Zelina Vega: Winning The US Title, Backlash In Puerto Rico, Playing AJ Lee In "Fighting With My Family"

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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https://cvvtix.com - See you tomorrow at INSIGHT LIVE in NYC with special guest Sheamus! Zelina Vega (@ZelinaVegaWWE) is a professional wrestler currently signed with WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Nashville, TN to discuss defeating Chelea Green to win the Women's US Championship, wrestling Rhea Ripley in Puerto Rico, becoming friends with The Rock and being cast as AJ Lee in the Paige biopic "Fighting With My Family", prank calling Dominik Mysterio, the 619 that broke Chelsea Green's nose, being the first-ever Queen of the Ring winner, being mentored by Rey Mysterio and more!

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:04.0	Ah, yes, welcome back, my friends, to another one here on Insight.
0:25.5	It's me, it's me, it's C, V, V, Chris Van Fleet.
0:31.5	Thank you for joining us on this one today, and thank you for making Insight the number one
0:36.1	wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:39.4	Hit a superplex on that follow button right now so you don't miss out on any episodes that we have coming up,
0:46.1	especially with SummerSlam this weekend.
0:48.1	I'm going to be in New Jersey and New York recording quite a few interviews.
0:53.4	As of right now, we have four confirmed, possibly five.
0:57.8	I'm actually recording one later today. And of course, as you know, we have Insight Live tomorrow
1:02.4	night with special guest Seamus. So if you're in the area, if you live in New York or New Jersey
1:08.5	and you don't have plans tomorrow at 5 p.m. I'll see you there.
1:12.1	Grab a ticket at CVVTix.com. CvvvvtiX.com. I'm pumped to have Zelina Vega on the show for the very first time.
1:21.0	We sat down with her, fresh off her run as United States champion. And I joked with her that she is the first American to be the women's
1:29.3	United States champion, of course, since my fellow Canadian Chelsea Green was the first winner.
1:34.7	We talked about that incredible reception she got at backlash in Puerto Rico and also how
1:40.9	the Rock picked her specifically to play A to play AJ Lee in the movie Fighting with
1:45.4	My Family.
1:46.4	She also does a spot on impression of AJ Lee.
1:49.0	Like it's so good that you're going to think we dubbed A.J. Lee's voice into this.
1:54.3	But no, that is Alina.
1:56.4	What a career she's had.
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