10 Attitude Era stars who are underrated by fans

#9. Stevie Richards

Stevie Richards worked a 'stuck in the 1980s' gimmick for ECW before turning into Raven's flunky, dancing Stevie.

Purely a comedy act, Richards nonetheless garnered a lot of fan support from the ECW audience. His hard work, entertaining persona, and technical ability made him a crowd pleaser in that promotion.

Richards would be hired by WCW to continue his role as Raven's henchman. Eventually he ended up working for WWE as part of the Blue World Order and Job Squad.

However, it was the Right to Censor gimmick that truly allowed Richards to shine. Right to Censor, or RTC, was meant to be a knock on the PTC, or Parent's Television Council. The PTC is the group that always protested the WWE's characters like Godfather and Val Venis, as well as ruined Saturday morning cartoons by successfully lobbying for a law that declared children's programming had to be mostly educational. It was in RTC that Richards truly came into his own. His top-notch mic skills and ability to stand out even among massively muscled men like Val Venis led to flirting with the main event picture, though he never really made it past the mid-card.

Why he was underrated: Stevie Richards is undersized for a heavyweight but too large to challenge for a light heavyweight title. Also, his numerous neck problems and surgeries led to a lot of time off from the ring, which hampered his ability to make an impact.