James Curtin

James Michael Curtin is an English former professional wrestler He currently works for WWE as a writer on Raw During his time as an on screen performer in the company he worked under the ring name Drake Maverick He has also worked for Impact Wrestling formerly Total Nonstop Action Wresting under the ring name Rockstar Spud During his first decade Curtin worked in the British independent circuit winning several championships in promotions like International Pro Wrestling United Kingdom IPWUK One Pro Wrestling 1PW Revolution Pro Wrestling RPW and XWA Wrestling In 2012 he appeared in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA later Impact Wrestling program British Boot Camp winning the competition and being signed to a contract with the promotion In TNAImpact he was a twotime X Division Champion Curtin left Impact in October 2017 and signed a contract with WWE that same month He would be named as the onscreen General Manager of 205 Live the brand created by WWE for their cruiserweight division 205 lbs and under and served for a brief time as the manager of AOP on Raw In 2019 he became more active as an inring competitor becoming a eighttime 247 Champion He was released from the company in April 2020 due to budget cuts resulting from the COVID19 pandemic Following his release WWE still had Curtin compete in the multimonth Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament After losing the finals he was given a new WWE contract and joined the NXT brand