Frankie Kazarian is a professional wrestler currently signed to TNA and the reigning World Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss the controversial way he won the World Title, why he left AEW to return to TNA, how close he came to signing with WWE and why his first run didn't lead to more, being a part of the first Ultimate X match, his wife Traci Brooks possibly returning to wrestling, and more! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://www.gopureplank.com/CVV 00:00 Intro 01:01 Becoming TNA World Champion at 48 years old 04:54 Eating healthy while on the road 07:12 How much longer he thinks he can wrestle 10:10 People hated how he won the TNA World Championship 12:17 Viral photo/tweet from Christopher Daniels 14:13 Why he asked for his release from AEW 20:58 Almost joining WWE at different points in his career 29:38 Frankie Kazarian is a TNA legend! 31:31 The Ultimate X match 36:12 Hitting a cutter on Christopher Daniels while he was upside down 38:14 Christopher Daniels fell on his head in Ultimate X! 41:44 His leg drop off the top of Ultimate X! 43:36 Don West's commentary was underrated 44:35 The golden years of TNA 46:11 Why was everyone leaving TNA in 2014? 49:26 Naming his moves after Back To The Future 53:16 His signature move, Fade To Black 54:26 Not knowing his lineage 56:31 Meeting his wife, Traci Brooks 01:02:46 Becoming the veteran backstage in AEW & TNA 01:04:23 Leon Slater is so good 01:05:35 TNA Mount Rushmore 01:08:08 How wrestling has evolved during his career 01:09:51 First impressions of John Cena in UPW 01:11:48 3 things Frankie Kazarian is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #tnawrestling #frankiekazarian #chrisvanvliet #wrestling