Maven talks about his friendship with Randy Orton.
Maven was good friends with Randy Orton during their time together on the WWE roster. That friendship would even blossom on screen as Randy Orton chose Maven to be part of his WWE Survivor Series team in 2004.
Maven spoke about his relationship with Randy Orton during his way to YouTube video and said that Orton always went to bat for him with the WWE creative team, and he believes that his involvement in the main event of WWE Survivor Series that fateful year was as a result of Orton's kindness towards him.
"As the years passed on, [Randy Orton's] importance to the company continued to grow. Everybody knew that he was a special talent, but he never in any way changed the way he treated me. He never big-timed me in any way. In fact, he always went out of his way to even try to help me," said Maven. "He would go to the writing team, he would always encourage them to use me in different ways, different roles, I've always thought that me being inserted into the Survivor Series angle in 2004, probably directly correlated with him, encouraging them to use me. Because if you look at the participants in that, one guy stands out that doesn't fit. It's not Triple H. It's not Batista. It's me, I'm the one that does not fit."
Maven being part of that WWE Survivor Series team in 2004 led to him being the WWE Raw GM for one night and having a WWE World Title match against Triple H. Fans can read about that experience from Maven's perspective at this link.
Fans can also read what Maven has to say about taking the RKO from Randy Orton at this link.
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