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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Booker T is the most positive and inspiring wrestler you will ever meet!

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Booker T sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Houston, Texas. In this episode, Booker T talks about what he was like as a kid, the lessons he learned from going to prison, how getting into wrestling changed his life, getting hired by WCW, how he was able to get himself over in WWE when Vince McMahon bought WCW, how he came up with the Book End before The Rock came up with The Rock Bottom, the infamous supermarket brawl with Stone Cold Steve Austin, his podcast with Brad Gilmore called “The Hall of Fame”, being a two-time WWE Hall of Famer, the Bad Bunny song about him, why he doesn’t think Sting should wrestle in AEW and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join Support the show by supporting our sponsors: INDEED - Try it today with a $75 credit to boost your job post by going to http://indeed.com/BlueWire BETONLINE - Get a FREE welcome bonus by using the promo code BLUEWIRE at http://betonline.ag 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 the podcast 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

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