Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv Ricardo Rodriguez is a professional wrestler best known for his time in WWE as Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at Three Legacies Wrestling School in Lancaster, PA to talk about how he got signed by WWE and being paired with Alberto Del Rio, having a victory over Roman Reigns, being ringside for Dolph Ziggler's Money in the Bank cash-in, his Royal Rumble entry, why he decided to leave WWE, his battles with addiction, getting clean and more. Check out 3 Legacies Wrestling: https://www.threelegacieswrestling.com EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal 👉 https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv 00:00 Intro 00:37 His wrestling school celebrating its 2 year anniversary 02:06 Did he always want to have a wrestling school? 03:45 Being a serious wrestler before his WWE run 05:04 Only cutting one promo ever before he got to WWE 05:25 How he was hired by WWE and immediately put on Smackdown 14:43 Was he upset that he was no longer an in-ring wrestler? 16:30 Working with Roman Reigns in his first FCW match 17:57 When did he start introducing comedy to his WWE character? 19:05 Learning to wrestle like someone who didn’t know how to 22:04 Feeling like he didn’t have enough gratitude when he was in WWE 23:15 Spending consistent road time in WWE with Alberto Del Rio 25:13 Alberto Del Rio winning his first WWE Championship 27:07 Being able to really annoy people in WWE 28:14 How did he practice announcing Alberto Del Rio’s name? 30:15 WWE arranging different cars for them in each city? 32:34 Dolph Ziggler cashing in Money In The Bank On Alberto Del Rio 35:02 Impersonating the Big Show and Sheamus in WWE 36:59 Wearing a Justin Bieber shirt under his tuxedo 38:11 Entering the Royal Rumble in 2012 44:15 Wrestling in Bret Hart’s final match 46:27 Having a match with Santino Marella while wearing his tuxedo 47:42 What led to him requesting his release from WWE 50:47 When did he start becoming ok with wrestling again? 51:48 How he dealt with his addiction to alcohol 01:01:52 Drew McIntyre helping him get into WWE rehab 01:03:54 Wrestlers being open about addiction helping him to get through it 01:06:56 How he learned to control his reactions 01:10:10 Realizing that there is no benefit to complaining 01:14:56 3 things Ricardo Rodriguez 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 #wwe #wrestling #ricardorodriguez #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo