Lil Yachty (@lilyachty) is a Grammy-nominated rapper who has been making appearances in WWE since March 2026. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Atlanta, GA to discuss his WWE debut against Baron Corbin at Sunday Night's Main Event, how much he hurt after the match, his real life friendship with Trick Williams, if he wants to wrestle more matches, being a massive CM Punk fan growing up, being referenced by Eminem in a song, Michael Cole being a fan of his music, and more! NORDVPN: Upgrade your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here: https://nordvpn.com/cvv It’s risk free with NordVPN’s 30-day money-back guarantee! CALDERA LAB: Go to https://calderaLab.com/CHRIS and use code CHRIS for 20% off your first order. SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT 00:00 Intro 01:21 Sunday Night's Main Event 06:21 Wrestling Baron Corbin 08:45 Getting involved with WWE/being a WWE fan 16:13 Friendship with Trick Williams 19:22 Winning over wrestling fans/training & recording 24:29 Chokeslammed thru a table 26:15 First bump of his WWE tenure/getting healthy 29:36 Picking his wrestling attire 32:16 Doing the People's Elbow 34:20 CM Punk was his favorite wrestler 37:34 Similarities between music & wrestling 39:39 Jim Johnston & favorite wrestling themes 46:02 The hardest entrance of all time 47:47 The internet wrestling community 49:27 Chelsea Green, Raquel Rodriguez, & Judgment Day 52:27 Gingerbread Man 57:43 Being on a WWE contract/Trick Williams vs Lil Yachty 59:08 Kendo Stick 01:03:17 WM42 entrance with Trick Williams 01:05:53 Promo ability/things he'd do different at SNME 01:09:18 Losing money by wrestling with WWE 01:11:13 Throwing REAL money into the crowd 01:12:23 Pre-show ritual 01:13:23 Song that changed his career 01:17:48 Winning over the WWE crowd 01:20:48 Being grateful Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://cvvmerch.com 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 Follow on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet #wwe #lilyachty #chrisvanvliet #trickwilliams