Maven On Winning The WWE Hardcore Title Against The Undertaker: “I Didn’t Deserve That Championship, Man”

“Yeah, give the kid the rub.”

Maven defeated The Undertaker to win the WWE Hardcore Title on the February 7th, 2002 episode of SmackDown, but he doesn’t feel he deserved to win the belt.

Former WWE Superstar Maven posted a video recently on his YouTube Channel where he talked about the unspoken backstage rules in WWE. During the interview he talked about his 2002 SmackDown victory over The Undertaker when he won the WWE Hardcore Title. Maven states that he didn’t deserve to win the title.

“When I won the Hardcore Title off The Undertaker. I didn’t beat Mark Calaway; I didn’t beat The Undertaker for real to become the champion. I didn’t deserve that championship, man. There was a writing team, there was people that went to ‘Taker, there were people that had to say, ‘Yeah, give the kid the rub. Give him the opportunity.’ So I didn’t have to be told, ‘Yeah, keep your ego in check.’ Nah, it’s just no.”

You can watch Maven discuss “The Unspoken Backstage Rules of WWE” below.

(h/t Fightful for the transcription.)

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