Teddy Long: Smackdown's Best GM! One-on-One With The Undertaker, Buckle Up Teddy & More!

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Teddy Long is a WWE Hall of Famer known for his tenure as Smackdown and ECW General Manager and as a referee in WWE. Big thank you to Chris Hughes from Appalachian Championship Wrestling for helping to make this interview happen! Teddy sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis, IN to talk about this legendary career as a WWE personality, his role as the Smackdown GM, his iconic lines like "One on one with The Undertaker", "Lemme holla at ya, playa" and being part of the "Buckle up Teddy" segment. He discusses how becoming friends with James Brown led to him working in wrestling, how he got hired by WWE, working as a referee before becoming an on-air personality, his dance moves, being chased by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on an ATV and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill 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! RHONE: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use CVV to save 20% at https://www.rhone.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 MUDWTR: Get 15% off with the code CVV15 at http://mudwtr.com/cvv 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 Benfleet.
0:06.0	Oh my goodness. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm CVV, Chris Van Fleet. And yes, my friends,
0:28.6	the brand new intro to the show, Samantha Irvin, is in the house. How cool is that? Thank you for being with us. Thank you for making
0:38.9	insight one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet. Could you do me just one small favor?
0:45.8	Could you hit that follow button on Spotify or Apple or wherever you're listening to this right now?
0:51.2	Because if you don't, you will go one on one with the Undertaker.
0:58.8	Hala, holla, holla, holla, player.
1:00.4	Such a good one today.
1:02.0	It has been a long time coming.
1:05.4	I don't even do that on purpose.
1:06.5	His last name's long.
1:07.6	That wasn't even intentional.
1:09.4	I have never had the pleasure of interviewing
1:11.7	Teddy Long, but big shout out to Chris Hughes from ACW, Appalachian Championship Wrestling,
1:17.9	who connected us together and made this interview happen during the Squared Circle Expo in
1:22.3	Indianapolis. What a great guy, Teddy is. And think of how many amazing moments he's given us, not just as the most
1:30.9	beloved Smackdown GM of all time, but also as a referee before that. He has an incredible
1:38.2	story. And he tells incredible stories. And wow, this is a guy who is so grateful and so appreciative for all the opportunities
1:47.7	that he's been given in his life. I love talking with him about how meeting James Brown
1:53.6	led to him working in wrestling, which is crazy to say that out loud. And that got him a job in
1:59.9	WWE. Then we got buckle up Teddy, the flashy suits, the dancing.
2:04.7	Let me holl at you player.
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