Posted on 9/05/125 by Colin Vassallo
Former WWE Superstar Maven sat down with Chris Van Vliet in
New Jersey to discuss the success of his YouTube channel,
whether he has gotten any heat for his videos, beating The
Undertaker to win the Hardcore Championship, whether he
still sees himself as a professional wrestler, if one more
match could be possible, wrestling Ric Flair, taking the
first televised F5 from Brock Lesnar, and more!
On beating The Undertaker to win the Hardcore title:
“It’s big for me because it was The Rock. He’s [Undertaker]
got me in the dragon sleeper, and you can physically see my
eyes looking up the ramp, because I knew that was the spot
when The Rock was coming out with the chair. It’s just crazy
again, how life works out. A year and a half prior to that,
I’m a sixth-grade school teacher with a ‘The Rock says…’
bulletin board in my classroom, and they just a year and a
half later, I’m in a match where he’s hitting The Undertaker
with his finish to allow me to beat him. How does life work
out that way?”
How loud was that pop when The Rock came?
“Insane, and you’ve been to shows, tell me if this is
incorrect or correct. I remember because I used to go and
listen underneath the ramp, back when they would elevate the
entrance and the stage. I would go under there and listen to
everybody’s entrance, The Rock and Austin, theirs was
different. The moment you would hear that the place would
come [unglued], it was a little bit different. And then even
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On whether he still sees himself as a wrestler:
“No. In a grocery store a few months back, and normally
somebody comes up to me [and says], ‘You’re that guy who won
Tough Enough.’ Yeah, yeah. I had somebody come up to me and
say, ‘You’re that guy that talks about wrestling and answers
questions on YouTube, aren’t you?’ And I was like, I suppose
I am. But I’m fine with that. I’m okay with ageing. I’m okay
with I just can’t do what I used to do, and I’m okay with
advancing into just the next parts of my life. I’ve watched
these guys now. They’re so much more athletic than I was,
and obviously am now. Yeah, I’m perfectly fine with not
being a wrestler anymore.”
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“I mean, if the situation was right, of course. And last
night, taking 70 bumps proved that physically, I could at
least get through it. I don’t think if somebody said, ‘Hey,
we got a three-year storyline.’ I don’t know if I could do
that, but I definitely would keep it open. As far as in this
business, you know, never say never.”
On taking the first televised F5 from Brock Lesnar:
“There was no telling me how I’m gonna take it. It’s ‘I’m
gonna grab you, put you up on my shoulders.’ ‘What do you
need from me Brock?’ ‘Nothing, just lay flat.’ He’s like,
‘I’ll do the rest.’ And he did. I even asked him while we
were working on it during the day. I was like, ‘Do you need
me to hoist myself up? You need me to boost?’ He laughed at
me. He said, ‘No, I got you.’ And then once he grabbed me, I
realized I’m a child to him. Literally, the way you probably
run and grab and pick your two-year-old up, that’s how he
was with me.”