Insight with Chris Van Vliet - AskCVV #128 - Gunther's WrestleMania Plans, Why Oba Femi Must Beat Brock Lesnar, Best Comedy Wrestlers Ever

Episode Date: March 27, 2026

Hello Real Real Ones! Welcome to AskCVV #128! On this episode, Chris Van Vliet answers questions about Randy Orton's heel turn and why fans keep cheering him, who Gunther should face at WrestleMania 42, a possible Nick Aldis match, the best wrestlers to never wrestle in WWE, why Oba Femi needs to beat Brock Lesnar, who will have the best entrance at WrestleMania this year, Mount Rushmore of comedy wrestlers, the best NXT stars ever and much more! Quote I'm thinking about: "Always remember that your success begins inside of you; if you can't see it first, no one ever will." Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF 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/cvv 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 NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://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

Chris. How are you, my friend? Welcome back to another one here on Insight. I'm CVV, Chris Fanfleet. Thank you for let me spend a little bit of time with you on a Friday. And as always, thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet. Hit a Famicer on that follow button wherever you're listening right now so you don't miss out on any episodes that we have on the way. And yes, I intentionally said the famous.

famouser because I just finished recording an interview with Billy Gunn about an hour ago. I love that guy. And I love having him on the show. So good to have him back. You'll be hearing that one in the next few weeks here. I'm in Indianapolis right now. That's why I just did this interview with Billy Gunn about an hour ago. I'm here for Squared Circle Expo. I love this convention. It is stacked. I've been to it. This is the sixth year that they've done Squared Circle Expo. I've been to it, I think, five of those six years. When I say stacked, I mean, like, mega stacked. This is just some of the people who will be appearing at Squared Circle Expo today and tomorrow. This is not a complete list, but this list is mind-blowing. Trish Stratus, Big Show, Lita, Kelly Kelly, Billy Gunn, who I just

mentioned, Road Dog, Boogieman, Carlito, Chris Masters, who was just on the show a few weeks ago, DDP, new WWWE Hall of Fame inductee, Dennis Rodman, David O'Tonga, Jeff Jarrett, Okada, Kevin Nash, Killer Cross, Lillin Garcia, Mick Foley, Muhammad Hassan, Molly Holly, Rikishi, Scott Steiner, and the list goes on and on and on. I'll also be there. So if you're in Indianapolis or if you're drivable somewhere in the Midwest, it would be so great to meet you today. or tomorrow here at Squared Circle Expo in Indianapolis.

I'm recording this in the same hotel where they are doing Squared Circle Expo. They just make it so easy. Everything's just like all in one spot here. So can't wait to meet you hopefully later today or tomorrow at Squared Circle Expo. I also hope to see you at the next Insight Live in Las Vegas, the Thursday of WrestleMania week, April 16th. I've announced the guest last week. I'm pumped about this. There's so many good stories with Maven.

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That's Backlash weekend and Money in the Bank weekend. And I just announced yesterday on social media that we're doing Insight Live at Fanatics Fest this year. I am pumped about this. Fanatics Fest in New York City. It's going to be so good. Like Fanatics Fest is an absolutely massive convention with an insane guest list. And we'll be doing Fanatics Fest live on the stage there. So if you have a ticket to attend Fanatics Fest, boom, you're in for free.

You will see Insight Live happening on the stage there. And I can't announce the guest just yet, but the guest for Fanatics Fest is a big one. So July 18th, New York City, Javid Center. I will see you there for Fanatics Fest. Welcome, my friend, to Ask CVV number one, two, ACEs and Eighth edition. Also, Ask CVV, number one, to Great Collie edition.

Great Collie, that would be a guest I would love to have on the show. I've been making some outreach to see if we can make that one happen. If you have a question or an idea for next week for Ask CVV number 129, if you have an idea for what Ask CVV 129 should be, send it in on my website, chris fanfleet.com, send it in on social media using that hashtag Ask CVV or leave a comment if you happen to be listening on Spotify. Also, thank you to everyone who,

wished my wife, RVV, Rachel, a happy 40th birthday. Her birthday was Tuesday of this week. We had an amazing party with family and friends over the weekend. And it was just a blast. It was so much fun being with everyone. So a huge happy birthday to the lovely, incredible, beautiful love of my life, RVV. And thank you to everyone else who wished her a happy birthday. All right, let's dive into this. Ask CVV, number one, two, eight. We'll kick it off with this one from Tony Speezy on Spotify. What's up, CVV? Thanks for keeping me company on my drive to work every Tuesday, Thursday, and especially

Fridays. I love Randy Orton, but I'm just not buying him as a heel in the big 2026. I feel like this is going to backfire. What do you think? Tony, I agree with you that outside of, you know, young kids who absolutely love Cody Rhodes, I don't know if anyone's going to boo Randy Orton in 2026. Yes, he's doing all of the classic heel things. Yes, he beat up the top baby face and left him bloodied.

But I think in order to get that like true visceral heel reaction, he needs to do something diabolical. I don't know what that is. And I don't know if they're going to go there because even if he does something diabolical like attacking Cody's mom or saying something incredibly disrespectful about Dusty Rhodes, are people going to boo Randy Orton? And I don't think it comes from a fact of like, yes, he's an amazing heel. Like he is playing this role to a T. But I think there's just too much respect for who Randy Orton is. Like, how can you not want to sing along to his entrance theme?

How can you not want to cheer him when everything he does in the ring is so crisp and perfect? I get it. Randy Orton could go out and attack another big baby face. Like he did that on Raw. He attacked Matt Cardona. But that doesn't really fuel him being a heel here. Kind of just fuels Randy Orton being cool and like full of aura, as the kids say. But even if he attacks someone like,

like universally loved, like say our truth, I feel like we'd still go, yep, that's something Randy Orton would do. Look at Randy Orton being a great heel. As a side note to all this, I just love that you can tell Randy's really soaking in these last few years. Like him having that almost career-ending back injury and then coming back from that, you can just see that he appreciates what he's able to do now in the ring. But what happens at WrestleMania? If during that main event on night one, if Randy's the one getting cheered,

then Cody is likely the one getting booed, which would be the second year in a row that Cody gets that adverse reaction. That polarizing reaction, that's his quote. Those are his words from the interview that we did a few weeks ago. Last year, it was Cody Rhodes v. John Cena, and they just went along with it. Despite the reaction, they worked the match

that they had planned. But what if? This is a big what if here. What if we see a switch up? What if we get a switch up like Rock Hogan, WrestleMania 18 style? What if Randy starts to play into those cheers and Cody plays into those booze?

I think it could work really well, especially if you're going to go with that prediction, the one that I have, that Randy beats Cody becomes the 15-time champion. So now Randy's getting cheered. It's the outcome that a lot of people are predicting. Randy Orton wins that championship.

Then what if it goes from there to Cody turning on the fans, turning a heel, then chasing the championship as a heel, which is something we haven't seen from him. This all sounds great. Like, in theory, as we're talking this out right now, like fantasy booking for sure, it all seems like it could line up.

Will this actually happen? probably not, except for the part with Randy Orton beating Cody and becoming WWE champion for the first time

since 2020. I totally think that part is happening. A full on Cody Rhodes heel, he'll turn, probably not. Which puts them

in an interesting spot here because no matter what happens over these next three weeks leading up to WrestleMania, I think

ultimately on April 18th, Randy gets cheered Cody gets booed. Even with the reveal of who's going to be on the phone. And there's a lot of interesting theories out there. Is it Cowboy Bob Orton? We talked about that last week.

I've seen a new theory. What if Randy's just talking to himself? What if he's just like talking to the voices in his head? And it's just like him convincing himself about this. It's an interesting theory as well. I'm of the belief that there is an actual person on the other, line, is that someone we're going to find out, like, the identity of in the next few weeks? Or is that someone whose identity is revealed during that main event of WrestleMania?

I would think we find out who that person is in the next few weeks. But I think there's some surprises at WrestleMania for sure. Whether this is one or not, I guess we'll figure that out. But I think that to just continue to add more fuel to the Randy Orton, heel fire, I think we find out who that person is soon. But again, Randy Orton can do the most healy things ever. He can be the heeliest heel that ever healed. And we're probably just going to go, man, Randy Orton's cool. It's just a respect thing. That's nothing to do with the fact that he's not a great heel because he is. But it's just like, it's Randy Orton, man. He's awesome.

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The U.S. Soccer Podcast, presented by Hencoe, follow and listen on your favorite platform. Danny Ray Coolmire sent this one in on the website and said, Hey, Chris, three weeks ago, WVOLP put up a 90-minute video of the best of test. So I've got a three-part question for you. Do you know if his estate has signed a legends or nostalgia deal? Maybe Maven would know. What's your favorite era of test?

I love the immunity battle royal era. And just curious how you felt about him as a fellow Canadian. Christian is my favorite wrestler. The un-Americans are such a great forsome on paper. Danny Ray of Mount Sterling, Kentucky. I'm not sure if Tests family has signed off on a Legends deal yet. They are welcome to use. WWE is able to use any video of any superstar that they've ever signed.

That's just the way that that contract works, like the superstar contract that they sign. The Legends deal has more to do with merchandising, like toys being made, T-shirts being made, things like that. So I think that's a completely different thing. there. Again, I don't know if a legend's deal has been signed or not. My favorite era of test, I really like Teflon Test, which is what you're talking about here with the Immunity Battle

Royal. Teflon Test, he wins the immunity battle oil and like he's untouchable. It was great. And how do I feel about him as a fellow Canadian? Test was a legend, an absolute legend. and he ticked all the boxes. 6-6-285, just stacked, could work. And the fact that he was from Whippy, which is like 10 minutes from where I grew up in Pickering, he's a Durham region guy like me. I love that.

And I remember there were stories in the 90s after Tess got signed, of course, not like when he was doing it. But I remember there were stories about him working as a bouncer in Oshawa, which is one city over from Whippy, which is like 15, 20 minutes from where I grew up. So after Tess got signed, I remember people being like,

oh, I remember seeing him at that bar in Oshawa. So a legend. And another person like gone way too soon. He was 33 when he passed away. 33. Crazy. But an absolute legend, I would love to see more.

whoever is running the WWE Vault channel is clearly a fan. And they have a really good finger on their pulse of what wrestling fans want to see. And I mentioned this in the interview with Cody. And if you haven't heard it, I'll repeat it again here. I said like, I feel like

they might have seen my interview with Steve Blackman or they might have seen clips from the interview of Steve Blackman because like two days after the interview with Steve Blackman went live and this was the first interview he had done in like 17 or 18 years. What goes up on the WWE vault? His iconic, classic SummerSlam match

with Shane McMahon. It's like, oh, I don't feel like the timing on that was coincidental. I feel like, I feel like there was, there was more at play there. I'm not complaining. I think it's awesome. Dan on Spotify says,

Chris, you said that Maney would be Obafemi's first match on the main roster. That is not true at all. He's been on main event. He's had four on on Smackdown and one on Raw. Yes, quite a few of you guys pointed out this error that I made. I meant to say his first feud. I said that was his first match. And I'm sorry for the confusion. Obviously, I know that he's had matches on the main roster, but he has not had any matches with any sort of real build. That's what we're finally getting here at WrestleMania. So I understand that I said that, man, can you believe Obafemmy's first match is with Brock Lesnar and it's at WrestleMania?

First feud. I meant to say first feud. But as we're thinking about this match, and as we sit here right now, it's the match I'm most excited about for WrestleMania, Obafemi versus Brock Lesnar. I think if you're doing all of this with Obafemi right now, where Obafemi just keeps getting the better, of Brock Lesnar. I think if you're going to keep doing this, you've got to go all the way.

I've been predicting that Obafemi will win this because a win for Brock Lesnar over Obafemi does what? Like, Brock Leznor, that's what he does. He wins. It wouldn't be that much of a surprise. But Obafemi, beating Brock Lezor,

what does that do for him? Oh, man. That immediately gives him even more momentum. him in a similar way, but not on the same level, but in a similar way, it becomes part of the storyline, like the one and 21 and 1, when Barack Lesnar beat the streak and beat the Undertaker at WrestleMania 30,

becomes part of the storyline of like, I beat this guy. Same thing when Seth Rollins was saying he conquered the beast, he was the beast slayer. It's the same thing there. This becomes a feather in Obafemmy's cap. And then where does it go from there?

I feel like it immediately puts him into the world title picture. This is the guy who beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. And if the rumors are true, and Brock Lesnar does in fact retire at SummerSlam, this is the guy who was one of Brock Leser's final opponents. Obafemi, world champ in the next 12 to 18 months, I could definitely see that.

Definitely see that. Ephraim Arias sent this one in on the newly revamped chrisfanfleet.com. Hey, CVV. I was just listening to your episode with Sam Roberts, and you guys were on the topic of Gunther. And I started to think, since he's been off TV for weeks now, what if he crashes AJ Stiles' Hall of Fame speech

and that makes a last-minute match at WrestleMania where if AJ wins, he gets to return? I have no idea what else they could do for Gunther so close to WrestleMania. If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them. I love your idea here. And I love speculating wildly. I love fantasy booking.

But I think that this idea here seems really unlikely. The Hall of Fame has just always been this, like, sacred night. And it seems like one of those nights where storylines don't really exist. There's things that happen here and there, like Dominic Mysterio walking out of Ray Mysterio's induction speech. but for the most part, it's something that kind of exists on an island, like outside of the storylines that are currently going on TV.

Also, more importantly, I truly think AJ Styles is done. If you listen to the interview that we did last year, he was talking about like when he's finished, he's finished, like when he's done, like he knows he's done. And everything that led up to his match with Gunther at Royal Rumble,

I would have to think this was all AJ's decision. I don't think that AJ's coming back for one more match or one more run or anything like that. I think that AJ Styles is probably pretty darn proud of the absolutely incredible career that he's had. And also a lot of what we talked about when he was on the show is like he really wants to spend time with his family. and he's been on the road his entire adult life. He's been on the road his entire time since he's been a father. And I think that he's excited now to spend that time at home being a dad and being a husband. What's next for Gunther, though?

Great question. And people are making a lot about the fact that not only does Gunther not have a match as we sit here right now for WrestleMania. He also hasn't been on the last three episodes of Raw. I think there is no chance that Gunther does not appear at WrestleMania. And beyond that, I think he has a match at WrestleMania. The original plan was Gunther versus Ray Mysterio. Ray Mysterio now is out battling a rib injury. Maybe Ray Mysterio is ready to go.

Maybe in the next three weeks, he gets healed up and he's cleared to go. that's one possibility. We talked about the possibility of it being Gunther versus L.A. Knight. Yeah. But I can't see any other matches that would have like the gravity that would hold the weight

of a Ray Mysterio match. Especially with the fact that he's, you know, Ray Mysterio's close to retiring. Gunther's whole thing right now is he's the career killer. But that can't just be his game. There's only so many people that you can have those kind of matches with. So where does he go from here?

It'll be really, really interesting to see because we're getting down to it. Right now there's six matches announced for WrestleMania. Probably eight more to go. I'm sure we'll get some definite announcements tonight on Smackdown or on Raw on Monday. But Gunther's going to be on there. Gunther's going to be there for sure. And I think as we're talking about this now, it's really just like fantasy booking of like, well, could it be this person? Could it be this person?

So we can throw a whole bunch of names out there. But what I would love to see, and again, they don't all have to be tied into ending someone's career. It doesn't have to be another case of like Gunther v. Goldberg versus John Sina versus A.J. Stiles. what if we got Gunther versus Ilya Dragonoff? The absolute

bangers that those two put on in NXT give us that on the biggest stage of them all give us that at WrestleMania

why not you don't even need a story like you don't even need to really build up for weeks you can just be the story is

just it is what it is the story is these two guys have a history. Give it to us. Like, their match at NXT Takeover 36. Oh, give it to me. I would love, love to see that.

They've had so many amazing matches, like when Gunther, as Walter was defending the NXT UK championship, oh, amazing. So let's find a way to get to that. Let's find a way to make this. That match happened at WrestleMania 42. Brad dot Polovan sent this one in on Instagram and says, Hey, Chris, real, real one here from Chicago.

I have a quick question for Ask CVV number 128. Last year, they added Steve Austin versus Brett Hart from WrestleMania 13 as a match into the Hall of Fame. Which previous match do you think will be added to the Hall of Fame this year? Love the show, and thank you very much, Brad in Chicago. Brad says, I would go with Undertaker versus Mankind, Helen Assel. Well, first of all, congrats to the new inductees that were announced to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2025 this week, Dennis Rodman, Psycho Sid, and Bad News, Brown.

Which match will be at? I feel like the class is now solidified. Pretty solid class. I think when you look at it, pretty solid class for sure. Is it headline by AJ Seiles? there was a headline by Stephanie McMahon. I would have to think AJ Stiles, but I keep seeing Stephanie McMahon's photo front and center.

Let me tell you, I would love to have Stephanie McMahon on the show, just putting that out into the world. I would love to have AJ Stiles back on the show to talk about life post-restling, like life after retirement, and also everything to do with the Hall of Fame. But which match gets inducted?

I think we're going to find out that match. I would think in the next week or so. And not only is it a match that gets honored, but it's a nice excuse to pack the Hall of Fame class with two more legends. Like last year, we got a bonus Stone Cold and a bonus Brett Hart being there, quick speech from both. Like, cool to see them as part of it. But since there's so many matches that could be and should be inducted, and I'm sure most of them will be, it's like really hard. Like it's literally just a guess as to which one will be. Undertaker Mankind is a really good guess by you, Bradley, and I think that's a match that

will certainly be one of them. It'll be one of the first, I'll call it five matches to be inducted, but my guess for this year is going to be Undertaker versus Sean Michaels' WrestleMania 25. I think that match is like as close to perfect as you can get. the story's amazing there. The story of 26 is really good too. So you could go, Sean Michael's Undertaker WrestleMania at 26. It's the story with the career versus the streak.

But I think that this is a really nice excuse to get the Undertaker and Sean Michaels to be part of this. But with that said, now that I'm saying this out loud, we had Undertaker not inducted last year, but Undertaker was part of the ceremony when he inducted his wife, Michelle, McCool. So maybe they go take a year off of having Undertaker as part of the ceremony and then they induct another match. But man, there's so many matches. Like you and I could sit here for the

next three hours listing off incredible matches and not just great like in ring matches, but also like matches that were like meaningful. It's like Brett Hart versus Stone Cold is a meaningful match. That's a match that like propels Stone Cold to the next level. When you talk about Undertaker versus Mankind, that's one of those matches that like is a defining moment of the attitude era. That's also one of those matches that you show to a non-wrestling fan to be like, you think wrestling is fake? Huh. Well, look at this. Not only does he get thrown off the cell, that part was planned, but then later on in the match, he gets thrown through the cell. That part not planned.

So that's such an iconic match and such like a moment in time. You can definitely make a case for Undertaker Mankind, but my heart says Undertaker Sean Michaels. But I will have a real answer. I would think within the next week or so. Fred 14A on Spotify says, Hey, CVV, if there was to be an NXT Hall of Fame, who would be your first four?

inductees. Man, that is a tough one. Because there's so many people that put NXT on the map. There's so many people, especially during that black and gold era of NXT that like we're just going out there putting on incredible matches.

Like it is very fair to say that during the NXT black and gold era, their pay-views were way better than the main roster paper views. Like takeovers were always the card of the weekend that like stole the show. So I think if we're talking Hall of Fame here and we're talking like legacy of like people who built this, people that were dominant, people that were influential, it's tough to narrow down to just four. But I'm going to try here. Finn Baller, the franchise player of the black and gold era.

like the first true global superstar to choose going to NXT. And he made his NXT run feel equal to the main roster. Longest reigning NXT champion for years, he was the guy that if his name was on the takeover card, you knew it was much watch wrestling. So Finn Baller, for me, he's going to be one of those four. He's one of those guys that just made NACTS,

NXT, like, cool. Samoa Joe. He's the first, like, real main event outsider that came over and came to NXT. And the moment that Joe walked in, NXT changed forever. Instantly legitimized NXT, his rivalry with Finn Ballard defined

some of the peak takeover storytelling, first ever two-time NXT champion, he was the guy who was like what a career in tn a like tn a mount rushmore guy for sure like when you think of the mount rushmore of tn a i i think it's a j styles for sure that you cannot argue with a j styles on the mount rushmore i also think the same thing about samoa joe so like for me it's those two names on a tn a mount rushmore and then the other names other faces that's up to you but I think that when you take a guy like that who had such an established career elsewhere

and then he chooses to go to NXT, that says a lot. And it just proved that like NXT was not the minor leagues. So there's two names. I'm going to go Bailey with the next spot. You can't tell the NXT history without her. she's a huge emotional centerpiece of the women's revolution.

I mean, that Brooklyn match with Sasha Banks is arguably the most important NXT match ever. Not just most important NXT women's match. It might be one of the most important NXT matches ever. And that's a match that so many people go back to to say, that was the moment for me that made me want to become a wrestler. I've heard that story told by so many people. And that's just such a great match. But Bailey represented like the heart of NXT. And she was a huge driving force behind women's wrestling progressing. And there was a long time there where NXT women's wrestling was like far ahead of what was going on in parallel to the main roster. So going with Bailey on on

And then the final spot here, it's tough because there's so many people that are deserving. And I think if you were to do an initial class of NXT, you'd have, you've got to have 10, 12, 15 names on it. But if I'm only going to do four here, because Fred, that's what you've asked for. My fourth spot goes to Mr. NXT, Johnny Gargano. He is the ultimate underdog story. He defined the takeover era and the storytelling style, like especially his matches with Tommaso Champa and like the way that they just like went all out hard hitting matches,

but with great story as well. He had multiple classic matches that kind of became NXT's identity during that time. He also stayed there when others left. and he's the guy that when someone says, what was NXT all about? Johnny Gargano is the human answer to that question. He's also doing great stuff in NXT even to this day.

So that's my four. I think some really tough snubs there, like some people who just barely didn't make the list. Oscar, Sasha Banks, Tomaso Champa, Adam Cole. Like there's so many people. But if that first class is going to have like the foundational pillars,

I think we're going. Finn Baller. He brought the legitimacy. Samoa Joe. He brought the credibility. Bailey, the emotional soul of NXT. And Johnny Gargano, the identity. And that, to me, is NXT defined by four people

right there in a nutshell. Pistol Pete on Spotify. Is that an I Love You Man reference? What a great movie. I think I Love You Man is one of the last really great comedies. comedies have changed so much, but I think that there was that era. It was like Anchorman, Super Bad. I love you, man. Like for me, there haven't been like a ton of great, great comedies since then. Pistol Pete, though, great reference. Yo, CVV, did you see Cody mentioned you during his interview with Matt Cardona on what do you want to talk about? Pete, I did see that. And it was cool that Cody brought that up. He was talking about how I asked him this question in an interview two years ago. Let me set it up. I said that he was so good at being Stardust. and what I meant by that was he was fully into that character,

even though the character wasn't great, he made the best of it. And when he had that face paint on, he was Stardust. Like I saw him doing an interview where he was being asked, like, have you seen Cody Rhodes lately? And he was Stardust. And he goes, oh, yeah, I saw Cody Rhodes.

He was on the Alaskan archipelago. Like, what? Like, he had this random, deep cut things that he would do. say, but he was, he was always stardust when he was stardust. And I said to him, how do we know you're not in character now? And I meant that as a compliment, like you're so good at what you do. And he said it was a question that haunts him. So Cody mentioned that during the interview with Matt Cardona. Stephanie McMahon mentioned me when she was talking with Obafem, or no, when she was

talking with Royce Keys, the Obafemite interview was. so good. Can't wait to have Obafemi on the show at some point. But pretty cool. Pretty cool. Here's a little bit of what Cody said. I'll play this for you for reference. All people one time asked me, because we're always looking for who we are. And I remember Chris Van Vleet, of all people one time asked me, is, are you always in character? And the way he said it, it almost hurt me. Because I couldn't tell. It's like, man, maybe, maybe, like maybe I, I, just can't ever escape the idea of talking about a wrestling match or thinking about will this.

So he said that that question has haunted him. And if you listen to the interview that we did, we brought it up again there. And I meant it as a compliment. And he's basically saying, like, no, it really made me think. And he's like the one time that I know I'm not in characters when I'm with my kids. And I can relate to that on such a deep level. Like, especially when you have young kids, they bring out the best in you. They also bring out the worst in you in certain circumstances, but for the most part, they bring out the best in you. And I think it's just like the childlike curiosity, the wonder that they live with of like experiencing things for the first time he brings out the best in you. So I can relate to that. But very cool

that within a month, a mention on Cody's show, a mention on Stephanie's show. Daniel from New Jersey sent this one in on Chris Vanfleet.com. CVV. Real, real one here. I'm loving the Danhausen character lately. So let's get into my Mount Rushmore question. Who's on your Mount Rushmore of comedy characters? I'd say, Kurt Angle, Santina Morella, Our Truth, and get ready for it. Sean Michaels. Curious as to yours. Be well, Daniel from New Jersey. I wonder where in New Jersey you're from, Daniel. My lovely, wonderful wife, RVV, is from Stillwater. She grew up in Stilis, Sussex County, New Jersey.

So maybe we're close-ish to you. Sean Michaels, an interesting pick for your comedy Mount Rushmore. Funny, for sure. But on the Comedy Mount Rushmore, I mean, he can be on the Mount Rushmore of a lot of different things. Certainly a lot of people's Mount Rushmore of just like best. in-ring performers, but comedy Mount Rushmore, interesting choice. I'm going to have a very similar Mount Rushmore to you. Our Truth, I mean, come on.

Every comedy Mount Rushmore, I think, has Art Truth in Santina Morella. So I've got Art Truth, Santina Morella. I also have Kurt Angle on there. Like, his stuff, especially with Austin, was so good. And I don't think the current angle gets enough credit. for that version of his character, bringing out the really silly stuff, the fun stuff at a stone called Steve Austin during that time.

Jimmy Crack card and I don't care, like Kurt Engel storming the guitar and clearly having no idea how he's playing with a tiny little cowboy hat on his head. Amazing. So I'm going to go Kurt Angle. I also love the Kurt Angle. Can work both ends of the spectrum, right?

He can be the most intense person in the ring and he can also behind the scenes be the silliest person. Sexy Kurt, come on. So good. And I think this is why Kurt Engel was so successful. And especially why he was so successful after coming from that like very stern world of Olympic wrestling because he didn't take himself too seriously.

And the work that he did as the comedic heel or just comedic character is like such a testament to that. My final spot on my comedy Mount Rushmore goes to Booker T. Booker T was so good in many different, many different comedic roles. But King Booker is legendary. He took that King Gimick, winning the King of the Ring and just took it to a whole other stratosphere. Also, this stuff. with Black Snow in TNA where he's commentating his own matches while he's like

in the ring beating people up. Amazing. And then talk about not taking yourself seriously. The grocery store brawl with Stone Cold Steve Austin works so well because it's not just two guys fighting in a grocery store.

That wouldn't be memorable at all. It'd be something that would like come and go. That'd be it. But the reason we still talk about the grocery store brawl to this day is because Booker T made it so slapstick. Stone Cold had some hilarious moments in there, but both of them playing off of each other worked so, so well. And I have said this many times before, but anytime I have the chance to put Booker T over and talk about just how good he is at everything, like think about it. Can work as a baby face, can work as a heel, can be serious, can be funny, can

be a manager, can be a commentator, great promo guy, all of it, can be a main event guy, can be a mid-card guy, can be a singles wrestler, can be a tag team wrestler. He ticks every single box. Booker Tee, what a freaking legend. So there's mine, our truth, Santino Morella, current angle, Booker T. Scott Camacho on Facebook says, CVV, hear me out. I have the perfect placement for Dan Housen. He would not need to wrestle, and he can do as many skits as he pleases

when he is a GM. That would also get Nick Aldous or Adam Pierce out of the GM seat for a bit. Could you imagine all of the cursing? Love the show, Scott. I like where you're going with this, and I just did an interview. I just recorded an interview recently.

with Drew McIntyre. And I brought up the subject of Nick Aldous and how people have been pushing for a Drew McIntyre Nick Aldous match. I mean, people have been pushing for just a Nick Aldous match, period. But it really seems like they've been teasing us with a Nick Aldous, Drew McIntyre match.

And Drew seemed pretty interested in this idea. He's definitely given this some thought. So what if Nick Aldous has a match with Drew McIntyre. It seems like Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fawtu is all but announced at this point. And it sure seems like after they were fighting each other throughout the entire show, it feels like this is going to be a street fight or an unsanctioned bowed or something like that. It's going to not be a straight-up wrestling match.

So if we've got Drew McIntyre versus Jacob Fattu at WrestleMania, maybe it's backlash. maybe it's Nick Aldous versus True McIntyre at Backlash. Maybe they've got a story that takes us to SummerSlam. And then with Nick Aldous preparing for this match or being involved in the storyline, how could he be an impartial GM if he's in a feud with one of the top stars on the show? You're right. This could free up a GM spot. And I see where you're going here.

I don't think Dan Housen is going to be the GM. anytime soon, outside of maybe being a guest GM for like one episode. People online keep talking about like, when's Danhausen going to wrestle? When's this guy going to wrestle? And it's been about two months since he debuted. He doesn't need to wrestle. I'm sure he will. I'm sure there will be some matches.

But he's so over right now. And he's so entertaining with what he's doing. If you've ever seen a Danhausen match in the past, you know he can go. You know he's a great wrestler. And he's also an entertaining wrestler. Like, it's going to be amazing when he does have that match, but he doesn't need to. And that's the beauty of a character like that. Same thing with Our Truth.

If Our Truth just has a bunch of backstage segments for weeks on end or months on end, you just go, yeah, that's great. That's one of the best parts of the show. and I think that that's the same case here with Danhausen. Although I am interested. We talked about it last week, so you can go back and listen to it if you haven't had a chance to. I'm interested to see what his first feud slash match ends up being. I don't know.

I think there's a lot of different ways you go with it. But Danhausen and Ms. Danhausen and our truth could all be great. Lawrence Malenko. Wow. Like Melancho? Like Dean Malenko? Ask CVV number 120. Lawrence sent this one in on Facebook. What has been your favorite interview so far this year?

Stone Cold Steve Austin. That's an interview that aired this year. Although do you consider it? I would consider that an interview from this year, but we recorded that in December of last year. But Stone Cold, it's going to be hard to top the Stone Cold episode in terms of just like it being an iconic interview with an absolute legend. But also that interview is creeping up on a million views on my YouTube channel, which would make it, I think,

the second or third most viewed interview of all time for the podcast. So, and that's like, and it has only had two months to get those numbers. There's other interviews on there that have been growing for years and years and years. But Stone Cold, I don't see how that one could be topped. Bo Ryan Rodifer on Facebook says, Ask CVV number 120 Great Collie Edition. I love that. Who do you predict will have the best WrestleMania entrance?

I've got two picks for who I think will have the best WrestleMania entrance. I think there's going to be a lot of really great out-of-of-the-bracelsmania entrance. box WrestleMania entrances. I think there's going to be more memorable entrances than there will be just straight up their music plays and they walk out. But my picks for the best WrestleMania entrances, Obafemi. I don't even know what it's going to be, but I know they're going to do something special, especially since this is his first WrestleMania. It's a massive match with Brock Lesnar. He already has such a great entrance and a great entrance theme. They're going to do

something. My other pick, Trick Williams. And I know that as of right now, Trick Williams doesn't even have an official match for WrestleMania, but it really feels like Trick Williams and Sammy Zane are lining up for something here. Trick Williams, with the entrance that he has right now and how over it is with the crowd, they're going to do something over the top to make this an incredibly memorable entrance for Trick Williams, especially considering this is his WrestleMania debut. Same with Obafemi. WrestleMania debut for two

massive stars that are the future of this industry. I love it. And again, eight more matches to be added to the card. We went through a solid list last week of all the matches that I think we're going to see. It sure seems like

the pieces are in place for the majority of those to come true. Guitar McCarthy on Spotify says, Hey, CV, real, real one here from Australia. I was thinking that instead of having Mount Rushmore questions, why are we having four horsemen questions? Like, who would be the four horsemen of currently active wrestlers who have never wrestled on Raw, Smackdown, or NXT?

Danhausen does not count. Well, why doesn't Dan Housen? housing count. He hasn't had any matches on Raw or Smackdown or NXT. But I see what you mean. I see where you're going with this. All right. So you're saying who are four people, who would be the four horsemen, the Mount Rushmore of people who have never had a match in WWE? Kenny Omega, I think that Kenny Omega's got to be on that list. Will Osprey? Got to be on that list.

MJF, and I think it's an interesting point because he's had appearances in NXT, but no matches. And I also said to MJF, are you the best person to never wrestle in WWE? And he said, oh, yeah, it's not even close. I said, what about Kenny Omega? And then he made a strong case for why it would be him.

Kenny Omega, Will Osprey, MJF, J. F. Okada. I think that's my four. That's pretty solid four too. I would have said Jusian Thunder Liger, but he had a match on NXT. I thought he never had a match on Rar or SmackDown, but

he does not fit into your criteria here because he had a match on NXT. And I think there's a lot of people that don't even remember that the legend, Jusian Thunder Liger, had a match on NXT. Takeover Brooklyn, 2015, versus Tyler Breeze. Yeah, crazy.

You know who else should be on this list? Another fun name to add to this, and we were just talking about him, Nick Aldous. One of the longest-raining NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, two-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, never had a match on Raw Smackdown or NXT. Mark Patterson. sent this one in on Chris Fanfleet.com. He says, hey, CVV, why is the Roman story with CM Punk just focused on Roman's family? Why aren't they focusing on CM Punk? It's an interesting question.

And those promos have been getting really personal, but you're right. They keep focusing on Roman and Roman's family. The Uso's have been a part of this, CM Punk bringing up Roman's father. But I think that it comes down to this. you can't bring up Larry, CM Punk's dog who recently passed away. I think that that's just too personal. That seems like a line that is not going to be crossed.

Well, they can't bring up Colt Cabana's podcast, which would have been another hot button issue, but that's not something they're going to bring up. And you saw the last time that Colt Cabana was brought up in front of CM Punk was at the All-Out press conference. Didn't go well. they can't really bring up AEW. They could maybe mention it in passing,

but I don't think that that could be like a main focus of a promo. So they can't bring that up. They can maybe bring A.J. Lee, bring her up in some kind of roundabout way here, but she can't be the main focus of this when she has her own storyline going on with Becky Lynch. Another match we predicted that is now an official match. So I guess if you keep wondering why the feud is being built around Romans family here constantly,

I think it's because all of these other things can't be brought up that would bring out real heat here. So there's a lot of parameters, I think, that have been set, whether these are spoken rules or unspoken rules. But even with all of those parameters, they're carrying this road to WrestleMania. that's a match that I put out a poll on my Instagram. I said, which title match are you most excited to see at WrestleMania? And the match that is leading the poll, actually, I put it on YouTube as well, put the poll on my YouTube community page. The match that's leading by quite a bit is Roman Raines versus CM Punk.

What do they do for the next three weeks, though, to continue to build this? Do they go there? Do they bring up one of these topics I'm talking about? I guess we'll see. Jimmy Free 450 on Instagram says, do you have any trouble bringing all of your interview gear when you fly out for interviews? Does TSA security give you any problems?

Very interesting question, Jimmy. So I travel with quite a bit of gear. I have tripods and lights and lightstands and three cameras and a recording. device, the one I'm recording into right now, the Zoom H4N. I have XLR mic cables. I have two Sure SM7B mics. I feel like I'm just doing a gear run down here. I also have extension cords and power bars and I have a lot of different things. I have cords that keep the cameras charged, a lot of gear. So the way that I break it up is I have my checked luggage, which could only weigh 50 pounds.

and my check luggage has the tripod, the lights, all the stuff that if it went lost, I'd be okay. But if the cameras and the mics and the recording device get lost, we've got nothing. If those get lost on the airplane and I'd never get them back, we are, we cannot make an episode. So that stuff goes with me in a hard-sided pelican as my carry-on. So I carry on a backpack.

My backpack has like some clothes stuffed in there, my, my laptop, headphones, like basic stuff like that. And fun fact, I am a wired headphones guy. I'm actually wearing wired headphones right now as I record this. And then I carry on, like the carry on that I'm like dragging behind me as a suitcase is just the gear, just the super important stuff. I've never had a problem with TSA, although my bag did get stopped today. The gear bag did.

It's the first time that's happened. I've had times where it goes through and people will make a comment of like, oh, are you taking some pictures today? Or are you singing some songs? Someone said that to me the other day because they saw that I had microphones in the gear bag. They were like, oh, are you a musician? No, no, I wish. But no.

But they, yeah, my bag got pulled at the, I went from Nashville to Indianapolis this morning as I record this. It's Thursday night right now. I know you're listening to this on Friday, but, you know, the secret's out. I record this Thursday night. But this morning, I was in Nashville and it got pulled aside. And the guy just like opened up the case, took a quick glance and then said, have a nice day. Hey, you have a nice day, actually. But no, I haven't really had any issues. The only issue is getting the bag to be less than 50 pounds. And like just the gear itself in the checked bag is like 40 something, 45-ish pounds.

Then I'll put like some shoes in there and some clothes in there. But yeah, there's definitely been some times where like, oh, your bag just says over. It doesn't even say what the weight is, just says over. You know, take a few things out of there, sir. All right, some shoving things in my backpack to make it work.

Tobidi, on Spotify says this is my first Ask CVV and I've definitely listened to you more. I can't believe I haven't listened yet. Well, welcome. This officially makes you a real one for listening to an Ask CVV episode. If you stick around all the way until the end, that will make you a real, real one. If you come to a live show, that will make you a real, real, real one. We'll see a bunch of real, real, real ones at the next. show in Las Vegas. So you said, do you think that either El Grande Americano will get unmasked this

year? I think one might get unmasked at Triplemania. I think, oh, G. El Grande Americano will get unmasked first. I think we're going to get El Grande Americano versus El Grande Americano. I don't know when that's going to happen. WrestleMania would make a lot of sense, but now I feel like there's going to be like a multi-man match for the intercontinental championship. I predicted this is a ladder match. It'd be awesome to see. But I think that the shorter, stockier, OG Al Grande Americano is going to get unmasked. We may be shocked to find out this is now Chad Gable who's grown a beard. That would blow our minds. They do kind of look similar, but I don't know. I think that that then allows Chad Gable to go on and have the singles career that he should have.

I actually don't know what they do with the other version of El Grande Americano. Because that Algrana Americano has, like, had a far more interesting run over the last six or so months than Ludwig Kaiser did. And I think it might be the best or the worst thing to happen to Ludwood Kaiser, however you want to look at it, because he's excelling at this. And he speaks multiple languages and he's like leaned all the way into this. And a gimmick only works when you lean all the way in

and you're not afraid to look silly. And he has taken this opportunity and ran with it. This could have been a thing that just lasted for a week or two weeks or whatever. But because he's been so good at it and he's just been killing it, it's now become his gimmick.

So I don't know. I don't know what happens with that taller, skinnier, El Grande Americano, even if the other one gets unmasked. It would be really interesting to see. Maybe, maybe you're right. Maybe it's Triple Mania. Maybe that's El Grande Americano versus Algrante Americano. It'd be interesting to see.

44 Akasaki on Instagram says, will you ever grow a beard? I mean, come on. We can all see the five o'clock shadow. I've grown a beard a few times. Like during the peak of the pandemic, I grew a pretty mean beard. I didn't shave for like,

I don't know, six, seven weeks. Maybe it was even longer than that. People were calling me Chris Van Beard. If you go back and watch interviews, trying to think of what, oh, when Cary and Cross got released from WWE in 2020,

I did an interview with him at that point in time. And the big story then, was that he was growing his hair back. Like, that's how long he's been growing his hair because he was shaved head, right, in NXT. So I did an interview with him then, and I had, like, a thick beard. And there were so many comments from people saying

that it looked like I just painted my beard on with Sharpie. And there were other comments saying that, like, my beard was so black that it must have been just for men. And I'm pretty fortunate. 42, going to be 43 in May. Like, I don't have a ton of gray hairs. I'm going to knock on all the wood I can find around here to hope that stays the way it is for as long as possible. My beard doesn't have a ton of gray.

It's like there's some grays. I can see them in the side of my 5 o'clock shadow here. But that was just the way it grew in. My beard grew in even darker than my hair, if that's even possible. But yeah, I've had a beard. I don't know if I'll bring the beard back. any married man will tell you, any guy with a girlfriend will tell you, a lot of it's their call. And my wife, she's just not a huge fan of the beard.

I think I had a, I also had a beard with her. Maybe that was like 2021. It was like Christmas time, 2021. I did. Yes, that's right. I did have a beard around that time. And she's just like, yeah, I don't know. I think I like the other one better.

I'm like, yeah. I can see that. I can agree with you. Douglas Edmondson sent this one in on the website. He said, Hey, Chris, I'm DJ and I'm a big fan. I love the show and the amazing content to listen to while I drive for work, which is pretty often. I appreciate you keeping me from falling asleep behind the wheel. I also appreciate DJ that you're not falling asleep behind the wheel. Now on to my question for Ask CVV number one, 20 aces and eight. edition. I love that. It's a would you rather. Okay. Here we go. First choice, you get the elusive

interviews that you crave with the rock and sting, full-length interviews with each legend, getting to pick their brains and ask them all the questions you could ever want to ask. Nothing is off the table. They both grant you at least two hours to cover everything, and you get to BS with two of your favorites. Or, Chris Schenert. Sharp has a Hall of Fame level run in WWE. We're talking multiple world title reigns, Royal Rumble wins, Money in the Banks, five-star matches with the best in the business, WrestleMania main events, etc.

However, you never cross paths with Sting or the Rock. No meeting either of them, no matches, no storylines, none of it. You get the dream-worthy career, but you don't get to interact with either of those two legends. So, what's your choice? And if you read this, thank you so much and much love from a real, real one in Arkansas to you, RVV, and the kiddos. Well, DJ, you put me in quite the predicament here. Because I would love to interview The Rock and Sting for a full length, no-holds-barred kind of conversation. Both of those seem unlikely.

The Rock may be slightly more likely as he does some podcast and has done some podcasts. Sting just hasn't. Like Sting just hasn't done a full-length interview. And I bug his manager, Gilbert, about it probably monthly. And he just keeps going, hey, man, keep asking. He just doesn't really want to do an interview. And like, I can't argue with that. Like, I respect that.

And if he doesn't want to do an interview, that's cool. The second part here. And I love how many Chris Sharp questions I get. I love the lore of my backyard wrestling character becoming a thing 25 years later. Someone posted something on X this week. And as a picture of me with the frosted tips and the HCW Backyard Wrestling Championship

over my shoulder, was when I was a guest on a show, a talk show in Canada, on the CBC called JonoVision. I was a guest on there, and it's a screenshot from that. And they put this out on X, and they said, this man would have ended the Undertaker's streak. It has a picture of me, 17-year-old me.

I love the lore of Chris Sharp. I think the reality of just my wrestling career in general, if we're talking in pure hypotheticals here, because I didn't have a wrestling career in the ring. I've never worked a match. I've taken many bumps. I trained. for a few months, but I've never worked a match.

But I think if we talk in hypotheticals here, I'm the type of person that when I become passionate about something, if you couldn't tell already, I dive all the way in. I don't check the depth of the water. I don't check the temperature of the water. I just dive all the way in, and it consumes me. I have a very, I'm a very passionate person, and I have like a very addictive personality.

And when I get into something, like, I'm all the way into it. Like that's how I've been with bass fishing. It's how I am currently with this amazing show that I get to do in these interviews and these conversations that I get to have. If wrestling had been the thing that I 100% committed to, I think I would have had a solid career. You've got to remember, though, I would have been coming up in the Canadian independent scene in, like, 2005, six, seven.

And I just think that it was a lot harder to make it as an indie wrestler in that period of time, especially if you were from Canada. And you think about the fact that, like, WWE was really the only game. Like, yeah, TNA was around, but TNA was still in, like,

early years at this point in time. But let's get this back on track. An interview with Rock, and Sting or Chris Sharp has a career like that, but never gets to meet Rock or Sting. So we're dealing with, like, one thing that could actually happen in real life, these interviews, I mean, they're possible.

They could happen. The other thing, not possible, not happening. The Chris Sharp character having a career like that in WWE, We just cannot happen. It could have happened 20 years ago. So we'd be traveling in a back-to-the-future time machine here. We'd be hopping in the Delorean. Do-to-do-l-lut-do-do-do.

I will, with that said, I'm someone who doesn't live with regrets. I'm a big believer of like all of the decisions that you have made have led you to exactly where you are right now with me and you hanging out here. So I'm going to go with option number one. I get the interview with Rock. I get the interview with Sting. Those then, I'm sure, turn into even more interviews with other elusive guests that have never been on the show before. I think that that's the one I'd rather go with.

I mean, the whole thing about the would you rather, we're playing a game of what if here. And I'm just not someone who, yeah, there's things that I'm not proud of that I've done, but I don't really live in regret because it makes you who you are. So we're sticking with the career path that I am currently on with the number one wrestling podcast in the world because of you and we're getting rock and sting. Maybe we're getting rock and sting on back-to-back days, just like we got John Sina and Stone Cold Steve Austin last December. Rock, sting.

Love it. That's the final question on this, my friend. Ask CVV number one, two aces, an 8th edition, and number one, two, great, Kali edition. Send in your questions for next week. Send in your silly 129 references for next week. Send them over on chrisfamily.com. Send them over on social media using that hashtag Ask CVV.

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