Darby Allin on Being Your Authentic Self, Trusting Your Gut and Chasing After Your Dreams

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Darby Allin (@darbyallin). Darby is a skateboarder and professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He talks about the obstacles that stood in his way on his journey to become a pro wrestler, how skateboarding has influenced his style, his friendship with Tony Hawk, why he thinks fans relate to him so much, how he created his finishing move "The Coffin Drop", his match with MJF at AEW Full Gear 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 CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com 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	I'm Chris Long, the host of American Prodegies, becoming great.
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0:31.8	All systems are gone.
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0:38.7	Alright, welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:45.5	I'm C-B-B, Chris van Vlied, and in a sea of podcasts.
0:49.2	Thank you for choosing to spend your time with us.
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0:56.4	you're listening.
0:57.6	Now, this is a beautiful conversation with a beautiful man.
1:02.6	And I say beautiful because that's a word that Darby Allen uses quite a few times here.
1:08.4	There's so much more to him than what you see on AEW and his matches and his promos.
1:14.8	And I hope that his words here touch you and inspire you as much as they did for me.
1:20.4	You're going to be blown away by this.
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1:24.0	Let us know what resonates with you the most from this conversation.
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