Insight with Chris Van Vliet
WrestleMania 42 Predictions, Brock Lesnar Retiring, Danhausen, Chris Jericho In WWE w/ Sam Roberts
25 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What are the predictions for WrestleMania 42?
We didn't even plan this out. We're wearing our own merch. We are. I mean, this is technically not, this is one of one. Okay. You know, this is, I mean. It's beautiful. Chain stitching. Okay. What are we doing here? What are we talking about? Isn't that why people do into wrestling podcasts? They can hear people talk about how great chain stitching is.
I'm wearing the back to the future inspired insight with Chris family. I like it. I like it. Do you have a movie that you for used like the absolute best, like back to the future for me is perfect. Yeah. I mean, listen, we could do a whole other movie podcast because it's, I get very obsessive.
Chapter 2: How does Brock Lesnar's potential retirement impact WWE?
That's why I'm sitting here talking about chain stitching. I get very obsessive over the things that I like. And so obviously wrestling is there, but movies are there too. And I do have like a little thing on Letterboxd of, I think I found like eight that are perfect 10 out of 10 movies. And- The first scream is 10 out of 10. Oh, love that movie.
And I've got to tell you, and this one really throws people for a loop. I haven't found a ton of people that are with me on it, but if you ever interviewed Megan Moran and you should, she's great. I once got off a plane. We were going to, it was earlier this year. We were going someplace or whatever.
And we were, we're on the same flight, but we were sitting apart and I got off the plane and I was so charged up because I had just rewatched for like the millionth time, the count of Monte Cristo. And I was ready to like tackle the world after that. I figured everything out. I was good to go. So Count, Count of Monte Cristo.
I don't know if I could, if there's a great font that I could turn it into Not Sam and go like, guys, hello, Count of Monte Cristo. But Count of Monte Cristo is like, I mean, it's like, it's like, I watched Count of Monte Cristo. Like people read like self-help books.
Chapter 3: What was Danhausen's debut like in WWE?
Yeah.
Like, I'm like, that's it. That's it. That's it. You know, like that's where I went on. It's time to figure some stuff out. It's like, let me put on Count of Monte Cristo and we'll get to the bottom of a lot. Our friendship may be on the line with this. Is Interstellar on your list? No. All right. That's it. We're not friends anymore. No. 10 out of 10. Wow.
No.
And I love. How dare you? I love Christopher Nolan.
Chapter 4: What are the chances of Chris Jericho returning to WWE?
It's not even the best Christopher Nolan movie. So it couldn't be. It's not. Not even close. I mean, I would say... Pardon me? Dark Knight's better. Dark Knight Rises is better. Than Interstellar? 100%. The Prestige? Prestige is way better. Prestige is probably his best one. Prestige is fantastic. Prestige is his best one. Not probably. Prestige is his best one. And then Inception's better.
Inception's so good. Right. So that's four Nolan movies that are better than Interstellar.
Chapter 5: Who will become WWE Champion first: Oba Femi, Bron Breakker, or Logan Paul?
And probably Oppenheimer's better than Interstellar. So like, that's fine. It's not good. So when you came in here and said, is interstellar a 10 out of 10 movie. And now I've just hit you back with, it's not even top five Nolan. I mean, this is, we might need to restart this. It's egregious is what's happened. This is, you couldn't have predicted it. We go this poorly.
I remember seeing Memento in a film studies class. Memento's better than Interstellar 2.
How dare you?
How dare you? And I like it. I'm not even saying it's bad, but Christopher Nolan's really, really good at movies. I get it. I understand. He's really good at it. Yeah, he's fantastic. Yeah.
Chapter 6: What is the most underrated theme song in wrestling history?
I mean, Interstellar's good. But like, it's not. Their seller is. It's not top five Nolan. Perfect. It's great. It's so good. It's really good. It's not top five Nolan. Oh, the scene where Matthew McConaughey comes back from the water planet. Right, right, right. This is the one where he's knocking behind the bookcase or something. What? He's watching the video. Oh, yeah.
Now that we're fathers, it's like, oh, man. I remember when Michael Caine goes, it's a bloody double. Prestige is so good. It's so good. Prestige is unbelievable.
Chapter 7: What three matches would you show to a non-wrestling fan?
Prestige is 10 out of 10. You know, the thing about prestige, and I'm not going to give too much away for people who haven't seen it, but the prestige gives away the ending of the movie in the first few minutes with the birds. But only... But you don't know until you know. Exactly. By the way, prestige relates to pro wrestling. I mean, that was the way people used to live. That's true.
You know what I mean? That's a good point. That was the... Like being a great magician where you live the act is the same. And to an extent, I mean... I think Gunther has a very prestige way about him where, you know, Gunther is so deep in character that people think that he doesn't have a character. It's true. They go, he's boring. He doesn't even have a character.
I go, that's how deep, like, Gunther is, I don't think that anybody has been as committed to staying in character as Gunther since Undertaker. Wow. Like, that's the level of in character that Gunther is in. All the time. I did an interview with him a few years ago, and he was shockingly funny.
Chapter 8: What is the worst name for a WWE premium live event?
Yeah. And it threw a lot of people off because they're like, wait a second, that guy who's so serious, who's an absolute killer in the ring? Yes. He's funny? He's funny. And also, that's the other thing. Like, I don't think, I think there are some fans that expect tropes. And so they treat Gunther as if he is the trope
killer big man which he never has been like Gunther matches have always been Gunther takes a beating like Gunther sells and sells and sells and sells he gets beat up but it doesn't put him down. And he keeps getting up, and then he finds a way to crush the other guy. Like, that's the Gunther bitch. It's not this, like, I'm a giant who smashes people. That's never been Gunther.
Even when you look at John Cena's last match, John Cena pulled everything out. Yes. Every move from his arsenal, and then some. And he still couldn't beat Gunther. And that's it. That's the Gunther match. It's not this, like... I mean, everybody gets offense. Dragon Lee got offense. But at the end... It's inevitable.
You know, and I think that that, I think, yeah, I think Gunther is, I mean, I'm a big Gunther fan, but I think he's so much, there's so much more there than I think many give credit to. So Gunther has retired Goldberg. Yes. Gunther retired John Cena. Yes. Gunther retired AJ Styles. And here's another, and I'm glad you're here because there are a lot of things I've been wanting to get off my chest.
And maybe it's because I'm mad because you keep putting up that clip of when I say Mr. Perfect was never a world champion and everybody in the comments goes, you're an AWA world champion. I go, ooh. But... I should have made it clearer. WWE or WCW, TNA. Who's watching AWA that's in those comments? People online just love to be right. They do. They love it. They love it.
Especially more right than the guy in the clip. But... But... But... I think... Oh, wait, well, start your sentences again. Gunther's retired everybody. Yes, thank you. Because they go, Gunther hasn't retired everybody because they said it was their retirement match, so it was just their last match, but they were going to retire anyway, so Gunther didn't retire them. And I go, that's not a thing.
If you beat the guy in his last match, you've retired him, right? I couldn't agree more. Okay, good. Yes. Good. That also had to be said for the public. Does Gunther retire Brock Lesnar? Here's my thing about Gunther. He could. I mean, I think it'd be great. I think that the... I think there's, again, I think there's more to Gunther than what's cut and dry.
I think he could retire Brock Lesnar, but I think the idea should be that Gunther has the ability to retire people. But number one, he doesn't retire everybody. And number two, he does more than just retire people, you know, because I think if you go, okay, everybody's retirement matches against Gunther, it becomes like, okay, we know, we know what happens here, right?
We know we're doing the same thing over and over again. I think that like, Like for me, it's almost like if he is the guy to retire Brock Lesnar, which he could be, and it'd be great. But I also think that that means you tell me a story that makes me believe he's not going to, that's what I think is essential.
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