Select Answers: WWE HOF omissions, ROH/Max, Departures

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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Hall of fame season! aside from currently announced inductees, what man & woman would you say are the current biggest omissions in your opinion?

Outside of AEW names, and ones we know are going in like Rock and Batista, I'd say Demolition on the men's side. What they were able to accomplish in their four years together was incredible. On the women's side I would say Miss Elizabeth or Sable. Liz's contributions can't be measured, and Sable was as over as anyone during her prime.

Any plans to fold the ROH app onto Max?

There had been some conversations regarding WBD featuring some Ring of Honor programming, but I haven't specifically learned how that would have affected HonorClub and Max. Either way, it didn't happen and isn't in the plans.

So far in 2025, We have seen AEW stars depart the Tony khan promotion like Ricky Starks, Malakai Black, Miro, Rey Fenix Jr, Leyla Hirsch, Zak Knight, Penta, and Bear Boulder with Abadon and Nick Comorato expected to follow suit soon. What other stars do you think we could see depart the promotion as the year goes by via release or self-decision to leave? Also what stars from AEW, NJPW, TNA, MLW, NWA, etc could we see depart for WWE throughout the rest of 2025 and into 2026?

I could see Danhausen leaving when his contract is up. Right now there's not incentive to ask for his release. He's getting extra money and still doing all his independent bookings and signings. Saraya was one that hasn't been used since her new deal started, and I could see her getting a WWE run. If the Hardys have a good run in WWE when on loan from TNA, I could see them getting their one last run when their deals are up.