In a recent episode of his Raven Effect podcast, Raven reflected on his IMPACT Hall of Fame induction, noting that he wrote his entire speech on the day of the event.

“So, the Hall of Fame, they gave me a plaque of sorts, it was one of those CableACE Award plaques. I got there Friday night, I ran into Jimmy Jacobs and he goes, you know you’ve got about 8-9 minutes for this thing, 8-9 minutes and 13 for the whole segment and I go what, I expected about a minute and he goes, nah, you’ve got like 8-9 minutes and if you need less, you can do less.

I didn’t think about it that night, because I didn’t want to be up all night thinking of spots to write-in, so I waited until I got to the show and double checked, plus I wanted to double check, so I got there and they go yeah, you’ve got 8-9 minutes and I was like all right, so I just started writing it and I wrote it out in one draft, well luckily my pen was erasable. I never had the time to memorize it, but I feel like I memorized a good deal of it, more than I thought I could, so anyway, I haven’t watched it back yet, I’m terrified of watching it back, because I’m like, I love what I wrote, but I’m extremely critical of my work.

That’s the worst DDT on Dreamer, but the best ending to a Hall of Fame, but you know what I like about it though is I brought up all of my issues, and I feel like it was funny without Raven being Scott Levy, if you know what I mean and one of my favorite parts though was, I loved Dreamer’s speech, it was amazing, I think it’s one of the best things he’s ever done, which I told him and he started laughing going, that’s only because it’s about you and I went no, I really thought it was one of the best things he’s ever done, great promo, and it was his idea for me to snub him when he walks over to shake my hand and I snubbed him. I didn’t want to at first, because I was afraid that it would give away the finish, but it didn’t at all.”

The full episode is available at this link.