10 Fascinating WWE Survivor Series 2004 Facts
3. It Was Maven's First PPV Match In Almost Two Years
The track record of Tough Enough winners enjoying successful professional wrestling careers is pretty much just John Morrison, aside from Maven for a brief period. After an early push based on his reality show victory, Maven's popularity faded. Before long, he was just another wrestler.
WWE took one last kick at the Maven can in late-2004, pushing him into the peripheral main event scene with considerable suddenness. His participation in the main event match for the babyface contingent was his first pay-per-view match since the 2003 Royal Rumble.
In between, Maven was mostly relegated to shows like Sunday Night Heat, wrestling in some pay-per-view pre-show matches in 2003-04. His time back in the spotlight was brief, and after a disastrous feud with Shelton Benjamin over the Intercontinental title, Maven was entrenched deep in the midcard for the rest of his WWE tenure.