Edge's Impossible Royal Rumble Return, Christian Cage, Leaving WWE For AEW, WrestleMania Moments (Interview From May 2024)

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux Adam Copeland (@ratedrcope) is a professional wrestler signed with AEW; he is also known for his 25-year career in WWE where he performed under the name "Edge". This interview originally aired on May 9, 2024. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Asheville, NC to talk about being in the best shape of his life at age 50, why he designed Pure Plank with Christian Cage to help with core fitness, his decision to leave WWE for AEW, how he almost signed with AEW in 2019 instead of returning at the 2020 Royal Rumble, being forced to retire in 2011, how he met his wife Beth Phoenix, spearing Jeff Hardy off the ladder at WrestleMania 17, being on the receiving end of a leg drop off the cage from Matt Hardy at WWE Unforgiven 2005, his funny moments as a tag team with Christian, wanting to retire in a year and a half, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux 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: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv 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: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at https://bluechew.com RHONE: Rhone’s premium performance clothing is made to move you. Use code CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/CVV MANSCAPED: Get 20% off plus free shipping when you use the code CHRISVAN at https://manscaped.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Chris Van Bleas!
0:06.0	Yeah!
0:07.0	Then bleed!
0:10.0	Yeah!
0:11.0	It's inside with Chris and beat.
0:19.0	As a fellow Canadian, this is an honor. This is an honor. A long time coming here. Yeah, I mean,
0:27.4	yeah, I've seen some of your stuff and I've been seeing it for a while.
0:31.8	Likewise, I've seen some of your stuff for a while. What a career. Unbelievable. Yeah, I mean, as we kind of were briefly
0:42.4	touching on before, it's I don't, I don't really think about it a whole lot until I sit down and
0:49.4	kind of do an interview and we start going back and then it starts to refresh my memory on just how long
0:57.2	and, you know, all the different things. And even like the, so sometimes I'll forget who I
1:04.3	wrestled, you know, and it's, I did, I saw a clip on Instagram of Gangrel and I wrestling
1:09.7	road warriors in Puerto Rico. And as soon as I saw it, oh Instagram of Gangrel and I wrestling Road Warriors in Puerto Rico.
1:28.8	And as soon as I saw it, oh, yeah. Wow. But I just kind of forgotten. Yeah. How do you forget you wrestle the Road Warriors? You know what I mean? And it was no commentary on the match or them. I loved working them. But it started to come back to me when I saw the clip. and yeah so there's certain things that you know through the fogs of mists of time you know I'll be reminded of
1:34.0	eventually but I don't sit and think about it it's pretty incredible that you're in the best
1:38.1	shape of your life now at 50 yeah I mean uh I'd like to think I am.
1:51.0	And you look at, you know, but it's, it's things that I took for granted before I can't now.
1:57.5	And I have to work harder now than I did before, which is a good thing.
2:02.9	Because by working harder than I really dove in, and I was like, okay, it all started with just being around for my girls. And then it led to this. And then I led to that. And then here
2:10.1	we are, you know, four, four and a half years into a comeback that I never thought would happen. But it really just, it started with wanting to be
2:22.1	around for my girls. You know, I've already, you know, come to grips with the fact that I'm
2:27.9	going to look like Gandalf when I take them to their high school dance or whatever, but,
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