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Select Answers: Double Taping, Heyman, Vince Changes

Added 2024-11-21 18:00:12 +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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Hello SRS. Was wondering if its possible if you could at least perhaps rule out if the thing Vince McMahon changed at WM 39 had anything to do with the Cody/Roman main event?

I haven't got clearance to talk about what match it was, but it wasn't Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns. Cody said they were very transparent with him early on that Roman Reigns was winning that match. It wasn't a Vince change, though Vince was in favor of Reigns winning.

Where's Paul Heyman?

At Smackdown pretty often. He's around. He was definitely backstage at the New York shows. He also did a signing and photo op at The Big Event. He's still contributing to WWE.

I know that the pre-taped WWE episodes are good for the performers, but what do you think about continuity? For instance, the go-home smackdown will be recorded before the live go-home Raw that next Monday. Seems counterintuitive, no?

This week definitely faced some of those issues. They taped the entire show out of order, which isn't a problem, but it definitely telegraphed Bronson Reed to the Bloodline ahead of that reveal on Friday's Smackdown. Ultimately, it hasn't been that big of a deal of late and won't be a factor in January. The double tapings are good for the company, too. They save a lot of money.