Anthony Ogogo On AEW, Cody Rhodes, His WWE Tryout, Winning Olympic Bronze

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Anthony Ogogo (@anthonyogogo) is a professional wrestling and former boxer signed to All Elite Wrestling. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about how he got discovered by AEW and signed as their first developmental talent, working with Cody Rhodes, his path to the 2012 Olympic Games in London and winning bronze as a middleweight boxer, the eye injury that ended his boxing career and forced him to retire at age 30, his thoughts about living in the United States and much more. 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	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleley.
0:08.2	Uh-huh.
0:09.5	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:13.2	I'm CBB, Chris Van Fleet.
0:14.8	Thank you so much for being with us.
0:16.2	And seriously, thank you so much for all the recent ratings and reviews you've left on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
0:23.4	I can't express how much they help this show to grow.
0:27.8	So if you have 30 seconds today to leave a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts,
0:34.0	I would be eternally grateful for that.
0:37.7	You know, pro wrestling has a long history of athletes who competed in the Olympics
0:41.6	before signing with WW or AEW.
0:45.0	Kurt Engels obviously the first name that comes to your mind,
0:47.4	but Bad News Brown, Chad Gable, Carl Gotch, Ronda Rousey, Jeff Cobb, Mark Henry,
1:01.5	and today's guest, Anthony Agogo, were all Olympians, and a lot of them were medal-winning Olympians.
1:12.4	Anthony Ogogo won bronze as a boxer in the 2012 Summer Games in London, and he tells the story in great detail because a few years later, he had a devastating eye injury that ended his boxing career, but it landed him where he is now. He was the first person
1:18.2	to ever sign a developmental talent deal with AEW. And now you know him as the governor.
1:24.9	He's on social media at Anthony Agogo. I'm on social media at Chris Vanfleet,
1:30.6	and please take a screenshot. Let us know that you're listening to this and tag us so we can share it
1:35.8	as well. It was such a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. It's me and Anthony
1:43.1	Agogo.
1:52.3	Man, what a shirt, by the way. You just, you look like a million bucks.
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