Christopher Daniels On His Retirement Match, FAKE Eye Injury, AEW, TNA, Higher Power, Tiffany Stratton

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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https://cvvtix.com - Get your tickets for INSIGHT LIVE in NYC with VIP Meet & Greet! Christopher Daniels (@facdaniels) is a retired professional wrestler currently signed to AEW where he is the head of Talent Relations. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss his retirement match against "Hangman" Adam Page, the terrifying spot during TNA Ultimate X where he almost died, competing in the Unbreakable 2005 triple threat match against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles, the rumor that he was going to be The Higher Power in WWE, the inspiration for the Best Moonsault Ever and his thoughts on Tiffany Stratton's version, the origin of Curry Man, the true story behind his gruesome eye injury in AEW and more! Quote I'm thinking about: “I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.” - Eleanor Roosevelt Please support our sponsors! 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/?ref=tibcloux 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 PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! TIMELINE: Go to https://timeline.com/insightto get 10% off your order of Mitopure! VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv ROCKET MONEY: Download the Rocket Money app and enter “Insight With Chris Van Vliet” in the survey HUEL: Get 15% off plus a FREE Gift for NEW customers with the code INSIGHT at https://huel.comMIRACLE MADE: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at https://zocdoc.com/insight BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at https://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.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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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.6	Here we go.
0:21.9	Welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:24.8	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet, and in a sea of thousands upon thousands of wrestling
0:30.0	podcasts.
0:31.1	Thank you for hitting play on this one here today.
0:33.8	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:38.9	Hit the best moonsault ever on that follow button on Apple or Spotify.
0:44.8	And wow, we are less than a month away from the next Insight Live.
0:48.1	So if you're going to be in the New York, New Jersey area for SummerSlam, I would love to see you there.
0:52.9	It's happening Friday, August 1st, before Smackdown.
0:56.6	So there's time to go to Insight Live and also Smackdown.
1:00.0	There's still a handful of VIP tickets left, or maybe we should be calling these
1:04.5	CVVIP tickets.
1:06.8	It includes a Q&A and asks CVV before the show and a meet and greet after the show.
1:12.4	Grab those tickets at CVVTix.com, CVVTIX.com.
1:17.7	Christopher Daniels is an absolute legend.
1:21.5	He's the only wrestler to compete in WCW, ECW, W-W, TNA, Ring of Honor, New Japan, and A-AW.
1:31.1	Amazing.
1:32.2	In January, he officially retired from the ring after an incredible 32-year career.
1:37.7	His final match was against Hangman Adam Page.
1:40.9	And when you think about Christopher Daniels career, when you think about TNA, he's one of the
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