Maven Reflects On The Rock Helping Him Defeat The Undertaker: How Does Life Work Out That Way?

Maven reflects on The Rock helping him defeat The Undertaker.

On February 5th 2002, Maven would face off with The Undertaker for the Hardcore Championship. In the bout, Maven would receive assistance from The Rock, who was seeking revenge on The Undertaker.

While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Maven spoke about having The Rock help him defeat The Undertaker for the Hardcore Championship.

“It’s big for me because it was The Rock. He’s [Undertaker] got me in the dragon sleeper, and you can physically see my eyes looking up the ramp, because I knew that was the spot when The Rock was coming out with the chair. It’s just crazy again, how life works out. A year and a half prior to that, I’m a sixth-grade school teacher with a ‘The Rock says…’ bulletin board in my classroom, and they just a year and a half later, I’m in a match where he’s hitting The Undertaker with his finish to allow me to beat him. How does life work out that way?”

Maven also noted that the reaction to The Rock helping him was ‘insane’.

“Insane, and you’ve been to shows, tell me if this is incorrect or correct. I remember because I used to go and listen underneath the ramp, back when they would elevate the entrance and the stage. I would go under there and listen to everybody’s entrance, The Rock and Austin, theirs was different. The moment you would hear that the place would come [unglued], it was a little bit different. And then even from that, that glass break, just pandemonium.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Maven spoke about taking the first televised F5 from Brock Lesnar. You can read more about that here.