Jim Ross speaks about Kevin Dunn finishing up with WWE

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Ross weighs in on his former colleague. 

After nearly 40 years with WWE, Kevin Dunn wrapped up with the company, per PWInsider. Dunn served as WWE’s Executive Producer and Chief of Global Television. 

On the latest edition of Grilling J.R., Jim Ross spoke about his former colleague wrapping up with WWE. 

Kevin Dunn recently retired after a phenomenal run. Nobody in pro wrestling TV has ever had the run that Kevin Dunn accomplished there at WWE. He was a vital part of the growth of the company. Smart guy, a survivor for sure and yeah, he was one of Vince’s right-hand guys. Vince (McMahon) used to tell Kevin Dunn and I in our little management meetings, between the three of us that, ‘I got my two key guys here. Talent and television.’ Pro wrestling is about talent and television. So I was handling the talent side and Kevin was handling the TV side…

It was recently revealed by WWE that former ESPN executive Lee Fitting is joining the company as their Head of Media and Production. 

Fitting was named in an Emmy scheme that is connected to his time at ESPN. To hear more on that, check out John Pollock’s news update from 1/12.

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