Select Answers: ROH, Kevin Knight, how matches are called

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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Does Roh commentary get voiced in I was at the collision last night and there was no one at the desk

I can't speak to whether it does all the time, but a lot of times it does. Ian Riccaboni keeps a day job -- something he wants to do to spend time with his family -- and AEW likes him so much that he adds commentary remotely. They've been open to him coming in full time, but he's a very family-first guy.

How is Kevin Knight viewed backstage at AEW? Like do they see him as a top priority?

Well liked, from what I understand. They expected to have plenty of competition when working to sign him, and were very happy to land him. Tony Khan and Rocky Romero even had a 2-on-1 meeting with him to connect the AEW/NJPW element.

If you have to predict in which company Mariah May will be wrestling in the beginning of 2026,what will your answer be?

I'd predict WWE, but I don't think it's a guarantee. This is a hunch, not a report, but I think she's doing what a lot of talent don't do, and many should -- allowing the contract to run out to gauge what the offer elsewhere will be. It's smart businss.

Hey SRS, I asked this last week when you were feeling the weather. What is your favorite piece of wrestling memorabilia that you own?

I don't own a ton of wrestling memorabilia. I have some merch and things like that, but when I jokingly took the two full water bottles after Sting's retirement press conference, it provided enough of a bit that I now seriously love them. I have a thumbtack that flew into my lap from Omega/Callihan in TNA. I also have a $5 bill someone handed me at a GCW show during my entrance.

Of the wrestlers released by WWE on Friday, which ones do you think AEW should consider signing? Would any of them have the risk of having the same WWE trauma that the likes of Punk, Malakai, Andrade, and Miro had?

Dakota Kai, Shotzi, Shayna Baszler are ones I'd be shocked if they didn't make AEW appearances in the next year. I wouldn't rule Gigi Dolin out, but I think she's going to be working a lot of places. I also could see Jakara Jackson down the line whenever they establish a tag team division.

Who would you like to see in the 2026 HOF? Who should headline?

Demolition and Cyndi Lauper. Demolition is so far overdue. I know they have "categories," and I'll never be bothered by Earthquake/John Tenta going in because he's a favorite of mine, and Fred Ottman/Typhoon had some health troubles, so I know they wanted to get them in. But next year, Demolition should be in. Lauper should have been in 2004, 2013 or 2019 because of the New York connection.