Steve Blackman: The Lethal Weapon, Shane McMahon Fall, JBL Airport Fight, Hardcore Title, Brawl For All

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Steve Blackman is a retired professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Harrisburg, PA to discuss being known as one of the toughest wrestlers in the locker room, becoming seriously ill and coming very close to dying before he signed with WWE, his match with Shane McMahon at SummerSlam 2000 and McMahon's fall, showing his comedic side with Al Snow as part of Head Cheese, the real story behind his fight with JBL at an airport in St. Louis, being a part of the infamous Brawl For All tournament, what he is doing now, whether a WWE return could be possible and more! Quote I'm thinking about: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." – Albert Einstein Please support our sponsors! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! TIMELINE: Go to https://timeline.com/insightto get 10% off your order of Mitopure! VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv ROCKET MONEY: Download the Rocket Money app and enter “Insight With Chris Van Vliet” in the survey HUEL: Get 15% off plus a FREE Gift for NEW customers with the code INSIGHT at https://huel.comMIRACLE MADE: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at https://zocdoc.com/insight BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at https://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? 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	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:19.3	And here we go.
0:22.5	Welcome back, my friends, to another one here on Insight.
0:25.9	I'm CBV, Chris Van Fleet.
0:28.0	Thank you for hitting play specifically on this episode.
0:32.3	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:37.1	Hit that follow button with a Kendo
0:38.8	stick wherever you're listening. Yeah, a Kendo stick. And please, if you haven't done so already,
0:44.5	could you leave a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts? I don't ask for much. In fact,
0:50.6	I don't ask for really anything ever. I don't have a Patreon or anything like that.
0:55.2	If you could just click a button.
0:57.4	If you could click the follow button and then click the rating, that's it.
1:01.5	In exchange for that, I will continue to line up conversations like this one that we have
1:06.1	for you today.
1:07.7	The lethal weapon, Steve Blackman, is on the show. And I can't stress enough how rare
1:14.4	an interview this is. From all of the research that I've done, I believe the last interview
1:19.5	that Steve Blackman did was in 2007, 18 years ago with our video. I can't believe we tracked him down for this.
1:29.1	What an attitude era legend.
1:30.9	What a legend just in general.
1:32.5	And one of the most requested guests we've ever had on the show.
1:35.9	And if you ask anybody that he ever worked with,
1:38.2	he's one of the toughest WWE superstars of all time.
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