Paul Wight on leaving WWE for AEW, CM Punk, All Out, a match with Shaq

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

AEW star Paul Wight, better known as "The Big Show" in WWE is a professional wrestler, commentator and actor. He joins Insight with Chris Van Vliet to talk about why he left WWE for AEW, working as a commentator on AEW Dark: Elevation, his in-ring return at All Out against QT Marshall, what he has left to accomplish in his wrestling career, his thoughts on CM Punk appearing in AEW, his role in the 1998 Adam Sandler Film "The Waterboy" as Captain Insano and 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	All systems are good.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluilly.
0:07.7	Well, here we go back with you for another audio adventure on Insight.
0:13.0	Thank you so much for being with us for what can only be described as a big show.
0:19.2	Huh?
0:20.0	Huh?
0:20.7	See what I did there?
0:22.1	Paul White might be one of the nicest people I've ever had the pleasure of interviewing.
0:26.7	Not just wrestler, just people in general.
0:30.2	The first interview that we did was five years ago in Miami.
0:33.3	If you've seen it on YouTube, it's the one where we're next to the beautiful water in Biscayne Bay.
0:39.0	That video has four and a half million views on YouTube.
0:42.5	Crazy.
0:43.4	It's my most watched wrestling interview of all time.
0:46.8	And it's so great to have him back for another interview because a lot has changed in those
0:52.3	five years.
0:53.3	The biggest, of course, being his current employer,
0:56.3	he was with WWE since then. He was with WW for 20 plus years. And since February, he's now been
1:02.8	with AEW. Take a screenshot. Let us know that you're listening to this episode and tag us.
1:08.8	Tag Paul. He's at Paul White.
1:11.7	Tag me. I'm at Chris Van Vleet.
1:13.6	And hey, give us a follow as well.
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