Carmelo Hayes Is The Future Of WWE! Being NXT Champion, Advice From John Cena, Undertaker Moment

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Carmelo Hayes (@carmelo_wwe) is a professional wrestler with WWE and is currently in NXT. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about the meaning of being "Him", what being the NXT Champion meant to him, his match with opponents like Ilja Dragunov and Bron Breakker, sharing a moment with The Undertaker on NXT, the advice he received from John Cena, how he came up with the name "Christian Cassanova" that he used on the independent circuit, his favorite wrestlers when he was growing up, looking up to Eddie Guerrero, the pressure of being referred to as the future of WWE and much more! Sponsors: MYBOOKIE: Bet on WWE! Get up to $200 cash bonus when you use the code CVV and sign up at http://mybookie.ag FITBOD: Get 25% off when you use the code INSIGHT at http://fitbod.me/INSIGHT ZBIOTICS: Get 15% off with the code CVV and have a better morning after you drink at http://zbiotics.com/cvv GHOSTBED: Get 40% of your purchase with the code CVV at http://ghostbed.com/cvv MIRACLE MADE: 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 BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com BONCHARGE: Go to http://boncharge.com/CVV and use coupon code CVV to save 15% Quote I'm thinking about: As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy 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.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Vlee.
0:09.0	Welcome back to another one on Insight.
0:11.9	It's your friendly neighborhood.
0:13.9	CVV.
0:15.0	Chris Van Flee, thank you so much for being here.
0:17.0	And thank you for making Insight, one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world. I appreciate
0:24.5	you coming back each and every episode. And if you haven't yet, please hit follow on whatever
0:30.3	podcast app it is that you're listening on right now. It's close to 75. I think it's 75% of the people
0:36.3	who listen to the show haven't hit follow yet. So if I
0:40.3	could ask a favor, if you've ever enjoyed any of the interviews that we've ever done on the show,
0:46.2	please go hit that follow button on your app because it helps the show more than I could
0:51.0	possibly explain. And the bigger the show gets, the better the guests get.
0:57.1	And today, we've got a man who many people consider to be the future of WWE.
1:02.8	Carmelo Hayes is in the house.
1:05.3	And if you watch NXT, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
1:09.0	So, so talented. And if we take it back before his time
1:14.0	in NXT, he's an East Coast guy from Massachusetts. So you may know him as Christian
1:20.1	Casanova when he was tearing it up on the Indies. And we did this interview right before his match
1:25.4	with Ilya Dragonoff for the NXT Championship, Halloween Havoc. So if you're listening to this on the day that this interview came out, you can watch that tonight, Tuesday night, October 31st, Halloween. Halloween Havoc happening tonight. So you can go check that out. If you're listening any time after that, you're equally as awesome. You can go back and go check
1:44.8	out the amazing match that I'm sure those guys are going to have because every time those guys are in the
1:49.4	ring together, whew, it's magic. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with a fellow
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