“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? 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. No, he’s not ready. He’s not there yet. He needs a little bit more time, a little bit more seasoning.
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.”