Maven Says Hardcore Holly Hated Everyone Until You Earned His Respect, Recalls How He Won Him Over

Maven looks back on earning Hardcore Holly’s respect.

Maven looks back on earning Hardcore Holly’s respect.

In a new video on his YouTube channel, Maven talked about some of the wrestlers who didn’t like him during his time in WWE. In one highlight, Maven recalled how Hardcore Holly once had an issue with him because he wasn’t hitting him hard enough. He then noted that he got through to Holly by making sure to hit him harder.

“Bob treated me like everyone in the locker room. Bob hated everybody until you earned his respect. Bob is hard to get to gain his respect. Why? Because he demands perfection. We were going out there and having our match. I would come back every night and immediately ask, ‘Hey, how was it? Was it okay for you?’ One night, he just laid into me, and he just so irate and angry with me. It was because I wasn’t clotheslining him hard enough. He was literally mad I wasn’t hitting him hard enough. So you bet, the next night, and the next subsequent nights after that, I made sure to hit him as hard as I could. Going back and talking about the match backstage, like all wrestlers do, he immediately grabbed me and hugged me and embraced me, and was hitting me on the back, telling me, ‘That’s what I was talking about.’ Bob was the testing ground for a lot of guys in WWE. If you got through him, some did, some didn’t. But once you got through Bob, he would greet you with a smile, rather than a scowl,” Maven said.

Maven previously recalled getting chewed out by Vince McMahon following a match on Raw. Check out his comments here.

Click here to see what Maven had to say about turning down the chance to return to WWE.

Bruce Prichard recently discussed Maven’s WWE run. Check out his comments here.

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