former NWA World, ECW World and WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Steve Corino by submission. Later that night he ran-out after the co-main-event and Stevie-Kicked top contenders Matt Hardy, Luke Hawx and Homicide as well as Hardy's wife Reby Sky which he would later justify in a video promo. Extreme Rising and Stevie's World Title reign hit another roadblock when Extreme Rising were forced to reschedule their February/March shows for safety reasons where Richards was due to battle Sabu. Following this, Richards would lose a non-title match at an ECWA show in Delaware to Luke Hawx following outside interference from Papadon where Hawx would 'steal' the World Championship belt. Following this confusion, Stevie would continue to defend the championship without the belt while Hawx would continue to proclaim himself champion while 'defending' the belt also. During this period, Stevie would retain over Chachi in New York for Warriors of Wrestling, Ricky Martinez in Pennsylvania for Central PA Wrestling, Ring of Honor and CZW star Azrieal for PWA in Connecticut and Joey Ace in New York again for Warriors of Wrestling. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2009–2011) Various storylines (2009–2010) On the February 12, 2009 episode of TNA Impact!, Manna made his Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) debut as Abyss's therapist, Dr. Stevie. For two months, Dr. Stevie's face did not appear on television, as the camera was positioned behind him during his sessions with Abyss and, later, Daffney. His identity was revealed when he interfered in Abyss's match with Matt Morgan at Lockdown, preventing Abyss from using a chair, which caused him to lose. Stevie's heel role was solidified the next month, when his sessions with Abyss became increasingly abusive. At Sacrifice, Abyss turned on Stevie and chokeslammed him onto a pile of thumbtacks, after he threatened Lauren, Abyss' girlfriend. On the May 28 episode of Impact!, Raven returned to TNA, attacked Abyss and aligned himself with Stevie and Daffney. Stevie lost to Abyss at the 2009 Victory Road pay-per-view. Stevie scored his first TNA victory on July 19, defeating Cody Deaner with his new finishing move, General Anesthesia, in a match for TNA Xplosion, also streamed on TNA's website. On the July 30 Impact!, he announced he was not done with Abyss and placed a $50,000 bounty on his head. On September 1, he defeated Jay Lethal via submission in another webmatch. After Lethal Consequences (Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed) and