At WrestleMania 18, Maven went one-on-one with Goldust for the WWE Hardcore Championship, and despite the match only lasting three minutes long and ending in no contest, Maven suffered an injury that would affect him for the rest of his life.
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In a recent video on his YouTube channel, Maven reflected on a back injury he sustained in the early stages of the match and expressed how it could have contributed to living with three herniated discs.
"We had a spotearly on in the match where on theoutside, I would take a beal into thebarricade. What I didn't know is how mybody was going to fold once it hit thatbarricade and would probably be thebeginning of what would become alifelong back injury.I sit right now with threeherniated discs and I have to be led tobelieve it all started that fatefulnight in Toronto," revealed Maven. "As soon as my body hitthat barricade, I knew it had bent in away it just wasn't designed to bend.In no way shape or form was it Goldust's fault.In fact, Dustin took as good a careof me that night as he possibly couldhave, it's just a cost of doing business."
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Maven also mentioned how he didn't feel that he injured his back immediately as he described how adrenaline from performing at WrestleMania prolonged the discomfort he was feeling until the next day.
If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit "Maven Huffman" with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
