Frankie Kazarian On Becoming TNA Champion, Leaving AEW, Ultimate X Matches, WWE Run

Frankie Kazarian is a professional wrestler currently signed to TNA and the reigning World Champion. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss the controversial way he won the World Title, why he left AEW to return to TNA, how close he came to signing with WWE and why his first run didn't lead to more, being a part of the first Ultimate X match, his wife Traci Brooks possibly returning to wrestling, and more!

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00:00 Intro
01:01 Becoming TNA World Champion at 48 years old
04:54 Eating healthy while on the road
07:12 How much longer he thinks he can wrestle
10:10 People hated how he won the TNA World Championship
12:17 Viral photo/tweet from Christopher Daniels
14:13 Why he asked for his release from AEW
20:58 Almost joining WWE at different points in his career
29:38 Frankie Kazarian is a TNA legend!
31:31 The Ultimate X match
36:12 Hitting a cutter on Christopher Daniels while he was upside down
38:14 Christopher Daniels fell on his head in Ultimate X!
41:44 His leg drop off the top of Ultimate X!
43:36 Don West's commentary was underrated
44:35 The golden years of TNA
46:11 Why was everyone leaving TNA in 2014?
49:26 Naming his moves after Back To The Future
53:16 His signature move, Fade To Black
54:26 Not knowing his lineage
56:31 Meeting his wife, Traci Brooks
01:02:46 Becoming the veteran backstage in AEW & TNA
01:04:23 Leon Slater is so good
01:05:35 TNA Mount Rushmore
01:08:08 How wrestling has evolved during his career
01:09:51 First impressions of John Cena in UPW
01:11:48 3 things Frankie Kazarian is grateful for

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