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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Stevie Richards On His MAJOR Health Scare Earlier This Year, Learning To Walk Again

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Stevie Richards (@bWoStevie) is a professional wrestler and fitness influencer known for his time in WWE, ECW, WCW, TNA and Ring of Honor. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his recent health scare with a spinal infection he had earlier this year, his road to recovery, his YouTube channel Stevie Richards Fitness, the breakdowns he has been doing as a wrestling analyst, why he feels bad for that infamous chairshot to JBL in WWE, his thoughts on the Right To Censor theme song, being part of that faction with Ivory, Val Venis, The Godfather and Bull Buchanan, the advice he got from Raven about the Blue World Order, being the 21-time WWE Hardcore Champion and much more!  Subscribe to Stevie Richards Wrestling Analyst YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@stevierichardswrestling  Subscribe to Stevie Richards Fitness: https://www.youtube.com/@StevieRichardsFitness  Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com  Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV at http://thecoldplunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: "The secret to getting ahead is getting started" - Mark Twain For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://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 Bleley.

0:08.8

It is lovely to see you, my friends.

0:11.4

Welcome back to another one here on Insight.

0:13.9

I'm StevieV, Chris Van Fleet.

0:15.7

So good to have my friend Stevie Richards back on the show.

0:20.4

And Stevie will be the first one to tell you,

0:22.6

he's glad that he's able to be on any show. He's so glad that he's able to be with us now.

0:28.9

And if you've been following along on his social media or on his YouTube channel, which is linked

0:34.6

below in the show notes. So go subscribe if you're not already subscribed.

0:38.8

He had a really scary situation earlier this year. He had a serious health scare with a spinal

0:44.7

infection. And he gets into all the details here. But if this went undiagnosed, Stevie says that

0:52.1

he wouldn't be with us anymore. So I'm glad that here we are.

0:56.3

It's less than six months from this happening. He had to learn how to walk again. He had to

1:02.8

basically figure everything out again. And now he's back on his feet quite literally. And he's doing

1:10.7

great.

1:11.2

So I hope you enjoy this conversation with him.

1:13.7

If you're not already following him, he's at BWO Stevie on Twitter.

1:18.9

He's at Stevie Richards on Instagram.

1:21.0

Like I mentioned, you can find his, I has two YouTube accounts.

1:24.5

He has two channels.

1:25.5

One is Stevie Richards Fitness.

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