Maven Huffman appeared at the WWE between 2001 and 2005 after winning the inaugural season of the reality show Taugh Enough. The 47 -year -old fighter recently spoke about the alleged refusal of Dean Malenko to work with him after an event.
Malenko fought for several important companies between 1979 and 2001, including ECW, WCW and WWE. In 2005, he worked as WWE producer when Maven faced Shelton Benjamin in an event not televised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
On his YouTube channel, Maven remembered how Malenko criticized him after the fight against everyone behind the stage:
“I arrived at the backstage and immediately told me that it had been one of the worst wrestling fighting I had seen in his life. It made it clear that I never wanted to work with me as a producer and agent, and I do not think we have done it. And to top it off, it did not put me aside to give me that information. Oh, no! He scolded me in front of all the costumes and made sure that everyone would listen to him during the process. (13:05 – 13:36)
The three times Hardcore champion too He reflected about when Shawn Michaels rebuked him behind the scene after an error in the ring.
How Maven reacted to Dean Malenko's comments after the WWE fight
Arn Anderson, another producer the two wwe At that time, he offered Maven some words of breath after witnessing Dean Malenko's outburst after the fight. Shelton Benjamin He also assured his opponent that his performance was not as bad as Malenko said.
Although others supported him after scholars, Maven feared that they could fire him if he won the reputation of a bad fighter:
“Although I thanked RNA and Shelton's support, that four -hour trip home was atrocious. I not only thought that my work was in danger, but I thought that time, effort and ability I thought was progressing did not work at all, and there is no worse feeling in the world than to think that you have done something in exchange for absolutely nothing.” (13:55 – 14:17)
Maven received his release from the company on July 5, 2005, six months after the fight with Benjamin.
