Bayley On WrestleMania, Damage CTRL, Life After Wrestling, Mercedes Moné

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) is a professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas to discuss getting started with WWE and developing her Hugger persona, destroying the Bayley Buddies as part of her heel turn and if they might return, the injury that happened during the pandemic, the original plan for Damage CTRL, fans not liking her finisher, being left off the WrestleMania 40 press conference, her relationship with Michael Cole, life after wrestling and more!Quote I'm thinking about: "You can't change the weather but you can dress for it."Please support our sponsors! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux SEAT GEEK: Get 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount TIMELINE: Go to https://timeline.com/insightto get 10% off your order of Mitopure! STASH: Go to https://get.stash.com/INSIGHTto see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures MAGIC SPOON: Get $5 off your next order at https://magicspoon.com/cvv VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv FABRIC: Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at https://meetfabric.com/CVV ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv HUEL: Get 15% off plus a FREE Gift for NEW customers with the code INSIGHT at https://huel.comMIRACLE MADE: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at https://zocdoc.com/insight BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at https://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? 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

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.3	Welcome back to another one here on Inside. I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet. Thank you for being with us on this one.
0:29.1	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet. Hit a crossbody on that follow button on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
0:40.3	And don't forget to leave a big five star frog splash of a rating if you are listening on Spotify.
0:47.5	What a WrestleMania weekend.
0:49.7	Wow.
0:50.4	Night one, night two, we will talk about the good and the not so good and everything in
0:57.1	between on Fridays, Ask CVV episodes. So if you've got a question for the Jerry Rice edition,
1:04.0	number 80 on Friday, leave a comment on Spotify or send it in using the hashtag Ask CVV on social media.
1:13.6	But today, we've got a conversation that has been in the making for a long time.
1:18.9	Bailey is on the show for the first time ever.
1:22.9	And when you look at her career in WWE, she's done it all.
1:26.3	The first ever women's Grand Slam champion,
1:28.6	Royal Rumble winner, Money in the Bank winner, the longest reigning Smackdown women's
1:33.3	champion of all time. She's a first ballot hallfamer. There's no question about that. And it was
1:40.2	great to dive into her story and also to see how her approach to wrestling and just the business as a whole has changed since she debuted.
1:49.8	To snap a screenshot, tag us. Let us know that you're listening. She is at It's Me Bailey on Instagram.
1:56.9	She's at It's Bailey WWE on Twitter slash X.
2:02.5	Tag me.
2:03.3	I'm at Chris Van Vleet
2:04.9	and here we go.
2:05.9	Let's dive into this one.
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