Select Answers: Nakamura, Raquel, 2K

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.

Where's Shinsuke Nakamura?

Nakamura is in the same boat as AJ Styles. He's fine and healthy, and just hasn't been used on WWE TV for whatever reason. Much like AJ Styles, Nakamura worked a number of WWE International dates in Europe, Japan, as well as a couple in the States. He was regularly competing against Cody Rhodes in world title matches, or triple threats with Cody and Styles. He was also doing US Title four ways with LA Knight, Ludwig Kaiser, Sheamus, and Ilja Dragunov depending on the night. On one Japan date, he, Knight and Kevin Owens faced Bloodline. Nakamura is not regularly at TV.

Any update on Raquel Rodriguez? Would like to send messages or whatever wound be considered appropriate ways to show support.

Raquel unfortunately has been dealing with mast cell activation syndrome for quite some time. It sidelined her in early December, and limited her ability to train and prepare for the demands of WWE. Things were looking up and she was brought back for Elimination Chamber, but on the flight over, it unfortunately happened again and she hasn't returned. If you've ever met Raquel, you understand why her demeanor is one that is missed backstage in WWE. I would just recommend tweeting her support if you'd like to extend such.

For WWE 2K25, is it possible for TNA talents to be included in the game through the WWE agreement or would TNA have to sign a separate deal with 2K to make that happen?

They would need approval from TNA, and would need to sign a separate agreement with 2K/WWE in order to make that happen. As they're independent contractors, it wouldn't be legal in this case for a company to just license them out without approval.