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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Spike Dudley: His Most HARDCORE Moments, What He Said NO To, ECW, Brutal Chair Shots, Life After Wrestling

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.93.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Spike Dudley is a retired professional wrestler best known for his time in ECW, WWE and TNA. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Providence, Rhode Island to discuss his many brutal bumps and which one hurt the most, taking the first-ever 3D from The Dudley Boyz, his matches with The Undertaker and Steve Austin, his appearance at TLC 2 at WrestleMania X-Seven, the moment he decided to step away from wrestling, a possible Hall of Fame induction, and more!

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.

0:19.3

Welcome back to another one here on Insight episode number 800.

0:26.3

Woo!

0:27.1

I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:29.2

Thank you for hit and play on this episode.

0:31.2

And thank you for hidden play on all 800 episodes.

0:34.4

And for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet, hit a top

0:40.0

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0:45.9

So you don't miss out on any new interviews every Tuesday and Thursday.

0:49.4

And of course, Ask CVV on Friday.

0:52.5

The legend, Spike Dudley, is on the show. And his name is just synonymous with

0:59.5

tough. When you think of the craziest, wildest spots in all of wrestling, he's been a part of a lot

1:05.8

of them. You know that phrase takes a licking and keeps on ticking? That is the epitome of Spike Dudley. He's now

1:13.9

happily retired, has been for a long time. He and his wife live in Providence, Rhode Island,

1:19.2

and they have two kids. He has a great job in finance, but it's very clear he has two distinct

1:25.1

lives. There was wrestling, and there's life after wrestling.

1:29.4

And it's so great to see how well he's doing now.

1:32.6

He rarely does interviews.

1:34.7

So this was an honor to be able to sit down with him in person for this.

1:38.2

And we covered a ton of stuff.

1:39.9

We talk about all of those crazy spots like Undertakers choke slam to the outside, that

1:46.6

vicious chair shot from Lita at WrestleMania 17, double flaming tables, getting tossed

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