Johnny Gargano: HBK Made Him Cry, Tommaso Ciampa & DIY, His WWE Return, Candice LeRae

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Johnny Gargano (@johnnygargano) is a professional wrestler signed to WWE. He is a former NXT Champion, NXT North American Champion and NXT Tag Team Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Tampa, FL to talk about his return to WWE, reforming DIY with Tommaso Ciampa, his favorite matches from NXT, why NXT shouldn't be looked at as developmental but as a third brand, being a Browns fan, why his wife Candice LeRae is his favorite wrestler, being a dad to their son Quill, his love of Marvel, whether or not he was close to signing with AEW after he left WWE in 2021, how Shawn Michaels got him to cry real tears during his goodbye promo, his relationship with Triple H and much more. Quote I'm thinking about: "Clapping for others does not take away from your own success." Sponsors: GREEN CHEF: Go to https://greenchef.com/60insightpod and use code 60insightpod to get 60% off, plus 20% off your next two months 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 MUDWTR: Get 15% off with the code CVV15 at http://mudwtr.com/cvv MAGIC SPOON: Get $5 off with the code CVV at http://magicspoon.com/cvv MYBOOKIE: Bet on WWE! Get up to $200 cash bonus when you use the code CVV and sign up at http://mybookie.ag BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com BONCHARGE: Go to http://boncharge.com/CVV and use coupon code CVV to save 15% 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 Van Bleas!
0:05.0	Yeah!
0:06.0	And Bleet!
0:10.0	And Bleet!
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0:16.0	It's Inside with Chris Dan Beat.
0:19.0	Oh, yes. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet. How are you? How you doing?
0:28.2	Hope everything is going well. Thank you for being here. And as always, thank you for making Insight,
0:33.8	one of the top wrestling podcasts on planet Earth. Although at 567 episodes, that's what we're at
0:41.4	right now. I feel like we're just getting started. So with that said, can I make you a deal?
0:47.3	If you do just one little thing, if you just hit that follow button, wherever you're listening
0:52.1	to this right now, in exchange, I promise to work
0:55.4	tirelessly until the end of time to bring you the best and the biggest wrestling interviews
1:01.2	humanly possible. So do we have a deal? Okay. All right. Big one today with my friend Johnny Gargano.
1:09.3	We go way back. We go back 12, 13 years ago.
1:13.8	I was living in Cleveland, working for the CBS TV station there, and I was going to AIW and Pro Wrestling
1:20.3	Ohio shows. I actually interviewed Johnny Gargano and Gregory Iron for a TV segment on our station.
1:27.4	And I remember him specifically saying
1:29.0	to me off camera that he wanted to go to WWE or nothing. It was WWE no matter what. And if you
1:36.2	think back to that era of WWE, 2011, 2012, there weren't a lot of indie guys and there weren't a
1:43.2	lot of like sub 200 pound guys that were on the roster.
1:47.3	That, of course, changed with the Cruiserweight Classic and the Dusty Road's tag team classic.
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