Answers: SRS Opinion Edition

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.

These are SRS' opinions and should not be aggregated

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Wardlow, Jack Perry, Britt Baker. What percentage chance we see them on AEW TV by end of 2025 again? Further details are welcome!

I would put Wardlow and Jack Perry at 90 percent +, and Britt Baker at 60 percent. I don't know exactly why Britt and Jack Perry are out of action still, but I do know why Wardlow is, and they've discussed the absence.

Srs. You talk so much about media literacy, but I’d argue business literacy is even worse. I saw so much commentary about the releases from people that don’t know the difference between revenue and profit. I get that people losing their job sucks, I really do. However businesses by law exist to create value for shareholders blame dodge v. Ford from 1919 for that. As a business if you have people you don’t believe are in your plans for any LEGAL reason it makes sense to move on from them. I highly doubt for example that someone outright told Dave people were let go because of their age because that could be highly illegal. Maybe that was an inference on his end. So I guess my question is this. Why are wrestling fans seemingly illiterate on a number of fronts? I feel like nfl fans for example under stand the salary cap, and how media works. Wrestling seemingly don’t in some cases. I just want the fanbase to be better educated because it makes having conversations about this stuff so much easier and better.

Come on now. This is a self fulfilling prophecy. WWE does not have a salary cap. WWE scripts these shows. They decide the length of a contract they offer, and how and when they use talent. Nobody expects WWE to provide jobs for life, and they're allowed to be bothered when people didn't get used appropriately. It's okay!

Would love to hear your opinion on if money wasn't an issue, what would be a reason a wrestler would pick to join AEW over WWE and vice versa. Really interesting to see some ppl choose one over the other over the last couple of years & just was curious on what you thought!

That's really eliminating a big factor. Not just money, but not having to pay for and find your own rental car and hotel on the road is a big factor. Beyond that, the schedule in AEW is beneficial, the freedom to work indies, do signings, and the like. Without "money" being a factor, it's difficult for me to speak to someone's motivations. However, let me provide an example.

If WWE offered the $350,000 minimum to a talent, and AEW offered $250,000, here are some factors. In WWE, you're going to have some accelerated merch opportunities and hopefully brand opportunities. You're paying for a rental car and a hotel every week, which will chip away pretty heavily. In AEW you're allowed to pick up outside signings and bookings to increase your revenue. This is why so many talent are working with agents now, to navigate what works best for them.

If you could pick any two modern day wrestlers to revive the Bushwhackers gimmick, who would it be? 😂

Mance Warner and Gabe Kidd, just because it would be entertaining.