Episodes
Nov. 3, 2020
Lilian Garcia returns to WWE with Chasing Glory, Advice from Vince McMahon, The Rock's "People's Strudel"
Lilian Garcia chats with Chris Van Vliet in the backyard of her home in Los Angeles, CA. She talks about returning to the WWE with her podcast "Chasing Glory" on the WWE Network, her favorite moments working as a ring announ…
Oct. 29, 2020
Chavo Guerrero on Chris Benoit's final text to him, Eddie's legacy, original plans for Kerwin White
Chavo Guerrero Jr. sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Orange County, CA. He talks about why he started his new podcast called "Suplexes and Cervezas", his current Hollywood job as a fight coordinator, the origin…
Oct. 27, 2020
Sadie Gibbs on being released from AEW because of Covid, Crossfit, mental health, Sasuke Special
Sadie Gibbs talks with Chris Van Vliet from London, England. She talks about how she was released from AEW because of Covid and how she was 5 days away from moving to Atlanta when international travel got locked down. She al…
Oct. 26, 2020
Luke Rockhold on his UFC return, injury update, Cagefighter movie, steer wrestling & modeling
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold chats with Chris Van Vliet from the car on his way back from training. He talks about his role in the movie Cagefighter with Jon Moxley, Chuck Liddell, Jay Reso (Christian) and …
Oct. 22, 2020
Matt Sydal apologizes for our last interview, AEW debut, slipping off the top rope, Evan Bourne
Matt Sydal chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Clearwater, FL. He apologizes for what happened during our last interview, talks about his AEW debut at All Out, what happened when he slipped off the top rope, how he c…
Oct. 20, 2020
Chris Hemsworth's stunt double Bobby Holland Hanton is Hollywood's busiest stunt performer
Bobby Holland Hanton is Hollywood's busiest stunt double! He has worked the last 12 films doubling for Chris Hemsworth including Thor, The Avengers, Men In Black and has also worked on Mission Impossible, The Dark Knight Ris…
Oct. 15, 2020
How Ariel Helwani became a UFC insider, why Brock Lesnar won't fight again, memorable interviews
Ariel Helwani joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in New York City. He talks about his passion for Mixed Martial Arts led to him creating his job as a UFC insider, who some of his most memorable interviews have been with, hi…
Oct. 13, 2020
Why Chris Jericho almost left wrestling in 2005, his favorite match, thoughts on MJF
Chris Jericho chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Tampa, FL. He talks about celebrating his 30th anniversary in wrestling, the match that has meant the most to him, how growing up with a famous father impacted him, h…
Oct. 8, 2020
Dominik Mysterio: Learning from his dad, WWE debut, paying tribute to Eddie Guerrero, kendo stick shots
Dominik Mysterio talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in San Diego, CA. He talks about his WWE debut against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam, continuing his family's legacy, doing a frog splash to pay tribute to Eddie Guerrer…
Oct. 5, 2020
Jazz on breaking barriers, never having an action figure, following Rock vs. Hogan at WM18
Jazz sits down with Chris Van Vliet live and in person at the Independent Wrestling Expo put on by Fighting Words Promotions in North Richland, TX. She talks about how she started her incredible career, how much Paul Heyman …
Oct. 1, 2020
Gangrel set himself on fire during The Brood entrance, Luna Vachon, Edge & Christian
Gangrel sits down with Chris Van Vliet for a conversation in person at the Independent Wrestling Expo put on by Fighting Words Promotions in North Richland Hills, Texas. He talks about the fangs he wears and how they used to…
Sept. 29, 2020
Miro: "I don't want to talk about Rusev", how he and Lana met, AEW debut, Bobby Lashley storyline
Miro talks to Chris Van Vliet from Jacksonville, FL. He talks about why he signed with AEW after being released from WWE, how he met his wife CJ Perry (Lana), what it means to be "The Best Man", learning to speak English fro…
Sept. 24, 2020
Daniel Puder on the Kurt Angle incident, winning Tough Enough, MMA career, starting his business
Daniel Puder talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in South Florida. He talks about his business "My Life My Power", winning WWE's $1,000,000 Tough Enough but not actually getting a million dollars, his incident with Kurt…
Sept. 22, 2020
David Arquette never wanted to win the WCW Championship, how he almost died in the ring, Scream
David Arquette talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Nashville, TN about his new documentary "You Cannot Kill David Arquette". He opens up about his indie wrestling career, getting redemption for himself, how he found …
Sept. 17, 2020
John Morrison on returning to WWE, Austin Aries no sell at Bound for Glory, The Miz, Taya Valkyrie
John Morrison sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Los Angeles, CA to talk about his new movie "Speed of Time". He also discusses his return to WWE after 8 years, his crazy ladder match at WrestleMania 36, his favor…
Sept. 15, 2020
Thunder Rosa on AEW/NWA talent share, face paint meaning, Lucha Underground, growing up in Mexico
Thunder Rosa chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in San Antonio, TX. She talks about how she was able to appear on AEW as the NWA Women's Champion, if we will see other NWA talent in AEW, her thoughts on her match with …
Sept. 14, 2020
Stipe Miocic on facing Brock Lesnar "It would be an early night for me", Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier
The baddest man on the planet, current UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Cleveland, OH. He talks about his trilogy with Daniel Cormier, what it was like winning the UFC Hea…
Sept. 10, 2020
Andrew Yang on WWE's "plain F-ing greed", Vince McMahon, favorite wrestling match, AEW
Former U.S. Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang speaks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in New York. He talks about WWE and Vince McMahon's "ridiculous classification of WWE wrestlers as independent contractors", what he th…
Sept. 8, 2020
Billie Kay on The IIconics breakup, solo careers, Peyton Royce, meeting The Rock
Jessica McKay (aka Billie Kay) chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Orlando, FL. She talks about The IIconics breaking up, growing up in Australia, her goals for a solo career, how she met Peyton Royce in high school,…
Sept. 3, 2020
Jake Roberts: Signing with AEW, getting bit by snakes, favorite promo of all time, DDP, Lance Archer
Jake "The Snake" Roberts sits down with Chris Van Vliet for a live interview at the Independent Wrestling Expo put on by Fighting Words Promotions in North Richland Hills, TX. He is the master of telling stories and in this …
Sept. 1, 2020
Matt Hardy's opinion on cinematic matches, his AEW debut, Broken Matt, Sammy Guevara chairshot
Matt Hardy chats with Chris Van Vliet from Jacksonville, FL. He talks about leaving WWE and deciding to sign with AEW, why he feels the Broken Matt Hardy character works better with a crowd, the vicious chairshot to the face…
Aug. 27, 2020
Jeff Cobb on his AEW apperances, WWE interest, NJPW matches, Lucha Underground
Jeff Cobb sits down with Chris Van Vliet for an in depth conversation. He talks about his two appearances on AEW, his match with Jon Moxley, wrestling in the Olympics, who would win in an amateur match between him and Kurt A…
Aug. 25, 2020
Erick Rowan on Brodie Lee in AEW, The Wyatt Family, WWE release, original plans for his cage
Erick Redbeard (Erick Rowan) sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Minneapolis, MN. He talks about his release from WWE, being part of the Wyatt Family, why he started wearing a sheep's mask, his thoughts on Brodie…
Aug. 20, 2020
Mike O'Hearn almost signed with WWE, steroid claims, falling off stage, American Gladiators
Mike O'Hearn talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Los Angeles, CA. He talks about how he almost signed with WWE in the 90s and the reason he said no at the last minute, his career as a bodybuilding and fitness icon, b…