According to WWE star Drake Maverick, wetting yourself is just part of the daily grind when you’re a professional wrestler. 2018 Survivor Series pay-per-view eventwas instructed to urinate on him during a short segment with former talent, The Big Show. Given a device to aid in the process, the thing went awry, forcing Maverick to quickly think about how he was going to continue in his assigned role without making a fuss behind the scenes. Although he did Simon Miller Laugh along the way, Maverick recounted the day and how his quick thinking saved him.
“Yeah, I don’t trust gimmicks,” the former eight-time 24/7 champion began. “This thing is in my jacket… and the tubes are coming out of the hole and it’s like it’s going to… out of nowhere, I’m wearing gray pants… What you had was basically a clip… and I cut the thing like I was on the floor. And then, you just squeeze the bag and it goes through the tube. It doesn’t come out, so for a split second I think it’s not working… I have to do it. I wasn’t wearing any underwear… I just held Big Show’s hand as tight as I could and just closed my eyes, (and) thought about England.”
Backstage, Maverick recalls how former creative writer Brian James (Road Dogg), CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque, and former CEO and president Vince McMahon all had a good laugh when they discovered that Maverick’s device wasn’t working and that he peed on himself. Suffice it to say, Maverick wanted to prove that day and beyond that he was a reliable worker when asked to do something.
After two issues 2020 and in in 2021 Maverick thought his time in WWE was over for good. However, he was recalled to Stamford-based promotion. This time, in a behind-the-scenes role as one of the company’s actors creative writers and producers. He has been with the company since 2022, acting as one of the writers/producers of WWE Raw.
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