Shelton Benjamin On His WWE Release, Hurt Business Ending Too Soon, HBK Match, Max Caster Comments

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Shelton Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Houston, TX to talk about his WWE release and what the future holds, whether or not he would consider a return, the possibility of signing with AEW or TNA, why he thinks he is the opposite of John Cena, responds to Max Caster's comments about him on social media, being called underrated, his epic match on Raw with Shawn Michaels, why he thinks The Hurt Business never should have ended, how much longer he intends to wrestle and more! Quote I'm thinking about: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein 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! TIMELINE NUTRITION: Save 10% off your first order of Mitopure at http://timeline.com/INSIGHT 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 BETTERHELP: Get 10% off your first month with the code INSIGHT at http://betterhelp.com/insight 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 Van Fleet.
0:03.6	Yeah.
0:06.0	Okay, welcome back to another one here on Insight.
0:23.3	It's your friendly neighborhood, CVV, Chris Van Fleet with you.
0:28.0	How was your weekend?
0:29.1	Good weekend?
0:30.1	Thank you so much for being here.
0:31.6	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:37.7	We got Shelton Benjamin back on the show,
0:40.1	and a lot has changed in the last year since he was on here.
0:43.8	The biggest one, of course,
0:44.8	being the fact that he's not with WWE anymore.
0:47.1	He was released from his contract in September,
0:50.5	but it just felt like he had so much more to do there.
0:54.5	Like, he talks about it here, but the hurt business just kind of stopped for no reason.
1:00.2	Like that could pick up again right now and be one of the best factions in wrestling.
1:07.1	But there's a lot to talk about here.
1:08.7	He's not with WWE anymore.
1:10.6	Where does he go next?
1:11.7	Is it AEW?
1:12.7	Is it TNA?
1:13.9	Is it back to New Japan?
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