Brooklyn Brawler's 33-Year WWE Career, The Term "Jobber", The Rock's First Opponent, Beating Triple H

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Steve Lombardi (@brawlerreal) is a professional wrestler known for his 33-year career in WWE where he wrestled under the name Brooklyn Brawler. He was also known as Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz and Kimchee. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis, IN to talk about how his career got started, having matches with pretty much everyone including Hulk Hogan, Paul Orndorff, The Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart and many others, being The Rock's first WWE opponent in a dark mark in 1996, getting a win over Triple H on Smackdown in 2000, the hilarious backstage segment he did with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, his legacy as the greatest enhancement talent ever, whether he should be inducted in the WWE Hall Of Fame and much more. Quote I'm thinking about: "Going from being worried about what might happen to being excited about what might happen is only a mindset shift away" Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com 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	Chris Benfleet.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	Then fleet.
0:15.0	It's Inside with Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.0	All right, my friends. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm CBV.
0:25.0	Chris Van Fleet, thank you for being with us. And thank you as always for helping to make
0:29.5	Insight one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet. Hope it was a nice holiday weekend for you if
0:35.6	you happen to be here in the U.S. I was honored to throw out the first pitch of baseball game on Sunday.
0:41.3	The Lake Alessonore Storm had wrestling night on Sunday and their on field MC, Kaz,
0:46.8	big shout out to Kaz, what a great guy.
0:49.1	He was kind enough to invite me and the fam to be part of it.
0:52.8	And because I know you're wondering, I know you're going
0:56.0	to ask, oh yes, it was right down the middle. And that's the thing when you throw out the first
1:02.6	pitch, when you throw out that ceremonial first pitch, there's two concerns. One is,
1:08.2	will it make it all the way to the plate? And I wasn't, I wasn't that worried about that.
1:12.6	I played baseball ever since I was four years old, up until I was in college. So I was like,
1:17.9	I know I'm going to at least get it there. But it's like, is it going to be just a bit outside?
1:24.4	Little reference there, the major league. I was just like, is it going to,
1:29.2	am I going to embarrass myself? Are they going to be reaching high, low, inside, outside to grab
1:34.3	this? I was, I'm very grateful to say and happy to report that it was right down the middle.
1:40.7	So what a fun time. Go check out the videos and the photos that I posted on
1:44.4	social media. I have wanted to have today's guest on the show for a long, long time. Steve
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