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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Nick Aldis On His WWE Role, Leaving NWA, Mickie James, Favorite TNA Moment

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Nick Aldis (@realnickaldis) is a professional wrestler known for his time in IMPACT Wrestling and NWA. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his house in Nashville, TN to talk about his recent trial as a producer for WWE, he clarifies that his in-ring career is not done, what's next for him after his recent stint in IMPACT Wrestling, why he decided to leave NWA, being the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion for 1043 days, his iconic match with Cody Rhodes in 2018 at All In, what his favorite memory from TNA is, what it was like working with Sting, the best advice he received from Bret Hart, turning down an offer from AEW and betting on himself, his wife Mickie James and much more! Sponsors:  To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv to support the show and use the code CVV15  Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com  MANSCAPED - Get 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code CVV at manscaped.com   Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to http://TryMiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF Quote I'm thinking about: A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not on the branch but on its own wings. – Charlie Wardle For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com 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 gathered.

0:01.4

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.

0:06.0

Oh, baby.

0:10.7

Good to see you here, my friends.

0:12.2

Welcome back to another one on Insight.

0:14.3

It's your friendly neighborhood, CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:18.9

Thank you for joining us on this one.

0:20.5

And thank you for making Insight one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world by coming back each and every episode.

0:28.9

Hit that follow button with a big old DDT if you haven't already.

0:33.2

Not only would it make me very happy, but you would also make sure that you're not missing out

0:38.8

on any big interviews that we have coming up. And I just finalize the details for a huge one.

0:47.4

But I just need to eat my vitamins and say my prayers a little bit more if you catch my drift

0:53.5

here. This one here today, though,

0:55.9

is a huge one with the real world heavyweight champion, Nick Aldous. I always love spending

1:01.9

time with him. Him and his wife, Mickey James, were so hospitable here. They invited me into

1:08.4

their beautiful home just outside of Nashville to record this

1:11.5

episode. And Mickey wasn't home when we started. And then we had to stop halfway through. You'll,

1:18.3

you'll hear it. She's like knocking on the door and like ringing the doorbell. And she comes back

1:23.5

home and she had tacos for us. So we paused the interview. We ate some delicious tacos.

1:29.4

And then the conversation continued. You'll see it's kind of like a part one, part two.

1:33.9

But yeah, so good there. And you may have seen the reports that Nick has been working backstage in

1:40.2

WWE as a producer. So we talk about that and him saying, no, my in-ring career is not done,

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