By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR If you’re going to wrestle professionally, you need passion for wrestling. And Stevie Richards, who is on the bill for “A Hard Day’s Night” at the Bristol Boys and Girls Club on Laurel Street this Saturday, clearly has the passion. A professional since 1991, Stevie has competed with both WWE and ECW and is now on the roster with Extreme Rising. In a phone interview, Stevie explained his passion for pro wrestling goes back even further than when he first stepped into the ring. Stevie explained once he saw professional wrestling as a youth, he said he was “completely hooked.” And when he finally went pro, he realized there’s “nothing like wrestling.” A resume an arm’s length-long chock full of trophies, titles, and belts, Stevie said wrestling has been good to him through the years. Whether he was doing it part-time, full-time, as a member of the WWE, or with an independent league, Stevie said he’s gotten more out of wrestling than he could ever ask for. Stevie’s passion for wrestling is evidenced by how he paid his dues in the earlier years of career. He said for the first two to three years as [...]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR If you’re going to wrestle professionally, you need passion for wrestling. And Stevie Richards, who is on the bill for “A Hard Day’s Night” at the Bristol Boys and Girls Club on Laurel Street this Saturday, clearly has the passion. A professional since 1991, Stevie has competed with both WWE and ECW and is now on the roster with Extreme Rising. In a phone interview, Stevie explained his passion for pro wrestling goes back even further than when he first stepped into the ring. Stevie explained once he saw professional wrestling as a youth, he said he was “completely hooked.” And when he finally went pro, he realized there’s “nothing like wrestling.” A resume an arm’s length-long chock full of trophies, titles, and belts, Stevie said wrestling has been good to him through the years. Whether he was doing it part-time, full-time, as a member of the WWE, or with an independent league, Stevie said he’s gotten more out of wrestling than he could ever ask for. Stevie’s passion for wrestling is evidenced by how he paid his dues in the earlier years of career. He said for the first two to three years as [...]