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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Mikey Rukus: The man behind AEW's entrance themes and music

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

AEW Music Producer Mikey Rukus sits down with Chris Van Vliet from his studio in Richmond, VA. He talks about how he landed his job creating the music for All Elite Wrestling, what the process looks like from start to finish to create a theme song, what his favorite entrance themes are, the crazy story of how quickly he has had to create a theme, how much fun he had creating Vickie Guerrero's theme and much more! Support the show by supporting our sponsors!DEAL DASH- Get an extra 100 Free Bids upon signup by using the code CVVSHOW at https://dealdash.fm/CVVSHOWBETONLINE- Head to http://betonline.ag and use the promo code BLUEWIRE for your free welcome bonus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:23.6

Let's do this thing. How are you, my friends? Welcome back to another audio adventure on the Chris Van Fleet Show. This episode is brought to you by Deal Dash and Bet Online. And this is a special one. You may not necessarily know the name, Mikey Ruckus, but you definitely know his work. He is the man

1:46.2

behind the entrance themes in all elite wrestling. And if you're a wrestling fan, you would be

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