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 return to now, the missed opportunities in WWE with him and Sanity, why he shaved his beard, his plans to face Eddie Edwards for the Impact Championship, how he became the host of "Off the Hook" on Animal Planet and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors! DEAL...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 107
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 stay in WWE, how they were released from WWE, being part of the Bone Yard match with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 36, their issues with Paul Heyman, their podcast Talk'N Shop, their Pay Per View called "Talk'N Shop A-Mania" and much more! Support the show by supporting our s...
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 106
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 controversial character Muhammad Hassan, the real life fear he caused people, his release and why it caused him to leave wrestling, the plans for him to beat Batista and become the WWE Champion at SummerSlam in 2005, his current job as a junior high principal, the graphic n...
Jul 23, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 105
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 role with NWA and the future of the company due to the pandemic, being invited to be part of a Nexus reunion at WrestleMania 36, what it would take for him to return to the ring, how Cody Rhodes created the Bad News Barrett character and much more! Subscribe now and support th...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 104
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 turn would look like for her, her iconic ring entrance, the comparisons to Bayley, working at Pro Wrestling Tees before she became a wrestler, training with Booker T and what she learned from him, her struggles with mental health and much more! Support the show by supporting...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 103
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 met her husband Shawn Spears, the conversation that she had with Shawn before he asked for his WWE release, her favorite match of his, who her dream match in WWE would be against, we learn a few Aussie slang words, get a surprise appearance from an angry Shawn Spears and muc...
Jul 09, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 102
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 asked me to be a guest. Please take a second to subscribe to their show wherever you are listening to this episode! We talk about how I got started in broadcasting which lead to becoming a YouTuber and podcaster, my favorite and least favorite interviews and they ask me a lot of...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 101
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 story of how she met her husband Nick Aldis, we find out why SoCal Val never became a wrestler, the celebrities that they have been mistaken for and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for their support with this episode! Use the code BLUEWIRE for a new welcome bonus on your first...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 100
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 birth to a hand, his fake retirement speech, the infamous salmon colored jacket he wore that night, why he didn't get a WWE Championship run after his match with John Cena, what made him want to retire for real, the racism he has experienced in his life and much more! Thank...
Jun 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 99
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 she came up with The Virtuosa nickname and what it means, debuting on Raw with her best friend Chelsea Green, why she decided to go back to school to study history and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for their support on this episode! Use the code BLUEWIRE for a new welcome bo...
Jun 25, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 98
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 conversation! We talk about some of my favorite interviews, how my YouTube channel started, my broadcasting background, the advice I received from The Rock and John Cena, what it was like being part of the first episode of AEW Dynamite and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for their s...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 97
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 convince The Undertaker to chokeslam him out of the ring. He gets to the bottom of that infamous story that Bubba Ray Dudley tells about him asking Vince McMahon for weed. Spike doesn't do a lot of interviews, so it was an honor to speak with him. I hope you enjoy this as mu...
Jun 18, 2020•56 min•Ep. 96
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 conversation for anyone who may not have heard it. Or perhaps there's a chance you had never heard of Karrion Kross before you saw him on NXT! In this chat, he was still known as Killer Kross and talked about the advantages of signing with AEW & NXT, the movies and books that inf...
Jun 16, 2020•44 min•Ep. 95
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 first wrestling memories, his love for cooking and his YouTube channel called Greg Hamilton's WWEats, his trademark introductions for Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles, the true story behind his "Best in the World" intro for Shane McMahon, memorizing the weights and hometowns...
Jun 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 94
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 Impact Wrestling, her honest thoughts about intergender wrestling, her plans for "420 friendly" wedding to Ring of Honor star Jonathan Gresham, the creepy DMs that she receives, how she came up with the nickname "Thick Mama Pump", her workout plan and much more! Thanks to Bet...
Jun 04, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 93
Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Queens, New York. He compares his recent release from WWE to the first time he was released in 2014, talks about what his plans are now, how he met and became friends with Zack Ryder, his infamous 269 match losing streak, breaking that streak by winning the tag team titles at WrestleMania 35, why he used to come to the ring holding a cane, what he learned from working behind the scenes as a WWE producer, his podcast "The Majo...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 92
Vampiro joins Chris Van Vliet for a LIVE Q&A from his home in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He starts off by apologizing to Chris Jericho and explains his actions from our last interview, he also apologizes to Taya Valkyrie, he talks about being involved in ritual magic, his struggles with mental health, is asked about why he never joined WWE and much more! Thank you to Bespoke Post! Use the code BLUEWIRE for 20% off your first curated monthly box at http://boxofawesome.com Also a big thanks to Bet ...
May 23, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 91
Bully Ray (Bubba Ray Dudley) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in New York and they cover absolutely everything from his almost 30 year wrestling career. He talks about starting out in ECW with a character that wasn't set up for success, pitching the idea to Paul Heyman of teaming with D-Von to form the Dudley Boyz, being part of the first TLC match in WWE, what his favorite TLC match was, putting Mae Young through a table, leaving WWE and going to TNA as Team 3-D, breaking away from D-Vo...
May 21, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 90
Aiden English (Matt Rehwoldt) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Chicago, IL. He talks about being released from WWE, what's next for him, teaming up with Rusev Day, being partners with Simon Gotch as The Vaudevillains, his love of whiskey and his show "Wrestling with Whiskey", marrying Vickie and Eddie Guerrero's daughter Shaul Guerrero, doing commentary on 205 Live, his love of drama and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at https://www....
May 15, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 89
"The Hurricane" Shane Helms chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Joco, North Carolina. He talks about being released from his job as a WWE producer during the layoffs on April 15 and compares it to his release in 2010, making his debut in 1991 and next year being 30 years in the wrestling business, being in WCW and forming 3 Count with Moore and Evan Karagias, how Stone Cold and The Rock led to the creation of The Hurricane character in 2002, his sidekicks he had in Rosey, Molly Holly and...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 88
Heath Slater joins Chris Van Vliet for this conversation from his backyard in Fort Mill, SC. He talks about being released from WWE, never getting an opportunity as a singles competitor, his thoughts on 3 Man Band members Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre winning the WWE Championship, how his catchphrase "I Got Kids" happened by accident, being genuinely surprised to wrestle Vader on RAW, his thoughts on Cody's comments that he's not interested in hiring him for AEW, what's next for him and more! T...
May 08, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 87
Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Orlando, FL. He opens up about being released by WWE on April 15, his thoughts on AEW, Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and New Japan, his fiancée Chelsea Green, the true story behind the Z! True Long Island Story, how it lead to the Major Wrestling Figure Podcast with Curt Hawkins aka Bryan Myers, his emotional Intercontinental Championship win at WrestleMania 32, meeting the Macho Man as a kid, 3 big regrets he has from his t...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 86
Dr. Britt Baker, DMD chats with Chris Van Vliet from her home in Orlando, FL. She talks about her recent heel turn and why she was excited to do it, her promos with Tony Schiavone, being the first woman signed to AEW, how she met her boyfriend Adam Cole on Bumble, appearing in the crowd at NXT War Games, her favorite AEW moments, wanting to win the AEW Women's Championship and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Welcome Bonu...
May 01, 2020•53 min•Ep. 85
Mandy Rose chats with Chris Van Vliet about her new app Fit With Mandy available on the App Store. She also talks about how she pitched the idea of the storyline with Otis to Vince McMahon, what her real life boyfriend thinks of it, the love triangle with Dolph Ziggler, her career path before she got into wrestling, why not winning Tough Enough was a good thing, her dream opponents and much more! Thanks to Bet Online for supporting this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a Wel...
Apr 28, 2020•52 min•Ep. 84
Simon Miller and Chris Van Vliet catch up for a second interview nine months after their first one. Simon talks about the deathmatch he was supposed to have with Sami Callihan, the possibility of wrestling Haku, how his wrestling career has grown and the goals he has in the ring, he also talks about growing his YouTube channel, his workout plan, how he has been staying busy during the quarantine, his thoughts on empty arena shows and much more! I'm so pumped to have Bespoke Post as a sponsor for...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 83
Zicky Dice joins Chris Van Vliet for a LIVE Q&A where he answers questions from you! Zicky talks about his band Heart to Heart, training with Seth Rollins, his Tough Enough Tryout, winning the NWA Television Championship, being OUTLANDISH and more! I'm so pumped to have Bespoke Post as a sponsor for this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at http://boxofawesome.com to get 20% of your first box. Also thanks to Bet Online! Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a 100% Welcome Bonus on your f...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 81
This interview with Lio Rush was obviously recorded before the news the he and several other WWE talent had been released. It's such a tough time in the world right now and my heart goes out to them. I feel that it's important to watch this interview because it shows a completely different side of Lio than we ever saw on TV. He's talented in so many ways and I can't wait to see what's next for him! During this interview he talks about getting signed by WWE, being in a tag team on the indies with...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 82
Will Ospreay chats with Chris Van Vliet in an interview that is on another level (see what we did there?) Will talks about the possibility of wrestling CM Punk at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, his Twitter feud with Seth Rollins, whether he would want to work for AEW, his thoughts on WWE, his girlfriend Bea Priestley, his NJPW contract and much more. I'm so pumped to have Bespoke Post as a sponsor for this episode. Use the code BLUEWIRE at http://boxofawesome.com to get 20% of your first box. Also...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 80
Former Ring of Honor Champion Matt Taven joins Chris Van Vliet for an interesting conversation. He talks about winning the Ring of Honor World Title at Madison Square Garden, his new haircut, being trained by Spike Dudley, his tag team partner Mike Kanellis, how his injury recovery is coming along, what he is doing to pass the time during the quarantine and much more! Thanks to Bet Online! Use the code BLUEWIRE at BetOnline.ag to get a 100% Welcome Bonus on your first deposit. Learn more about y...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 79
This is "The World's Most Dangerous Q&A" with Ken Shamrock hosted by Chris Van Vliet. All of these questions came from you during the live chat on YouTube.! Ken talks about his thoughts on Conor McGregor, Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey, who his dream WrestleMania opponent is, his fights with Tito Ortiz, signing with Impact Wrestling, Frank Shamrock and much more! Thanks to Bet Online! Use the code BLUEWIRE atBetOnline.ag to get a 100% welcome bonus on your first deposit. Learn more about your...
Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 78
