Episodes

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 here: http://bwhustle.com/join If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leavi...

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 all time, what it's like working with Bully Ray, Mark Henry and Tommy Dreamer and much more! Submit ...

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 backlash he received for his match with Jordynne Grace and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle ...

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: http://bwhustle.com/join Support the show by supporting our sponsors: INDEED- Try it today with a...

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 Bottom, the infamous supermarket brawl with Stone Cold Steve Austin, his podcast with Brad Gilmore called...

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 tells the hilarious story about how he started doing his trademark headshake, his feeling after para...

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 Dynamite would be a 2-hour show, how wins and losses will matter in AEW, whether or not they will hav...

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 against each other, how much Dynamite's ratings mean to them, the biggest criticism that they face an...

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 of The Godfather's hos, winning the WWE Women's Championship, asking for her release from WWE and th...

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, how he was able to keep the EC3 name when he went to WWE, working as a server at The Cheesecake Fac...

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 Bruce Prichard and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: INDEED- Try it today w...

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 GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/27isxyrtc0 Support the show by supporting our sponsors: IN...

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 Midwest All Pro Wrestling and more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: BOSLEY- Losing you...

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 available on the WWE Network and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: BOSLEY- Losi...

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 get Stone Cold Steve Austin to sign on, the fact that they have paid more than $5 million in royalties...

Ricky Starks chats with Chris Van Vliet from Jacksonville, FL. He talks about making his AEW debut in the TNT Championship Open Challenge against Cody Rhodes, getting signed by AEW immediately after that match, being compared to The Rock with both his promos and his look, working for NWA and winning the NWA Television Title, the power of manifestation and visualization, what he feels he needs to take his career to the next level and more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: BOSLEY- Ge...

Nolan Gould is best known for playing Luke Dunphy on Modern Family. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet for this conversation from his home in Los Angeles, CA and Modern Family coming to an end earlier this year after 11 seasons, a huge part of his life has also come to an end. In fact, Nolan has spent more than half of his life on that TV show and he grew up before America's eyes each week. We talk about what's next for him in his career, how he got started in acting because of his older brother,...

JTG sits down with Chris Van Vliet for an in-person interview in Los Angeles, CA. He talks about the meaning behind his name 'JTG', the amazing path he took to become a pro wrestler, how he got discovered by WWE, the first time he met his tag team partner Shad Gaspard, how Cryme Tyme was formed, the recent post he made about challenging for the AEW TNT Championship, his reaction when he found out Shad was missing, why he feels that Shad should receive WWE's Warrior Award and much more! Support ...

Alex Hammerstone chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Glendale, AZ. The current MLW Openweight Champion talks about the MLW Restart, the creative freedom that he has been given in MLW, his incredible path to becoming a pro wrestling, the bands that he played with before training to be a wrestler, his bodybuilding and diet regiment, his reaction to fan's comments about steroids use, his 3 tryouts with WWE and how close he was to getting hired, his favorite matches of his career and more! ...

Donovan McNabb played 13 years in the NFL and was the first NFL quarterback ever to throw for more than 30 touchdowns and fewer than 10 interceptions in a season. He's best known for his time with the Philadelphia Eagles where he was a 6-time Pro Bowler, but he also played for the Washington Redskins and the Minnesota Vikings. We talk about how he started to make the transition to life after football after just a few seasons in the league. He's 43 years old now and we talk about the other quarte...

Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows and Rocky Romero from the Talk'n Shop Podcast stop by The CVV Show. They talk about the second worst Pay Per View ever Talknshopamania, how Impact Wrestling has supported their outside business ventures, their sucess as entrepreneurs since being released from WWE in April, their dream picks for the next pay per view and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: BOSLEY - Get a free info kit and a $250 off gift card by texting CVV to 203-203 https://www.b...

AEW star Lance Archer talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Austin, TX. He talks about what made him want to sign with AEW, the opponents he is looking forward to facing, what his time in WWE as "Vance Archer" were like, the meaning behind the phrase "Everybody Dies", how he came up with the Murderhawk Monster nickname, his favorite matches from NJPW and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors: BOSLEY - Get a free info kit and a $250 off gift card by texting CVV to 203-203...

Taya Valkyrie sits down with Chris Van Vliet in person at her home in Los Angeles, CA. She talks about how she met her husband John Morrison, starting her career as a fitness competitor, getting a WWE tryout before she had ever trained, attending Lance Storm's wrestling school and what she learned from him, moving to Mexico for 3 weeks which ended up turning into 5 years, signing with Lucha Underground, how Karen Jarrett got her hired at Impact Wrestling, being the longest reigning Knockouts Cha...

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 announcer, the "People's Strudel" interview with The Rock, why she left WWE in 2009 and why she came back in 2011, advice she received from Vince McMahon, working as the ring announcer for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and much more! Support the show by supporting our spo...