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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Matt Cardona on AEW & Impact debuts, marrying Chelsea Green, his bachelor party plans

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Matt Cardona (aka Zack Ryder) talks with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Orlando, FL. He talks about his appearances on AEW, the contract he had there, his debut on IMPACT, his goal to win the World Heavyweight Championship, his new podcast network "The Major Pod Network", his friendship with Brian Myers, his wedding to Chelsea Green being postponed because of Covid, the original plans for his bachelor party, his Mount Rushmore of wrestling action figures 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

This podcast episode is brought to you by Coors Light. These days, everything is go, go, go.

0:06.1

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0:38.9

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0:45.3

Well, here we go.

0:47.7

Welcome to the show.

0:48.6

Good to see you.

0:49.9

If you're new here, I'm Chris Van Fleet.

0:51.9

I'm an Emmy Award-winning TV host, and I'm fascinated

0:54.6

with finding out how people are wired to achieve greatness. On each episode of Insight, we have

1:00.3

in-depth conversations and reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the world's top

1:05.6

athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, influencers, you name it. If they are the best at what they do, I want to get their insight so we can apply it to our own lives.

1:16.9

And I'm pumped to have Matt Cardona back on the show.

1:19.5

He was last on in May, but a ton has changed since then.

1:24.9

That was just a few weeks after he was released from WWE after 14 years.

1:29.6

And since then, he's debuted on AEW. He debuted on Impact. In fact, he's still wrestling for

1:35.9

Impact. He was supposed to get married to Chelsea Green on New Year's Eve. That was postponed. He got

1:41.8

COVID and then he beat COVID. And now he's just started a new podcast network.

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