JV Q&A

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Fightful Select

Any thoughts on adding more tier levels? There’s a large gap between $10 to $50.

You probably get asked this a lot but what are some quick tips you can give someone about starting a business? How long should they expect to be in the red before they start turning a profit?

Frankie Aguilera

Who do you believe is wrestler of the decade? And what would be your match and moment of the decade? Feel free to cheat with extra answers as Sean did lol

Frankie Aguilera

Would you considered aggressively recruiting on-air talent from other podcasts/websites if you knew they were available? Not to say anything bad about the crew we have now, it’s more of just a hypothetical

Frankie Aguilera

What do you say your weekly wrestling viewing habits are? Do you watch certain shows each week? Or do you watch a certain amount of shows each week? I personally can only watch maybe 3 shows start to finish each week and have to pick and choose.

Frankie Aguilera

I would love to visit Canada, where are the 3 most important destinations I need to visit?

Frankie Aguilera

In working/employing Americans, what can you say some of the main differences are between American and Canadians? Us Americans tend to think we’re exactly the same.

Frankie Aguilera

Any thoughts on Koko B Ware?

Aidan O'Connell

Any thoughts on Honky Tonk Man?

Aidan O'Connell

How prevalent do you thinkCBD use is in the wrestling industry? Do you see issues with it. It’s non existent here in Ireland with a lot of concerns about it?,

Aidan O'Connell

Any thoughts on Hacksaw Jim Duggan?

Aidan O'Connell

Are you going to challenge for the fightful championship or should the authority figure stay the hell away from it? 😜

Ben Williams

Have you been watching AEW dark or being the elite? Both help make sense of a lot of stuff?

Ben Williams

What is the brand of beer you can often be seen enjoying on TLAYB? What beers are usually popular in Canada? Also do you branch out to craft beers and ales at all?

Ben Williams

Have you enjoyed your time in Turks and caicos jimmy? What are you favourite destinations to visit in the world?

Ben Williams

What wrestling books can you recommend. Pls no autobiographies!

Aidan O'Connell

What’s your view on Ryback? I am a huge fan. Just from listening to his podcast, he is so positive, so open minded, rebuilding himself via Stem Cell work. His hero is Gary Vee and becoming like that,

Aidan O'Connell

In your corporate world, do you find that the E Mail culture is increasingly taken over. I spend near 8 hours replying and creating e mails in my work place with my staff and colleagues! Solution?

Aidan O'Connell

Without naming names, who's the biggest idiot you've worked with and why were they stupid?

anakinjmt

Not wrestling related but what did you think of the stuff that came to light regarding Mike Babcock and i guess some allegations that came out regarding Marc Crawford? Do you think there will be a reckoning happening regarding pro sports coaches and how they motivate and manage their players?

e d

do you have any opinions on nxt not airing live in canada and do you think it might hurt them in the long run vs aew in terms of popularity in Canada

e d

Were you ever able to watch stampede wrestling back in the day? were you a fan?

e d

Hey Jimmy V. Do you have a favorite childhood wrestling memory?

e d

You guys should do an article to sum up your podcasts. I think some fans like myself prefer reading your information rather than listening just for time restraints. Keep up the good work 👍🏼

Brennon Richardson

What do you think living in America has over living in Canada and vice versa?

anakinjmt

Why exactly did you want to start Fightful?

anakinjmt

Do you think there's still a place for the Jim Cornettes of the world in wrestling, or should they just retire because they're too out of touch to be relevant?

anakinjmt

Across wrestling, MMA, and boxing, of all time, who is the most badass?

anakinjmt

Jimmy can you explain Boxing Day and Canadian Thanksgiving?

anakinjmt

I asked this to SRS on his Q&A: what was your favorite storyline that started off shitty and turned to gold?

MickOrAstroMick

Who is/are your favorite wrestler/s of all time? Name some of your favorites you've worked with in the past?

MickOrAstroMick

Do you think a shoot interview with Micheal Cole would be interesting?

There was some data that showed that as NXT viewership increased it actually corresponds to a drop in RAW. Both are wwe products on USA. Does it seem like viewers are just switching from watching raw to NXT? All the demo analysis has pointed to nxt viewership simply being a part of the existing wwe base rather than an expansion of “new” fans. Setting aside AEW entirely, is NXT really just a zero sum game? The same viewers just being divided up amongst different days, with no “new” consumers generated. Thats actually bad long term, isnt it? Given how much Vince has cherished the raw brand as “his” baby... does this trend eventually lead him to cut off nxt’s legs if it gets too close between nxt and raw?

Jonathan Ma

Also less a question but a follow up on your discussion of ROH/NJPW’s relationship on the LAYB. This year’s NJPW schedule has no “Honor Rising” tour scheduled, which was their annual cobranded tour in Japan in the 1Q. Doesnt that seem to portend an end to the relationship in reality, with Meij’s comments more “political” than real

Jonathan Ma

Its not really a question but a heads up. NJPW head honcho Harold Meij’s last name is pronounced “may”. The J is silent. This based in japanese announcers and western coverage familiar with the pronounciation.

Jonathan Ma

Again only 10 weeks of data AEW attendance TV taping has plateaued or decreased, which maybe has not been totally surprising. They have only hit the east coast, north/cental and soon Texas. They wont even get to California until 2020 and have yet to hit UK/Canada. Where do you foresee their attendance trending as we go forward

Jonathan Ma

From your experience in advertising, and based on TNT/AEW sharing ad revenue do you think AEW is on track to be profitable and by when?

Jonathan Ma

We are ten weeks into AEW. Prior to their launch you expressed concerns largely about booking being done by wrestlers and to a lesser degree booking by committee. Are we seeing those concerns realized? Kenny has been less than inspiring; the womens division has conflicting directions; there is more 50-50 than i would have thought

Jonathan Ma

To follow up on something you discussed on TLAYB, from a wrestling quality standpoint and for the health of the business you're involved in, could there be an argument in saying that wrestling websites and journalists might have reason to be happier if AEW healthily beats NXT in the ratings because it would help AEW to survive and ensure WWE has to be competitive, assuming better wrestling equals more interest and better internet traffic for sites like fightful?

Ben Williams

You've spoken before about how 2024 could be a big year with WWEs tv deals coming up for renewal and the big contracts they're handing out to talent. Do you think WWE are likely to get as much money in 2024 based on the current trajectory and what would happen if they got offered far less?

Ben Williams

With Sheamus back, what is his best run thus far? For me, it's as part of The Bar. He put on great matches with Hardys, Usos, and New Day and was only time I thoroughly enjoyed his matches, even during his singles matches

anakinjmt

If both guys were in their prime, who'd win in a match: Muhammad Ali or Floyd Mayweather?

anakinjmt

I'll ask this one for SRS. Why is his face used for a paper mask as a Tier 2 reward?

anakinjmt

How big is CFL there? Is soccer more popular?

anakinjmt

What are the odds of Raptors NBA championship again?

anakinjmt

Which do think think is more likely, nxt establishing more worldwide brands like nxt India and Japan etc or nxt uk disappearing all together?

Ben Williams

Why do you think the world titles rarely change hands on TV? Brock won because of FOX debut/set up Cain match, AJ Styles to have a better champion vs champion match, Daniel Bryan to not do a repeat and because of Becky getting injured and the whole card shifting, and Kevin Owens because Balor had to relinquish the title. Seems like a lot but that's over 3 years. Tag titles, midcard, and even women's titles change hands way more often on TV then the world title does

anakinjmt

When you ran your own wrestling promotion who were the biggest names now that you had then? Did you think they'd become well known? Any that surprised you, either because they didn't get as big or got bigger than you thought?

anakinjmt

This question is more for Nigel since Sean doesn't see Jimmy in person much: Does Jimmy Van have a better sneaker collection than Shane McMahon?

anakinjmt

Which areas of fightful are you most hands on with or particular about how they're run?

Ben Williams

What do you consider the center piece of your LJN collection?

MickOrAstroMick

Who do you see as future break out stars and who do you see as future flops in AEW?

Ben Williams

Another question I've also asked sean: if you were booking a card using talent from any promotion, what would be the main mens match, womens match and tag match?

Ben Williams

Which arenas have you been to in the NHL and which for you had the best atmosphere?

Ben Williams

Hey Jimmy, I asked sean this question and I'll ask you as well: for you what are the 5 most exciting wrestling brands ranked 1st to 5th?

Ben Williams

Are you not much of a fan of boxing or MMA? It never gets mentioned on List and Ya Boi as far as news unless it connects to wrestling. Is it just as simple as you stream it on your wrestling channel and not the MMA channel?

anakinjmt

What exactly is it you do/own? You've mentioned how you don't really do anything with Fightful day to day other than List and Ya Boi so just curious what you do

anakinjmt

I asked this in an SRS Q&A and he said it was a question for you, so here it is. When do you see Fightful Select moving off of Patreon onto Fightful.com? Personally I like it on Patreon because I subscribe to others so I can keep them together but I'll be a subscriber regardless

anakinjmt

Hey Mr. Van. From one Jimmy to another, who would u personally like to see be the first to work with the returning John Morrison?

Drakkon_CM

Is it just me who thinks Marty Scurlls character, ring work and overall persona would actually be better suited to signing with WWE/NXT rather than AEW?

Simon Willis

Whats the difference between the kirifuda clutch, Rear naked choke & Samoa Joes choke? (I meant to ask SRS this but completly forgot)

Simon Willis

ACE Podcast Nation has made great progress in the first 8-9 months but id like to grow it further and find new eyes/ears. I dont want to pay for views/subs/traffic etc What would JV recomend?

Simon Willis