Maven was truly honored to be the first man to take the F5 from Brock Lesnar.
In 2002, Maven was part of one of the craziest moments in WWE history when Brock Lesnar made his debut on WWE Raw and tore apart everyone in his path in the ring, including the former Tough Enough winner who was the first man to take the F5, he recalled the moment on his YouTube channel.
“I happily would be the first person to ever take his legendary move, the F5. Taking the F5 [that] would be the only F5 I would take in my career. Easy, easy move to take. It was just basically a facepalm. Brock does all the work. The rotation is what makes it look so devastating. What makes it such a great move is for Brock; it’s picturesque because it shows his strength, but for the person taking it, it’s a piece of cake. It didn’t hurt one bit. He threw me like I was a child. I didn’t assist him at all. Like at all. I didn’t spring off anything. That’s literally just how strong this man was,” said Maven. “I’m happy to have a small moment in that part of history and a part of the business that would usher in a new megastar.”
Another move that Maven was proud to take was the RKO from the legendary Randy Orton. Conversely, Maven was not a big fan of being a victim of the Walls of Jericho from Chris Jericho.
h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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