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Michael Manna aka Steven (Stevie) Richards is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand. He has also worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and briefly World Championship Wrestling.
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Steven Richards started out as a flunkie for Raven in ECW. After a dog collar match against The Pitbulls, which Richards lost, Stevie was thought of as a major superstar. Raven was in the locker room for most of that match. Richards was also part of the bWo, a parody of the nWo. The Highlight of his career in ECW was participating in the main event of their first Pay-per-view, Barely Legal. He wrestled Terry Funk and the Sandman in a ladder match to determine the number one contender to the heavyweight title.
World Wrestling Entertainment
In 1999, Richards went to the WWF. After briefly being associated with the Dudley Boyz and teaming up with his old partner Blue Meanie, Richards got a haircut and formed a heel stable called Right to Censor.
Following a short stint as part of The Alliance as the manager of KroniK, Richards began using the gimmick of a psychotic jobber. He was drafted to RAW during the roster split, but spent most of his time on Sunday Night Heat. He eventually formed an alliance with Victoria. As Victoria started to turn face, the duo quietly separated. Richards made a name for himself as one of the mainstays of Sunday Night Heat and became the self-proclaimed "General Manager" of Heat.
Richards's role as a jobber has been at times physically tasking and he was legitimately injured during the RAW debut match of Chris Masters in February 2005. After returning from injury, Richards faced Masters in a rematch but lost to Masters for a second time.
Richards made an appearance at the the ECW reunion event ECW One Night Stand, reuniting with his bWo comrades and proclaiming "We have only three words for you – we're – taking – over!"
Richards was traded to SmackDown! on June 30, 2005 and has reprised the bWo group with Nova and Meanie. At the 2005 Great American Bash, the bWo lost to the Mexicools (Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis and Super Crazy) in a six-man tag team match.
Other statistics
Previous manager(s)
Wrestlers managed by Richards
- Raven
- Val Venis
- The Goodfather
- Ivory
- Bull Buchanan
- Brian Adams
- Bryan Clark
- Victoria
- The Pitbulls
Finishing and signature moves
- '''Stevie-T''' (Double Arm DDT)
- '''Stevie Kick''' (Superkick)
- Rat Trap (Modified Camel Clutch)
- Sitout Facebuster
- Stevie Bomb (Jackknife powerbomb)
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