3-Time Champion Allegedly Didn’t Get Pushed In WWE Because Of Triple H

A former WWE champion wasn’t pushed in WWE due to Triple H’s interference.

Maven earned himself a WWE contract after winning season one of Tough Enough. Despite being a WWE superstar, he struggled to earn the respect of the locker room because of how he got his foot in the door. Regardless, Maven wrestled for the sports entertainment juggernaut for a couple of years.

However, he was able to pick up the basics very quickly and was even named PWI Rookie of the Year in 2002. During his time with the Stamford-based promotion, he won the Hardcore Championship three times. His most memorable moment was when he eliminated The Undertaker from the Royal Rumble in 2002. Despite being put in such a high-profile spot, Maven was never pushed as a solid mid-carder, and he was eventually released in 2005. Currently, Maven runs his own YouTube channel where he has opened up about his time in the WWE.

Maven says Triple H is the reason he never got pushed in WWE

While speaking on his YouTube channel, Maven said that he came to learn after he left the WWE that every time his name was brought up in production meetings, it was quickly shut down by Triple H, who claimed that he was not yet ready for a big push.

“I didn’t know this during my time in the WWE, but I would have it confirmed years after my wrestling career had ended from someone who was actually in those production meetings, someone who went to bat for me that every time my name was brought up, it was quickly squashed back down. And who was the one doing the squashing? It was none other than Triple H. If people thought, ‘Hey, here’s a good idea. Here’s a good direction that we can send Maven on. Here’s something that we think he can find success doing.’ It would quickly be diminished. ‘Nah, he’s not ready. He’s not there yet. He needs a little bit more time, a little bit more seasoning.’”

Maven continued to say that there were other people on the same skill level as him who were receiving more opportunities. He also noted that he felt hurt to learn that Triple H had held him down all those years ago, and that is the reason he occasionally takes shots at him. But he does not blame The Game for the way his career turned out.

“And I’m not saying Triple H was wrong. He wasn’t. I did need more time and I wasn’t ready. But I also know that there’s been other people with the same skill level of me and they did get that extra boost, that extra push. It’s just hard to get that push when someone is constantly pulling you back and that someone has the ear of Vince McMahon. Finding out after my WWE career had ended that what I initially thought was indeed true, it hurt and it bothered me for a while. And so that’s why if you ever see me taking what looks like pot shots at the man, that’s probably my reasoning. That’s definitely some of my reasoning behind it. I’m far from a perfect person and sometimes it’s hard knowing exactly where my abilities ended and where someone putting their thumb on the scale started. I in no way, shape, or form blame Triple H for my career arc, but it just does hurt sometimes knowing that he indeed was weighing in and weighing in, not on my behalf.”

It would’ve been interesting to see how Maven’s career could’ve turned out if Triple H hadn’t held him back.

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