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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Carlito on WWE return, Royal Rumble, where his apple gimmick came from, winning the US Title in his debut

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Carlito (Carlos Colon Jr.) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE. He joins Chris Van Vliet for an interview and Q&A in front of a live audience at the Independent Wrestling Expo in Fort Worth, TX. Carlito talks about growing up with his famous father, Carlos Colon Sr., how he got started in wrestling, getting signed to WWE and wrestling for Ohio Valley Wrestling, winning the US Title in his debut match against John Cena, why he thinks the apple spitting gimmick came from Razor Ramon, returning at the 2021 Royal Rumble 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

All systems are going.

0:01.3

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Ville.

0:07.9

Oh, welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.

0:12.2

I'm Chris Van Fleet.

0:13.2

So good to have you with us for not just an in-person interview,

0:17.4

but an in-person interview with a crowd.

0:21.5

We did this about a week and a half ago at the Independent Wrestling Expo in Fort Worth, Texas.

0:26.8

Huge thanks to them for bringing me in and for hosting this conversation with me and Carlito.

0:32.8

We talk about everything.

0:33.7

We talk about his recent return to WWE and of course everything that led up to that

0:39.2

and just everything in his career as a whole. And you'll probably notice, yeah, this interview

0:44.4

sounds a little bit different than usual. We were plugged into the soundboard. So definitely

0:49.7

has a different feel than our usual conversations. This is so everybody in attendance

0:53.7

could hear this.

0:55.1

It's also a Q&A at the end from some of the fans in attendance. So make sure to stick

0:59.9

around to hear that. You can follow Carlito on Instagram and Twitter. He's at Lito-C-O-L-O-N-279, and I'm at Chris Van Vleet.

1:13.3

Speaking of following, speaking of subscribing, if you don't already,

1:18.1

could I ask you to hit subscribe or follow on whatever platform it is

1:22.0

that you're listening on right now?

1:23.6

That'd be so great.

1:24.8

Let's dive right into this, try to keep those intros as short as we can.

1:28.4

So please welcome with the crowd. Carleto.

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