be on the booking committee. I want to wrestle.'

The Undertaker's career

I've always said that if [The Undertaker] was six inches shorter, he would have probably been the Ric Flair of the 1990s. But because he was so big, they had to put him in a creature feature match for the longest time, and he couldn't display how good a worker he really was.

ECW origins

I created the [Raven] character and I knew I needed a TV show to do it on... Paul Heyman saw the world through Raven's eyes and Dreamer's eyes. And so it just enabled me to work with him, no matter how much I annoyed him. It just is the most wonderful collaborative experience I ever had.

Vince McMahon/Kevin Owens angle

I texted Kevin Owens after [the headbutt incident]. I said, 'Nice work. The old man's a tough son of a bitch.' And he goes, 'Yeah, he is.'

Jerry Lawler's wrestling ability

I'll go on record anywhere and say [Jerry Lawler] is the best worker I've ever seen. I mean, far and away.

Broken Skull Ranch

I'm looking forward to November and December... I've got a hunt booked down there at a ranch 25 miles from the Broken Skull. And I'm going to hunt with those folks for about a week. And then I'm going to go to the Broken Skull Ranch. Those owners, the new owners, have invited me to hunt with them for a couple of days.