Big Cass on returning to wrestling, alcohol addiction, being fired from WWE, is AEW next?

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Big Cass aka Caz XL (real name William Morrissey) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE and NXT. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Tampa and opens up about his return to wrestling after spending time in rehab for his struggles with alcohol. He talks about how he was able to get clean, getting into the best shape of his life, his current relationship with WWE, his interest in AEW, why he was fired from WWE, how Diamond Dallas Page helped him in his journey, his girlfriend AEW broadcaster Lexi Nair, his tag team partner Enzo Amore (aka nZo), what really happened when they invaded the G1 Supercard show at Madison Square Garden and much more!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. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet 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	What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski. Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray. Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no? Was the Raptors even started around that time? Come on, bro. I ain't that old, fam. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, A.J. Wilson, and many more. You won't want to miss this.
0:03.4	Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that all, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.
0:21.8	You won't want to miss this.
0:23.0	Listen to The DoZone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:30.9	And here we go. Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:41.7	I'm Chris Van Fleet.
0:42.5	Thank you so much for coming back each and every week in a sea of podcasts that are out there.
0:49.0	And if this happens to be your first time here, welcome.
0:51.5	I appreciate you stopping by.
0:53.1	If you haven't yet, take a second to click
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0:59.8	that you're on this ride with us. Tag me on social media. I'm at Chris Van Fleet. Tag big
1:04.9	Cass. He is at the Kaz. That's C-A-Z-X-L. And this, my friends, this is a rare in-person interview. Oh!
1:14.7	We don't get a lot of these these days. In fact, this is a classic in-person hotel room interview
1:20.7	that if you subscribe to my YouTube channel, you were so used to seeing before COVID. But
1:25.8	this is the first in-person hotel room interview that we've
1:29.4	done in, wow, in well over a year. Sammy Callahan was the last one right before COVID hits. So
1:36.8	we did this one last weekend at RussellCon in Tampa. And a lot of you guys who listened to
1:42.6	the show were there. It was so awesome.
1:45.2	Meeting with you and chatting with you. Ah, I hope this is a sign of things to come that we can do more in-person stuff as we continue on into 2021.
1:56.8	There's a lot in this conversation. And we get deep. Cass opens up about everything. He's super
2:03.9	open. He's super honest. He talks about his battle with alcohol addiction, the very public seizure
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