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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Xavier Woods On Positivity, The New Day, KofiMania, UpUpDownDown, TNA, Trombones & More!

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Xavier Woods (@austincreedwins) is a professional wrestler, YouTuber, podcaster and TV host. He joins Chris Van Vliet in this classic interview from May 2021 to talk about his entire career including his time in TNA and WWE, forming The New Day, being ringside when Kofi Kingston won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35, playing the trombone, his popular YouTube channel "UpUpDownDown", what he learned from his Achilles injury, becoming a father and much more! Use the code CVV to get a 50% welcome bonus at http://mybookie.ag Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV at http://thecoldplunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. - Arnold Schwarzenegger 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 gathered.

0:01.4

Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bluie!

0:09.8

It's so good to see you.

0:11.0

Thank you so much for making this happen.

0:12.5

Yeah, dude, of course.

0:13.5

Of course.

0:13.8

Thank you.

0:14.7

Good to officially meet you.

0:16.3

Like, we have a lot of the same friends,

0:18.4

but it's just the first time we've finally actually made this happen.

0:20.9

Yeah, I know. What's, why have I not been at the top of the same friends, but it's just the first time we've finally actually made this happen. Yeah, I know. What's what's what why have I, uh, not been at the top of the card, huh? Well, I mean, you're a very busy man. Come on. You have so many jobs. I mean, obviously WWE superstars number one, but I'm really curious with everything you have going on, YouTube or podcast or G4 hosts now. Congratulations on that, by the way. Thank you. Thank you.

0:21.2

What is job number two for? curious with everything you have going on, YouTuber, podcast, or G4 hosts now. Congratulations on that,

0:38.7

by the way. What is job number two for Xavier Woods? Definitely G4 is the job that I'm going to be

0:47.2

transitioning into once I'm done. Being a bump boy, I'll be playing video games. But honestly, I'm also, so I'm learning bass as well.

0:57.3

I have aspirations to be a studio bassist.

1:00.6

So for all you artists in the next five or seven years, hopefully by the time you guys

1:06.3

are big, I understand how to play bass.

1:07.9

And if you hit through Atlanta, I'll play the bass for your album. But I appreciate that you're giving yourself like a good runway. You're saying, all right, five to seven years. Because I think there's a lot of people that go, all right, when I started this thing six months ago, I'll be good in like another six months maybe. No, it's it's music. So there's certain components of it that I already luckily understand because I was in band all my life and played trombone.

1:30.5

And so that part is easy.

1:32.2

And that's usually the hard part of figuring out like music theory and how notes work together and chords and harmonies and all that stuff.

1:38.7

So I've got that stuff for the, I don't say for the most part, but like 18% of it, there's still a ton to go.

1:45.3

But, so translating it to playing bass has been really fun because all of your favorite songs

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