Joseph Ruud (@erickredbeard) is a professional wrestler known as Erick Rowan when he was in WWE as part of the Wyatt Family. He currently wrestles under the name Erick Redbeard. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Hollywood, CA to talk about the passing of Windham Rotunda (Bray Wyatt) and Jon Huber (Brodie Lee/Luke Harper), how he joined the Wyatt Family, being The Rock's last opponent at WrestleMania 32, having the distinction of being one of the last 4 people to pin Roman Reigns, what got his wrestling journey started, his brief appearances in AEW, will he return to WWE, forming The Bludgeon Brothers with Luke Harper, the original plan for what was inside of his cage, his recent acting roles and much more. Enter to win $2000 and 2 tickets to UFC 296 here: http://morganufc.com/cvv GHOSTBED: Get 40% of your purchase with the code CVV at http://ghostbed.com/cvv 00:00 Intro 00:38 The deaths of Brodie Lee and Bray Wyatt 03:52 Being put together as the Wyatt Family 08:16 Constantly being reminded of his friends deaths 09:58 What’s the main thing people have him autograph 10:29 People being surprised how big he is 12:57 How he got into pro wrestling 19:48 Working the door at a gentlemen's club 22:37 WWE taking notice of his work 24:44 The original pitch for the Wyatt Family 27:57 Having his name shortened to ‘Rowan’ 29:04 Defeating Roman Reigns 30:03 Why hasn't he been on TV for a while? 31:46 Was there ever talk of him joining the Dark Order? 34:28 Did Bray Wyatt talk to him about a return? 35:14 The difference between Bray Wyatt and Windham 38:57 Not being given a chance to cut promos 41:14 His ongoing work as an actor 45:42 Top 3 horror movies of all time 49:05 Having The Rock’s last match 53:06 The coolest moment he ever had in the ring 54:01 The Wyatt family entrances 55:54 Working as Daniel Bryan’s bodyguard 57:40 People wondering what was in his cage 1:00:21 Putting your mind to goals 1:02:40 Best advice he’s received from Brodie Lee 1:06:22 3 Things Erick Rowan is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Subscribe to my podcast: 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 #wwe #aew #erickrowan #braywyatt #wyattfamily