Butterbean On Brawl For All, Bart Gunn KO, Johnny Knoxville, 200+ Pound Weight Loss With DDPY

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Eric Esch better known as Butterbean (@butterbeanboxer) is a professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Atlanta, GA to talk about how Diamond Dallas Page and DDPY helped him get out of a wheelchair and lose over 200 pounds! He also discusses his legendary boxing career, being the "King Of The 4 Rounders", how he got the nickname "Butterbean", being invited to be part of Brawl for All in WWE, the vicious knockout to Bart Gunn, the invitation from Johnny Knoxville to knock him out on an episode of Jackass, why he never fought Mike Tyson during his prime, wanting one more fight before he retires, his mixed martial arts career and more. Sponsors: MANSCAPED - Get 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code CVV at manscaped.com To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv to support the show and use the code CVV15 Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to http://TryMiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: “Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.” - Roy T. Bennett 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	All systems are gathered.
0:01.4	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleley.
0:09.0	All right, my friends, welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:14.2	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:15.8	Thanks for being with us.
0:16.9	And thank you for making Insight, one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world.
0:22.7	You know, I say it a lot, but it bears repeating.
0:25.8	I appreciate you.
0:27.1	I'm grateful for you.
0:28.9	And just thank you for tuning in each and every episode.
0:34.8	I got to say, I've always wanted to interview Butterbean. I was at Russell Con
0:39.4	this year. His table was like just on the other side of the room from where I was. And I was like,
0:44.3	man, what a legend. What a legend. I mean, as a wrestling fan, of course, you immediately go to
0:48.5	Brawl for All and that nasty, nasty knockout to Bart Gunn. And Butterbean talks about it here, but Bart Gunn really
0:56.8	wasn't the same ever again after that, especially in his wrestling career. But all of this
1:01.8	came together, this interview, this episode, because of DDP. I was staying with him in Atlanta.
1:07.2	That's when I went to the premiere of Cody's documentary, stayed with DDP,
1:11.9	interviewed DDP. That was episode number 500 and one of my favorite conversations I've ever had.
1:18.9	And so we wake up that morning the day that we were going to go to the premiere. And he goes,
1:24.6	oh, bro, would you want to interview Butterbean? And I'm like, yeah, of course. I mean, absolutely. Freaking legend. And he goes, oh, okay, great. Let me text him. He'll be here at 230. And I was like, what? It's, oh, it's happening just like that. So we worked out, got ready for the interview. Next thing you know, butterbeams at the door and this interview is happening inside DDP's house.
1:46.2	Amazing.
1:47.1	I mean, we know the stories about how DDP has helped people like Scott Hall or Jake to Steak Roberts.
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