Maven Huffman (@MavenKHuffman) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE and for winning Season 1 of Tough Enough. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet for an in-person interview in New York City to talk about the success of his new YouTube channel and getting 100k subscribers in less than 2 months, why he hates his theme song, wrestling Tazz in his debut match, taking shots of Jack Daniels before eliminating The Undertaker at the Royal Rumble in 2002, the vicious chairshot from The Undertaker, his picture-perfect dropkick, why he felt he needed to take steroids in WWE, what his current job is on Wall Street and much more! 👉 MUDWTR: To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv and use the code CVV15 00:00 Intro 00:26 Not liking his old theme music 02:04 What does the name Maven mean? 02:50 His origin starting on YouTube 09:41 What are his goals with his YouTube channel? 12:04 His ability as a talker 12:58 What is his day job? 13:33 Why he dresses so nicely 15:22 Maintaining a consistent look 18:12 Not rehashing old topics on his channel 18:52 His steroid usage while in WWE 24:40 Traveling with Batista on the road 28:25 Would he ever try acting? 29:26 What is he proud of from the original Tough Enough? 30:43 His first storyline with Torrie Wilson 33:00 Favorite Back To The Future Movie 34:11 What are his WWE regrets 35:23 Being a “Tough Enough” guy 38:42 Public recognition because of his YouTube videos 40:38 Never being eliminated from the 2002 Royal Rumble 44:18 Undertaker being widely respected 44:48 Having a perfect dropkick 45:45 The Longevity of Chris Jericho 47:56 DDP Yoga helping him 49:18 Chris Jericho constantly reinventing himself 50:04 The longterm success of The Miz 52:02 His friendship with D-Von Dudley 52:34 Helping other wrestlers to start new channels? 57:09 How much did The Undertaker’s chairshot hurt 59:58 Maven’s Hardcore title story 1:02:46 3 Things Maven is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Subscribe to my podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #wwe #wrestling #wweraw #wwesmackdown #maven