Episodes

Sept. 1, 2020

Matt Hardy's opinion on cinematic matches, his AEW debut, Broken Matt…

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 ...

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Aug. 27, 2020

Jeff Cobb on his AEW apperances, WWE interest, NJPW matches, Lucha Un…

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 An...

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Aug. 25, 2020

Erick Rowan on Brodie Lee in AEW, The Wyatt Family, WWE release, orig…

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 ...

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Aug. 20, 2020

Mike O'Hearn almost signed with WWE, steroid claims, falling off stag…

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, be...

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Aug. 18, 2020

Tama Tonga on his heat with Enzo, AEW, what Haku is really like, sing…

Tama Tonga chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Tampa, FL. He explains what happened with Enzo Amore and Big Cass at the G1 Summit at Madison Square Garden, he talks about why he is more upset with Ring of Honor than a...

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Aug. 13, 2020

Vitor Belfort: How to have the Mindset of a Champion

UFC Legend Vitor Belfort chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Miami, FL. He discusses his appearance on AEW with Mike Tyson, what it has been like training with Tyson, his pick for Tyson's match against Roy Jones Jr, h...

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Aug. 11, 2020

Chris Sabin: Motor City Machine Guns reunion, AJ Styles "didn't like …

Chris Sabin sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home just outside of Detroit, MI. He talks about the Motor City Machine Guns getting back together at Slammiversary, what it took to get Alex Shelley to agree to return to I...

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Aug. 6, 2020

Mikey Rukus: The man behind AEW's entrance themes and music

AEW Music Producer Mikey Rukus sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his studio in Richmond, VA. He talks about how he landed his job creating the music for All Elite Wrestling, what the process looks like from start to finish ...

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Aug. 4, 2020

Rob Terry on his WWE & TNA career, natural bodybuilding, Generation I…

Former WWE & TNA superstar Rob Terry chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Clearwater, FL. He talks about growing up as a fan of both bodybuilding and pro wrestling, how he got discovered by WWE, the rumor that there we...

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July 30, 2020

Eric Young on returning to Impact, WWE is a "broken system", Sanity, …

Eric Young talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Nashville, TN. He talks about why he wasn't surprised when WWE released him, what made him want to leave Impact Wrestling in 2016, why it was the right place for him to r...

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July 28, 2020

Gallows & Anderson on Paul Heyman, AJ Styles, Impact Wrestling debut,…

Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson chat with Chris Van Vliet after making their Impact Wrestling debut at Slammiversary. They talk about why they decided to sign with Impact, the role that AJ Styles played in convincing them to st...

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July 23, 2020

Why Muhammad Hassan left wrestling, plans to be WWE Champ, his job as…

Muhammad Hassan (Marc Copani) talks to Chris Van Vliet from his home in Syracuse, NY. This is a very special interview because Marc has rarely done any interviews since he left wrestling in 2005. He talks about being the very...

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July 21, 2020

Stu Bennett on Bad News Barrett, NWA's future, his movie career, a wr…

Stu Bennett (Wade Barrett) talks to Chris Van Vliet from his home in Los Angeles, CA. He talks about his new movie "I am Vengeance: Retaliation" which is available now on Video on Demand, he discusses his color commentator ro...

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July 16, 2020

Kylie Rae on taking a break after leaving AEW, signing with Impact, c…

Smiley Kylie Rae chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Chicago, IL. She talks about signing a long-term deal with Impact Wrestling, leaving AEW and taking a break from wrestling, her match at Slammiversary, what a heel ...

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July 9, 2020

Peyton Royce on Billie Kay, how she met her husband Shawn Spears, dre…

Peyton Royce chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Orlando, FL. She talks about her new YouTube channel called Cassie Vs, being friends with Billie Kay since high school, who her favorite wrestler was as a kid, how she ...

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July 7, 2020

Former WWE Superstar Darren Young Interviews Me! The Pro And Bro Wres…

I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Pro and Bro Wrestling Podcast hosted by former WWE Superstar Darren Young (Fred Rosser) and Arnold Telagaarta. They do such a great job on their show and I was honored that they aske...

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July 2, 2020

Mickie James & SoCal Val: Injury Update for Mickie, GAW TV, Nick Aldi…

Mickie James and SoCal Val chat with Chris Van Vliet about their new YouTube channel "GAW TV" and their thoughts on the Speaking Out movement. Mickie James also talks about her ACL injury and her recovery from it, the real st...

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June 30, 2020

Mark Henry on his fake retirement, Mae Young giving birth to a hand, …

Mark Henry chats with Chris Van Vliet from Austin, TX about his legendary Hall of Fame WWE career that started with him as an Olympic powerlifter. He talks about his Sexual Chocolate character, dating Mae Young and her giving...

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June 25, 2020

Deonna Purrazzo on her Impact debut, WWE release, issues in NXT, The …

Deonna Purrazzo chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Orlando, FL. She talks about making her debut for Impact Wrestling and taking out Jordynne Grace, being released from WWE, her frustrations with WWE creative, how sh...

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June 23, 2020

Chris Van Vliet is interviewed by WrestleTalk's Louis Dangoor

This episode features an interview where I was the guest for WrestleTalk's Louis Dangoor from the YouTube channel "WrestleTalk Interviews". A big thank you to Louis for doing his research and making this a really fun conversa...

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June 18, 2020

Spike Dudley on asking Vince for weed, taking insane bumps, ECW, Mark…

Spike Dudley chats with Chris Van Vliet about his legendary career in ECW, WWE and TNA. He talks about how he originally went to wrestling school to be a referee, he also discusses the crazy bumps he took including having to ...

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June 16, 2020

Karrion Kross on NXT & AEW, his intensity, Scarlett Bordeaux, film in…

Karrion Kross sits down with Chris Van Vliet at Starrcast III in Chicago, IL. This interview was originally uploaded on September 20, 2019 but with his recent debut in NXT it seemed like a great time to revisit this conversat...

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June 11, 2020

Greg Hamilton on ring announcing, Shane's "Best in the World" intro, …

WWE Smackdown Live ring announcer Greg Hamilton sits down with Chris Van Vliet in his loft in downtown Cincinnati. He talks about working as a cruise director and Universal Orlando host before getting an audition for WWE, his...

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June 4, 2020

Jordynne Grace on creepy DMs, intergender wrestling, wedding plans, I…

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 I...

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