Gary Vaynerchuk Is A Huge WWE Fan! Macho Man, Jake "The Snake", Bret Hart, Wrestling Collectibles

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Gary Vaynerchuk is New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur, investor, and public speaker. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss how wrestling influenced his videos, where his pro wrestling fandom began, why Bret Hart is a better businessman than you, why he believes Macho Man Randy Savage is underrated as a wrestler, wanting to buy the New York Jets, 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	Some follow the noise.
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0:05.4	Because behind every headline is a bottom line.
0:09.3	Whether it's the funds fueling AI or crypto's trillion dollar swings,
0:13.8	there's a money side to every story.
0:16.5	And when you see the money side, you understand what others miss.
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0:29.1	Chris Van Bleas!
0:33.4	Yeah!
0:33.6	Then bleed! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
0:38.3	Yeah.
0:43.3	It's inside with Princeton.
0:45.3	Thank you so much for coming in.
0:48.3	Thanks for having me.
0:49.3	I've always been a fan, but when I found out that you liked wrestling,
0:52.3	it was like that scene from stepbrothers.
0:56.4	Did we just become best friends? Yep.
1:02.3	It's real. Anytime you have like a passion. I mean, if I literally see someone wearing a Jets hat or like hoodie, it happened the other day in the city, it's scary how the instant
1:07.0	connection is. And if I saw someone wearing a 1980s retro Roddy Rowdy Piper t-shirt, I would get fired up too. It's just the way the world works. I saw a guy wearing a rock shirt recently and I said, where did you get that shirt from? It doesn't matter where you got that shirt from. Did he do that? No, I did it to him and he's like, ah, you got me, you got me. Where does it go back to for you? When did you start to become a wrestling fan?
1:29.9	I'm actually trying to think about it. I mean, I'm 50, so I was fully caught up like, you know, Hogan beating Sheik and Madison Square Garden. That's a very early memory. I was,
1:40.8	WrestleMania 2 was something I was excited for, knew it was coming.
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