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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Eli Drake explains why he was fired from Impact Wrestling

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Eli Drake was fired from Impact Wrestling recently amid reports that he didn’t want to work an intergender match with Tessa Blanchard. He sits down with Chris to explain what actually happened and what his plans are now. Will we see him back in WWE? Would he go to AEW? Audio equipment provided by Samson Technologies: bit.ly/CVVSamson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.8

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1:01.1

Well, here we go. Yeah, this is the Chris Van Fleet Show, which I guess makes me, Chris Van Fleet. Thank you so much for downloading this episode. I've been really enjoying doing the podcast, doing the audio-only version of these interviews. Yes, of course, they still exist on YouTube, as always,

1:12.5

but I understand. Maybe you don't want to sit there and just stare at us for 20, 30, 40, 50 minutes.

1:19.2

Although, for an interview like this with Eli Drake, he was wearing a shirt with no sleeves,

1:23.6

so maybe you'd want to tune in for that. There's a lot of things also in this interview with Eli Drake, where he references things that you do need to see.

1:32.8

So just know that if you want to see the things that we are referencing, that option is available and will always be available.

1:41.0

But really interesting chat with Eli Drake, who was recently fired from

1:45.0

Impact Wrestling. A lot of rumors were swirling. It was because he didn't want to do an

1:48.9

intergenre match with Tessa Blanchard. He gets down to the bottom of that and a whole bunch more. But first,

1:55.6

the Chris Van Fleet Show is brought to you, as always, by Green Roads. And not all CBD products

2:00.6

are created equal.

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