Lil Yachty (@lilyachty) is a Grammy-nominated rapper who has been making appearances in WWE since March 2026. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Atlanta, GA to discuss his WWE debut against Baron Corbin at Sunday Night's Main Event, how much he hurt after the match, his real life friendship with Trick Williams, if he wants to wrestle more matches, being a massive CM Punk fan growing up, being referenced by Eminem in a song, Michael Cole being a fan of his music, and more!
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Sunday Night's Main Event
06:21 Wrestling Baron Corbin
08:45 Getting involved with WWE/being a WWE fan
16:13 Friendship with Trick Williams
19:22 Winning over wrestling fans/training & recording
24:29 Chokeslammed thru a table
26:15 First bump of his WWE tenure/getting healthy
29:36 Picking his wrestling attire
32:16 Doing the People's Elbow
34:20 CM Punk was his favorite wrestler
37:34 Similarities between music & wrestling
39:39 Jim Johnston & favorite wrestling themes
46:02 The hardest entrance of all time
47:47 The internet wrestling community
49:27 Chelsea Green, Raquel Rodriguez, & Judgment Day
52:27 Gingerbread Man
57:43 Being on a WWE contract/Trick Williams vs Lil Yachty
59:08 Kendo Stick
01:03:17 WM42 entrance with Trick Williams
01:05:53 Promo ability/things he'd do different at SNME
01:09:18 Losing money by wrestling with WWE
01:11:13 Throwing REAL money into the crowd
01:12:23 Pre-show ritual
01:13:23 Song that changed his career
01:17:48 Winning over the WWE crowd
01:20:48 Being grateful
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