Answers: Gabe Kidd, Natalya, TKO/Ratings

Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.

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Do you see Nattie being allowed to continue some in NWA or were WWE evaluating Kenzie Page? Will Nattie go to MLW or GCW next? Partially joking because of Court and Brett, but I'm interested in what you have heard.

The NWA match was received really well, and it's clear Natalya is trying to make some points, and so far is. I don't know if the NWA match will be broadcast in the same way as their others are because originally there were some limitations put on how they could disseminate it. I think if Nattie doesn't get booked in an effective way, she'll probably continue to push for these types of appearances.

Question about ratings and all that: if TKO wanted to improve ratings, what's really stopping them from using their corporate influence on YouTubeTV? I know many that can't watch NXT live (unless we NordVPN it 😉) since YTTV doesn't carry the CW. Wouldn't that be something they'd want to fix?

Well we love NordVPN, but it's a lot more intricate in just that TKO is a powerhouse. The networks are paid a carriage fee that they negotiate with YoutubeTV, Comcast, etc. It's not as simple as simply TKO pushing it. If it were like that, these monster conglomerates would push a lot of shows.

EDIT: I don't know if people are having trouble reading, but I never said Youtube TV doesn't carry CW. The person asking the question did. Whether or not YTTV carries it is dependent on your local channels.

Hey SRS. Out of curiosity, any word on Gabe Kidd officially joining AEW? Would love to see him as a full-time member of the roster!

He's not under an AEW contract as of now. I believe he's re-signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling at some point this year. He spends a lot of time in the United States, and has made a good impression with AEW, which is quite the turnaround from the build to the Omega match. There were a lot of people that got "sold a ticket" on his trashing of AEW.