Saturday, March 17, 2007

TNA: Raven, part 3


Contrary to internet speculation, Raven did not appear at ECW One Night Stand 2006. Raven is currently signed to a three-year deal with TNA. Most of these rumors surfaced after his official website revealed an updated look, bearing an obscured ECW logo in the top-left corner. Raven has since stated on an interview that he enjoys TNA and has no interest in returning to ECW or WWE at all.

Raven made his TNA in-ring return at Sacrifice against A-1. Larry Zbyszko was in a corner of A-1, however Raven managed to gain a victory.

While Raven was one of the eight King of the Mountain match contenders for TNA Slammiversary 2006, he lost to Jeff Jarrett in their qualifying match on the June 1 episode of iMPACT.

On the June 16, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, Raven was on the losing end of an 8 man tag team main event match teaming with AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, and Rhino against America's Most Wanted, Monty Brown, and Bobby Roode after Monty Brown pinned Daniels following a Pounce. He was seen limping down the entrance ramp, still feeling the effects of his thyroid condition. He still went on to wrestle the match just as though he wasn't in pain at all.

Raven defeated Larry Zbyszko in a hair vs hair match at TNA Victory Road 2006.

For several weeks, he would watch over Brother Runt's actions against Abyss, being seen sitting on top of a semi-truck that Runt was giving a promo near. Most of these actions were extreme and usually not something Runt would do, especially not while being on the short end of the stick each time, hinting towards the chance of Runt being Raven's next apprentice. Because of this, on the August 25 episode of iMPACT, Abyss' manager James Mitchell speculated that Raven has been telepathically poisoning the mind of Brother Runt.

On the August 31, 2006 episode of iMPACT!, Abyss beat Brother Runt in The Match of 10,000 Tacks. Following this, Abyss attempted to drive Brother Runt though 2 tables with cases of thumbtacks on them. Before he could, however, Raven attacked Abyss, driving him though the tables and tacks, and then performed his signature "Wings of the Raven" pose while holding Brother Runt on his shoulders. This night also saw the debut of Raven's new yellow eye contacts: a small but noticeable addition to his look. On the September 15th edition of iMPACT!, Raven took on Abyss in a Hangman's Horror match, in which Raven lost. Afterwards, Brother Runt took out Abyss, and appeared to help Raven, but instead turned on him with an Acid Drop. Raven took the pinfall in a 3 way No Disqualification match at No Surrender after receiving the Black Hole Slam from Abyss. Raven was featured in the Monster's Ball Match at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV with Samoa Joe (the winner), Abyss & Brother Runt (with Jake "The Snake" Roberts serving as the special guest referee). Raven took the pin from Joe after a DDT from special referee Jake Roberts and a muscle buster from Samoa Joe.

A new version of The Flock formed in 2006, this time dubbed "Serotonin". Matt Bentley, Kazarian and Johnny Devine were the members.

At TNA Turning Point 2006, Serotonin lost to Ron Killings and Lance Hoyt after Killings used the axe kick on Kazarian. After the match Raven would beat Kazarian with a Singapore cane, as he was the one who took the pin. Raven would beat Kazarian with a cane once more, after a Kazarian lost a match to Sting. "Serotonin" won their first match during the TNA Against All Odds 2007 preshow against Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt, but after the match Raven beat all three with the Singapore cane despite winning.


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