LA Knight On "YEAH", The Undertaker's Return, Bray Wyatt, Changing His Name From Max Dupri

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

LA Knight (@reallaknight) is a professional wrestler signed to WWE. He is known for his work in IMPACT Wrestling and NWA under the name Eli Drake. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his Mountain Dew Pitch Black match against Bray Wyatt at the Royal Rumble, being in the ring with the Undertaker at the 30th anniversary of Raw, being managed by the legendary Paul Bearer, and what he learned from him, doing motion capture for WWE 2K games, celebrating his 20th year in wrestling this year, moving on from the Max Dupri character, reacting to people thinking he sounds like The Rock, his WrestleMania plans and much more! For more information about Chris Van Vliet 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	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blit!
0:08.0	All right, it is awfully good to see you, my friends.
0:12.0	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:14.9	I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet, and yeah, L.A. Knight is with us just days before his Mountain Dew pitch black match at the Royal Rumble,
0:26.5	which of course is streaming live this Saturday on Peacock. And what's so interesting about this match
0:32.4	is that no one really knows what to expect from a pitch black match. Sounds like L.A. Knight doesn't even really know what to expect from this.
0:40.7	But so good to have him back on the show.
0:42.7	This is our first interview in, wow, almost four years.
0:47.7	Me and L.A. Knight, Eli Drake, Max Dupree, we go way back, whatever you want to call him.
0:53.8	I've known him since when he was
0:55.5	an impact. That was before he was in NWA. And you'll hear us talk about it here. But when he lived in
1:01.7	LA, and yeah, by the way, he's L.A. because he lived in Los Angeles for so long. But when he lived
1:07.7	in Los Angeles, he would throw these epic Halloween parties. His birthday
1:13.0	is on November 1st, so it would be a Halloween party, then we'd count down and then at midnight,
1:17.4	boom, it would be his birthday. So, man, those were good times. Such good parties. But so good to see
1:23.5	all the success that he's had in WWE and that he's continuing to have in WWE and I love
1:29.3	that his talent has been on full display
1:31.5	each and every
1:33.3	week because I think you already know
1:35.4	this but he has a lot
1:37.7	of talent. Snap a screenshot, let us know that you're listening
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