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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Adam Copeland: 25 Years Of Edge, Choosing AEW Over WWE, WrestleMania Moments, Christian Cage

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Adam Copeland (@ratedrcope) is a professional wrestler signed with AEW, he is also known for his 25-year career in WWE where he performed under the name "Edge". He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Asheville, NC to talk about being in the best shape of his life at age 50, why he designed Pure Plank with Christian Cage to help with core fitness, his decision to leave WWE for AEW, how he almost signed with AEW in 2019 instead of returning at the 2020 Royal Rumble, being forced to retire in 2011, how he met his wife Beth Phoenix, spearing Jeff Hardy off the ladder at WrestleMania 17, being on the receiving end of a leg drop off the cage from Matt Hardy at WWE Unforgiven 2005, his funny moments as a tag team with Christian, wanting to retire in a year and a half, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! RHONE: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight MUDWTR: Get 15% off with the code CVV15 at http://mudwtr.com/cvv PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests.  Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Chris Van Bleed!

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Yeah!

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Then bleed!

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It's inside with Chris Van Fleet.

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Oh, man, here we go. Episode number 600. Welcome back to another one here on

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Insight. I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet. Thank you for being with us. Thank you, as always, for making

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Insight one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet.

0:42.1

And if you're one of the thousands of people who just listen to the show but don't follow the show, please take a few seconds today to just hit follow on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or

0:48.5

wherever you're listening. If it is Spotify, drop a comment in that section where it says,

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what did you think of this episode?

0:55.1

It's always fun reading those.

0:57.4

Also, throw in a question for tomorrow's Ask CVV episode.

1:00.1

That's a great place to send in your questions along with that hashtag Ask CVV on social media.

1:06.7

Big one today.

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Not just because it's the milestone episode number 600, but Adam Copeland,

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Edge, whatever you want to call him, my fellow Canadian has been on my list of dream guests for a long,

1:22.2

long time, especially for two people who grew up just outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1:29.9

And you really couldn't ask for a nicer guy.

1:34.2

A few weeks ago, I posted a photo of my plane taking off.

1:38.0

I posted a photo outside, you know, the plane window.

1:41.4

And I said I was heading to Asheville, North Carolina to do a big

1:44.8

interview. I thought that was just like a little hint, but I was amazed by how many people

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