YMMV / Stevie Richards

• Draco in Leather Pants: FWE opening up Tommy Dreamer's HOH lead to an influx of mutant fans who won't boo Stevie Richards very easily, even after he reverted to his heel WWE persona.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: On the September 10, 2007 Raw, Vince McMahon's flunky Jonathan Coachman told him that, in the online poll on WWE's website of who the fans thought would be revealed to be Vince's "son," Richards was in second place, leading to Coach bringing Richards in to see Vince. Considering how Richards had not held a title for five years^note He scored his 22nd, and final, win of the WWE Hardcore Title for less than a day on August 18, 2002 and had not even had a PPV match^note The Mexicools (Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis and Super Crazy) d. the Blue World Order (Richards, the Blue Meanie and Nova) at WWE The Great American Bash 2005 on July 24, 2005 in two years at that point, it just showed how Richards had been able to retain a fan base from his years in ECW.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • (from his BWO days): "WE'RE TAKING OVER!"
  • Richards himself, as the replacement for Chris Benoit.^note The reference/joke being that after Chris Benoit's crimes got him unpersoned from any sort of WWE promotion, that Stevie Richards was slotted into any and all records of his matches and accomplishments. This may be a reference to how in the story mode for the WWF No Mercy video game, Richards was put into all the spots that would've belonged to Big Show, who was absent from the game after having been sent home for his weight issues.
  • Many fans joked that after WWE eventually went PG that "Right to Censor won."
• Never Live It Down:
  • His post-ECW career could not have been helped by how Joey Styles would constantly refer to him as a "clueless putz."
  • Along similar lines, Jim Ross would say he's "goofier than a pet 'coon."
• Take That, Scrappy!: After John "Bradshaw" Layfield roughed up The Blue Meanie by shoot attacking him, Meanie was signed to another contract and reunited with the rest of the bWo. On the July 7 2005 episode of SmackDown, during a match between JBL and Meanie, Stevie Richards hits JBL with an absolutely brutal chairshot that busts JBL right open. Seeing a notorious bully like JBL get laid out with such a stiff hit continues to be a Catharsis Factor for many smarks.