Insight with Chris Van Vliet - AskCVV #3 - WrestleMania 39 Predictions, Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, Books To Read & More!

Episode Date: February 28, 2023

And we're back with you for another edition of #AskCVV! Chris Van Vliet answers questions that were submitted on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube from Insight listeners just like you. This is a monthly tradition so if you have a question that you'd like answered in the next edition, just send it with the hashtag #AskCVV. Here is a look at the questions from this month: What's your thoughts on Jake Paul vs. Tommy? Who do you think you will interview next? Big fan of your content How can one stand out in an oversaturated industry like online journalism? What is one of the best matches that doesn't get enough recognition? Do you think gimmick matches like HIAC or MITB need their own PLE or should they be included in another show? I met Drew McIntyre last week and froze. Have you ever had a situation where you've completely frozen and needed to quickly compose yourself? Are you excited to be a dad? I got 3 questions for you, you! 1) Have you and your wife picked out a name for your daughter? 2) What are your predictions for Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39 3) Would you ever consider interviewing fans on the podcast? Thanks for the book suggestions in the last Ask CVV - I've already read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F and Atomic Habits. What should I read next? 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

All systems are going. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris. The! All right, my friends, welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight. So good to see you here. Welcome back to another AskCV. This is AskCV number three. It even rhymes.

And I hope that you're doing well. Thank you for all the AskCV questions that you sent in on Twitter and Instagram and Facebook. We got a bunch to get to today. And I just want to express my gratitude to you for listening to this right now. Like, if you're on an Ask CBV episode, then you're a true insight fan. And I get it. Like, a lot of people come to listen to the amazing guests that we have from all different walks of life, whether they're pro wrestlers or actors, comedians, directors,

athletes, entrepreneurs, whatever they are. I get that that's like the reason a lot of people listen to the show. But you, because you're listening right now, I know that you're truly an insight fan. So I just want to say, I appreciate you. And I appreciate Jesus Cruz CR7, who left this review. It says, Chris, please read this on your show. I had to write another review for Chris.

Been a fan now for a good amount of time. I really enjoyed these episodes because Chris is a great person to have a conversation with. You could probably talk to Chris for hours. He brings people from all over the world and in different walks of life together. I always check when he uploads a new episode, and I listen to it right away. Thank you for a great podcast. Well, thank you, sir, for taking the time to leave that review, and I will keep reading one out on every single episode,

so thank you for leaving that review on Apple Podcast. Thank you to all the Spotify listeners, who have got us up to 1,100 and change on Spotify. So thank you for... I know it takes like three seconds to do these things, but not everyone does it. So I just, I'm super thankful for the people who actually take the time out of their day to go, not only do I listen to you, but I also am willing to tap some stars.

If it helps you, I don't know what it is. It doesn't do anything for me, but if it helps you, I'm happy to do it. I don't ask for money. I don't have a Patreon. I'm not asking you to send me tips on PayPal. If you do want a shout out on Cameo, I'm on Cameo, we can certainly set that up. But I've never really asked for anything in terms of, of like monetary things from you.

So it just goes a long way. If you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts, if you can subscribe to the show, wherever you're listening, or even if you could just ask a question here on CVV, ask CVV, and, you know, it'll be read out on the show. So this is all being done in one take as I sit here with my dog Luna next to me.

And we're just going to fire off these questions. And if there is something that you will, on answered on the next one of these, we do one of them a month. Just leave it with the hashtag Ask CVV on Twitter or shoot me a message on Instagram or my email is out there. You can feel free to send me an email. It's CVV at chrisfanfleet.com. And yes, yes, I have a website, chrisfanfleet.com so you can go on there and see recaps of all of the interviews that we've done and watch the videos or listen to the podcast version of those. So let's dive right in here. with AskCV, number three, starting off with Money Kings 25 on Instagram.

Perfect question for the fact that we just had Jake Paul versus Tommy Fury on Sunday afternoon. Money Kings 25 says, what's your thoughts on Jake versus Tommy? So, I think that the judges got the decision right. I think that Tommy Fury won the fight. I think that they got the points a little messed up there. I don't think that there were too many 10-8 rounds. And for two of the judges to say that Jake lost some of those rounds 10-8,

doesn't really make a lot of sense. I'm excited to see the rematch though. But I was saying as soon as that first round happened, that it was evident that Jake Paul had not been in there with a true seasoned professional boxer because Tommy Fury he looked good. Tommy Fury looked like a real boxer in there. His head movement, the way his feet moved, the way he was landing his punches with the accuracy of his punches. He definitely looked like the fight was in his control. It was impressive to see Jake Paul knock down Tommy Fury. But I think that

in the end, the decision was right. I think Tommy Fury won that fight. It'll be so interesting when they run this back for the rematch. But I was interested. I am interested. I've been following Jake Paul's journey since he became a pro boxer three years ago. And that's the other thing. You got to remember, this is only his ninth fight. He's only been a pro boxer for three years. So for someone who just started this three years ago, it looked pretty good there.

So I was entertained, and I think that that's really the whole point of all of this. It was an entertaining fight, and I look forward to seeing another one. So what do you guys think? I know there's a lot of hate. I know there's a lot of hate on Jake Paul and on Logan Paul, and for whatever reason, not a lot of respect for what these guys have built. These guys are from Cleveland, Ohio, actually just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, and they have worked so hard for everything that they have,

whether that's on YouTube or as a podcaster or as a boxer, or now as a professional wrestler for Logan Paul, as an entrepreneur for Logan Paul and what he's building with Prime, they've worked so hard for all of this. And it's funny to see people that are just like, oh, yeah, well, it came easy for them. And they just want to, like, discount this or take it away from them. All I'm saying is you've got to respect. Whether you love them or hate them, the Paul brothers, and I know your question's not about what do you think about the Paul brothers, but whether you love them or hate them, I think you have to respect. You don't have to like them, but I think you have to respect what they're doing right now and what they're continuing to do.

doing everything they're doing at the highest possible level. It's impressive. Fisherman 316 on Instagram says, who do you think your next interview will be? Big fan of your content. Well, thank you for leaving that question. I know exactly who my next interview will be. I was just in Las Vegas this past weekend. If you follow me on Instagram, you'd see some of the shots that I posted there. I was in Vegas for like five hours, and we did three pretty big interviews while we were there. So Impact Wrestling was in town for No Surrender. That was the pay-per-view live on Friday night. Then they did two TV tapings, Saturday and Sunday. So I interviewed Santino Morella. I guess I should say, Santino Manala. I interviewed Santino. Fascinating conversation. Then I did an interview with Bully Ray. Another fascinating conversation. And I did an interview with former light heavyweight champion, Rashad Evans. Amazing conversation. So, You'll be seeing all of those in the next few weeks. Which one's going to be first?

We will upload, I'm making the decision right now as I'm saying this in one breath. We will upload Bully Ray on Thursday. So there you go. There's the next podcast episode. It's Bully Ray. Fascinating conversation because that guy doesn't pull any punches. So you'll be seeing that on Thursday, both on the podcast and on the YouTube channel. So go check that out of a few.

you aren't subscribed on the YouTube channels, both Chris Vanfleet and CBV clips, please go and subscribe there so you don't miss out on these conversations that we post and the clips that we post on there. Peter Bahi, I hope I'm saying that right. Peter, we've gone back and forth a few times on Twitter. B-A-H-I. How can one stand out in an oversaturated industry like online journalism? That is such a great question. And I think that the key to standing out in any industry is just consistency. And I think that if we're going to speak specifically with like content creation and online journalism, I think there's a lot of people who get into the space, they do one or two things and

they go, oh, how come this isn't popping up? How come that video I posted isn't getting thousands or tens of thousands of views? How come that article isn't getting all the click-throughs? It's just all about consistency. It's about, especially with journalism, it's about constantly, putting things out that is of value to other people. And it's not about doing it once. It's not about doing it twice.

It's about doing this each and every time so that you start to build up a reputation for yourself. And I'll use my friend Sean Ross Sapp as an example of this. He was breaking stories years ago, and you know, few people were paying attention, but not a lot of people. But then when he kept doing it, people went, oh well if sean ross sap is saying it it it must be actually happened and then he started to build up this

reputation for himself where every time that he reported it you took it as fact because he uh he was getting it consistently right so frequently so i think it's the idea of showing up and it's also the idea of being like honest and transparent and trustworthy if we're talking specifically about journalism here. It's about people being able to rely on you. And if we're just talking about content creation in general, you just got to keep doing it. You just got to keep doing it. If you say to people, I'm going to put out a podcast episode every Monday, well, then just like a job, you've got to show up every Monday and put it out. And I think that too many people treat this like a hobby, and then you get results like a hobby. If you treat it like a job,

you will start to get results like a job. So that's just my two cents here from my now 18 years in the broadcasting industry. And it shifted and changed a lot. And that's what I think. So thank you for the great question, Peter. BJ Aussilution. Are I saying that right? Ozilution?

Like the country, Australia, Aussie illusion? What is one of the best matches that doesn't get enough recognition? Fantastic question. And we could do 17 podcast episodes about some of my favorite matches that a lot of people don't talk about. But I will point a finger directly at TNA wrestling and say there are not enough WWE fans or just wrestling fans in general that watch any of the great matches that happened in TNA or currently happening in TNA impact wrestling. and if you have never seen TNA Impact Wrestling, if you've never seen anything, go look up the three-way match between AJ Styles,

Samoa Joe, and Christopher Daniels. And I think that that's the type of match that really set the tone for TNA and what they were all about, especially the X Division. And I think it's those type of matches. Like, AJ Styles is phenomenal, right? It says his nickname, but he's phenomenal.

Everything he does, everybody he works with, He makes them look great. But I don't think that there's a lot of WWE fans that realize the amazing work he was doing, like 05 to 09. It's not really fair to just like single out, you know, a span of five years. But those years in particular are what really sucked me into being an impact wrestling fan, a TNA fan. So I would say that it was like AJ Styles versus whomever. And I will also piggyback on that and say that Kurt Engle had his best matches. Kurt Engle did his best work in TNA and there were so many people that didn't see it.

So go check out like TNA, the current angle in TNA versus AJ Stiles or go check out Kurt Angle versus Sting. These are just great matches that I don't think get nearly enough recognition from fans that maybe weren't watching. that back then. So that's kind of my, my long answer. And of course, you know, I think the best match of all time and the match that you should show anybody who's never watched wrestling before is Hulk Ogan versus the Rock, WrestleMania 18, just because that crowd reaction is amazing. And that crowd reaction is so loud and it makes the whole match. So I think that, a lot of people talk about that being a great match. I think that doesn't get the recognition that it deserves sometimes for it being as good as it is. So there we go.

Thank you, BJ. Ozilution. Will Gray, who is at the Will Gray on Twitter, do you think gimmick matches, like Helen Assel or Money in a Bank, need their own PLE? Or should they be included in another show? That's a really good one. And I think you could go either way on this. I also love that we have ditched the term pay-per-view,

and there are now PLEs, premium live events. And I love that fans are now using that term instead of saying pay-per-view. And it makes sense, right? We're not paying to view them anymore. They are premium live events. I loved back in the day when you'd have a hell in a cell because it fit the storyline. Like the build-up was like, well, they've already done this type of match, or they've done this type of match or this match really favors this person,

now it's time to have a hell and a cell match. And I think that my problem sometimes with a hell and a cell pay-per-view is you're having a hell in a cell match just for the sake of having a hell in a cell match. And I don't think personally it falls into the same category as like the elimination chamber match. Like that's a match where you go, okay, this match happens at the elimination chamber paper view.

I get it. And we kind of go. on from there. I think that money in the bank makes sense as a pay-per-view because that match then leads up to WrestleMania, you know, and the whole storylines that you could have with like cashing in the money in the bank contract all the way until WrestleMania. I think that like that one makes sense, but I never understood the hell in a cell thing. So I think that my, I guess, I guess in a roundabout way I'm saying like, I think it needs to. to make sense for the story.

And then you don't just have it for the sake of having it. Does that make sense? Steve Teska. He wrote me this on Instagram and he said, I met Drew McIntyre last week and I froze. Have you ever had a situation where you've completely frozen and needed to quickly compose yourself? Well, first of all, that's awesome that you met Drew McIntyre.

Isn't he great? Isn't he such a good dude? So even though maybe it didn't go the way that you wanted to go, that's still pretty cool that you met him. Drew McIntyre. And you know, Steve, there's going a bunch of people listening to this rat right now going, oh, man, I wish I could meet Drew McIntyre. So I've definitely had moments where I wouldn't say have completely frozen, but I think that what this comes down to is you have an expectation in your mind of how you want the situation to go. And sometimes it doesn't go that way. And then you go,

oh, man, that wasn't so great. I can promise you, Steve, that, wasn't nearly as bad as you're imagining it was in your mind. But I had a moment, and it's on YouTube, if you want to go check this out. I had a moment on the red carpet for the Baywatch movement. And we did this in Miami on South Beach. They did the world premiere on the red carpet and the rocks, obviously, in that movie. And I was told I wasn't getting the rock. So I'm doing these interviews on the red carpet, like did an interview with Zach Afron who's in the movie. And I was interviewed all kinds of other people that were on the red carpet. And then the Rock's kind of making his way down the red carpet.

I'm just not prepared for this. And then Rock ends up coming right in front of me. And boom, next thing you know, we're doing an interview. And I was kind of just in shock that like, I didn't expect this to happen. It was a big lesson learned, too, that you have to prepare in all of those situations for anything that could possibly be thrown your way. So the interviews, fine, fine. it's short. And there's actually a moment where I wrap up the interview,

probably earlier than it should have been wrapped up. And you can kind of see, again, this is on YouTube if you want to check this out. There's a moment where I think he's kind of like, oh, that's it? Like, I think it's 37 seconds long or something. Let me look. I'm standing here in front of my, or sitting here in front of my computer. So let me take a look here.

But I didn't, I wouldn't say like I froze. But I definitely could have made this a much better interview, much better situation than I did. So let me see here. Usually on a red carpet, you're talking to someone for like two questions. It was a minute and seven seconds. So 67 seconds of me talk into the rock.

And that was it. So, yeah, I would say, though, this isn't just specifically for you, Steve, but for anybody. you got to remember that celebrities are also human beings, right? And without using the cliche of, oh, they put their pants on one leg at a time, or, you know, they also, they take a shit too. You got to remember that they're just a person who chased after their dreams and didn't let anything stand in the way. And, of course, a little bit of luck sprinkled in there, but they're just a person like you and I.

So you just talk to them like they're a person. and just have a conversation with them like they're a person. They're obviously a very successful person, but, you know, have a conversation with them like they're a person. All yellow Josh. What's up, my friend? Hey, Chris, are you excited about being a dad? You wrote excited with a whole bunch of eyes.

Excited. I am, and it's happening so quickly. It's really coming up on us here. So as I sit here right now, I'm going to be dad at less than three months. And I have all kinds of different emotions that I'm feeling about this. Of course, I'm excited. I also have no idea what to expect from any of this.

So I'm excited. I'm a little nervous. I'm at times emotional about this. And it's funny because this whole process, and if you're listening right now and you are apparent, I'm sure you can relate. The whole process starts to make you. you think a lot about your own childhood and the relationship that your parents had with you

and the way that you were raised. And there's a lot of those things that you want to do that they did. And maybe there's a few things that you don't want to do that they did. And I think about that all the time. And I have so much, so much love for my parents. And they're still together. Their parents are going to celebrate their 49th wedding anniversary this year. It's amazing. Dirk and Helen Van Fleet, Pickering, Ontario. But I think about that a lot. And I just, I want to be the best father for our baby girl as she grows up in this world, this ever-changing world. So, yes.

The short answer to your question is, are you excited? Yes. Yes, I am. And then I'm a whole bunch of other things. And now I can start to relate to other. they're, you know, soon to be fathers or soon to be mothers that we talk about this of, like, all of the emotions and all the stuff that goes into it. And then they have the kid and then I see where they're at, whether this is some of my friends or just, you know, even celebrities. It changes

a person. I think it changes them for the better, but it changes them. And I'm excited because I feel like I'm already starting to change. But I'm excited to see what's kind of on the other side of this. we grab a little sip of water here. I told you. This is all one takes, so a little sip of water there. Joe Cravallo. I hope I said that right. Joe Cravalo.

I got three questions for you, legend. Okay, so we're going to go these one by one. Have you and your wife picked out a name for your daughter? I think, yes. I think so. We've narrowed it down to a few names, but I really think we have to meet her first. And then we're going to find out like,

okay, so this is the name we have in mind or these are the names we have in mind, does that fit who you are? So, I can't wait. The due date's May 21st. My birthday is May 19th. So I've been saying, like, I just hope she, I don't mind sharing my birthday. But I've been jokingly going, that is my day. May 19th is my day.

So you could have any other day of mine. Obviously, love if she were to come on May 19th. We're just excited for her to join us. that's question one there. Question two, what are your predictions for Roman Reins versus Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39? I feel like we kind of all know what's going to happen here. Right? It certainly feels like they're lining this all up for it to be Cody's night. And I do think that if anyone's going to dethrone the tribal chief, that Cody Rhodes makes a lot of sense, especially with the way they're building that storyline now that, like, Dusty Rhodes' trowellon,

trained all of these people in NXT, and they're all big superstars now, trained Roman Raines, you know, who Dusty Rhodes didn't train? That's right, he didn't even train his own son. What a storyline this is going to be. So I feel like all signs point to WrestleMania 39,

ending with Cody Rhodes as the champion. But with that said, this is WWE. And WWE is known for basically going, oh yeah, you think that? that's going to happen? Mm-hmm. Think again. So my prediction is going to be Cody Rhodes, but all of that's to say, I wouldn't be surprised

if they threw us a curveball and went, actually, Roman Raines, but I'm going to put my, if I was a betting man, I would put my money on Cody Rhodes here. And the third question from Jay, I said Joe, I'm so sorry, it's Jay, Jay Cravalo. The third question from Jay is, would you ever consider interviewing fans on the podcast?

I feel like every time I interview a pro wrestler that that's exactly what I'm doing because all of them started as a fan first. And then you hear these great stories of like, oh yeah, growing up, this person was the who I looked up to or I wanted to have a career like this person or I wanted to meet this person. And then all the wrestlers watch the product now. So when you're talking to them, they're giving you their take on it as a fan, which I think is always so interesting.

So that's what's interesting to me, is being able to talk to people who are the very best of what they do. And when it comes to pro wrestling, who's better than the people who are in the ring, to be able to give you their insight, pun of course, intended, on everything that's going on, and everything goes on in their life, too. Sean Hoover says, thank you for the book suggestions in the last Ask CBV. I've already read the subtle art of not giving an F and atomic habits. Two great books, by the way. What should I read next?

That's good. And thank you for checking those books out. It was very cool. After that episode aired, I had a few people send me messages or they would take a screenshot and they would tag me on Twitter like, hey, I'm listed this book right now or I'm just finished this book. That was really cool because those are two books and then I also talked about the four agreements. Those are three books that really changed my life and changed my perspective on life. So what should you read next? I'll give you two more of my favorites here.

Never Split the Difference by Chris Boss. He's a former guest on Insight. He's a former FBI negotiator. And it is a fascinating book on negotiation. And also just about like conversation. And he talks about how everything in life is a negotiation. And it's really interesting to see some very small little, little tips and tricks and tactics that you can employ in your everyday life. I mean, whether you're

talking about like who's going to take out the garbage or you're negotiating the price on a new vehicle. It's interesting. There's some really cool insight there and it's just written in such a great way. So never split the difference by Chris Boss. And then start with why. Simon Sinek wrote this amazing book called Start With Why. And it talks about how so many people are, and companies are selling you of what they do. This is what we do. This is what I do. And he says that people aren't interested in what you do.

They're interested in why you do it. And the book uses some really interesting case studies that'll make you, it'll just blow your mind. I don't want to like give too much away here, but it talks about why Apple has been so popular. And whether you're an Apple user or not, it doesn't matter. But it talks about, like, Apple has always led with why. Why you're buying their products, why they're making their products, not what we'd sell.

So start with why, never split the difference. Those will be my two book suggestions for the Ask CVV number three, the AskCTVV February edition. And if you are reading those books, or if you have read those books before, shoot me a message or tag me on Twitter or Instagram and let me know. It'd be so cool. It's like we've got this mini book club here starting without even really knowing it. So that'd be so cool if those are two books that maybe you'd consider reading this month. And I think that's it.

Okay, that was great. That was how many questions? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, one, nine, ten. That was twelve questions. I feel like we just burned right through those twelve questions. So if you have questions for the next episode of Asked CVV, it'll be Asked, CVV number four in the March edition. We're doing this as like one of the last episodes of each month.

So send me a tweet now or you can wait. I'll be tweeting out about it, you know, towards the end of the month. But if you have some questions or if there's something in here that you want me to expand on, shoot me a message at using that hashtag AskCV. And I hope you've been enjoying these episodes, not just the amazing interviews that we've done. and it's been a heck of a year so far. We've got some really big ones around the corner.

Like, next week, I'm interviewing Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Pretty awesome, right? They got a new movie called Murder Mystery 2, which is coming out on Netflix, so we're going to be doing an interview for that. But it's been a great year. And I hope that your year has also been off to a great start. I can't believe that we're already two months into this year. It's just flying by.

I will leave you with the words of Thomas Jefferson and this one hits home for me Whenever you do a thing, ask for man, hey, here we go again with the one take Let me try that again. Whenever you do a thing act as if the whole world We're watching. Be great, be grateful, we will see you on the next one. It's this Thursday.

Bully Ray is joining us. We'll see you on the next one for some more insight. An 80s flashback mockumentary. Back in the 80s, there were a thousand bands trying to make it in the world of rock. But there was one band that had it all. Hammer Alley. Whatever happened to Hammer Alley? How did they go from top of the rock?

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