Tatanka Breaks Down His Perfect WWE Streak & McMahon's Biggest Mistakes: PRIME TIME VAULT

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

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4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Tatanka WWE streak, Tatanka 2005 return, and behind-the-scenes WWE stories are all covered in this exclusive interview as Tatanka opens up like never before. In this episode, Tatanka breaks down the truth behind his undefeated run in WWE, what it was like during the early 90s boom, and how the company positioned him during one of the most memorable stretches of his career. He also talks about his surprising WWE return in 2005, what brought him back, and how different WWE felt compared to his original run.

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0:00.0	Another great episode coming up.
0:02.3	Chris Chavez is going to join us, better known to wrestling fans as to Tatanka.
0:07.8	All righty.
0:09.2	Time to get to our conversation this week.
0:11.5	Chris Chavez left a six-figure job to become a professional wrestler.
0:17.3	You're going to hear more about this.
0:18.9	But that should just give you a clue that Tatanka,
0:23.3	as we know him, traveled a very interesting road. So what do you say we get to it? Ding, ding,
0:29.3	ding. Joining me as a superstar, I had the great fortune to work with during my time with the WWF, WWE.
0:40.3	I remember when he arrived on the scene, he had it all.
0:43.3	The physique, the look, a great gimmick, and certainly the drive to succeed.
0:49.3	Welcome, Chris Chavez, better known to the world of professional wrestling as Tatanka.
0:53.3	Welcome, Chris. Thanks for coming up. Well, thank you, Sean. Chris Chavez, better known to the world of professional wrestling as Tatanka.
0:54.9	Welcome, Chris.
0:55.7	Thanks for coming up for you. Well, thank you, Sean.
0:58.0	It's awesome to be on prime time with Sean Mooney.
1:03.0	Definitely.
1:03.6	It's a pleasure to hear your voice, too.
1:05.5	You bring back so many, what do you want to say, awesome moments and memories of not only my career, but more
1:14.8	importantly, just an awesome era. You don't realize until you get away from that, as I'm still
1:20.1	active on the road, how awesome that era was. So it's a pleasure to be, again, on prime time today.
1:25.9	Yeah, and we had many an interview.
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