Chris Van Bleet.

Yeah.

Man, thank you so much for coming in.

Thanks for having, man.

Glad we finally got to do this. Yeah, seriously. We've been talking about this for a long time. A couple years. And now there's no better time to have you in than it's a TNA world champion. Yeah, it's pretty cool, man. Yeah, how does it feel? It's pretty cool. You know, a lot of times, you know, guys get jaded into the belt's just a prop and this and that.

And the belt is, you know, the company recognizing your ability and your talents and, you know,

what you can do not only inside the ring, but outside of the ring, how you can represent

the company.

And it's, you know, look, it's an honor to have this title you get into this business at least i got in this business i don't want to just be a regular wrestler i want to be a

world champion wrestler and it took me a while but uh here we are, TNA world champion, man.

You became the TNA world champion for the first time at 48 years old.

Yeah.

Did you get to a point where you thought maybe it's not going to happen?

Absolutely.

Yeah.

I mean, there was a time early on, like 2007-ish, where I was kind of, you know, on the come-up as a single baby face, you know, getting some good matches and had a lot of good momentum.

But, you know, just seeing, you know, who was above me on the ladder was like, I just don't think it's going to happen for me.

And I will say at the time, from an in-ring standpoint, I think i was a very good wrestler i don't think i

had developed my personality and promo skills to where you know what you need to be a world champion

um and then yeah then you know years went by and kind of became a fleeting thought like i it's

just you know not going to ever happen but you know i always like to say this dreams do not have an expiration date so you know, not going to ever happen. But, you know, I always like to say this, dreams do not have an expiration date. So, you know, 48 years old or 28 years old, doesn't matter. I got the job done. So, yeah. I think people were surprised when they saw that stat. They were like, what? Frankie's 48? Yeah. I mean, you look amazing. Oh, thanks, man. Thank you, man. I try to live as healthy of a lifestyle as I can. You know, not only, this is a very, it's obviously an aesthetic business. You have to look the part. And I've always really gone out of my way to try to look the part and look like a star and look healthy. and but more important than that, I want to be around a long time for my son.

I want to live a healthy life and, you know, be able to play with him and be very, very active. And this business keeps you young. So it's like, I always say like, oh, I can be the old guy, but I'm not going to be the old out of shape guy. You know what I'm saying? So like I kind of, I kind of, you know,

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