Chris Jericho Reflects On AEW's First 5 Years, Working For Tony Khan & Vince McMahon, Wanting To Fight Brock Lesnar For Real

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Chris Jericho (@iamjericho) is a professional wrestler with AEW and was previously in WWE. He is also a bestselling author, actor, podcaster and the frontman of the rock band Fozzy. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about his legendary pro wrestling career that has spanned 34 years, his decision to sign with AEW in 2019, how much AEW has accomplished in its first 5 years, the differences and similarities of working with Tony Khan and Vince McMahon, his ability to reinvent himself, the popularity of his entrance theme "Judas", being the main event of WrestleMania 18 instead of The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan, being in the ring when Triple H tore his quad, standing up to Brock Lesnar, whether he still thinks he will be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame, how much longer he wants to wrestle and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. - Aristotle Sponsors: ZBIOTICS: Get 15% off with the code CVV and have a better morning after you drink at http://zbiotics.com/cvv FITBOD: Get 25% off when you use the code INSIGHT at http://fitbod.me/INSIGHT MYBOOKIE: Bet on WWE! Get up to $200 cash bonus when you use the code CVV and sign up at http://mybookie.ag BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com 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 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 25% 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 going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluilly.
0:09.3	Oh, baby.
0:11.0	Welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:14.1	Or maybe for this one, I should be saying,
0:15.8	The Chris and Chris Show.
0:17.6	We've got the one and only Chris Jericho with us.
0:20.0	Thank you so much for being with us.
0:21.5	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and thank you for making insight. One of the top wrestling
0:27.1	podcasts on the planet. Yeah, we've got the man with many nicknames joining us today. Lionheart,
0:33.8	Y2J, the pain maker, Le Champion, the Ocho, the wizard.
0:39.5	But really, you should be calling him the goat, or at least one of the goats.
0:44.2	So good to be sitting down in person with Chris Jericho on this one.
0:49.5	And those are just nicknames that I listed off there.
0:52.7	It's incredible how many times Chris Jericho has completely
0:56.6	reinvented himself over his 34 year career. And that number right there, 34 years, that in itself
1:04.4	is crazy, the level that he's doing this at. If you happen to be one of the people who listens
1:10.6	to the show but hasn't
1:11.6	hit that follow button yet, could you please do me a favor? Hit follow wherever you're listening to
1:16.8	this right now. I don't ask for much. I certainly don't ask for your money with Patreon or anything
1:23.6	like that. But if you've ever enjoyed one of these conversations, it would mean so much to me
1:28.8	if you would follow the show, because as the show keeps getting bigger, the guests also keep
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