Remember Erick Stevens?

RoaringElbow · Post by **RoaringElbow** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:49 pm

That is all.

187_Joeism · Post by **187_Joeism** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:19 pm

Yeah he was the Next Big Thing when he arrived but apart from his feud with Strong (And that was more FIP than ROH) he was a bit disappointing, the booking was the main problem i guess.

Post by **classic-cabana** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:47 pm

I loved him, but as he lost weight I felt he lost a lot of what made him stood out. Imagine Elgin trimming down today, ROH would lose one it unique characters. HIs fued with Roderick Strong was excellent and gave us some great matches and he looked great getting wins over Aries and Danielson in early 2008 whilst defending the FIP title. He was also part on an interesting team with Strong during the SnS fued, but they never really reached their potential as a destructive unit in the tag division.

In being trimmed down and losing the Mohawk he became just another guy and lost his way, partly the bookings fault but more his own

TelkEvolon · Post by **TelkEvolon** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:30 pm

Hell yes.

Roderick Strong vs Erick Stevens has to be one of my favorite things to happen in ROH.

The Supercard of Honor III's brawl they had may be my all-time favorite moment in wrestling.

Nice Guy Eddie · Post by **Nice Guy Eddie** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:31 am

I liked Erick Stevens. Being larger than most of the roster, he really stood as something different. I was a fan of the mohawk and the choo-choo. I enjoyed his feud w/ Roderick Strong, especially his FIP title match against Strong @ Final Battle '07. The crowd was really into him winning the title.

Post by **ROHWorld_Steven** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:39 am

I liked Stevens, he always brought something to the table. As others have said, his feud with Roddy was his best run but even later on, he was entertaining IMO. He was about the only redeeming quality of the 2010 version of The Embassy (Nana excluded of course).

astoph · Post by **astoph** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:39 am

classic-cabana wrote:I loved him, but as he lost weight I felt he lost a lot of what made him stood out. Imagine Elgin trimming down today, ROH would lose one it unique characters. HIs fued with Roderick Strong was excellent and gave us some great matches and he looked great getting wins over Aries and Danielson in early 2008 whilst defending the FIP title. He was also part on an interesting team with Strong during the SnS fued, but they never really reached their potential as a destructive unit in the tag division.

In being trimmed down and losing the Mohawk he became just another guy and lost his way, partly the bookings fault but more his own

This. And then to top it all off he's booked into the Embassy, in which, IMO, in 2010, was the place people went to die (career-wise).

GardenStateSaint · Post by **GardenStateSaint** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:27 am

TelkEvolon wrote:Roderick Strong vs Erick Stevens has to be one of my favorite things to happen in ROH.

Their finish at Respect is Earned II is etched in my brain forever.

jsopfe · Post by **jsopfe** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:44 am

im so glad this guy is gone from ROH, suprised to see all the love for him here

Rooskie · Post by **Rooskie** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:50 am

The Roderick Strong feud was the only good thing Erick Stevens did in ROH, in my humble opinion. It was a great feud with lots of great, brutal matches. I was there at SuperCard III, and that was an unreal beating. Despite Erick's big high, there was a two year lull that made his matches skippable and forgettable. There's a lot of guys I'd like to see get a second shot before Stevens.

GardenStateSaint · Post by **GardenStateSaint** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:34 pm

jsopfe wrote:im so glad this guy is gone from ROH, suprised to see all the love for him here

Where was the disconnect for you?

Post by **ROHWorld_Steven** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:10 pm

Watched his match with Aries and Davey at Breakout from early 2008 earlier.

Reminds me a lot of Michael Elgin from back then - very entertaining and a great foil to the smaller guys.

GardenStateSaint · Post by **GardenStateSaint** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:46 pm

ROHWorld_Steven wrote:a great foil to the smaller guys.

This right here is a incredibly valid point that I feel isn't grasped more often than not.

TYFDK · Post by **TYFDK** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:33 pm

I got into ROH by ordering Respect is Earned on PPV.
Stevens didn't wrestle on the PPV portion that I saw, but when he made the save for Delirious after his match with Strong, he looked quite impressive. And his mohawk was pretty damn cool. So needless to say, Stevens was one wrestler that got me into ROH. So I do miss him, but I'm with others, he lost some cool points when he trimmed down and lost the mohawk. I understand why he did it, I just wasn't happy with it.

jsopfe · Post by **jsopfe** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:15 am

GardenStateSaint wrote:
jsopfe wrote:im so glad this guy is gone from ROH, suprised to see all the love for him here
Where was the disconnect for you?

he was a big guy, yet he wrestled like he was grizzly redwood - he would oversell every single move and then pull a cena and come back and win the match at the end.....plus when he turned heel he does a babyface move ... the choo choo train splash - wtf

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