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

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 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 Chelsea 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, being the first-ever Queen of the Ring winner, being mentored by Rey Mysterio and more! Quote I'm thinking about: "Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference." - Lou Holtz Please support our sponsors! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount PRIZEPICKS: Download the app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! TIMELINE: Go to https://timeline.com/insightto get 10% off your order of Mitopure! VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv ROCKET MONEY: Download the Rocket Money app and enter “Insight With Chris Van Vliet” in the survey HUEL: Get 15% off plus a FREE Gift for NEW customers with the code INSIGHT at https://huel.comMIRACLE MADE: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://trymiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at https://zocdoc.com/insight BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Get your first month of BlueChew for free with the code CVV at https://bluechew.com PLUNGE: Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at https://plunge.com For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? 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

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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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