How Vic Joseph Became a WWE Commentator, Shawn Michaels' Influence, NXT, The Power Of Betting On Yourself

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Vic Travagliante aka Vic Joseph (@vicjosephwwe) is a broadcaster, play-by-play commentator and the voice of NXT. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about their friendship that started in Cleveland, how both of them worked at CBS Radio together, how Vic got his dream job as a WWE commentator, the power of betting on yourself instead of staying comfortable, filling Mauro Ranallo's shoes in NXT, meeting his wife McKenzie Mitchell in WWE, his love of the Cleveland Browns, his friendship with Johnny Gargano, how Shawn Michaels got him into wrestling and much more! Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV at http://thecoldplunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: Don’t wait your turn. Bet on yourself and have the confidence to stand up and say, ‘my time is now. - Robert F. Smith For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? 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	All systems are gathered.
0:01.4	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blit!
0:08.4	Okay, welcome back to another one here on Insight with Chris Van Fleet.
0:13.5	That's me.
0:14.1	I am CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and I am officially a girl dad.
0:20.7	Oh, yeah. Our baby girl was born on Monday, so that's May 29th. That's
0:25.7	her birthday. I mean, it was her literal birthday. And we're going to post some photos and some
0:31.1	videos in the next few days, but we're just, we're just enjoying this. And man, so excited about
0:36.5	this. Mom and baby, both happy and healthy. And,
0:40.3	man, that's, that's all we can ask for. So it's just such a great feeling. And thank you so
0:46.3	much for all the messages you've been sending on all the various different platforms and the
0:50.3	emails you've been sending for the congratulations on this. Man, we just, we're loving this right now.
0:56.2	And this is an interview here that I've been sitting on for a long time.
1:00.5	Super excited for you to hear this because I've known Vic Joseph for 12, 13 years since we
1:07.0	were both working together in Cleveland.
1:08.6	Although I know him by his real name, Vic Travelyanti.
1:12.0	He's from Cleveland.
1:13.1	I moved to Cleveland in 2010 for a job at the CBS station there.
1:18.3	And we met at an independent wrestling show for AIW.
1:21.6	He was also doing some stuff with PWA, Pro Wrestling, Ohio, which was run by our good
1:26.4	buddy, Joe D'O. And I just love how
1:29.7	pro wrestling connects people. And we instantly became friends. And then a few years later,
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