

Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Blue Wire
Chris Van Vliet is a 4-time Emmy Winning TV Host, YouTuber and Inc. 500 entrepreneur obsessed with reverse engineering the mindsets and habits of world class performers. Each episode features in depth conversations with top athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. If they are the best at what they do, CVV wants to get their insight and help you apply it to your own life.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 1h 10min
Jordynne Grace on creepy DMs, intergender wrestling, wedding plans, Impact Knockouts Championship
The current Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Baltimore, MD. She talks about beating Taya Valkyrie for the Knockouts Championship, why she decided to re-sign with Impact Wrestling, her honest thoughts about intergender wrestling, her plans for "420 friendly" wedding to Ring of Honor star Jonathan Gresham, the creepy DMs that she receives, how she came up with the nickname "Thick Mama Pump", her workout plan and much more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode! Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag for a new welcome bonus on your first deposit.
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May 28, 2020 • 1h 9min
Curt Hawkins compares WWE releases in 2014 & 2020, losing streak, Edge Heads, Zack Ryder
Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Queens, New York. He compares his recent release from WWE to the first time he was released in 2014, talks about what his plans are now, how he met and became friends with Zack Ryder, his infamous 269 match losing streak, breaking that streak by winning the tag team titles at WrestleMania 35, why he used to come to the ring holding a cane, what he learned from working behind the scenes as a WWE producer, his podcast "The Major Wrestling Figure Podcast" and much more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode! Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag for a new welcome bonus on your first deposit.
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May 23, 2020 • 1h 20min
Vampiro apologizes to Chris Jericho & Taya Valkyrie, talks about mental health struggles - LIVE Q&A
Vampiro joins Chris Van Vliet for a LIVE Q&A from his home in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He starts off by apologizing to Chris Jericho and explains his actions from our last interview, he also apologizes to Taya Valkyrie, he talks about being involved in ritual magic, his struggles with mental health, is asked about why he never joined WWE and much more!Thank you to Bespoke Post! Use the code BLUEWIRE for 20% off your first curated monthly box at http://boxofawesome.comAlso a big thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a welcome bonus on your first deposit.And we couldn't do this without BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 21, 2020 • 1h 51min
Bully Ray: The 2 women he'd wrestle, AEW is like ECW, why Vince said no to a singles run, Mae Young
Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in New York and they cover absolutely everything from his almost 30 year wrestling career. He talks about starting out in ECW with a character that wasn't set up for success, pitching the idea to Paul Heyman of teaming with D-Von to form the Dudley Boyz, being part of the first TLC match in WWE, what his favorite TLC match was, putting Mae Young through a table, leaving WWE and going to TNA as Team 3-D, breaking away from D-Von to have a singles career that led to him becoming the 2-time TNA World Champion, the idea he had for the finish of the Sting vs. Jeff Hardy match at Victory Road 2011, Eric Bischoff coming up with the idea for him to be the leader of the Aces and Eights, his thoughts on Moose as the TNA Champion, Tessa Blanchard as the Impact Wrestling World Champion, which one of them he'd rather have a match with, his future plans and much, much more!Thank you to Bespoke Post! Use the code BLUEWIRE for 20% off your first curated monthly box at http://boxofawesome.comAlso a big thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at https://www.betonline.ag/ to get a welcome bonus on your first deposit.And we couldn't do this without BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 15, 2020 • 1h 13min
Aiden English on WWE release, Rusev Day, marrying a Guerrero, Simon Gotch, his love of whiskey
Aiden English (Matt Rehwoldt) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Chicago, IL. He talks about being released from WWE, what's next for him, teaming up with Rusev Day, being partners with Simon Gotch as The Vaudevillains, his love of whiskey and his show "Wrestling with Whiskey", marrying Vickie and Eddie Guerrero's daughter Shaul Guerrero, doing commentary on 205 Live, his love of drama and much more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at https://www.betonline.ag/ to get a welcome bonus on your first deposit at http://BetOnline.ag to get a welcome bonus on your first deposit.Also a big thank you to BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 12, 2020 • 1h 9min
Hurricane Helms on beating The Rock, working as a WWE producer, 3 Count, the Vertebreaker
"The Hurricane" Shane Helms chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Joco, North Carolina. He talks about being released from his job as a WWE producer during the layoffs on April 15 and compares it to his release in 2010, making his debut in 1991 and next year being 30 years in the wrestling business, being in WCW and forming 3 Count with Moore and Evan Karagias, how Stone Cold and The Rock led to the creation of The Hurricane character in 2002, his sidekicks he had in Rosey, Molly Holly and Stacy Keibler, why he wanted to turn heel and become Gregory Shane Helms and much more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit at http://BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit.Also a big thank you to BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 8, 2020 • 1h 4min
Heath Slater on WWE release, Cody saying he's not interested, "I Got Kids" was an accident
Heath Slater joins Chris Van Vliet for this conversation from his backyard in Fort Mill, SC. He talks about being released from WWE, never getting an opportunity as a singles competitor, his thoughts on 3 Man Band members Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre winning the WWE Championship, how his catchphrase "I Got Kids" happened by accident, being genuinely surprised to wrestle Vader on RAW, his thoughts on Cody's comments that he's not interested in hiring him for AEW, what's next for him and more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at https://www.betonline.ag/ to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit at http://BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit.Also a big thank you to BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 6, 2020 • 1h 17min
Zack Ryder opens up about his WWE release, what's next, AEW, his biggest regrets, Chelsea Green
Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Orlando, FL. He opens up about being released by WWE on April 15, his thoughts on AEW, Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and New Japan, his fiancée Chelsea Green, the true story behind the Z! True Long Island Story, how it lead to the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast with Curt Hawkins aka Bryan Myers, his emotional Intercontinental Championship win at WrestleMania 32, meeting the Macho Man as a kid, 3 big regrets he has from his time in WWE and so much more.Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit at http://BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit.Also a big thank you to BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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May 1, 2020 • 53min
How Britt Baker met Adam Cole, her heel turn, Tony Schiavone, AEW Women's Title, being a real dentist
Dr. Britt Baker, DMD chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Orlando, FL. She talks about her recent heel turn and why she was excited to do it, her promos with Tony Schiavone, being the first woman signed to AEW, how she met her boyfriend Adam Cole on Bumble, appearing in the crowd at NXT War Games, her favorite AEW moments, wanting to win the AEW Women's Championship and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit at http://BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit. Also a big thank you to BlueChew! Visit http://bluechew.com and get your first order for FREE when you use the promo code BLUEWIRE. Just pay $5 shipping.
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Apr 28, 2020 • 51min
Mandy Rose pitched the Otis storyline to Vince, Dolph Ziggler, Tough Enough, Sonya Deville
Mandy Rose chats with Chris Van Vliet about her new app Fit With Mandy available on the App Store. She also talks about how she pitched the idea of the storyline with Otis to Vince McMahon, what her real life boyfriend thinks of it, the love triangle with Dolph Ziggler, her career path before she got into wrestling, why not winning Tough Enough was a good thing, her dream opponents and much more!Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonus on your first deposit.
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