Teddy Long is a WWE Hall of Famer known for his tenure as Smackdown and ECW General Manager and as a referee in WWE. Big thank you to Chris Hughes from Appalachian Championship Wrestling for helping to make this interview happen! Teddy sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Indianapolis, IN to talk about this legendary career as a WWE personality, his role as the Smackdown GM, his iconic lines like "One on one with The Undertaker", "Lemme holla at ya, playa" and being part of the "Buckle up Teddy" segment. He discusses how becoming friends with James Brown led to him working in wrestling, how he got hired by WWE, working as a referee before becoming an on-air personality, his dance moves, being chased by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on an ATV and much more!

Quote I'm thinking about: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill

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Welcome back to another AskCVV episode! On this one Chris answers questions about the incredible crowd in Lyon, France for Backlash, Las Vegas being the official location for WrestleMania 41, similarities between The Bloodline and the nWo, pro wrestling Mount Rushmore, live episode of INSIGHT during SummerSlam week in Cleveland, most interesting guest ever and more! If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

Quote I'm thinking about: "Understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success." – Arianna Huffington

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Adam Copeland (@ratedrcope) is a professional wrestler signed with AEW, he is also known for his 25-year career in WWE where he performed under the name "Edge". He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Asheville, NC to talk about being in the best shape of his life at age 50, why he designed Pure Plank with Christian Cage to help with core fitness, his decision to leave WWE for AEW, how he almost signed with AEW in 2019 instead of returning at the 2020 Royal Rumble, being forced to retire in 2011, how he met his wife Beth Phoenix, spearing Jeff Hardy off the ladder at WrestleMania 17, being on the receiving end of a leg drop off the cage from Matt Hardy at WWE Unforgiven 2005, his funny moments as a tag team with Christian, wanting to retire in a year and a half, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and much more!

Quote I'm thinking about: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ― Maya Angelou

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Max Caster (@PlatinumMax) is a professional wrestler signed with AEW where he is part of The Acclaimed. He joins Chris Van Vliet in Philadelphia, PA to talk about how he comes up with the lyrics for his freestyles, his most controversial raps, being paired with Anthony Bowens in AEW and forming The Acclaimed, learning from "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn, the origin of "Scissoring" in AEW, advice Cody Rhodes gave him about his raps, filing a trademark for "Best Wrestler Alive", the tweet he made about not wanting Shelton Benjamin in AEW and much more!

Quote I'm thinking about: "By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin

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Welcome back to another AskCVV episode! On this one Chris gives his predictions for the full WWE Backlash card and answers questions about who Cody Rhodes' next opponent should be, when we will see Bianca Belair vs. Jade Cargill, first piece of wrestling memorabilia you bought, does AEW have too many titles, favorite celebrity interview ever, thoughts on the recent WWE Draft and much more! If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

Quote I'm thinking about: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

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Braun Strowman (@adamscherr99) is a professional wrestler with WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at a WWE Priority Pass On Location event in Philadelphia during WrestleMania week to talk about the neck injury that kept him out of action for over a year, returning to WWE after being released in 2022, his friendship with Bray Wyatt, how being part of the Wyatt Family changed not only his career but his life, the receipt that Brock Lesnar gave him in the ring during the 2018 Royal Rumble, wrestling The Undertaker and Kane early in his career, getting into the best shape of his life and much more.

Quote I'm thinking about:

"The greatest lesson I've learned in life is that I still have a lot to learn."

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Tiffany Stratton (@tiffstrattonwwe) is a professional wrestler signed to WWE. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet at a WWE Priority Pass On Location event in Philadelphia during WrestleMania week to talk about her background as a gymnast, her WWE tryout, getting trained by Greg Gagne, how she came up with the name Tiffany Stratton, being inspired by Paris Hilton, her incredible athleticism, how she developed the PME (Prettiest Moonsault Ever), her boyfriend Ludwig Kaiser, making her main roster debut at the Royal Rumble, the loud crowd reaction she got at Elimination Chamber in Perth and much more!

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Welcome to AskCVV #28! On this one Chris answers questions about Jack Perry attacking Tony Khan on AEW Dynamite, Becky Lynch becoming the WWE Women's World Champion, early picks for King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring, non-compete clauses going away, the best MITB cash-in of all time, Michael Cole's longevity, bass boats and much more! If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

Quote I'm thinking about: "Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren't grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more." - Roy T. Bennett

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Will Sasso (@willsasso) is an actor, comedian, podcaster and huge wrestling fan. He joins Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to talk about the rising popularity of wrestling, his show "Loudermilk" on Netflix, his podcast "Dudesy" and being the current Episode Champion, having a match against Bret Hart in WCW, taking a Stone Cold Stunner from Steve Austin in WWE, getting chokeslammed by Kane, why he should be in the celebrity wing of WWE's Hall Of Fame, his guest appearance on Entourage when he got Jeremy Piven to break character and does incredible spot-on impressions of Jesse Ventura, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, The Rock, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Quote I'm thinking about: "A day without laughter is a day wasted" - Charlie Chaplin

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Jinder Mahal (@jindermahal) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet to talk about starting the year doing a segment with The Rock on Raw Day 1, his World Heavyweight Championship match against Seth Rollins, the Twitter exchange he had with Tony Khan about his title shot, being released from WWE in 2014 and coming back better than ever, being part of 3MB with Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater, beating Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at Backlash in 2017, being the first Indian WWE Champion, growing up in Canada and training to be a pro wrestler, his Modern Day Maharaja character, winning the US Championship and much more.

Quote I'm thinking about: "The fish don't just jump in the boat"

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Welcome back to another #AskCVV episode! On this one Chris answers questions about the new 'Triple H Era' of wrestling, the smaller stage setups on Raw and Smackdown, who will be the new WWE Women's World Heavyweight Champion now that Rhea Ripley is out with an injury, Chad Gable's heel turn, the best wrestlers from Canada, LA Knight and AJ Styles' fight during the WrestleMania 40 Press Day, how to be a content creator for $0, being on the set of "The Love Guru" with Mike Myers and much more. If you have a question that you want answered on the next one, send it in using the hashtag #AskCVV!

Quote I'm thinking about: "You’re not bound by your past. Just because you failed yesterday, doesn’t mean you will fail today."

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