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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Mojo Rawley on betting on yourself and staying hyped after his WWE release

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Mojo Rawley (Dean Mutadi) is a professional wrestler, entrepreneur, actor, and former NFL player. He joins Chris Van Vliet from Orlando, FL to do his first interview since being released from his WWE contract. He also talks about his NFL career and how a calf injury caused it to end early, going from football to WWE, his friendship with Rob Gronkowski and his brothers, why he didn't like wearing face paint during his heel turn, winning the Andre The Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania, his role in the new GI JOE movie "Snake Eyes" and much more! Submit your Blue Wire Hustle application here: http://bwhustle.com/join 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, here we go, and welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.

0:10.2

I'm your friend Chris Van Vle.

0:11.6

Thank you so much for coming back each and every episode.

0:15.0

And I hope you're hyped for this one.

0:17.0

I know I'm hyped for it.

0:18.8

Mo Joe Raleigh, aka Dean Mutati,

0:22.7

is just oozing with charisma.

0:26.0

And his charisma will ooze out of your speakers

0:29.3

and out of your headphones

0:30.4

and just hype you right up.

0:33.8

You can see him in the new G.I. Joe movie

0:35.7

called Snake Eyes,

0:36.9

which hits theaters on July 23rd.

0:39.3

And if you watch the trailer, if you've seen the trailer, yeah, that's Mojo Rowley that you spot in there.

0:45.9

We talked to him about how he's been bitten by the acting bug.

0:48.7

We talk about his NFL career.

0:50.9

And yeah, we talk about what's next for him after being released from WWE and so much more.

0:57.4

This is a guy who bets on himself. And if you listen to this story, bets on himself and always wins.

1:05.1

Give him a follow on social media. He's at Mojo on Instagram. Funny story behind that, which we get into during this interview.

1:12.9

He's at Mojo Mutati on Twitter.

1:15.3

That's M-U-T-A-D-I.

1:17.9

Give me a follow.

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