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

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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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 Sponsors: PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BABBEL: Learn a new language and get 50% off your lifetime Babbel subscription at http://babbel.com/cvv MAGIC SPOON: Get $5 off with the code CVV at http://magicspoon.com/cvv RHONE: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV 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 MYBOOKIE: Bet on WWE! Get a 50% welcome bonus when you use the code CVV and sign up at http://mybookie.ag BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com BONCHARGE: Go to http://boncharge.com/CVV and use coupon code CVV to save 15% on your BONCHARGE Infrared Sauna Blanket! 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 Bleas!
0:04.0	Yeah
0:06.0	Well, here we go.
0:21.5	Welcome back to another one here on Inside.
0:24.0	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:26.1	Hope you're doing well.
0:27.7	I know there's a lot of wrestling podcasts out there.
0:30.8	But thank you for being with us on this one.
0:33.5	Thank you for choosing us.
0:34.4	And thank you for making Insight, one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet. I appreciate you for choosing us. And thank you for making insight, one of the top wrestling podcasts
0:38.6	on the planet. I appreciate you for following the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever
0:44.7	you're listening. And if you haven't done that yet, please, if it's not too much to ask,
0:50.6	could you just hit that follow button so you don't miss out on anything that we have coming up?
0:55.5	And you know, WrestleMania is just around the corner here.
0:58.2	So we got a lot of big ones lined up for that week.
1:02.8	Excited about this one today.
1:04.0	We've got A.J. Francis with us.
1:06.1	You know him as Top Dala from WWE.
1:08.5	And I don't think people realize just how big AJ is. I feel like this often
1:14.4	happens with wrestlers because, you know, you see him in the ring next to other very large
1:19.2	humans. Then you meet them and you're like, oh, oh, yeah, that's a big dude. A.J. Francis is 6.5,
1:27.1	330 pounds. And you probably heard that he played in the NFL. That seems to be a thing. Like when someone played a professional sport, you're like, oh, yeah, they were a basketball player. They were a football player. They were a volleyball player, whatever it happens to be. He had like a real NFL career. Listen to this. He was signed with the dolphins,
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