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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Cathy Kelley On Returning To WWE, Rhea Ripley, Random DMs, Triple H & Stephanie McMahon

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Cathy Kelley (@cathykelley) is a journalist, TV host and backstage interviewer for WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about her decision to leave WWE in 2020 and what made her return in October 2022, how she got started in broadcasting, moving to Los Angeles, what she learned working in NXT, her favorite interview moments, the relationship she has with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, working with Rhea Ripley, her thoughts on Grayson Waller, what kind of DMs she receives and much more! Sponsors:  MYBOOKIE: Get a 50% welcome bonus when you use the code CVV and sign up at http://mybookie.ag  MUDWTR: To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv to support the show and use the code CVV15  BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com  MANSCAPED - Get 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code CVV at manscaped.com   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 Quote I'm thinking about: If you do what you've already done, you'll get what you've always gotten. - Tony Robbins 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.

0:09.3

Greetings and salutations, my friends.

0:12.1

Welcome back to another one here on Insight.

0:15.6

I'm CVV, Chris Van Vlea.

0:17.1

Thank you for being with us here.

0:18.7

And thank you for making Insight one of the top

0:21.3

wrestling podcasts in the world because of you, because you come back each and every episode.

0:27.8

And we've got such a good one today with the ever talented Kathy Kelly. It was such a pleasure

0:34.8

to sit down with her at our studio in Hollywood.

0:41.3

And so great to have her on the other side of the microphone, right?

0:45.1

We're so used to her being the one holding the microphone, asking the questions,

0:50.2

you know, when you see her backstage on Raw, Smackdown, NXT, PLEs, whatever it is.

0:52.8

So good to be able to ask her some questions.

0:55.4

Find out what she's all about. How did this whole broadcasting journey get started for her? She's been back with WWE for almost exactly a year

1:03.1

now. It was October 22 that she came back. We talk about that difficult decision to leave

1:09.6

WWE in 2020.

1:11.8

And then what led to her coming back a year ago.

1:15.4

We also talk about the relationship she has with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.

1:20.5

And also we talk a little, Ria Ripley, we talk a little Grayson Waller, Grayson Wola.

1:27.3

Also, did you know that Kathy Kelly used to

1:29.1

play bass in a band? Oh, yeah. So much good stuff here. Please, make sure that you hit that

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