Stop wasting money on things you don’t use! Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to http://rocketmoney.com/cvv Christian Cage (@christian4peeps) is a professional wrestler signed to AEW. He is also known for his career in WWE where he was simply known as Christian and was part of a legendary tag team with Edge (Adam Copeland). He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to talk about his legendary career that started in 1995, getting into the best shape of his life at 50 and why he created Pure Plank with Adam Copeland, doing the best work of his career right now in AEW, pushing the envelope with his patriarchy character, how he was able to come out of retirement after 7 years, his WWE return in 2020, being part of the Royal Rumble in 2021, signing with AEW a month later, the reaction to his debut, being part of the first ever TLC match, memories of his WrestleMania 18 match against DDP in Toronto, what made him leave WWE for TNA in 2005, proving himself as a singles wrestler, how much longer he wants to wrestle before retiring and much more! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux 00:00 Intro 00:40 How the end of his career led to Pure Plank 10:35 Being in the best shape of his life this late in his career 11:37 Origins of the mindset to ‘Outwork Everyone’ 12:25 How does he win Edge fans over to be Christian fans 14:12 Meeting CVV in Toronto at a signing in 2001 15:50 Saying that peoples fathers are dead in AEW 18:13 Has he ever gone too far for things he’s said? 18:50 Telling Adam Copeland to ‘Go F*ck’ himself 21:03 Pushing the envelope in his segments 22:28 How does he keep coming up with new material? 23:53 Finding out he couldn’t wrestle anymore 28:57 Wrestling Randy Orton on Raw in 2020 29:50 Seeing people on screens during the 2021 Royal Rumble 30:28 Jon Moxley convincing him to talk to Tony Khan 32:43 People being upset about his AEW debut 35:04 What does it mean to him to end on his own terms? 35:54 How long does he want to keep wrestling for? 36:47 Why did he leave WWE for TNA? 40:51 The difference between his first and second run in WWE 41:32 Never pinning anyone to become World Champion 41:56 Looking at the fans with his hand? 42:50 How did he come up with his finisher? 46:17 Memories of Wrestlemania 18 vs DDP 49:08 Wrestling Adam Copeland in Toronto 50:32 Did he convince Adam Copeland to come to AEW? 52:03 Does he have any residual effects from concussions? 52:42 Coming to terms with his new life during retirement 54:09 What was the pitch for the first ever TLC match? 55:45 Ladder match vs The Hardys at No Mercy ’99 58:09 The difference between Christian and Christian Cage? 59:26 3 things Christian Cage 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 #aew #wrestling #christiancage #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo