Maven reveals the dark side of fame.
The first-ever Tough Enough winner has seen a career resurgence in the wrestling world by becoming a successful YouTube personality.
Maven has risen to popularity on the platform by being honest about his experiences in WWE including his assessments of former opponents and how much he got paid. When discussing the topic of steroids in wrestling, Maven admitted that he felt disadvantaged in WWE when not using them.
While most videos are light-hearted, his latest list is titled “5 Ways Being a WWE Wrestler Made My Life Worse.” In the video, the former wrestler recalls a horrifying incident where an armed fan confronted him at his own home:
Let me tell you about the time that my privacy was gone and gone for good. Let me set the scene here. So I had just broken my leg wrestling Christian and I was in a cast. It was late at night and I was on the porch with my girlfriend at the time. We were doing what we did every night, enjoying a nice summer evening. Out of nowhere a figure dressed in all black walks up onto the porch I immediately jumped up to shield her and he put a gun directly to my forehead.
The former Hardcore Champion continued, making it clear that the trespasser knew him from wrestling:
You might be thinking Maven, maybe this was just an act of randomness. It was not because he said my name. He immediately told me he wanted money, I had just bought a new car and offered that to him. He told me he didn’t want that, and as he turned to walk away he said a couple of words that take away every bit of security that I had.
The scary story concluded with the former Superstar fearing for his safety every day following the incident:
He pointed the gun at me as he was backing off the porch and he said ‘Maven. I got you anytime I want you.’ That echoed in me and that still gets to me to this day. After that night I never went to sleep until it was daylight in that house and I never walked to and from my car without a firearm on my hip. My life, my safety, the girl I was dating at the time, her safety was in someone else’s hands. This was definitely something that would never have happened if I did not become a WWE wrestler.
Maven Recalls Famous Moment With The Undertaker
The most famous in-ring moment of the Tough Enough winner was his shock elimination of The Undertaker from the 2002 Royal Rumble. Reflecting on the famous moment, Maven revealed that he was legitimately terrified of The Undertaker after The Deadman was sent over the top rope.
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