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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Austin Theory on John Cena Match, Vince McMahon's Advice, Failed MITB Cash-In, Stone Cold Stunner At WM38

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Austin Theory (@austin_theory) is a professional wrestler signed to WWE. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his upcoming match at WrestleMania 39 against John Cena for the United States Championship, his dream to become a pro wrestler at age 8, looking up to John Cena, what he learned from working closely with Vince McMahon, what happened when he was just known as "Theory" on WWE TV and how he got his first name back, taking an unforgettable Stunner from Stone Cold Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38, what his diet and workout routine look like, his aspirations to be at the top of the WWE and much more! For more information about CVV 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.

0:07.9

Oh, there you are.

0:09.4

Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:12.3

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:14.3

So good to see you here.

0:15.7

And if it happens to be the first episode that you've ever listened to, that's awesome.

0:20.4

I hope you enjoy it. And I hope that

0:22.4

maybe you'll want to dive into a few episodes in our back catalog. Lots of conversations in there.

0:28.3

If you're a long-time listener, thank you so much for being on this journey with me. This is episode

0:33.6

number 453. And it's a special one because I go way back with Austin Theory.

0:40.9

I first met him almost five years ago when we worked a show together for Blueprint Pro Wrestling

0:46.2

in South Florida. My buddy, Jamil, he runs that. He does such a great job. I was the ring

0:52.5

announcer, and a very jacked, 21-year-old Austin theory was on the card.

0:58.4

And there was something about him even then, where you could just see that he had it.

1:04.4

The way that he carried himself, the matches he was put in together in the ring at 21 years old, the promos he was cutting.

1:11.3

And I think we're seeing now that he is truly a star in the making.

1:15.6

Well, he's already a star, but there's definitely a lot more room for him to win championships.

1:21.4

And I think eventually be the face of WWE.

1:25.6

I mean, people back then were saying that he was the next John Sina.

1:29.3

And fast forward to today, and he's going to be wrestling John Sina at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles for the United States Championship.

1:37.4

He tells me, though, during this conversation, he doesn't want to be the next John Sina.

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