Eric Bugenhagen (Rick Boogs In WWE): American Gladiators, WWE Release, Bodybuilding, Viral Moments

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 115 minutes

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See you at the next Insight LIVE in Tampa and New Orleans! Get tickets at https://cvvtix.com Eric Bugenhagen (@ericbugenhagenofficial) is an American Gladiator, bodybuilder and a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE as Rick Boogs. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studios in Los Angeles, CA to discuss how he got the role in American Gladiators, why he is named "The Bull", which pro wrestlers would make the best gladiators, his insane workout videos on social media, averaging 12 minutes on Cameo requests, his injury at WrestleMania, if he is really done with wrestling, his time in WWE coming to an end, and more! Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF 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/cvv 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 NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://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	Chris Van Bleet.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	Yeah.
0:07.0	Yeah.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	Yeah.
0:15.0	It's inside with Chris Van Fleet.
0:18.0	Do you want to do some push-ups? Yeah. I understand entertainment. I get it. I think I can talk about this for the trial. We're going to do this for an hour. I can talk about this for the trial out as well. Okay. Bring this up about how I did push-ups for this. And that's a talk which will lead to the trial. Okay. You know what I mean?
0:38.9	I feel like just hit record.
0:41.2	You're recording?
0:42.8	Okay.
0:43.2	You can record this.
0:44.2	I like the pressure then.
0:45.4	I perform the best in the cameras.
0:47.1	I don't really do.
0:49.5	That's something I learned back in 2014 when I first started up on YouTube videos.
0:54.9	Like, I'm just my lifts. I was doing stuff like in my basement yeah I feel like I have earned the right to do this
1:01.0	because not everyone has a YouTube channel the back of the day it's like you had to be something special
1:04.8	sure if anyone's going to watch you lift you better you better have something golden in your back
1:10.0	pocket so I'm like I think I've earned the right brother when I turn to the cameras you better, you better have something golden in your back pocket.
1:12.2	So I'm like, I think I've turned the right.
1:22.4	Brother, when I turn to the camera on of the iPhone 5, you know, the super, I felt like so much more powerful.
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