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

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 78 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleas!
0:09.0	Oh, it is so good to see you, my friends.
0:12.6	Welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:15.0	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet, and thank you for making this one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world by showing up
0:23.1	each and every episode and let me tell you this this is one that you do not want to miss so glad
0:30.1	that you're here with us for this one i mean when was the last time you saw an interview with
0:34.4	shelton benjamin the answer is a very long time ago. I mean, he really
0:39.1	doesn't do any interviews. So it was an honor. It was a privilege and it was a pleasure to sit
0:45.4	down with him in person at our beautiful, incredible Blue Wire Studios at the Win Las Vegas. I mean,
0:52.2	people are like, well, what makes that studio so great? And obviously,
0:56.3	you've seen the videos, or at least I'm assuming you've seen the videos or the clips, but
0:59.9	let's put it this way. The win is like the best hotel on the strip in Las Vegas. So they don't
1:08.5	do anything like half-assed. So the studio in there is absolutely incredible.
1:14.7	And this all came together with Shelton because I was at the reality of wrestling show in Houston.
1:20.6	That's Booker T's independent wrestling company.
1:23.1	Roe, they call it, R-O-W.
1:25.2	I was there.
1:26.1	And backstage, I was like walking one way down the hall and here is a very large Shelton Benjamin walking the other way. And I've never met it before. And I was like, oh my gosh, you're the man. He's like, oh my gosh, you do such great work. I'm like, well, I got to get you on the podcast. We got to make this happen. And fast forward about a month later, we both happened
1:44.7	to be in Las Vegas. And boom, it happened. And the man is a future Hall of Famer. I mean,
1:51.1	that's not just me saying that. That is Sean Michaels saying that. Sean Michaels said when he's
1:55.3	ready to hang him up whenever that happens to be, there is definitely a spot. We're keeping it
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