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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Sabu on working for Paul Heyman, his favorite ECW matches, why ECW in WWE didn't work

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sabu and Super Genie Melissa Coates talk to Chris Van Vliet from their home in Las Vegas, NV. Sabu talks about his time in ECW, what he learned from working with Paul Heyman, how he got his infamous scars, his regrets not signing a $400,000 a year deal with Kevin Sullivan in WCW, his biography called "Sabu: Scars, Silence and Superglue", his children's book "Sabu vs. The Three Little Pigs" and more! He also discusses the lifesaving surgery that Super Genie had that causes her left leg to be amputated at the knee due to blood clots.  Here is a link to the GoFundMe page set up for Super Genie:https://www.gofundme.com/f/medical-costs-for-quotsuper-geniequot-melissa-coates  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

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0:03.4

Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that old, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.

0:21.8

You won't want to miss this.

0:23.0

Listen to The Do Zone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:31.4

Here we go. Welcome to the show. We have a legend with us today. If it's your first time listening, good to have you with us. I'm Chris Van Fleet. I'm an Emmy Award-winning TV host, and I'm fascinated with finding out how people are wired to achieve greatness because it doesn't happen by accident.

0:59.1

On each episode of Insight, we have in-depth conversations and reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the world's top.

1:01.7

Athletes, actors, entrepreneurs, hardcore legends, you name it.

1:05.9

If they're the best of what they do, I want to get their insight so we can apply it to our own life. And it is impossible

1:13.5

to talk about ECW without talking about Sabu. He's one of the stars who made that company.

1:21.0

What a fascinating guy. And you can read all about his life in his biography called Sabu, Scars,

1:27.2

Silence, and Superglue. He also has a children's book

1:30.3

out called Saboo versus the Three Little Pigs. You can find both those books on his website,

1:35.7

ECW Saboo.com. And he's joined in this interview by Super Jeannie, Melissa Coates, who recently had her left

1:43.2

leg amputated in a life-saving surgery that was

1:46.3

caused by blood clots. I'll let her tell you more about this, but there's a GoFundMe page set up to

1:51.5

help cover those medical expenses. It's linked in the show description, so if you can, please help

1:57.4

Melissa and Sabu out. Take a screenshot, share this with someone who's a huge ECW fan

2:03.5

and tag gosh so we can share it. I'm at Chris Van Fleet. Sabu is at the real Sabu ECW. Supergeny is at

2:12.4

real super genie. And if you haven't yet, hit subscribe or hit follow on whatever platform it is

2:19.0

that you're listening on right now. This review is from Danielle 325 who says,

2:24.4

Awesome Show. Chris is one of the most down-to-earth, genuine interviewers out there. His energy

2:30.3

puts his guests at ease to open up and have an in-depth conversation that flows effortlessly

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