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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

TJ Wilson on his behind the scenes WWE job, Owen Hart's death from his perspective, his wife Nattie Neidhart

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

TJ Wilson (aka Tyson Kidd) chats with Chris Van Vliet from his home in Florida. He talks about his job working as a producer for WWE, the career ending neck injury he suffered, what it was like growing up with the legendary Hart family, being stretched in The Dungeon by Stu Hart, training with Bret Hart, how he met his wife Nattie Neidhart, his memories of watching Over The Edge in 1999 when Owen Hart died, his thoughts on the Montreal Screwjob, what his current workout routine looks like, how he keeps his positive attitude and more!  Support the show by supporting our sponsors! Get your energy back, sleep better, and block out the unhealthy effects of blue light with BLUblox. Get free shipping worldwide and 15% off by going to https://blublox.com/CVV or enter code CVV15 at checkout.  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.  For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to https://chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media:  Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet 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

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0:03.4

Listen to The Do Zone with Drusky on Apple Podcast. I ain't that all, Phil. You're talking like I'm 50. Taylor, Rokes, Asian Wilson, and many more.

0:21.8

You won't want to miss this.

0:23.0

Listen to The DoZone with Drewski on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:31.2

Welcome to Insight.

0:36.5

If you're new here, I'm Chris Van Fleet. I'm a four-time Emmy Award-winning TV host,

0:41.2

and I'm obsessed with finding out what makes successful people so successful. And on each episode of

0:48.0

the show, we have in-depth conversations and reverse engineer the habits and techniques of the

0:53.4

world's top athletes, actors, entrepreneurs,

0:57.0

you name it. If they are the best at what they do, I want to get their insight so we can apply it

1:02.8

to our own lives. And get ready to be inspired by T.J. Wilson, aka Tyson Kid. He had an incredible in-ring career with WWE, which, you know, I guess

1:14.4

happens when you spend most of your life around the legendary heart family. But that in-ring

1:19.7

career was unfortunately cut short from a devastating neck injury in 2015. He's actually lucky to be

1:26.9

alive. Most people don't survive this neck injury,

1:30.5

and the people that do survive are paralyzed. So, I mean, what a lucky, lucky guy. He's now transitioned

1:37.9

into a backstage role as a producer, and he says he's even better at that than he was in the ring, which is a huge statement.

1:47.4

And you know I'm all about positivity. And positivity just beams out of TJ. I mean, he could have

1:53.8

every reason to be a negative, angry guy. He could still be constantly living in the past of that

2:00.2

injury that happened all, you know, six years ago.

2:03.1

Instead, though, he focuses on what he has right now and what's in front of him, which I think is a reminder that we all need in our daily lives.

2:12.7

He also tells a great story of how going to school with a young Teddy heart is the reason that he's a

2:17.6

wrestler today. And if he didn't meet Teddy, who knows what he'd be doing? That's like the,

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