ECW faithful will remember Richards best for his hilarious parodies of popular wrestlers (who didn’t love the Baron Von Stevie?) and the formation with The Blue Meanie and Nova of the Blue World Order. Richards was not just a lovable goof, but a solid performer who could hit a super kick, re-dubbed by him a Stevie kick, from any angle.

Michael Manna, the man behind “dancing” Stevie Richards, suffered some debilitating injuries and has dwelt at mid card status since the end of ECW, but at one time he was considered the Shawn Michaels of the independent circuit. Here’s Stevie at his finest, playing the second banana heel to Raven in his legendary feud with Tommy Dreamer:

Three Stevie kicks and each one as good as anything HBK throws around these days on Raw. But what post about Stevie Richards would be complete without him, along with Meanie and Nova, in what may have been their finest hour:

What, you wanted to see the match too? Do you know how hard it is to find people willing to risk getting sued by the WWE and upload this stuff. Be grateful you got to see this.

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Update: All right, I’ll give you a chaser. This is his finest hour