Michael Manna (born October 9, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. Best known by his ring names, Stevie Richards and Big Stevie Cool, Manna has previously worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Entertainment and, briefly, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He has held the WWE Hardcore Championship 22 times and is a two-time holder of the ECW Tag Team Championship. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action...
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Michael Manna (born October 9, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. Best known by his ring names, Stevie Richards and Big Stevie Cool, Manna has previously worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Wrestling Entertainment and, briefly, World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He has held the WWE Hardcore Championship 22 times and is a two-time holder of the ECW Tag Team Championship. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Dr. Stevie, the former therapist and current rival of Abyss. He is also a former NWA/F1PW Heavyweight Champion in Force One Pro Wrestling.
Stevie Richards was trained at Iron Mike Sharpe's wrestling school in Brick Township, New Jersey after being discovered by Dan Haney of the World Wide Wrestling Alliance based out of Colmar/Hatfield, Pennsylvania.
On February 25, 1992, Richards participated in the first ever Eastern Championship Wrestling (Extreme eventually replaced the Eastern) match, in a 20-minute time limit draw with...
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