Maven Recalls His Most Painful Match Ever Against Viscera, Bleeding Hard Way in a Match With The Undertaker

Former WWE Superstar and original Tough Enough winner Maven Huffman joined Insight With Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. During the discussion, Maven recalled his most painful match ever against Viscera, and the moments where he bled in matches, including being cut hard way in a match with The Undertaker. Below are some highlights from Insight:

Maven on the Times He Got Cut Hard Way in His Matches

“Well, the match I had with Undertaker, the hardcore match. I got hard wayed. True story, he hits me, or something happens with a trash can lid and it cuts the top of my head, and I’m laying on the ground on SmackDown, looking up at Undertaker, and he’s so good, he looks down at me, and he’s in character, and he’s like, ‘That’s what you get!’ I’m like, What did I do wrong? Because I’m bleeding, we didn’t call for it, but, gosh, they had me get in color in OVW on week 2, just wrestling, yeah, you gotta love it. I can’t give you how many times, I just know that every time I had to get color, I remember thinking it wasn’t as bad afterwards as I thought it was going to be going into it. Adrenaline takes over and you really don’t feel it, as weird as that sounds.”

On His Most Mainful Moment Ever in a Match With Viscera (aka Mabel)

“Might have been a little prideful pain. Yeah, big Vis, he was just a good dude. Does anybody know offhand how much viscera weighed? He’s 500, he’s a quarter ton. And when he sits down on your chest, it hurts. Again, wrestling culture, if you can rib someone, you’re gonna do it. I think he was ribbing me a tiny bit that night. He was Yoko-ing me a little bit that night.”

On His Most Viewed Video Where He Takes a Bump With Thumbtacks

“You want the honest answer? Because I’m about 15 years too old to be going on a bunch of cycles to be taking my shirt off for anybody anymore. But I knew, and when we were talking about the thumbtacks, Zach said it kind of as a joke. He was like, ‘Yeah, the video would just do better if you took the thumbtack bump.’ I said, ‘Well, if you can find a ring, I’ll do it.’ I’m thinking there’s no way he’s gonna find a ring. 30 minutes later, text me, I got a ring. I got people that are gonna let us do it. And at that point, I’m like, sh*t. But that’s another one that it wasn’t as bad as I [thought]. I built it up into my head. I mean, it wasn’t great, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was gonna be.”

On How Thumbtacks Compared to Taking Staples in the Head

“The thumbtacks hurt worse in the shower later that night, because I went back to our Airbnb, I took a thing of alcohol in my shower, and I dumped it down my back, and I felt every thumbtack. Whereas the staple was just [once]. So the thumbtacks hurt worse later.”