Select Answers: Randy Orton, Bloodline New Stars, Rockstar Spud

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 on what Rockstar Spud has been up to or if we may ever see him again?

Rockstar Spud, who many know as Drake Maverick, is still in WWE. After being released by WWE twice, with the latest happening in November 2021, he was brought back as a creative writer. He's been doing that for nearly three years, but we're told that he actually had that deal worked out pretty quickly or even by the time his release happened. There's always a chance that he could appear on TV at some point.

When will Lance, Hikuleo, and possibly Zilla debut? Will they be treated as well as Jacob? I think Jacob should still be made to look the best.

Zilla isn't signed, and is working the indies. It wouldn't surprise me to see him as a marquee WWE ID name in the future, but as of now there no creative plans with him. Lance has been signed since the summer, but we're told he's battling an injury and isn't expected to be cleared until at least early 2025. Hikuleo has been signed for quite some time, and it wouldn't surprise me to see him debut soon, wherever he appears at.

Any word on if Randy Orton is legit injured? And if so, did it happen when Owens attacked him on Smackdown or was it already an issue and they used this to write him off in the story (like they did with Rhea Ripley)?

He wasn't injured by the angle, but I see what you're saying. I haven't heard of any injuries as of yet, but we'll follow up. WWE has been doing way better about working these into storylines and blurring the lines.