Former WWE Superstar Raven recently spoke with SI.com about various topics. Here are the highlights.
On his character:
“The character became more personal than I ever thought possible,” explained Raven. “I felt like I created art with it, and art imitated life. Then my life started to imitate my art, and that is when it grew dangerous. That’s when the snowball effect came in, and you became Sisyphus pushing a boulder back up the hill.”
On Paul Heyman:
“Paul Heyman was more than a huge influence, he was the influence,” said Raven. “Personally, it’s not that he found this part of me, but he allowed me to express it. In the beginning, as I was still finding it, he saw what it could be. After a while, it all came from me—it was coming from inside me, my personal life. But I’m not at all surprised by Paul’s current success with WWE. I’d have only been surprised had he not been successful there. There is nobody better than Paul E. has a heel manager,” added Raven. “Jim Cornette, who used to be considered one of the greatest, isn’t even in Paul E.’s league.”
