In the world of professional wrestling a good name can go a long way which is why it’s important to use the right name from the start. Maven Huffman’s name was well known to wrestling fans by the time he won Tough Enough, but after the show he actually considered making a big change.
Maven has been talking a lot about his WWE run on his YouTube channel as of late and he recently revealed that after Tough Enough he wanted to change his name to Bishop. However, John Laurinaitis quickly shot that idea down.
“I remember as a kid, dreaming about becoming a wrestler. I used to sit and think, ‘What was my name gonna be?’ And actually after Tough Enough, I actually went to Johnny Ace and told him, ‘I want to change my name.’ In my mind, I wanted to maybe change my name to, like, Bishop or something.
Johnny quickly shot me down and told me, ‘Well, the whole world knows you…’ let me do it in Johnny’s voice, ‘Maven, the whole world knows you is Maven from Tough Enough, that’s your name.’ Most guys change their name just to get their gimmick over, just to have something that they can market themselves. That’s why guys change their name.”
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