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Talk Is Jericho

Viva Van's Hellbent Journey to Viet Nam... and AEW

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.89.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

AEW’s Hellbent Vixen Viva Van dives into her unique journey from Little Saigon to All Elite Wrestling, and the unbelievable story of how she helped Vietnam Pro Wrestling get their very first wrestling ring. Viva breaks down the grassroots movement that brought pro wrestling to Vietnam, the GoFundMe that changed everything, and what it meant to wrestle in Ho Chi Minh City for the very first time. She talks about her WWE private tryout, how the rejection lit a fire under her, her grind across the indies, training at the NJPW LA Dojo, and the moment she found out (at the same time as the fans) that she was about to wrestle on AEW Dynamite. Viva also shares amazing stories about wrestling Timeless Toni Storm on AEW Rampage, her metal-inspired ring entrance, her time singing in a death-metal band, discovering wrestling through video games, and growing up speaking only Vietnamese. Plus, she reveals her dream matches in AEW and Japan. Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy 👍 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichfozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.4

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1:04.9

Okay, so here with Viva Van.

1:10.9

And the last time we saw each other was in Vietnam of all places.

1:16.5

And it's a pretty cool story about your connection with Vietnam.

1:22.3

And you are Vietnamese full, 100% American Vietnamese.

1:23.1

Is that what you would say?

1:31.0

So talk a little bit about the Vietnamese culture here in the States first, and then we'll talk about why we saw each other in Vietnam.

1:40.8

The Vietnamese culture in the States, well, I grew up in SoCal, so there's a little Saigon that my family would all take me to every weekend.

1:46.7

And then, you know, we try to keep that alive as much as possible and my family always like ingrained that in me with the food and just made sure that I knew

1:51.4

where my family came from right right so what would you find in Little Saigon little

1:56.0

Saigon well the dresses they're called Owye so Venemese gowns. I remember my mama bought me

2:03.0

so many different colored ones, and they would have like embroidered flowers on them.

2:08.9

And then what about like the food? The food, yeah. Vinimese food, well, most people would know of

2:13.6

is the fah, which is the noodles. That's probably the most popular dish. But there's other things, too. I like pretty much everything. That's part of the Vietnamese menu. You grew up speaking Vietnamese as well? Yeah, yeah. So Vietnamese was my first language until I was five. Oh, wow. I didn't learn to speak English until I was five. Really? I was speaking Vietnamese in kindergarten and preschool to all the other kids.

2:36.0

And this is here in Southern California?

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