Impact Wrestling's Moose on Why He Left The NFL to Pursue His Pro Wrestling Dream

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Quinn Ojinnaka better known to wrestling fans as Moose. Moose is a former NFL player and a current professional wrestler signed to IMPACT Wrestling. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about getting drafted to the NFL, playing 7 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams and Indianapolis Colts, pursuing his dream to become a professional wrestler after his football career, how he was given the nickname "Moose" from teammate Michael Vick, starting from the bottom in the wrestling industry, making a name for himself in Ring of Honor, becoming one of the biggest names on the IMPACT Wrestling roster, bringing back the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and more! 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. For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com 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 good.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleed!
0:08.0	All right, here we go, my friends.
0:10.5	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:13.7	How are you?
0:14.6	How is the weekend?
0:16.1	I'm Chris Van Bleet.
0:17.0	So good to have you back with us for another episode.
0:19.4	And if it happens to be your first time here,
0:21.2	please make sure to hit subscribe so you don't miss out on anything that we have coming up for you.
0:26.9	Impact Wrestling star Moose has such a different character in the ring than he does outside of the ring.
0:34.9	And it was so great to be able to dive deep into his story about him
0:39.4	growing up in a rough neighborhood, then getting a scholarship to Syracuse University to play
0:44.3	football, then getting drafted in the fifth round to the NFL, then playing seven seasons
0:50.6	in the league before finally leaving to pursue his real dream of becoming a pro wrestler.
0:57.6	It's an amazing story that I'm sure is going to inspire you. You can find him on social media.
1:03.5	He's at the Moose Nation on Twitter, and he's at Moose Nation 69 on Instagram. And don't worry, yeah, we find out why he's called Moose.
1:13.7	And if you're not following me already, I'm just at Chris Famfleet.
1:18.1	Nelly Fresh, 1994 is our fan of the week.
1:21.5	He says, love this podcast.
1:24.0	It really is the best podcast around.
1:26.3	My girlfriend gets jealous sometimes because I listen to you more than I listen to her.
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