Drake Maverick

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / Impact Wrestling (2012–2017)

British Boot Camp and Ohio Valley Wrestling (2012–2013)

On 5 September 2012, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced that it had completed filming of British Boot Camp that began airing on 1 January 2013, it also including Spud. Spud made his debut on 7 February episode of Impact Wrestling, in an interview segment that was interrupted by Robbie E and Robbie T and ended with Spud attacking Robbie E. Spud made his in-ring debut on 21 February episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Robbie E.

Spud returned on 18 July episode of Impact Wrestling, when he took part in the Destination X episode of Impact Wrestling and entered a tournament to determine the new X Division Champion; he was defeated by Greg Marasciulo in his first round three-way match, which also included Rubix.

Then, Spud was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling, TNA's developmental territory and made his debut on 13 March 2013 episode of OVW. He defeated Cliff Compton for the OVW Television Championship, making him the first man to win the title in his debut match. He would go on to defend the title for 59 days and making several successful weekly defences before losing it to Randy Royal. Through TNA's relationship with Wrestle-1, Spud made his debut for the Japanese promotion in Tokyo on 6 July, teaming with Ethan Carter III in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Tajiri and Yusuke Kodama. On 4 September episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud came out to the ring with Ethan Carter III and cut a promo about Carter's anger at those who he held responsible for TNA President and his aunt Dixie Carter getting put through a table.

On 8 October episode of Impact Wrestling, Ethan Carter III called him out and gave him a chance to make amends. Carter condemned Spud for his failure to stop Bully Ray from putting his aunt, TNA President Dixie Carter, through a table, EC3 would then publicly humiliate Spud by calling him a loser and slapping him in the face. In the end, Spud fought back and immediately punched Carter, and turning face in the process. Rather than physically retaliating, EC3 fired him from his position as the Carters' chief of staff. On 22 October episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud teamed up with Eric Young in a losing effort against EC3 and EC3's new ally Tyrus in a Tag Team tournament.

X Division Champion (2015–2017) On 23 January 2015 episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud won the Feast or Fired match with an opportunity for the TNA X Division Championship. On 13 March episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud's feud with Carter ended in a Hair vs. Hair match, which Spud lost. The following week on 20 March episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud defeated Low Ki to win the X Division Championship. On 27 March episode of Impact Wrestling, he successfully defended his title against Low Ki in a rematch. On 1 May episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud lost his X Division Championship against Kenny King in a ladder match, also involving Tigre Uno and Mandrews. However, Spud won the title back on 29 May episode of Impact Wrestling during a Gauntlet match.

On 10 June episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud vacated the title to gain a title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship. That same day, Spud faced Kurt Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship but failed to win the title. Later, he began feuding with Austin Aries. He defeated him on 5 August episode of Impact Wrestling in a name vs. career match, ending Aries's career at TNA. On 23 September episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud challenged his former rival Ethan Carter III for his TNA World Heavyweight Championship, in a losing effort. During late 2015, Spud took part in the first ever TNA World Title Series as a member of Group UK, on 7 October episode of Impact Wrestling, defeating Grado in the first round, thus earning him 3 points. He later failed to qualify for the Round of 16 following losses to both Drew Galloway and Bram who were also competing in Team UK.

In February, Spud started an alliance with his former rival Ethan Carter III in order to even things with Hardy and Tyrus, defeating them in a tag-team match on 16 February episode of Impact Wrestling. At 2016 Lockdown, Spud came out, supposedly to stop Reby Sky from attacking EC3. However, he would close the cage door on EC3 to help Matt Hardy retain his TNA World Heavyweight Championship, turning heel once again in the process. He would follow up, with encouragement from Matt Hardy, by delivering a conchairto to EC3 with his head on the steps. On 9 March 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud aligned with Matt Hardy and Tyrus to form a stable, after explaining his actions as getting revenge against Carter for his cruel treatment of him last year. The trio would go on to face EC3 and Jeff Hardy in a losing effort. On 29 March episode of Impact Wrestling, Matt Hardy, Rockstar Spud, Tyrus and Reby Hardy were defeated by Carter by disqualification in a Four On One Handicap match. On 10 May episode of Impact Wrestling, he was defeated by Carter in a Six Sides of Steel match. At May Mayhem, Spud and Tyrus were defeated by Jeff Hardy in a Ladder match. On 31 May episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud and Tyrus were defeated by The BroMans in a number one contendership match to challenge Decay for the TNA World Tag Team Championship at Slammiversary. On 21 June 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling, he challenged Braxton Sutter, Spud interrupting him when Sutter scheduled match against indy wrestler Balam. Sutter went on to defeat Spud and following his victory, was viciously attacked by Spud. During several months, Rockstar Spud and Braxton Sutter have many confrontation, during X Division matches. On 1 September edition of Impact Wrestling, Rockstar Spud viciously attacked Sutter with a chair during an Ultimate X match, and attacked him once again on 8 September edition of Impact Wrestling after his match against Drew Galloway, breaking one of his teeth. The feud ended in "Empty Arena, No Turnbuckles" match 15 September edition of Impact Wrestling, which was won by Sutter. At Bound for Glory, he participated in the Bound for Gold but was eliminated by Tyrus.

On 27 October episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud took part in the Team X Gold match teaming with Decay against DJ Z, Braxton Sutter and Mandrews ("Go for Broke"), in a losing effort. On 3 November episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud and Decay lost a three-way match against Go for Broke and The Helms Dynasty. They were defeated once again in a three-way tag team match against Go for Broke and The Helms Dynasty, this time in an elimination match. At "Total Nonstop Deletion", Spud was defeated by Broken Matt Hardy's son King Maxel. The same night, he lost at the Tag Team Apocalypto after his partner, Swoggle, attacked him. On 5 January episode Impact Wrestling, Spud called out Swoggle, seeking revenge for his betrayal but lost an impromptu match. A frustrated and angry Spud then ostensibly quit TNA. On 12 January 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling, Spud returned as Aron Rex's manservant, who was now portraying a "Liberace"-esque character. On 19 January 2017 episode of Impact, Aron Rex and Spud defeated Robbie E and Swoggle. The partnership with Rex abruptly ended due to the company's new management and Rex no longer being contracted with Impact Wrestling.

Spud was made the new ring announcer for Impact Wrestling. On the Impact broadcast aired on 27 April, Spud was viciously attacked with a hammer by Swoggle, who accidentally has his pants ripped off by Spud earlier in the night. This led to a feud which culminated on 29 June 2017 edition of iMPACT in a Mumbai Street Fight, where Spud revealed during the match that he did intentionally have Swoggle's pants ripped off. He, however, then accidentally ripped the pants off the referee(who was the size of Swoggle), eventually leading to him losing to Swoggle. On 30 October 2017, it was reported that Spud was officially released two or three weeks earlier by Impact Wrestling. Curtin reportedly requested the release himself after Impact told him the promotion would reduce his salary.

On 3 September episode of Raw, Maverick accompanied the tag team AOP (Akam and Rezar) as their new manager, thus turning heel. On 5 November episode of Raw, Maverick led AOP to their first reign as Raw Tag Team Champions. At the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Maverick was in AOP's corner for their match against The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus), threatened by The Bar's associate, Big Show, Maverick wetted his pants, distracting The Bar long enough to allow AOP to score the victory. On 10 December episode of Raw, AOP lost their title to Bobby Roode and Chad Gable in a three-on-two handicap match, that also involved Maverick. He quietly ended his partnership with AOP when Akam suffered an injury. While acting as a heel on the main roster, Maverick remained acting as a face general manager on 205 Live. In a dark match before the 9 April episode of SmackDown, Maverick managed EC3. However, the owner of WWE, Vince McMahon was reported to have disliked the match and manager spots, so the partnership was not brought to television.

Following the introduction of the WWE 24/7 Championship, Maverick chased the current holder of the championship on Raw, SmackDown and 205 Live throughout the next few months, becoming more active as a wrestler. During his title pursuit, Maverick would create flyers of whoever the current champion was and handed them out to fans, backstage personnel, and superstars in various places. WWE management liked Maverick's ideas and, in regard, gave him a little push. On 29 May episode of SmackDown, Maverick and R-Truth interrupted the Shane McMahon Appreciation Night in an impromptu match for the title, which Maverick lost. On 18 June, Maverick (disguised as R-Truth's ally Carmella) surprised R-Truth in the parking lot of the arena, pinned him for the title and immediately drove off in the referee's car. This marked his first championship win in WWE. Maverick also became the second holder - after R-Truth - to hold the title for over one day. However, he lost the title to R-Truth during his wedding, two days later. During the following episode of Raw, Maverick had a rematch against R-Truth for the title, but he was quickly defeated. On 1 July episode of Raw, Maverick attacked R-Truth with a suitcase and pinned him in the backstage area, while the latter was fleeing from a mob of wrestlers to become a two-time 24/7 Champion. However, Maverick lost the title to Truth 14 days later when Truth pinned him on his hotel room bed during his honeymoon. Throughout the following weeks, he would win and lose the title four times. As part of the 2019 WWE Draft, Maverick was drafted to SmackDown brand, though he would still serve as general manager of 205 Live.

NXT and second main roster run (2020–2021) On 12 April 2020, Maverick was announced as a participant in the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Title Tournament, representing Group A in the tournament. On 15 April 2020, Maverick was originally released from his WWE contract as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, he was still expected to compete in the Interim Cruiserweight Title tournament. Maverick's release was put into his storyline for the tournament, as he continuously stated that he was not going to leave WWE without the Cruiserweight Championship. He would get into the finals against El Hijo del Fantasma, when he was defeated. After the match, Maverick was offered an NXT contract by Triple H which he signed immediately, re-hiring Maverick after he was originally supposed to only work the tournament.

Soon after, Maverick would form a tag team with Killian Dain. On 23 December episode of NXT, Maverick and Dain lost to NXT Tag Team Champions Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan in a Tag Team Street Fight match for the Tag Team titles. Following this, both Maverick and Dain entered the 2021 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and they defeated Curt Stallion and August Grey in the first round on 15 January episode of 205 Live. However, the duo were eliminated in the second round by MSK on 27 January episode of NXT. On the NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver pre-show, Maverick and Dain defeated Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) to earn a future NXT Tag Team Championship match. Maverick and Dain would receive their title opportunity on the following episode of NXT where they faced the reigning champions, MSK, in a losing effort. After the match Dain and Maverick were both attacked by Imperium. On 25 June, Dain was released from his WWE contract, thus disbanding the team. Maverick faced Ridge Holland on the premiere episode of NXT 2.0 on September 14 in a losing effort, marking his final appearance for the brand.

Maverick returned to the main roster after being drafted to the Raw brand as part of the 2021 Draft, and won the 24/7 Championship twice. He was once again released from WWE on 18 November.

Backstage roles (2022–present) In February 2022, it was reported that Curtin had once again been rehired by WWE, now working as a member of their creative team.

Other media In January 2011, Curtin appeared as his Rockstar Spud character on BBC Three's Snog Marry Avoid, where he was given a "makeunder". He also played a small part as a clown in a short film called Light the Lights.

Personal life On 8 September 2019 Curtin married American professional wrestler Renee Michelle.

Curtin is a supporter of Premier League football club Everton FC and the Nashville Predators ice hockey team.

Championships and accomplishments Anti-Watershed Wrestling AWW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom IPW:UK Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dragon Phoenix Extreme Measures Tournament (2005) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 100 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016 Revolution British Wrestling RBW British Welterweight Championship (1 time) Revolution Pro Wrestling RPW British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) Undisputed British Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dragon Phoenix River City Wrestling RCW Championship (1 time) SAS Wrestling SAS United Kingdom Championship (2 times) Southside Wrestling Entertainment SWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Tri-County Association Pro Wrestling TAP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) TNA World Cup (2015) – with Jeff Hardy, Gunner, Gail Kim, Davey Richards, and Crazzy Steve Global Impact Tournament (2015) – with Team International Wrestling Association of Rugby WAR Heavyweight Championship (1 time) WWE WWE 24/7 Championship (8 times) XWA Wrestling XWA Flyweight Championship (1 time) HCW Championship Wrestling HCW Rumblemania Winner (1 time) Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling XICW Midwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Gang Of 4 Promotions Go4 Championship (1 time)

Luchas de Apuestas record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesEthan Carter III (hair) Rockstar Spud (hair) London, England Impact Wrestling Aired