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Select Answers: AEW, Toni Storm, EJ Nduka, Cope

Added 2025-05-07 16:00:11 +0000 UTC

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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Any word when Cope will return

I can't say specifically when, because I don't know, but he is planned for AEW All In for a significant match, so in plenty of time to help build for that.

I think last night was a bit of a push towards a more liberal/progressive role in aew with toni saying she is here and queer. Has this been what the company has pushed towards since wwe has leaned towards maga? Also is this something that will tilt the balance since many are pouring on wwe viewpoints and associations with maga?

I don't think one has to do with the other. Considering the elements presented with Toni Storm, Mariah May and Mina Shirakawa over the last couple of years, this isn't anything drastic. It's just the way the character has been presented.

Hi Sean, have you ever heard anything around why AEW/ROH utilized EJ Nduka so little during his time with the company? I feel like he showed a ton of potential while in MLW and figured he’d be somewhat of a big deal wherever he landed after that, but unfortunately AEW never really did much with him.

The word was that AEW found it hard to put him next to anyone without him outshining him physically. That's just a rumor, but it's also one that seems to go around about a lot of physically huge talent, which seems like a waste.