Candice Michelle On WWE Divas Era, Return To Wrestling, Scary WWE Injury, TNA Debut

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Candice Michelle (@DIVACANDICEM) is a professional wrestler best known for her time in WWE and currently signed to TNA Wrestling. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Austin, TX to discuss her journey to WWE via the Diva Search and becoming the first Diva Search contestant to win the Women's Championship, her match with Beth Phoenix that had a terrifying ending, life after wrestling, what her current role is in TNA, Melina having real heat with her, the story behind her magic wand and more! Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF 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/cvv SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://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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0:31.2	Chris Van Bleas! Great. Great to see you.
0:51.6	Thank you for making this happen.
0:53.0	Absolutely.
0:53.7	Thank you.
0:54.2	I saw you from a distance backstage at the TNA show in Albuquerque. And I was like,
0:58.9	is that Candace Michelle? Yeah. And like I had seen the word online that you were working with TNA.
1:04.1	What exactly are you doing with TNA? Yeah. Tommy Dreamer called me and he offered me a spot as an agent.
1:10.4	Oh, wow.
1:11.1	Yeah.
1:11.8	So did that just start this year?
1:13.4	It did.
1:13.9	It started January was my first shows.
1:17.8	And he was so funny.
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