Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Paige VanZant talks to Chris Van Vliet from her home in Coconut Creek, Florida ahead of her Bareknuckle FC debut against Britain Hart at KnuckleMania. She talks about her first memories of fighting and why she was drawn to it, being trained by Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, getting signed to UFC at 19 years old, why she felt that Bareknuckle FC was the best choice for her to go after UFC, how differe...

TJ Wilson (aka Tyson Kidd) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Florida. He talks about his job working as a producer for WWE, the career ending neck injury he suffered, what it was like growing up with the legendary Hart family, being stretched in The Dungeon by Stu Hart, training with Bret Hart, how he met his wife Nattie Neidhart, his memories of watching Over The Edge in 1999 when Owen...

Freddie Prinze Jr. talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Los Angeles, CA. He talks about his time working for WWE, his career-defining roles in "She's All That", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Scooby-Doo" and "Summer Catch", why he left acting to be the best father that he could be, growing up with a legendary father, stories about training with Chuck Norris and Muhammad Ali, his wife S...

Chris Kirkpatrick from NSYNC chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Nashville, TN. He talks about how he formed NSYNC and found the other 4 members of the band, how they got discovered, going to college with Howie Dorough from the Backstreet Boys, being invited to audition for BSB, his first impressions when he met Justin Timberlake, how he felt being dissed by Eminem in the song "Without Me"...

Impact Wrestling star ODB (Jessica Kresa) talks with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Florida. She talks about why she is making a return home to Impact Wrestling, starting her food truck called "ODB's Meat and Greet", audition for the first season of WWE's Tough Enough, making her AEW debut at Dynamite, working with Eric Young, what's next for her and more! Support the show by supporting our spon...

Jonathan Coachman aka "The Coach" talks to Chris Van Vliet from his home studio in California. He talks about his current job with The Golf Channel, how being in the crowd at Over the Edge in 1999 when Owen Hart died lead to his job with WWE, his introduction on TV with The Rock, his relationship with Vince McMahon, and the best advice he ever gave him, going to jail after a prank that was pulled...

Grant Cardone chats with Chris Van Vliet from Miami, FL about his new show "Undercover Billionaire" on Discovery Channel where he has 90 days to turn $100 into a $1,000,000 business. He also talks about how anyone can become a millionaire, how he built his empire and his brand, why he doesn't want to send his kids to college, why he hates "The Wolf of Wall Street" Jordan Belfort, the common traits...

Renee Paquette (Renee Young) chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Las Vegas, NV. She talks about why she decided to leave WWE, how she met her husband Jon Moxley, her pregnancy, what kind of dad Jon will be, her thoughts on the possibility of working for AEW, how she hustled to get her first TV job, wanting to be an actor as a teenager, growing up in Canada, almost working for ESPN before g...

Don Callis chats with Chris Van Vliet from Jacksonville, FL. He talks about the relationship that AEW and Impact Wrestling currently have, what he and Kenny Omega have in store, the comparisons between him and Paul Heyman, his thoughts on Tony Khan, what other surprises we might see, his time as Cyrus The Virus in ECW and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.co...

Michael Yo joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Los Angeles, CA. They talk about how they met each other working as entertainment reporters and interviewing celebrities, how Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy helped him get his start in comedy, meeting Joe Rogan 21 years ago as a contestant on Fear Factor, how he has remained friends with Joe ever since and what he is really like, his spot on America's...

Sam Adonis joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Pittsburgh, PA. He talks about being signed to a WWE contract at 20 years old, his older brother Corey Graves, living and wrestling in England, Japan, and Mexico, the heel gimmick in Mexico that almost got him murdered, how he has been working as an Amazon delivery driver since Covid started and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application h...

Dave LaGreca, the host of Busted Open on SiriusXM joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. He tells his fascinating story of how he got into broadcasting, getting his job at SiriusXM, how he was able to convince them to do Busted Open, growing the show from one-hour a week to 3-hours a day and 6 days a week, his opinion on wrestling shows with no crowd, his favorite match of a...

One of the fastest rising stars in Impact Wrestling, Rohit Raju sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Saginaw, Michigan. He talks about what it meant winning the X Division Championship, his favorite wrestlers growing up, his job working at a gaming store before being a full-time wrestler, what his goals are for 2021, his uncanny impressions of Macho Man Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan, the...

What a year 2020 has been! In this special episode we take a look back at the absolute best moments of the last 12 months. From getting chopped 20 times by Shawn Spears, Tyler Breeze and their students to sharing conversations with the likes of Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang, David Benoit and Kurt Angle, it's been an absolutely unforgettable year. Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here:...

Booker T sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Booker T talks about what he was like as a kid, the lessons he learned from going to prison, how getting into wrestling changed his life, getting hired by WCW, how he was able to get himself over in WWE when Vince McMahon bought WCW, how he came up with the Book End before The Rock came up with The Rock Botto...

D'Lo Brown joins Chris Van Vliet for this conversation in Dania Beach, FL. This interview was originally posted to YouTube on May 21, 2020, but this is the first time it has been made available on the podcast! We are taking a few days off for the holidays, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at this interview  with one of the most recognizable faces from the Attitude Era. D'Lo...

Cody Rhodes sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Miami, FL in this interview that was recorded on May 22, 2019, just three days before AEW's inaugural event, Double or Nothing. We are taking a few days off for the holidays, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at this interview which released on YouTube only. Cody talks about a lot of topics for the first time like the fact that D...

Matt and Nick Jackson, The Young Bucks, talk with Chris Van Vliet from their homes in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. They talk about their new bestselling book called "Killing the Business: From Backyards to Big Leagues", how they wrote the book on their iPhones, what the biggest surprise has been for them since AEW started, who they think is the best tag team of all time, if they ever have plans to feud a...

Lisa Marie Varon (fka Victoria in WWE and Tara in TNA) sits down with Chris Van Vliet for an in-person interview in Los Angeles, CA. She talks about growing up in California and being a cheerleader and fitness competitor, becoming roommates with Torrie Wilson , how a chance meeting with Chyna at a gym lead her to tryout for WWE, going to UPW wrestling school with John Cena, debuting on WWE as one...

EC3 talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Orlando, FL. He says he recently tested positive for COVID and details what the recovery process has been like, he also talks about working for both Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling since being released from WWE in April, he discusses the films that inspired "The Narrative" video, who came up with the Ethan Carter III character in Impact Wrestling,...

Conrad Thompson talks with Chris Van Vliet from the adfreeshows.com studios in Huntsville, AL. He discusses his job as a mortgage banker, where his entrepreneurial tendencies came from, how he started as a podcaster, what it's like having Ric Flair as a father-in-law, some of the interesting items in his sports memorabilia collection, his advice for aspiring podcasters, what it's like working with...

James Ellsworth sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Baltimore, Maryland. He talks about his independent wrestling career, how he was discovered by WWE, working with Braun Strowman, what Vince McMahon saw in him that got him signed, beating AJ Styles, being in a stoyline with Carmella, getting engaged to his fiancee at Disney World, what's next for him and more! Donate to Gillberg's GoF...

Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He talks about how he created the Eugene character with Rip Rogers, why Eugene was so popular, did he think it was controversial or inspirational, his interactions with The Rock, Kurt Angle, Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon, and others, his time in rehab, being a trainer for NXT, his wrestling promotion called M...

Sam Roberts talks with Chris Van Vliet from his studio in New York City. He talks about how his career started by writing letters to various radio stations, landing an internship with Opie & Anthony which lead to his first on-air job, where his love of wrestling began, his favorite interview moment, what he thinks is the worst wrestling storyline, how he got his job with WWE, his podcast being ava...

The owner of Pro Wrestling Tees, Ryan Barkan chats with Chris Van Vliet from the Pro Wrestling Tees store in Chicago, IL. He talks about how the company was founded as One Hour Tees, how Colt Cabana walking into the store sparked Pro Wrestling Tees, the partnership they have with AEW and ShopAEW, the website they set up that now helps more than 1500 wrestler sell their merch, how he was able to ge...