Jesse Ventura Is Back With WWE, Karrion Kross & Will Sasso's Impressions, Hulk Hogan, Vince McMahon

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Jesse Ventura (@GovJVentua) is a retired professional wrestler, announcer, WWE Hall of Famer and former Governor of Minnesota. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Minneapolis, MN to talk about his career in politics and how he became the Governor of Minnesota, his professional wrestling career both in the ring and as a commentator, his renewed relationship with WWE, how he got his role in "Predator" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, his career bodyguarding The Grateful Dead and The Rolling Stones, his issues with Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon, why he owes everything to Cyndi Lauper and more! Plus, Karrion Kross and Will Sasso each do their Jesse Ventura impressions for the man himself! Quote I'm thinking about: “Be curious, not judgmental.” — Walt Whitman Sponsors: MAJOR BENDIES: Order your Big Rubber Guys and Joe Hendry Major Bendies figures at http://majorbendies.com FACTOR MEALS: Get 50% off your first box and 20% off your next month at http://factormeals.com/Insight50 BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv MAREK HEALTH: Get a 10% discount on Marek Health's Optimization Package with code CVV: https://marekhealth.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV 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 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/ 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.
0:12.0	Yeah.
0:15.0	It's inside with Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.0	Oh, how are you, my friends?
0:21.6	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:25.3	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:27.2	Thanks for being with us on this one.
0:28.8	And thank you, as always, for helping to make Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:35.9	Hit a big old moonsault on that follow button if you haven't already, or if you
0:39.6	think it might be fun. Unfollow the show, then lay your phone down on the ground, take a few
0:46.4	steps in front of it, turn your back, then hit a standing moon salt onto that follow button.
0:53.8	Just give it a try.
0:54.8	See how it feels.
0:56.2	This might be our most requested interview ever on the show.
1:01.0	I mean, it's certainly the one that I've had the most people reach out to me about.
1:05.1	We recorded this episode when Raw was in Minnesota a few weeks ago.
1:08.7	I posted a photo later that day of me and Jesse sitting on the
1:12.0	set there microphones in our face basically saying like coming soon, check it out an episode with
1:18.1	the one and only Jesse Ventura. And there has not been a day that has gone by since then where I
1:24.4	don't get half a dozen messages or half a dozen comments saying,
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