Jimmy Van
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: Post-Rousey and McGregor UFC Could be Disastrous for New Ownership
2016 is shaping up to be the biggest year in UFC history, thanks predominantly to Conor McGregor with an expected “assist” from Ronda Rousey (expected because she doesn’t fight until December). Below is a list of estimated PPV buys since…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: Why I’m Still A Wrestling Fan In Today’s Environment
For much of the last ten years – although it’s gotten really bad in this last year – the WWE wrestling product has been pretty weak creatively as the company has regularly churned out storylines and match finishes that made…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: WWE’s Common Sense Mistakes
In my day-to-day life I own and manage a marketing and development company. In my business and in every company for that matter there are new hires that learn the job and succeed, as well as new hires that prove…
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Wrestling
Exclusive: Hulk Hogan Gets Another Huge Settlement
Hulk Hogan has received a ton of press coverage over the last several months for his legal fight and subsequent victory over Gawker Media in the infamous sex tape scandal. But another legal victory for the Hulkster has quietly gone…
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Wrestling
Exclusive: GSP’s Management Thought Fight with Anderson Silva was a Done Deal
Former UFC champion and mega-star Georges St. Pierre announced on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani this past Monday that he considered himself a free agent and was no longer under contract with UFC. The news came after St. Pierre hired New York-based…
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Wrestling
Site Update: Changes Coming To Fightful.com!
Those of you who visit the site multiple times in a day have probably noticed a few aesthetics changes today as we continue to improve the site’s look and functionality. Sean has done a great job canvassing our audience so that we…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: WWE Talents Who Deserve A Demotion
In a previous article I wrote about WWE performers who could have been main eventers had they been booked correctly. This time out I’m going to talk about WWE talent that deserves to be pushed down the card (something that…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: WWE’s Refusal To Utilize Talent
One of the long-time knocks on WWE has been their inability to create new bankable main event stars. Aside from John Cena who has been a proven draw for many years, and arguably Randy Orton, the company has had a…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: Promotion Haters Don’t See The Big Picture
I grew up in the 1980s in Ontario, Canada, in a small town with no cable television (there is still none to this day) and only a couple of channels that we could catch with an antenna. But one of…
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Wrestling
Jimmy Van: “Sports Entertainment” Applies To MMA And Boxing, Too
In 1989 when Vince McMahon was battling the New Jersey senate over the regulation of pro wrestling as a regular competitive sport, he coined the term “sports entertainment” in an effort to classify wrestling as entertainment and have it be…
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