WWE News

WWF Legend Says Maven Was Never Going To Be A Top Star In WWE Without A Personality Transplant

Maven WWF WWE Article Pic 2 WrestleFeed App

Below are some top WWE news stories of the day, involving Maven and Jeff Hardy.

• On his podcast, Jim Ross discussed Tough Enough winner Maven’s WWE career and said the former Hardcore Champion didn’t have the personality required to be a top star in the company.

Here’s what Good Ol’ JR said:

“He just didn’t have that innate, natural ability to connect with the audience. A finer guy, sweeter guy, nicer guy you’ll never meet, so he should have been put into an area that he could be successful on a good, high level, and that was never gonna be a wrestler unless he had a personality transplant.

Maven never lived up, in my opinion, to [his potential]. Maven should have been a talker of some kind, a color guy, a broadcaster, a host.”

WATCH: Rhea Ripley’s Buns Exposed At Elimination Chamber 2024 (Part 6):

• During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Jeff Hardy was asked about his most scary moment in wrestling.

Here’s what the former WWE Champion said:

“Definitely my first huge Swanton bomb. My first run in TNA, it was the one against Abyss and Rhino, over the stage, yeah. There was one little area, I don’t think I told them I was going to go up to it, but I just noticed an area about three foot taller that I could get up to (in order) to make it more impressive.

I jumped over, the manager, Sinister Minister, cleared it and hit. I was so scared because when I got to that peak, I looked back down at the monitor area where people were watching the show and I was like, ‘Oh my god, this might be it Jeff, this might be the end of your career.’

I think I even made it back to the ring to take a power driver off the second rope from Rhino. That was the (most) scared I’ve ever been.”

You can watch this bump from 2005 below:


        
To Top