Eric Young (@TheEricYoung) is a professional wrestler currently signed to TNA Wrestling. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood to discuss his time in TNA and winning the World Championship twice, trying out for WWE early in his career and not getting signed, being part of Team Canada, his role as a comedy wrestler, signing with WWE and his work in Sanity, getting called up without the rest of the group and what went wrong on the main roster, returning to WWE for a second time and nearly being aligned with Bray Wyatt, why he thinks he will retire in TNA, a scary incident where it looked like he might lose his ear and more! ZOCDOC: Instantly book a top-rated doctor today at http://zocdoc.com/insight BLUECHEW: Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com 00:00 Intro 00:39 Meeting CVV for the first time at his wrestling school 03:35 Shawn Spears showing talent early in his career 04:18 Did he see a path for him early in his career? 06:40 Canadian wrestlers looking out for one another 07:54 The wrestling landscape being desolate in the early 2000s 10:04 How he signed his first deal with TNA 13:28 What was the feeling about TNA in the early days? 14:15 Impact Zone fans becoming accustomed to constant wrestling 16:16 TNA becoming a viable alternative to WWE 17:03 His thoughts on the six-sided ring 19:53 Did TNA consider bringing back the six-sided ring? 22:16 How did he start incorporating comedy into his matches? 24:20 Not getting enough credit for innovating comedy wrestling 26:09 Calling D-Lo Brown CeeLo Green 28:16 Locking up with random fans and wrestlers 30:18 Christian Cage being the biggest TNA signing 32:01 Kurt Angle legitimizing TNA by signing 32:50 What were the prime years of TNA? 34:21 Winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 37:27 How did winning the TNA championship a second time compare? 38:36 What went into his decision to leave TNA? 40:40 Going to NXT and forming SAnitY 41:42 Being called up to the main WWE roster and being misused 45:28 Confronting Vince McMahon about not using him 46:47 Being released from WWE in 2020 48:01 Returning after being killed off at the end of his last TNA run 50:28 Not wanting to work for WWE after Vince McMahon returned 51:52 Original plans for him to be a part of the Wyatt Sicks 53:55 How surprising was it for Scott D’Amore getting fired from TNA? 56:51 Having issues with his throat that affect his voice 01:00:27 Cutting his ear in TNA and suffering a severe injury 01:03:57 How long does he think he can wrestle? 01:08:02 Does he want to end his career in TNA? 01:09:28 How he got his ‘Off The Hook’ fishing show 01:16:24 Getting to be the host of the show Vinyl Obsession 01:23:14 What are his Top 5 Vinyl Albums? 01:25:17 3 things Eric Young 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 #wrestling #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo