Use code CVV60 to get 60% off your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/3EVzP8U Thanks Factor for sponsoring! Josh Alexander (@walking_weapon) is a professional wrestler and the current Impact Wrestling World Champion. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about his unlikely path to becoming a wrestler, getting discovered in Canada, making a name for himself in Ring Of Honor, becoming friends and eventually tag team partners with Ethan Page, how much interest there was from AEW when he let his Impact Wrestling contract expire, beating Christian Cage to become the shortest reigning Impact World Champion of all time and now being on the verge of being the longest reigning Champion, involving his family in storylines, why Scott D'Amore is good for wrestling and much more! 00:00 Intro 02:26 Being Impact Champion 03:33 Living In Canada 04:09 Going to university 07:10 Starting Pro Wrestling School10:49 Advice to aspiring Pro Wrestlers 11:15 Persistence on the Indies 13:50 Why he wears the headgear 19:01 Comparisons to Kurt Angle 22:00 Pro Wrestling hurts 24:01 Border Patrol 29:53 Scott D’more 30:51 Ethan Page & The North 32:33 Thoughts of moving to the U.S. 34:30 Did he consider going to AEW? 36:19 Being Impact Champion for 3 minutes 39:12 TNA Original favorites 41:54 Dave Meltzer 42:44 Ironman match with TJP 45:57 Sami Zayn 49:04 Canadian Stereotypes 50:10 The name “Walking Weapon” 51:26 Why is his Instagram private? 54:32 Life after wrestling 56:21 Gratitude For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com 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 #impactwrestling #joshalexander #wrestling #chrisvanvliet