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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

John Silver on Brodie Lee, The Dark Order, Being The Elite, working as an extra for WWE

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

AEW star John Silver joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Long Island, NY. He talks about signing with AEW, being part of The Dark Order, working as enhancement talent for WWE, his favorite memories of the late Brodie Lee (Jon Huber), his tag team partner Alex Reynolds, getting trained by Mikey Whipwreck, being able to show his personality on Being The Elite, his odd jobs before becoming a full-time wrestler and much 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 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

What's up y'all? It's Druski, and I've teamed up with Mountain Dew to produce a hilarious new basketball podcast called The Do Zone with Drewski. Learn the backstories of your favorite ballers and celebrities like Jamal Murray. Did you have like a favorite team? Was it the Raptors at the time or no? Was the Raptors even started around that time? Come on, bro. I ain't that old, fam. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, A.J. Wilson, and many more. You won't want to miss this.

0:03.4

Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that all, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.

0:21.8

You won't want to miss this.

0:23.0

Listen to The Do Zone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:26.9

Here we go. How are you? Welcome to Insight. I'm Chris Van Vleet, and if this happens to be your first time here, it's nice to have you with us.

0:45.0

I'm an Emmy Award winning TV host, and I'm fascinated with finding out how people are wired to achieve greatness.

0:51.6

It doesn't happen by accident. On each episode, we have in-depth conversations

0:55.2

and reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the world's top athletes, actors,

1:00.7

wrestlers, entrepreneurs, you name it. If they're the best of what they do, I want to get their

1:05.3

insight so we can apply it to our own life. And I think one of the biggest takeaways from this

1:10.6

conversation with

1:11.3

John Silver is that John Silver is his real name. Yeah. Just like the pirate and the restaurant. Long

1:20.6

John Silver's. But seriously, it's been so great watching him grow and succeed in AEW.

1:28.3

He's crushing it in the dark order.

1:30.7

And I love seeing him showcase his real personality on being the elite.

1:35.4

The future is so, so bright for him.

1:39.2

Snap a screenshot, share this with a friend, share it on social media.

1:42.7

Make sure to tag us so we can say hello and

1:44.8

we can retweet this and share this on Instagram. John Silver is at Silver Number One and I'm at Chris Van

1:53.6

Vleet. Easy to remember, right? And while we're doing stuff on your phone, make sure to subscribe and

1:59.0

if you happen to be listening on your iPhone, could I ask

2:01.8

you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts? I really can't express how helpful this is. So please,

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