Rampage Jackson On His Failed TNA Run, Destroying That Door, Powerbomb, Why He's Not In The UFC Hall Of Fame

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (@rampage4real) is a mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to talk about his legendary MMA career, beating Chuck Liddell to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, what went wrong with his run in TNA Wrestling, how he got the role to play B.A. Baracus in "The A Team", the real story behind destroying the door on The Ultimate Fighter, powerbombing Ricardo Arona in PRIDE, his favorite flavor of F3 Energy, his involvement with United Fight League and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: “Life is a guy trying to play a violin solo in public while learning the music and his instrument at the same time.” - Joseph Campbell Sponsors: PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/ PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT for a first deposit match up to $100! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code INSIGHT to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com 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. 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	Chris Benfleet.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:06.0	Hello friends. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm
0:24.1	CVV, Chris Van Fleet. Thanks for being with us on this one. And thank you as always for helping
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0:56.1	Quentin Rampage Jackson is back on the show, a former light heavyweight champion in the
1:02.0	UFC, a freaking MMA legend.
1:05.5	How is this man not in the UFC Hall of Fame?
1:07.8	That's actually one of the things we talk about on this interview. I mean,
1:11.3	he has wins over Chuck Liddell, Vanderley-Silva, Dan Henderson, Keith Jardine, just to name a few.
1:18.8	You might remember as a wrestling fan, his very brief run in TNA in 2013, which really should
1:26.5	have been so much more.
1:33.0	He debuts, he's nose to nose and a face off, a stare down with Kurt Angle, and then really not much comes of this at all.
1:37.6	But he is returning to the ring for Josh Barnett's Bloodsport on June 22nd in Tokyo,
1:44.0	so that'll be very interesting. A lot of big
1:46.0	names on that card. Snap a screenshot. Let us know that you're listening and tag us so we can
1:52.4	share it out. He's at Rampage 4 Real. That's Rampage, the number 4 real. I'm at Chris Van
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