Sean Ross Sapp - Fightful's Managing Editor On How He Breaks The Biggest Wrestling News

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

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

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Sean Ross Sapp (@SeanRossSapp) is the managing editor of the pro wrestling and MMA website Fightful.com. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about how he got started in journalism, how he was able to break the news that CM Punk had signed to AEW, his favorite interviews, working with Denise Salcedo, how he trained and worked as a pro wrestler, his favorite and least favorite parts of the job, what he learned working for Bill Apter and WhatCulture, his thoughts on whether or not kayfabe is dead and much more! For more information about Fightful visit: http://fightful.com Save 20% on your first purchase at True Classic Tees with the code CVV20: https://trueclassictees.com/discount/CVV20 If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are good.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Bleed!
0:08.0	All right, my friends.
0:10.2	Welcome back to another audio adventure here on Insight.
0:13.8	I'm CVV, Chris VanVleet.
0:15.3	So good to have you with us on this episode with the man who has been breaking
0:18.9	some of the biggest stories in wrestling over the last few years.
0:23.4	He is the managing editor of Fightful.com. He is SRS Sean Ross Sapp. Also, Sean interviewed me,
0:31.6	so he was on my show, I was on his show, and you can find that either on the Fightful YouTube channel or look
0:39.1	for Fightful pods wherever you're listening to this right now. And also make sure to follow
0:43.6	Fightful and insight on the podcast platform of you choosing so you don't miss out on anything
0:49.4	that we have coming up. Sean Ross Sapp, by the way, is on social media at Sean Ross Sapp.
0:56.3	That's S-E-A-N-Ross Sapp.
0:58.7	I'm at Chris Van Fleet, and our fan of the week is Nellie Fresh 1994,
1:04.4	who left this review that says, love this podcast.
1:08.3	Hopefully I get a second shout-up, but this really is the best podcast around.
1:12.3	I can say that a thousand more times, but it's true. Chris really knows how to listen to his guest
1:17.0	and asks amazing questions. We'd love to grab a beer with you someday and just listen to your
1:22.6	knowledge about wrestling and podcasting. Thank you, Chris, for great content, and keep it up. Don't ever give up.
1:30.6	Well, that is very kind of you, Nelly Fresh, 1994. I read a review on every single episode.
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1:42.3	If you have left a review and either want another shout out, like Nelly Fresh here,
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