Nevermore: The Raven Effect

“Wrestling is such a brutal business. It doesn’t surprise people that it attracts sociopaths, fame whores, coke whores, and adrenaline junkies. But why did it attract an artist?” asks Billy Corgan, frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins and wrestling promoter. It’s the central question posed in Nevermore: The Raven Effect, a documentary exploring a pivotal shift in wrestling history through the eyes of Raven, a brilliant, self-destructive performer who helped shape the style and tone of the no-holds-barred ECW, the notoriously extreme promotion known for its bloody matches and use of real weapons.