Maven Recalls Vince McMahon ‘Jumping His Ass’ Backstage After Accidentally Breaking Snitsky’s Orbital Bone

Maven recalls getting yelled at by Vince McMahon.

The Survivor Series pay-per-view in 2004 was headlined by Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Maven, & Chris Jericho) vs. Team Triple H (Triple H, Edge, Batista, & Gene Snitsky).

During the match, Maven got into a rhythm and ended up accidentally breaking Snitsky’s orbital bone with a flying forearm.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Maven recalled the moment, saying he was yelled at by Vince McMahon.

“Yeah, I was amped, because we’re coming in and pay-per-view. I’ve been in the back selling and they told me, before I went out. They were like, this is your spot to shine in this main event match. They told me they were like, we need you to be a house of fire. And, man, I just overdid it. I had thrown endless number of flying forearms, and that one, I still remember hitting him and feeling the crunch and being like, Oh God. Vince jumped my ass backstage for that too. Soon as I came back through, Vince meets me, he jumps up from the monitor, meets me at gorilla just yelling at me for being dangerous. And he’s like, ‘You better go check on Snitsky now!’ I’m sitting there bleeding, just got took a chair shot. You know, I’m fine. Vince, thanks.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Maven talked about possibly taking part in one more match. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for providing the quotes in this article.