Drake Maverick Hoping To Save WWE Job By Winning NXT Title?

"I don't get given anything. I get given crumbs, but I make it a steak."

by Andrew Pollard
Drake Maverick
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Across the mass WWE releases of last Wednesday, the release of Drake Maverick stood out as being different to the rest.

What made Maverick’s WWE departure so unique, was that the ridiculously talented Englishman was quick to reveal how he was still going to be wrestling in three more matches before his time in WWE was over. Those matches, of course, will be a part of the tournament to crown an interim Cruiserweight Champion – and now Maverick has declared his intentions of winning said tournament and saving his job.

Speaking on this week’s episode of The Bump, the former (and future?) Rockstar Spud wasn’t shy about proclaiming how he has so often been expected to make chicken salad from chicken sh*t during his WWE career and beyond, and how now he’s “got to make this work” and that “this is my story now.”

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Should there be a genuine chance of WWE having seller’s remorse and wanting Drake Maverick to stay with the company, here’s hoping they make the most of one of the most versatile players in the game.

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If, as seems most likely, Drake’s time with WWE really is over once the cruiserweight tournament is done and dusted, he will surely be one of the very hottest of free agents on the market – and whoever ends up with Rockstar Spud on their roster will have a true larger-than-life bona fide star on their hands.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.