Maven reflects on getting heat for loudly thanking his opponents as matches were coming to a close.
Pro wrestling is a brotherhood and making sure to thank your opponents after matches is important to further the established trust between performers. Maven, however, had a tendency to think his opponents a little too loudly in the middle of the ring.
During his most recent YouTube video, Maven reflected on catching heat for this practice and the advice he was given on what to do instead.
"I got heat for, at the end of my matches, win or lose, in my training, I was taught that as the pin is going you thank your opponent, and a way to thank your opponent can be just whether you're going over, getting the win or doing the job, taking the loss, you thank them.
"Why are you thanking them? You're thanking them for putting food on your table. You're thanking them for entertaining the fans. You're thanking them for helping you tell a story. Now I don't know if I did. I maybe took it wrong, but I was audibly thanking people win or lose. I would literally thanks, thanks, brother, and it was loud enough to where people could hear it. I got an ass-chewing backstage, and people told me, 'Hey, you can thank them. Just give them the Iggy.' You know when you're going up, squeeze a leg, squeeze an arm. That's a way of saying thank you, and still, to this day, if anything happens that I'm doing in the ring. It's less these days, obviously, but if I do anything with anybody in the ring, the moment that we're done, I'm thanking them even in the ring."
To learn how much Maven made during his time as a WWE Superstar, click here.
Maven also busted the myth of the winner's purse in a video. Learn more about that here.
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