Former WWE wrestler Maven Huffman released a video addressing various criticisms from fans, fellow wrestlers, and other YouTube creators. Huffman stated, “Hey guys, I’m in some hot water. I’ve been called out by other wrestlers, other YouTubers….and today I’m addressing it head on”.
Accusations of “Click Farms” and Buying Views
Huffman responded to a video from the channel “Hughesy Entertainment” regarding his channel’s growth. The clip stated, “YouTube has set up their own click farm, where, if you spend like, $200 or something, you get 9000 to 7000 views”. The speaker added, “You could realistically get yourself a couple of like, like 100,000 views overnight. Maven and and everything could just, it’s like, What the f*ck? How did you get that amount of views straight away?”.
Huffman replied, “it appears that that Hughesey is accusing us of, I assume, buying views, buying clicks, buying overnight success, full transparency, full disclosure. I don’t even know where you would go to buy that and to say that we’ve done it. It’s almost, it’s almost the ultimate complex soul”. He continued, “Yeah, he’s insulting me by saying that the only way we have found success is is by buying it. But it’s actually a compliment to us, a compliment to what we’ve done, a compliment to to the popularity of this channel”. Huffman also noted, “I get recognized now so much more than I did pre YouTube channel. And as far as I know, none of those people are bots”.
Responses to Hannibal and AEW “Lobbying” Rumors
Huffman addressed comments from YouTuber Hannibal, who described Huffman as “very corporate and very plastic”. Hannibal stated, “He’s hired a good company to get himself going on social media. I can’t tell you one memorable Maven match or promo”. Hannibal also claimed, “Seems to be really lobbying for an AEW job lately, saying, Oh, he’s had such a wonderful time in AEW, when he went to visit them”.
Huffman responded, “I had a great experience when we went and visited AEW, when we got to meet Tony Khan, when we saw how they run their show, to say otherwise, would have been doing not AEW a disservice. Would have been doing myself a disservice”. He added, “There’s people that will manufacture something negative, because they know that negativity draws it brings in eyeballs. That’s not going to be me”. Regarding the corporate label, Huffman said, “We’re a two man operation here. I don’t have a big, multi billion dollar company sending me paychecks each week that I have to make sure I make look good. So if I’m too corporate, I don’t even know who the corporation behind me is that I’m being corporate for”.
Chris Danger Reaction and Rankings
Huffman addressed a reaction video from YouTuber Chris Danger (Dank Ops). Danger remarked, “After watching said video, it’s pretty obvious that Mr. Huffman is huffing on something”. Huffman responded to the match analysis by stating, “I went into watching these matches and I didn’t know at what point in their career these matches were taking place”. Huffman apologized, saying, “I wish I had watched one of your more recent matches. I didn’t. I can’t change that”. Huffman noted the necessity of rankings in content, saying, “A successful, seasoned veteran YouTuber like you knows when you do a video like this, of course, you want to put a ranking in there some way. We want to keep our viewers interested”.
SummerSlam “Cringe” and Hospital Privacy Concerns
Huffman discussed a Reddit post describing his “I invaded WWE SummerSlam” video as “cringe” and an “ego stroke”. Huffman stated, “I promise you, I was not looking to get my ego stroked. The only thing we went out there for was to make content”. He noted, “I’m honored to have been in the WWE. I take a lot of pride knowing and being told, Maven, you were a part of my childhood”.
Regarding a video about Buff Bagwell’s leg amputation, Huffman responded to a comment about filming in a hospital. Huffman explained, “What they told us was, in order to film in the hospital, you had to have permission. In fact, they informed us at that moment they had several television shows currently filming in that hospital”. He concluded, “Once I heard that, I knew it was a money issue. They were perfectly cool with you making content in there, so long as you were paying them”.
Response to Jim Ross and Career Reflection
Huffman reacted to a clip of Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson. Ross stated, “Maven never lived up, in my opinion, to what maybe it should have been, a talker of some kind, a color guy, a broadcaster, a host. He just didn’t have that innate, natural ability to connect with the audience”.
Huffman replied, “I have never claimed, and will never claim, to be a great in ring wrestler”. He reflected, “If you take my wrestling ability at the beginning of my career, and you look at the end of my WWE run that four years, strides were made. I was better, and I just I will forever believe I just needed a little bit more time on the barbecue before I was done, and time that I was not gonna get, time that the company didn’t think I deserved”. Huffman added, “JR knows more wrestling, and he knows the business better than me, so maybe he’s 100% right. Maybe I was always going to be dog sh*t in the ring”.
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