Donovan Dijak is a professional wrestler previously signed to WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Toronto, Ontario to talk about his WWE departure and the letter he posted to social media, being backstage at AEW Forbidden Door, RETRIBUTION and the original pitch for the group, returning to NXT and his relationship with Shawn Michaels, being on the receiving end of a brutal Cody Rhodes chair shot, what next for him and more! BONCHARGE: Use the code CVV to save 15% off your infrared sauna blanket at https://boncharge.com/cvv BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 00:36 His love of being on the road 01:02 Having a picture of his broken finger on his shirt 02:08 Dislocating his finger at NXT Vengeance Day 06:19 How did he feel after his WWE contract ended? 10:41 Being able to wrestle right after his contract ended 12:32 Writing his well-worded list upon the ending of his contract 18:33 Backstage interactions with CM Punk & Hangman Page 22:18 Visiting backstage at an AEW event 27:11 What are his plans now that he’s not with WWE 29:17 Having to prove himself to a new base of fans 32:46 Trying to translate his Twitter persona into his wrestling 36:19 His strategy in branding himself on the indies 38:12 Why wasn’t he called back to NXT? 41:02 Does he think writing that letter burns a bridge with WWE? 44:14 Memories of Cody Rhodes nailing him with a steel chair 46:22 How did the Retribution group come to be? 54:04 Was T-Bar supposed to stand for something? 55:24 Trying to make Retribution work because he was on the main roster 57:11 How would Retribution have been received with an audience? 58:23 Certain fans having made their minds up not to like him 59:38 What does it mean be ratio’d in WWE? 01:07:27 Being let go alongside all of his friends from Retribution 01:11:16 What did he learn from Shawn Michaels that he still applies 01:13:18 Memories of failed pitched to Vince McMahon 01:18:50 His original pitch for his latest run in NXT 01:21:33 The NXT Iron Survival Challenge defining his run 01:26:23 Being able to look forward to what comes next 01:27:34 3 Things Dijak 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 #aew #BlueWireVideo