Summary

Maven has shared his side of a travel story D-Von Dudley previously told, recalling how D-Von made sure he did not miss a WWE flight after a rough night out during a European tour.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on *Insight With Chris Van Vliet*, Maven said the incident happened while he was overseas in England with WWE. He described going out with veteran wrestlers, getting far more intoxicated than he should have, and waking up with D-Von trying to get him ready before the group had to leave for the airport.

Quote from Maven

"Unfortunately, there is some truth behind it. I'm trying to figure out how I can tell this without getting the people down. We were on an overseas trip in England. European tour. I decide to go out and hang out with some of the vets. I'll leave it at that. Two guys, household names. You would know them. I will not tell you who. There used to be a substance culture in wrestling that I'm happy they're moving away from. These veterans, 'Maven, you want this?' 'Yep.'"

Maven later went on to say:

"Let's just say that the end result was me face down on a bed and D-Von trying to get me dressed to get to a flight leaving the continent. I'm begging him, 'Can I shower?' He's like, 'No, we need to be downstairs in 10 minutes.' He came to my room strictly just to make sure I would be down there. Like, I'd still be there lying in that damn hotel bed if he wouldn't have because I didn't have a clock set. The elevator opens up, we're checking out of the hotel, and that's when Jim Ross walks up. D-Von puts his arm around me. He looks at me, and he says, 'Don't say a F-ing word.' Of course, good ol' JR comes out. I'm like, 'What's up, JR?' and I feel D-Von just grab and squeeze. For those of you that know old man strength, like D-Von got old man strength. So when he squeezes you, you feel it. But he saved me that day. He got me on the plane."

What Maven's story says about D-Von Dudley

Maven's account puts D-Von Dudley in the role of the veteran who kept a bad situation from turning into a much bigger problem on a WWE tour. It also gives more context to Maven's comment that parts of wrestling's old substance culture are fading, which is the kind of backstage change many fans and wrestlers have talked about for years.

The story does not change any piece of WWE history on its own, but it does add another small look at how younger talent leaned on established names during that era. In this case, D-Von was the person who made sure Maven got on the plane and kept the situation from getting even worse in front of Jim Ross.

Sources

Maven on Insight With Chris Van Vliet