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Chris Van Vliet is a 4-time Emmy Winning TV Host, YouTuber and Inc. 500 entrepreneur obsessed with reverse engineering the mindsets and habits of world class performers. Each episode features in depth conversations with top athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. If they are the best at what they do, CVV wants to get their insight and help you apply it to your own life.

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Chris Van Vliet is a 4-time Emmy Winning TV Host, YouTuber and Inc. 500 entrepreneur obsessed with reverse engineering the mindsets and habits of world class performers. Each episode features in depth conversations with top athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs and thought leaders. If they are the best at what they do, CVV wants to get their insight and help you apply it to your own life.

    Maven On His Viral YouTube Channel, Biggest Mistake He Made in WWE, Advice From The Rock

    Maven On His Viral YouTube Channel, Biggest Mistake He Made in WWE, Advice From The Rock

    Maven Huffman (@mavenhuffman) is a professional wrestler and YouTuber. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in NYC to talk about the impact his YouTube channel has had on wrestling, other similar YouTube channels that have popped up since he starting having success, how he comes up with his video ideas, the mistakes he made while in WWE, the advice he got from The Rock before WrestleMania 18, what he's learned from John Cena, whether or not he wants to return to WWE as a commentator or manager and much more.

    Subscribe to Maven's YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@mavenkhuffman

    Quote I'm thinking about: "It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others succeed." - Napoleon Hill

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    • 49 min
    Mike Santana on Leaving AEW, Splitting Up With Ortiz, Turning Down WWE

    Mike Santana on Leaving AEW, Splitting Up With Ortiz, Turning Down WWE

    Mike Santana is a professional wrestler known for his time in AEW and TNA Wrestling. He was one half of the tag team Proud N Powerful with Ortiz in AEW. Mike sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about his decision to ask for his release from AEW, what led to him and Ortiz splitting up, turning down WWE to sign with AEW in 2019, never winning the AEW tag team titles with Proud N Powerful, joining LAX in TNA, going to rehab and being sober for over a year, working with Chris Jericho in The Inner Circle, his future plans as a singles wrestler and much more!

    Quote I'm thinking about: "People pray for the cake. Then the universe gives them the batter, oil, icing, a pan, an oven and they get frustrated and leave the kitchen. Let that sink in. Sometimes you have everything right in front of you, but how bad do you want it?"

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    • 1 hr 4 min
    AskCVV #23 - Is The PG Era Officially Over?, The Rock's Promos, Okada In AEW, Raw On Netflix

    AskCVV #23 - Is The PG Era Officially Over?, The Rock's Promos, Okada In AEW, Raw On Netflix

    Welcome back to another #AskCVV episode and we're just 2 weeks away from WrestleMania 40! On this one Chris answers questions about the end of the PG Era in WWE, the impact that The Rock has had since he returned, the buildup for Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 in Philly, Okada winning the AEW Continental Championship on Dynamite, SummerSlam in Cleveland, my favorite Championship belt design and so much more. If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

    Quote I'm thinking about: “The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.” - Norman Vincent Peale

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    • 58 min
    Cody Crybabies, Hollywood Rock, Tribalism & What This Era Should Be Called w/ Sam Roberts

    Cody Crybabies, Hollywood Rock, Tribalism & What This Era Should Be Called w/ Sam Roberts

    Sam Roberts (@notsam) is a broadcaster, podcast host and WWE personality. Chris Van Vliet sits down with him at the NotSam Studios in New York City to talk about how wrestling has entered a new era and what it should be called, the exact moment this era began, how The Rock's return has changed the landscape of WWE, how social media promos play a factor in TV storylines, Cody Crybabies, our predictions for WrestleMania 40, the best and worst WrestleMania of all time, his favorite movie starring a wrestler, dissecting The Fast & Furious franchise and much more!

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    • 1 hr 25 min
    AJ Francis (fka Top Dolla): What Went Wrong With His WWE Career, Signing With TNA, Hit Row

    AJ Francis (fka Top Dolla): What Went Wrong With His WWE Career, Signing With TNA, Hit Row

    AJ Francis (@ajfrancis410) is a professional wrestler signed to TNA and is best known as Top Dolla in WWE. He is also a musician and a retired NFL player. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood to talk about how his NFL career lead him to signing with WWE, training with D-Von Dudley, being part of Hit Row in WWE, his wrestling persona being inspired by Suge Knight, partying with Tom Brady when he played for the New England Patriots, signing with TNA and making his debut at Hard To Kill, his music career and much more!

    Quote I'm thinking about: “You are not your past. You are bigger than your past and you are better than your past. Let it be part of who you’ve become, but don’t you dare let it define you.” — Lexi Ryan

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    • 1 hr 17 min
    AskCVV #22 - Will Cody Win At WM?, Mercedes is All Elite, Ads In The WWE Ring, Raw Moving To Another Day

    AskCVV #22 - Will Cody Win At WM?, Mercedes is All Elite, Ads In The WWE Ring, Raw Moving To Another Day

    Welcome back to another #AskCVV episode with just 3 weeks to go until WrestleMania 40! On this one Chris answers questions about what he thinks is going to happen in the match between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns, Maxxine Dupri's real life being brought into storylines, why people Triple H's career is so underrated, why Raw might move to a different day on Netflix, Sami Zayn beating Chad Gable for the chance to face Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship, SummerSlam in Cleveland and much more. If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

    Quote I'm thinking about:
    "When people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small, but barely anyone in the present really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small."

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    For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com

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    • 1 hr 3 min

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THANK YOU!

Hey Chris, thanks for actually listening to your guests when they talk. It sounds like such a small thing, but it's shocking how many other interviewers don't do this. That's why you always get such great stuff.

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Grateful for you CVV

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Incredible

My fav podcast! Chris knows how to dive deep

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