Chris Bey's Inspiring Recovery After Being Paralyzed In The Ring

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Chris Bey is a professional wrestler currently signed to TNA. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to discuss the accident the night after TNA Bound For Glory that left him paralyzed, being told he would only have a 10-25% chance of walking again and defying the odds, the overwhelming support from TNA and the fans including CM Punk showing his support at the Raw on Netflix premiere, if he thinks he will ever wrestle again, the benefit show featuring stars from WWE, AEW and TNA, what it meant to be X Division Champion, his current quality of life and more.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Fleet.
0:20.0	Oh yes. Welcome back to another one here on Inside I'm CVV.
0:26.5	Chris Van Fleet, thank you for being with us on this one.
0:29.9	And thank you for making Insight the number one wrestling podcast on the planet.
0:36.2	Hit an inverted atomic drop on that follow button wherever you're
0:39.5	listening right now. And if it happens to be Spotify, could I ask for a favor? Could you take
0:45.4	three seconds today to leave a rating for the show? It would help so much. What a powerful
0:52.5	and inspiring conversation we have today with Chris Bay. If you aren't
0:56.9	familiar with Chris's story, he suffered a broken neck in the ring during a TNA event in Detroit
1:01.6	on October 27th of last year. He was immediately paralyzed from the neck down and doctors gave him a 10
1:08.9	to 25% chance of ever walking again. But just a few weeks ago,
1:14.0	he posted a video on social media of him defying the odds and taking his first steps.
1:20.4	Chris is an incredibly talented performer in every sense of the word, and his career was in an all-time
1:26.5	high. To put things in perspective, just 24 hours before the accident,
1:31.2	he was in the main event of Bound for Glory in a three-way tag team match
1:34.8	with his partner, Ace Austin, against the Hardee's, and the system.
1:39.0	That's Brian Myers and Eddie Edwards.
1:41.8	Chris is a former X-Division champion and a three-time TNA tag team champion.
1:49.1	This right here is Chris's first interview since the injury, and he speaks openly about
1:55.0	everything that happened and whether he thinks it might be possible for him to ever wrestle
2:00.2	again.
2:01.9	He didn't lose consciousness during the injuries, so he remembers everything in vivid detail. The biggest thing for me
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