Speedball Mike Bailey (@speedballbailey) is a professional wrestler currently signed to IMPACT Wrestling. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about growing up in Canada, French being his first language and learning to speak English, how he got his "Speedball" nickname, his dream X Division opponents, his issues crossing the Canada/US border, how he turned the negative of not being able to enter the United States into a positive, wrestling fellow Canadian Josh Alexander, his wife Veda Scott and much more! For more information about Chris Van Vliet and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com 00:00 Speaking French 03:49 Cutting Promos 05:29 Simpsons Quotes 07:46 Nicknames 09:33 Loving Pro Wrestling 11:15 What is a Speedball? 14:04 Did he consider MMA 16:07 Gaining Career Momentum 18:55 Match with Josh Alexander 21:07 Doing what you love 21:56 Scott D’Amore 23:52 Crossing the Canadian Border 28:33 Wrestling Internationally 30:13 Dream X Division Opponents 33:14 Most shared Mike Bailey moment 36:22 Goals 39:19 Gratitude Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet 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 #speedball #wrestling #chrisvanvliet