Maven on The Undertaker, Tough Enough, Theme Music and What's He's Doing Now after WWE

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Maven Huffman is a former WWE Superstar and the winner of the first season of "Tough Enough" on MTV. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at The Legends of Hamburg Fan Fest in Hamburg, PA to talk about his time in WWE, being a school teacher before he submitted an audition tape for Tough Enough, how he knew he was going to win the show, eliminating The Undertaker from the 2002 Royal Rumble and the chair shot that followed, why he never liked his entrance theme, working as a host for HSN, his run-in with the law, going to rehab, what he's up to now and much more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here we go, my friends. Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:09.2	I'm Chris Vanfleet. So good to have you with us for this one.
0:11.5	So good to be able to sit down in person with Maven for this conversation.
0:16.8	He doesn't know a lot of interviews.
0:18.3	So it was such a pleasure to be able to join him and look him in the eye, shake his hand,
0:24.0	and talk about his journey from school teacher to tough enough winter, to WWUPSR, to now life after WWE,
0:32.1	and of course everything in between.
0:34.6	We did this at the Legends of Hamburg fan fest in Hamburg, Pennsylvania last weekend.
0:39.2	It was so awesome to be able to meet and talk with so many of you guys who listen to this show.
0:44.3	So thank you for stopping by and saying hello there. And speaking of that, I'm going to be in Fort Worth,
0:49.6	Texas at the Independent Wrestling Expo on August 7th. So if you live in and around the Fort Worth or Dallas area,
0:58.6	or if you're able to travel in to the Fort Worth or Dallas area,
1:02.4	it'd be so great to see you there.
1:03.8	I've got all the details on my Twitter at Chris Van Vleet.
1:07.0	So it's August 7th, the Independent Wrestling Expo.
1:10.8	I hope to see you there.
1:12.0	It's also been great seeing all these new reviews on Apple Podcasts.
1:15.9	Thank you so much to everyone who's taken the time out of their day to just leave a few words or a few emojis on there, whatever it happens to be.
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1:24.2	It really, really helps the show, and it helps the show to climb the charts and be up there with the likes of Talkis Jericho and Cornette and all of Conrad's incredibly successful shows.
1:35.6	So, so thank you. This one is from Blue Cash 03 who writes, bought my first iPhone. As I was buying my first iPhone, first thing that immediately popped into my mind was, I have to leave CVV a review. I'm a longtime listener. I really enjoy your interviews. To quote Booker T. My faves are T.J. Wilson, Tomatanga. Kylie, Ray, Kurt Angle, MJF. I listen to your interviews while I work, and I don't have the most glamorous
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