The Raven Effect

The easiest way to lose fans is don't adhere to stipulations and storyline abandonment; Would adding independent wrestling promotions add value to the WWE Network? The demise of WCW, how that affected the fan base; A breakdown of the Irish Whip; The emotional investment in wrestling; Raven already forgetting new cohost name and calling him Busby2; Busby 2 has never seen Game of Thrones.. neither h...

It's the Best of Times/Worst of Times intro for the Co-Host who is boner brothing his way through his last episode; the return of the terrible hep snaps as Busby reveals Rejected Hep Snap Characters; Payoff of "Don't Talk to Busby"; Major life questions are asked, like how do castrated guys pee? Did you know there were different types of castration? That's news to us; Wrestle-A-Mania pre...

Which it turns out are mostly stupid, idiotic, or just plain ridiculous.  We also hear an excellent set of Hep Snaps..  why are they excellent? Cause Busby didn't write them...   ha! Actually, Krista wrote them, so excellent may be the wrong word...  maybe the word horrible would be more apt. We learn Busby has problems peeing and Raven doesn't, though he did.. but now takes medicine for it. Also,...

Or as Bad News Allen would say.. Wrestle-a-mania predictions; we finish our discussion on top wrestling finishing maneuvers..  well.. not exactly as we realize we need to do our Wrestle-a-mania picks as we are halfway through and we table what's left. We also chair it..  but that all the dining room props we use. Basically we talk about wrestling for the majority of the show in anticipation of the...

There is bad news afoot... not that a foot is bad news, unless you have to smell it, but yes bad news must be delivered.. but not Bad News Allen; and... there really isn't any good news either, and definitely no Good News Allen.. whatever that is; MMA Matches of the Year; Fitness Hep Snaps from Mr Fatness (Busby of course); is the 70's or 80's a worse decade? Fur tacos, re-furred tacos, or referre...

5 successful people, that everyone forgets are frauds; Raven does rotten Hep Snaps, and the Hokey Pokey; Busby is the Mayor of Mars, confuses Marvin the Martian with the Great Gazoo... and he calls himself Mayor of Mars, ha! We go topical (ointment style) & discuss Aunt Becky from Full House's college scandal; also Busby's Boner Broth; Circus Animal Orgies and of course all the usual perversio...

How to write the perfect fan mail letter so it will get read on the air; Some 5star reviews are read; It turns out Busby, (no, Busby doesn't get turned out by Stephen King's clown), could only do half the show at our usual irregular taping time bc of a Top Secret project. Which brings up the questions: Will our dynamic duo be able to finish the show? Will Busby survive his super secret project? Wi...

70 year old owner of MSG - not the preservative that comes in Chinese food and gives me constipation - but Madison Square Garden makes big time bands use his small potatoes band as an opening act...   seriously; We discuss my taint smell; Busby is now a verb and we find out later in the podcast, it's also a noun; callbacks galore; FannyMail; Busby is still trying to claim Cain Velasquez beat Franc...

Sex wrestling clip discussed... is it a porn about wrestling or wrestling as porn? Either way, the audience was rabid; William Regal pee on a plane story as regaled by Busby; Grand Jury convened on 9-11 conspiracy theory; Busby gets plastered for his incredibly wrong UFC prediction, his pretty weak Hep Snaps and for not believing Raven when he said that slimeball political operative Roger Stone ha...

*we never reference Breakin 2, we just false advertised it to get you in the door. Shame on us, shame, shame... After a stellar 100th episode, Raven and crew (meaning Busby) try to scale the bar set by a 100 previous episodes immortalized in the previous..  uh, 100 episodes(?). Trying a new show description technique whereby a narrator regales the adventures of said podcast instead of just listing...

It's a fabulous show...for reals; we bring back the Name Game; the world's worst rock anthem list; we pay off the WrestleRock cliffhanger; Star testimonials; Disco crashes the show; Busby brings back Tiddles Ringside to no applause; but kills with Raveny Yelp reviews; plus so much fuckin amazing stuff and of course all the usual perversions! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker...

Quick Draw McGraw interviewed by Cory Maclin; Busby loses his Hep Snap music; Bill Cosby is a rapist; Worst top 20 rock anthem list ever... and we mean ever. I mean this list is such a piece of shit.. and sure we also have the Sex Tape rankings list so we have 2 lists on one show but c'mon, we're just marking time til our 100th monstrous episode next week when we give you a really Shitshow of an e...

We go wrestling adjacent w/a discussion on Lars Sullivan, anxiety, and how mental illness makes you tougher not weaker; Kamala runs for President; we attempt to discuss that 6000 non-Japanese fans attended Tokyo Dome show but get sidetracked... numerous times; kids can be bastards; Star Trek meets tennis with villain the Bjorn Borg; Raven can't think of Jeri Ryan's name while lusting over her, but...

We examine the Mandela Effect.. the theory that history is being changed from how we remember it... Busby prolly remembers being lean once, which is obviously a false memory; big brouhaha over Crucified Ronald McDonald exhibit (McJesus) in Israeli museum; we begin slapdashing for 100th episode & hope to bring our patron, Mr Jericho to show off how little we've improved; viral gymnast... video...

Jericho signs with AEW; Women pulling tampons out of their trunks to use as a weapon (yes, we talk wrestling); fans defending replica belts; Jeff Bezos steals Raven's divorce model..  not that he got a model in the divorce...   you get it...; the Government shuts down; the difference between veto and Vito; Mission Impossible movies; more Disco Inferno but no actual Disco Inferno; Raven does Yakov...

Some Mean Gene anecdotes & huge praise; similarities between Mean Gene, Super Dave and Shane Douglas (who did not die) as far as credibility and believability; Raven freestyles the intro; Busby forgets harmonica and tries to become "Pro-Semite"; Madonna gets a big ol butt; fan mail, Newser and of course all the usual perversions. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreak...

R&B discuss Raven's hot new term "Carbon Hater Footprint", guaranteed to be next year's hottest newest term; Raven's old partner, Old Timey Tipper Grimes stops by to reminisce about dead babies; Busby spends Xmas alone, Raven spends his with family...   poor Bugsy Boo; if you've never heard the Baby Shark song, be very afraid bc you'll be singing it to yourself and everyone you know...

We discuss fave Xmas specials; Busby nearly runs off to join the circus; we still haven't figured out how they fit so many clowns in a car..  but not for a lack of Raven trying; Hymie Plankton drops by to bomb, but is saved bc his bit turns into a wrestling adjacent game...   uh, er..  you get it..    well you will after you listen. We think. Raven butchers Xmas songs; Barboza Vs Hooker fight disc...

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame nominees, winners, and snubs; 20 best dance songs as decided by computer programming; Busby has no bits but does explain weight loss and weight gain for women... hint, it's in their boobs; UFC Ortega vs Holloway kicked ass; Newser, Newser, and more Newser and of course, all the usual perversions. Text Raven to 474747 and get a free Purple pillow with the purchase of a Purp...

Hilarious wedding hi-spots Raven forgot about like consummating marriage on flight home; New Busby bit; Looney tunes follows Raven; is Fudgie the whale female....    and/or Jewish? Raven vacays at loony bin on TNA; Raven sings Let the Busby Roll, originally written by the Cars, but rewritten to insult Busby just the way you like it; fan mail praising Raven as someone children should look up to as...

Return of Upset Vince Russo; Raven in DDPY dunk tank which brought up Raven formerly being in a Sauerkraut dunk tank..  a less than fond remembrance for Raven, and of course no remembrance for Busby even though Raven already told the story on the podcast; Survey #2 details including shots fired at Busby and a call for the return of Swinger; Untold Truth of Hamburglar is cliffhang-glidered and a pr...

And in typical RavenEffect slapdashed fashion, we cliffhanger the Wedding story til next week. In fact we cliffbarred the rest of the HR Pufunstuf story and, we cliffnoted the all new, all exciting Secret True History of the Hamburglar story. So what did we discuss? Who knows... I mean seriously, who knows. We do just blather on about nonsense for a solid hour on a weekly basis. I mean sure, it's...

Shawn Michaels bad landing; The story of how McDonaldLand is a complete rip-off of HR Pufunstuf, and the ensuing lawsuit; Project Blue Beam; Newser returns w/a vengeance... Man smears peanut butter on junk and his dog eats his nads; people get pooped on in Disneyland.. now the crappiest place on Earth; a topical intro... well, topical for R&B; Stan Lee passes.. RIP.. maybe more props for Jack...

Busby heels on his gf Krista after letting her write the Hep Snaps; R&B engage in more Meltzer heeling; a heel-like special dissertation on the word F&@k; the heel return of the always heelish, Pretentious Chronicles; Raven has new info on the heel-betrayal type story about CW Anderson from last week; Westwood One asks Raven to get his audience to take a survey, management immediately regr...

All you could ever want to know about the Jericho Cruise... except for probably a lot of pertinent facts; Raven puts over ROH vs IMPACT match, the costumes worn by the Bullet Club, and the 200 man Superkick for the finish; well, maybe not 200, but there were a lot of people Superkicking... It was a perfect finish, as Sami Callihan stayed a bastard heel to the end, which brought a tear to Raven's e...