Dave LaGreca: How Busted Open became Sirius XM's most popular sports show, Bully Ray, Tommy Dreamer, Mark Henry

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dave LaGreca, the host of Busted Open on SiriusXM joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Hawthorne, New Jersey. He tells his fascinating story of how he got into broadcasting, getting his job at SiriusXM, how he was able to convince them to do Busted Open, growing the show from one-hour a week to 3-hours a day and 6 days a week, his opinion on wrestling shows with no crowd, his favorite match of all time, what it's like working with Bully Ray, Mark Henry and Tommy Dreamer and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join 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 Chris and the podcast go to https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.9	It's Chrysomania, brother.
0:34.3	That's a great question.
0:35.3	Look at you, man.
0:36.2	With the powerful questions.
0:39.3	This is the Chris Van Vleet Show.
0:42.0	Chris Van Vleet Show.
0:43.8	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Vleet.
0:48.4	Well, here we go.
0:52.9	Welcome to the Chris Van Vleet Show, and thank you for being with us on another audio adventure.
0:59.2	If it's your first time here, I am obsessed with the idea of finding out what makes successful people so successful.
1:07.4	On each episode, we have in-depth conversations and reverse engineer the habits and
1:12.2	techniques of the world's top athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs, even radio hosts. If they are
1:18.6	the best at what they do, I want to get their insight and help you apply it to your own life.
1:25.2	And when you think of wrestling radio, you immediately think of busted open.
1:29.6	And it was such a pleasure to talk with Dave LaGreca about how he built the show and how it's grown so much since it started in 2009.
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1:47.2	Dave is at David Legreca 1.
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