Drake Maverick recently returned to WWE as a member of the creative team, as first reported by PWInsider.
Maverick posted a message on his personal Linkedin page confirming his new role. Towards the end of 2021, he accepted a “wonderful offer” to be part of the WWE Creative Writing Team a Writer/producer.
“I now have the opportunity to expand my horizons even further in the industry I love as well as many other avenues including film & television,” he wrote. “After a career beginning in 2001 as an in ring performer I have personally exceeded all of my personal expectations from a geographical & physical standpoint in a line of work somebody like myself should have never succeeded in.
Needless to say, all thanks to the people I have had the pleasure of being around on the journey & this industry as a whole – I am in a blessed position in life. It owes me nothing yet I owe it everything.”
Maverick, real name James Curtin, made a name for himself in TNA Wrestling as Rockstar Spud and became the first-ever winner of Impact Wrestling’s British reality competition series British Bootcamp. While with TNA, he was used as a wrestler, personality, manager, and ring announcer from 2012 through 2017.
Maverick first joined WWE in 2017 for the 205 Live brand by appearing as the General Manager. He also was short-term manager for the Authors of Pain on the Raw brand. While on Raw, he had his actual wedding to Renee Michelle as a backdrop for a WWE 24/7 Championship angle. He also held the championship several times before being let go in 2020.
Right after his release, Maverick released an emotional promo on social media and that got the fans behind him in a big way. It led to the company signing him once again for the WWE NXT brand until he was cut again in November 2021 as part of the blamed budget cuts excuse.
