3. Really Believed What He Was Saying In Right To Censor
It's been said that the best wrestling characters are those steeped in believability, almost extensions of someone's own personality. As mentioned earlier, Stevie Richards was never a wrestler who really favoured hardcore wrestling, which is equally fascinating when analysing the fact that he's so closely associated with the original ECW. Re-launched as the figurehead of the 'Right To Censor' group in 2000, Richards was placed in the faction as the main mouthpiece, and the angle subsequently got over huge with crowds. People were legitimately furious that RTC were trying to ban things from WWF television, things they liked such as blood, swearing and women walking around in skimpy outfits. Right To Censor was Vince McMahon's answer to the Parent's Television Council, a group that were heavily critical of the adult nature of a lot of WWF programming. By playing off the fears of wrestling fans that their beloved product could all be taken away, it made for brilliant TV, and Richards was flawless in his role. Perhaps surprisingly, the man himself agreed with a lot of the things he was saying about the WWF product, albeit embellishing them to fit the character.