Zilla Fatu On His Legendary Father Umaga, The Bloodline, TNA Debut, Wrestling Booker T, WWE Tryout
Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Chris Van Vliet
4.9 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome back to another one here on Inside. I'm CBV. Chris Van Fleet. Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm CvV. Chris Van Fleet. Thank you for |
| 0:26.1 | hitting play on this episode. And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the |
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| 0:39.6 | wherever you're listening right now. You don't have to tape up your thumb. I just thought it'd be a |
| 0:42.9 | little bit more fun if you did. It'd be an authentic Samoan Spike then. And if you watch these |
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| 0:53.9 | Zillifat 2 is on the show today, the son of the late |
| 0:57.7 | great Umaga. Zilla is a fourth generation wrestler. Part of the Anawaii family. Yes, the bloodline. |
| 1:06.0 | He's related to Roman rains, the Usoz, Yokozuna, the Rock, Rikishi, Rosie. And as you know, the list goes on and on and on. |
| 1:14.3 | We actually go through how he's related to everybody during this interview. And there's somewhere |
| 1:18.4 | he's like, yeah, I actually don't know how I'm related to them. But what a story he has. |
| 1:23.6 | At 15 years old, he went to prison for six years for armed robbery. |
| 1:28.3 | And while he was in prison, he decided he wanted to turn his life around and try to work to get into wrestling when he got released. |
| 1:35.1 | He made his in-ring debut two years ago at Booker T's reality of wrestling in the Houston area. |
| 1:41.0 | In that time, he's had matches with people like Booker T himself and bully Ray, and the future |
| 1:47.0 | is so, so bright for him. And I love the path that he's on right now. I hope you enjoy this |
| 1:53.8 | conversation. If you do, snap a screenshot and tag us. Let us know that you're listening to |
| 1:59.0 | this. He's at Zilla Fat 2 on social media. |
| 2:02.3 | I'm at Chris Van Fleet and here we go. Please enjoy this conversation with Zilla Fat 2. |
| 2:11.8 | You know, I was there for your debut. I was there at Roe. Yes. When you came out and like the reaction for you was crazy. |
| 2:20.4 | What did that moment feel like for you? To be honest, leading up to that, no, first thing I just |
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