Former WWE Star Says He Wouldn’t Change Current Position For More Success

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A former WWE star has opened up on the creation of his YouTube channel, and how he aspired to do something ‘different’.

Over the years, many former WWE stars have opened up their own YouTube channels or podcasts, where they discuss their careers in wrestling.

However, one who recently began catching fans’ attention was former WWE star Maven, who created his YouTube channel last year.

Speaking on the Ropes N Riffs Podcast, Maven opened up on his motivation to begin his channel, saying:

“You hit the nail on the head, it was all about being different. If I would have sat down and done what a lot of other wrestlers do, I would just be a long list of another wrestler that has an average YouTube channel.

“I luckily had a partner who knows YouTube, is successful already on YouTube prior to working with me, and said we’re gonna do things a little bit different. We’re gonna use what gifts God gave you and we’re going to make YouTube videos that just so happen to deal with wrestling.

“That’s the key. We make YouTube videos, they just so happen to have a wrestling title, and wrestling thumbnail and the subject is all about wrestling, that’s the difference.”

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Maven also noted that, while he wouldn’t have viewed his current path as successful when he first won Tough Enough, he wouldn’t have changed it for anything.

He added:

“If you interviewed me the night I won Tough Enough and asked what is success in the wrestling business, obviously this isn’t it.

“But if you ask me 24 years after winning Tough Enough, I’m happier now than I’ve probably ever been, I’m my own boss in essence, and I only stress once a week when the videos go out on Fridays.

“Other than that, I get to do fun stuff like this. I’m back to travelling and seeing more of the world. I’m back in touch with the Mike Chiodas, the Shelton Benjamins, the Perry Saturns. Perry and I, this channel allowed Perry and I to get a relationship we did not have prior, I was on the phone to Perry for 30 minutes last week helping him with his channel.

“It’s proven to me that I wouldn’t have viewed this as success, but I wouldn’t change it now for anything. Regret is probably the ugliest word in the human language, and to look back and think I could be sitting here with a bunch of championships and a bigger legacy in wrestling, and I could have made a lot more money, but at that point am I motivated to do what I’m doing now? Probably not.

“I remember when Undertaker started his channel, I was like what the hell is he doing this for? If I had his career and his money you’d never see me again!

“So I’ll never disregard my journey because I’m happy at where I’m at now.”

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