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Select Answers: Mina Shirakawa, Roxanne, Athletic Commissions

Added 2025-03-20 16:00:09 +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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Have you heard of anything about Mina Shirakawa being injured? I know she came back recently and most recently wrestled Thekla on Grand Princess, but her being at Mania week despite being pulled out of the Spark Joshi meet and greet has me worried about her status a bit.

She has been sidelined recently, but as you mentioned, she came back. When I checked on her, she told me she was expecting to work and travel more in the United States this year. She got a visa renewal last Fall I believe. She's advertised for NJPW Windy City Riot.

Is there a rule against blood in some states? I heard that was an issue in the Punk match in NYC

Yes, there's a number of states that don't allow blading, and require matches to be halted if there's blood until the cut is cleaned up. Athletic commissions regulating pro wrestling are an absolute scam.

Is Roxanne going to put someone over before she’s called up?

Do you mean like Giulia and Jordynne Grace? Roxanne Perez has been losing with regularity as she prepares to head up to the main roster.