Episode 11: Steve Maclin - Part 2

Cody Deaner sits down for Part 2 of his conversation with former IMPACT Wrestling World Champion Steve Maclin. This week, they take a deep dive into Maclin’s career at NXT, WWE, and IMPACT, and all the lessons he learned in that journey. Maclin discusses a variety of topics in his career including: Skills he learned on the road in the WWE Learning from Dusty Rhodes in promo class Seeing NXT blow up in popularity How generous and awesome New Day was with him in his WWE main roster debut Trying to get a job with IMPACT during the pandemic era in front of no fans Major praise for the IMPACT roster and backstage atmosphere Deaner taking his spot for the big tag match with Bully Ray vs. Eric Young and Scott D’Amore at this year’s Slammiversary Pressure he put on himself as the IMPACT World Champion This isn’t just a wrestling podcast… it’s a life podcast. Maclin drops a tonne of important life lessons in this conversation, including: Maintaining motivation instead of bitterness when others succeed How to be kind and generous and still be successful in a ruthless business Walking the line of deeply caring about your success, but also not trying too hard Getting advice from the right people Learning to slow down and take care of his body What brings him true joy in his life Relationship advice he’s learned through his marriage with Deonna Purrazzo Furthering his education outside of the wrestling business   Get a BONUS story from Maclin about being on deployment and emulating some of his favorite wrestlers with his fellow servicemen, as well as loads of other exclusive content by becoming a patron at http://patreon.com/codydeaner   Advertise on this podcast by visiting http://codydeaner.com/podcast and filling in the form or emailing [email protected] Support this podcast by buying a t-shirt at http://prowrestlingtees.com/codydeaner  by getting a personal Cameo at http://cameo.com/codydeaner Let Cody share his love of independent wrestling with you at your wrestling event by booking him on your wrestling show at http://codydeaner.com/bookings1  Book Cody to speak at your school, youth event, or business at http://www.chrisgrayspeaks.com/bookings *** This episode is brought to you by “River” – custom velvet championship belt bags. Go to http://instagram.com/codydeaner to view pics of bags and order directly through IG private message