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Select Answers: Shockwave, Speedball, NXT Rumble

Added 2025-01-30 17:00:07 +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.

Is Shockwave dead? Is AEW still shopping around a third show or is that off the table for now? Haven’t heard much in awhile.

ROH is still being shopped around. Shockwave was always a theory more than an actual plan. It was something they wanted to gauge interest in.

There were rumors that “Speedball” Mike Bailey would be going to AEW. Any updates on his status?

The last I'd heard, his deal had been agreed upon well before the new year, but he wasn't eligible to debut until January 1. He's still expected to pop up in AEW whenever they set his debut.

Any word of any NXT talent potentially in the Royal Rumble?

There will be numerous NXT talent in the city for the Royal Rumble, but no entries are confirmed. I'm not personally expecting it to be a ton on the men's side.