Trivia / Matt Taven

• Corpsing: He fails to suppress a laugh while listening to Scarlett Bordeaux introduce Solo Darling.
• Creator's Favorite: He was been the beneficiary of a slow, steady push from pretty much day one in Ring of Honor, when he won the 2013 Top Prospect Tournament and the ROH Television title in rapid succession. Over time, he's become the leader and long-term centerpiece of the Kingdom faction, had a constant stream of various title reigns, including a period where he was a champion in ROH and CMLL at the same time, successfully defended those titles against various opponents who were bigger stars than him, and starting in fall 2018, he got the latest iteration of the "I'm the real World Champion, I made my own belt to prove it" angle, which typically precedes winning the ROH World Championship for real—and actually winning the title at the G1 Supercard, joining Christopher Daniels as the only other ROH Grand Slam Champion in history. Despite all this, he's never really caught on with the fans, either as someone they Love to Hate or a cool heel, and while he doesn't have full-blown X-Pac Heat, the response to his entry into the main-event picture has been more apathetic than anything else.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: And speaking of that, Taven himself considers his ROH World Championship victory in the G1 Supercard as his favorite moment in his entire career.
• Real Song Theme Tune: Taven uses "Pretty Awesome Awkward" by The Used as his entrance theme in the independent circuit and CMLL.

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