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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Ivar On His Singles Run, Crazy Athleticism, Injury Update For Erik, Viking Raiders

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ivar (@ivar_wwe) is a professional wrestler with WWE. He is in a tag team with Erik called The Viking Raiders. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Philadelphia to talk about the incredible athleticism he has his size, how he got paired with his tag team partner Erik, working as a pro wrestler since 2001, the name changes from War Raiders to War Machine to The Viking Experience and now The Viking Raiders, William Regal being the reason they signed with WWE, his recent run as a singles competitor, Valhalla putting antlers on Michael Cole, how his match with Kofi Kingston changed his career and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: The biggest mistake we make in our life is thinking we have time." - Kobe Bryant Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.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

Chris Benfleet.

0:05.0

Yeah.

0:06.0

Benfleet.

0:10.0

It's inside with Chris Van Fleet.

0:19.0

So good to see you, my friends.

0:21.6

Welcome back to another one here on Insight.

0:24.4

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:26.7

How's your week going so far?

0:28.1

Pretty good week up to this point?

0:30.2

Thank you so much for being with us.

0:31.8

And thank you, as always, for helping to make Insight,

0:34.4

one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet.

0:38.2

You help by listening to the show, but also by following wherever you're listening right now.

0:43.7

And also, if you're feeling extra generous, a rating on Spotify or a few words as a review

0:49.0

or a few emojis as a review on Apple Podcasts, that would help out a ton. Ivar hardly ever does interviews. So I feel

0:58.0

pretty honored that we were able to sit down and do this one in Philadelphia. We recorded it

1:02.8

during WrestleMania Week in front of a crowd. This was at one of the WWE priority pass on

1:08.6

location events, the same place where we did the interviews with Ron Stroman and Tiffany Stratton,

1:14.0

Liv Morgan.

1:14.7

We have two more on the way from Carmela and Sonia DeVille that you'll be seeing soon.

1:20.1

Ivers is such an interesting guy.

1:22.0

He's been wrestling for 23 years.

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