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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman

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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman

@jimmyvan

Book author @StorySalesman. Founder of @Fightful - look for me on special edition podcasts @FightfulSelect. Creator of @GrapGrief. Father, husband.

Toronto, Canada

Joined June 2009

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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Apr 6
If you've got podcast/interview experience, particularly in that kind of a niche, and you're interested in interviewing our story guests, DM @GrapGrief!
Grappling with Grief
@GrapGrief
Apr 6
We’re looking to expand our storytelling at grapgrief.com 💙💚 We’re searching for someone to interview our guests on YouTube to complement the powerful stories we share. If you have podcast/interview experience and connect with grief and healing, send us a DM.🕊️
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Feb 17, 2024
I re-watched Rock’s promo. Look at that camera work when he says he’ll do everything to make sure “you” walk out a loser - looks like he’s pointing at Roman. Oh yeah… Rock is a double agent on this one. #SmackDown
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Jul 25, 2025
This was the beginning of an all-time great wrestling angle between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage that aired in October of 1987. The story lasted over a year, culminating in a match at WrestleMania 5 in 1989. And because it didn't air live, they edited it beautifully.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Aug 5, 2025
I’m told one of the speakers at Hulk Hogan’s funeral today was a surprise - Vince McMahon. Others in attendance included Kid Rock, Linda McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, Triple H, and Kevin Nash. Vince asked everyone to give Hogan one last standing ovation.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Sep 4, 2025
WrestleMania 31. Watching this live, I remember wondering why Paige was getting emotional after the match. As it turned out, AJ Lee's final WWE match was one night later on Raw.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Jul 24, 2025
People close to Hulk Hogan had told me that they weren't happy that his management team was "running him into the ground" promoting his beer brand over the last year. Here is a clip from Logan Paul's podcast last summer talking about the grind and lack of sleep.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Apr 21, 2024
You can’t put a value on this. And WWE really hasn’t had this since John Cena stepped back. Cody Rhodes is worth every dollar of his contract and then some.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Apr 3, 2023
Triple H famously suggested to CM Punk in a promo on Raw that if you get over with the crowd, opportunities will come. Bobby Lashley has been over. LA Knight got over despite his booking. Neither got a WrestleMania match but Pat McAfee and Shane McMahon did. #WrestleMania
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Feb 1, 2024
WWE just signed a $5 billion Netflix deal, plus they signed a $1.4 billion deal with NBCUniversal for SmackDown. If Bayley wants Paramore for WrestleMania, get her Paramore.
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@Fightful
Feb 1, 2024
Bayley: I've Never Had A Big WrestleMania Entrance, Paramore Performing It Has Been My Dream dlvr.it/T29rCY
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Jun 23, 2025
If WWE doesn't cancel next weekend's Saudi date and relocate Night of Champions to an upcoming U.S. venue, they will have said a lot without saying anything at all.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Sep 12, 2023
Shane McMahon on several occasions, the first reportedly back in 2000, wanted WWE to purchase the UFC but Vince thought it was a bad idea. Think about that today.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Oct 14, 2025
I just discovered that there was a pro wrestler in Germany in the 1990s who impersonated Bret Hart. His name was Franz Schumann. Here is a clip from a match in September of 1994 in Germany featuring Schumann against a Doink impersonator called the Evil Clown.
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Jul 8, 2023
After LA Knight didn’t win the MITB briefcase, Triple H said at the scrum, “Good things come to those who wait.” WWE followed up by leaving Knight off the live SmackDown at MSG. #Smackdown
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Jimmy Van | Founder of Fightful.com @StorySalesman
@jimmyvan
Sep 4, 2023
Shad Khan is worth $12 billion.
Fightful Wrestling
@Fightful
Sep 4, 2023
Kurt Angle: WWE Is Worth $9 Billion; Tony Khan Has Money, But Not WWE Money dlvr.it/SvcDj9
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