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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Shelton Benjamin Is a Guaranteed HOFer! Shawn Michaels Match, His Mama, Brock Lesnar

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.93.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Shelton Benjamin (@sheltyb803) is a professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at Wynn Las Vegas to talk about his incredible career that started when he signed with WWE in 2000. He discusses being training partner with Brock Lesnar, what Brock is really like outside of the ring, being part of the legendary OVW class of 2002 with Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Dave Bautista, John Cena and Rico, his iconic match with Shawn Michaels on Raw in 2005, how they came up with the idea for the springboard into a Sweet Chin Music, the voting for Taboo Tuesday that lead to being Chris Jericho's legit surprise opponent, being part of Team Angle with Charlie Haas, working with Chavo and Eddie Guerrero early in his career, the story behind Shelton's Mama storyline, Shawn Michaels saying he has a guaranteed spot in the WWE Hall of Fame, who he would like to induct him and much more! Sponsors: 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: "All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone" - Tony Robbins 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

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0:00.0

This is Andy Herman from the PacketA podcast. In case you didn't know, the show you're listening to

0:04.2

right now, as well as my show, is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Blue Wire was founded in

0:09.2

2018 on the concept that independent podcasts would be more successful if we worked together.

0:14.0

Today, Blue Wire has grown to feature 300 shows led by former athletes, media professionals,

0:19.2

and passionate fans. Over the past few years, Blue Wire has privately raised over $10 million

0:24.1

to expand their team, their podcast network, and business operations. Now they are raising

0:29.5

another round on WeFunder. WeFunder is a crowdfunding service that connects startups with investors.

0:35.0

It's a cool platform that gives everyone the opportunity to be part of a growing startup.

0:39.2

You can invest for as little as $100. In other words, you don't have to be a millionaire to

0:44.1

invest in cool companies on WeFunder. Blue Wire is raising money to expand their sales team and

0:48.9

improve operations, which in turn will help this show continue to grow. If you would like to be

0:53.3

part of the Blue Wire investment round or want to find out more information, go to WeFunder.com slash

0:58.0

Blue Wire. That's WeFunder.com slash Blue Wire.

1:28.7

Let me tell you this. This is one that you do not want to miss. So glad that you're here with us

1:33.8

for this one. I mean, when was the last time you saw an interview with Shelton Benjamin?

1:38.8

The answer is a very long time ago. I mean, he really doesn't do any interviews. So it was an

1:45.1

honor. It was a privilege. And it was a pleasure to sit down with him in person at our beautiful,

1:51.5

incredible Blue Wire studios at the win Las Vegas. I mean, people are like, well, what makes that

1:57.2

studio so great? And obviously you've seen the videos or at least I'm assuming you've seen the

2:01.7

videos or the clips, but let's put it this way. The win is like the best hotel on the strip in Las

2:09.4

Vegas. So they don't do anything like half-assed. So the studio in there is absolutely incredible.

2:17.7

And this all came together with Shelton because I was at the reality of wrestling show in Houston.

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