Kliq This #175: The Raven Effect

Kevin Nash and Sean Oliver reunite with their old friend Raven this week for a raw, hilarious, and brutally honest conversation about survival. The guys dig into Raven’s new documentary Nevermore: The Raven Effect, which explores the darkness, ego, and mental illness that shaped one of wrestling’s most complicated minds. Nash and Raven trade stories about painkillers, ECW chaos, and the mental toll of living on the road, revealing how close they all came to not making it out alive The talk gets personal fast. Raven opens up about his addictions, early-onset Parkinson’s, and why watching his own life on film felt like ripping off emotional bandages. Nash reflects on the locker-room culture that glamorized self-destruction and the quiet PTSD every veteran carries from that era They balance the heavy with humor—stories of insane road trips, ridiculous bar fights, and the strange brotherhood of wrestlers who can’t stop laughing at their own disasters. There’s talk of cereal at midnight, broken bodies, the worst-smelling locker rooms, and the moments in the ring when time itself stopped and the crowd was completely theirs Raven also reflects on the psychology of wrestling—why the smartest guys in the business are often the funniest, and how showmanship, not moves, creates immortality. Nash counters with stories from his own training under Jody Hamilton and the price every big man pays for longevity By the end, the mood turns reflective. The boys talk about faith, regret, and what it means to still be standing when so many friends are gone. It’s dark, funny, and deeply human—the kind of episode that reminds you why Kliq This is more than a wrestling show. Get Blitzed-Save 15% at Get-Blitzed.com by entering the code KLIQ at checkout. Mando -Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get 20% off + free shipping with promo code KLIQ at shopmando.com! #mandopod The Perfect Jean-F*%k your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code KLIQ15 at theperfectjean.nyc/KLIQ15 #theperfectjeanpod 00:00 Kliq This #175: The Raven Effect 00:56 Head on video 02:37 RAVEN 06:22 What was hard to watch in the documentary? 08:42 Getting over drugs 11:31 Did you know you were being self-destructive 14:04 The ECW style vs drugs 16:00 steroids 18:05 BREAK The Perfect Jean 20:22 The Red Glasses 20:48 Eating Cereal 22:36 Being pitched on a documentary 25:07 Who did you ride with? 31:55 Trivia 32:19 The Comedy 34:51 BREAK JCW LUNACY 35:22 Smart Wrestlers 38:18 Tall wrestlers 39:32 The Monster Factory 41:35 Jodie Hamilton training Kevin Nash 45:33 BREAK MANDO 48:06 Worst Smelling Wrestler 49:14 Raven vs Kevin Nash 50:43 Raven’s Health 53:53 Heat dissipates with age 54:53 Kidman over Hogan clean 55:31 Carding rats 56:57 Raven OUTRO 59:55 Wrestler’s dying young 01:03:04 "If you guys ever break up, this show won’t work." 01:14:36 BREAK GET BLITZED 01:16:17 Kev’s Mom and Dad 01:18:44 Classic Vinyl 01:20:32 Pearl Jam bootlegs 01:22:54 Why you won't hear about the UPS crash again 01:24:21 Public Enemy 01:25:23 Davey Boy Smith was the 4th man? 01:26:22 Low Ticket Sales in a bad economy 01:27:22 Bubba Ray 01:28:51 OUTRO