Insight with Chris Van Vliet
Paul London On Brock Lesnar Debut Match, Making Vince McMahon ANGRY, Royal Rumble Elimination, John Cena
22 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What was Paul London's experience during his WWE debut match with Brock Lesnar?
Ladies and gentlemen, Chris VanVleet!
May I ask why your coffee says your name is Cole?
Yeah, it's my kayfabe coffee name.
It's another gimmick? It's your coffee gimmick?
I mean, I guess it is because- Cole the coffee man? Literally every Starbucks I go to or coffee bean, it originated- Yeah, it originated at a Starbucks, I believe in Santa Monica or Brentwood or something. Here's the thing. During the pandemic, a lot of people don't know this, but I was a delivery driver.
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Chapter 2: How did Paul London manage to make Vince McMahon angry?
I've done over 7,000 deliveries for DoorDash.
Did anyone recognize you? Sometimes.
I was like, no, I get that all the time. I got disbanded by DoorDash, but that's a whole other story. But star ratings, right? So I was in my car a lot. I mean, I was in my car before they instituted that you can't work more than 12 hours a day. And so when that happened, I was like, how dare they tell me I can't work more than 12 hours? You get into this weird...
Chapter 3: What was Paul London's memorable Royal Rumble elimination?
addiction of just like you spend more time in the car. I would call it my coffin on wheels, you know, because it was just like a matter of time. So anyways, I would drink a ton of coffee. I was going to Starbucks all the time. So at times, I tend to mumble. You know, you're tired, whatever. And so I would say my name. And more often than not, it was always, Cole, Cole, here you go, Cole.
Like, they heard Cole instead of Paul. So I just accepted it.
Chapter 4: How did Paul London feel about facing John Cena on Velocity?
And then from then on out, it was just like, I'm Cole. On my Starbucks app, it says, hello, Cole. Like, everything's Cole. And then I posted something like that on Twitter or whatever. And Coffee Bean reposted it. And they're like, we like Cole. It has a great ring to it or something. I was like, OK, Coffee Bean. Points for you, you know?
Don't you feel like Starbucks gets people's names wrong intentionally on the cup so that people then take a photo of the cup?
Chapter 5: What challenges did Paul London face during his wrestling career?
Good.
Well, I don't think they pass out a spelling test when people apply there.
But if you're spelling something like Chris, like most people spell it C-H-R-I-S. C-H-R-I-S. Right. But they don't ask. It's just like, I'll make our own version of it.
I think that's great. I think it's clever. I think it's creative.
Chapter 6: How did Paul London transition from wrestling to acting?
It gives people something to notice. It tests their, you know, their awareness, you know?
What's the Bret Hart one? Bret Hart has famously like got a- Three Ts or two Ts in the end? No, it's not even Bret. It's like they famously spelled his name wrong because I feel like they do that on purpose.
Well, I will say- Bret, B-R-E-D. Was it really Bret? Bret. Well, I can say Cole has 100% not been misspelled.
Chapter 7: What insights does Paul London share about the evolution of wrestling?
How are you going to spell Cole wrong? You'd be surprised. Right. I mean, C-O-L-L. K-O-L-E. K-O-L-E. That's not bad. That's not bad. That's pretty bad. But yeah.
Chapter 8: What are Paul London's thoughts on the impact of social media in wrestling?
Coal is the way it is. So then now when I go to some of my regular locations, I'm like, hey, coal. Hey, coal. Because usually I ask for the biggest iced. It's large. Yep. And that'll be the first of probably two or three today.
Oh, my gosh.
That's 30 ounces. I might get like 90 ounces of coal brew in a day. But how much ice is in there? That's a lot of ice. And I ask for an extra cup of ice usually.
So you're really, that's probably just a. . .
But if you drink it without ice, it sucks. I mean, it's a totally different drink without ice. That's why I can't do that nitro, all that hipster kind of coffee. It's like, what are you doing? The foam on top of the tap.
Fuck off. I'm so glad we finally connected because Killer Cross was like, you guys live like 10 minutes from each other. And he connected us on a group chat. And I'm like, no way. How do we live this close to each other? We've never met.
You probably shop at the fancier grocery stores. I don't know about that. No, I'm just kidding.
What's even fancy?
Gelson's? There's no Gelson's down there. Way too fancy.
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