On a recent edition of his “Something To Wrestle With” podcast, Bruce Prichard discussed Maven not reaching bigger heights in WWE, stating that he was too nice of a guy to attain a greater level of success.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Maven: “I like Maven. That was another one, man, where we tried. I just don’t know that Maven had enough of an ‘asshole’ in him either. Really nice guy, and I just think that he viewed the business as a work, and it’s not. You’ve got to fight for your position. You’ve got to fight for what you want, and I think that was his downfall.”
On Maven needing more of a killer instinct: “I think that Maven was young, ‘I’m gonna go along,’ and when you’re young and first starting out, that is what you need to do, but you need to listen, and you need to know when you’re being taken advantage of or know how to fight back and be a little bit of an asshole, but that’s in the character that you are portrayed on screen. So, if you are a heel, you’ve got to find your inner jerk. Everybody’s got it. Some people are just afraid to let it out.”
