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Select Answers: Jay White, Ricky Starks, Rebel, Tay Melo, Grand Slam

Added 2024-09-18 15:00:08 +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.

Any update on Rebel aka Reba? Is she still under contract with AEW?

Yes. She's still under a talent contract. She hasn't been used there since 2022, however. She's rarely backstage. She's not been brought up in creative plans, either.

Do you know if Ricky Starks is still under contract with AEW?

Yes, he's also under contract, and has also not been backstage of late.

Was AEW considering any other cities to host Grand Slam in Australia? Brisbane doesn't feel like a natural choice given the greater population and stadiums available in Melbourne.

Yes, AEW sent a team to do site surveys for some of the places in Australia before deciding. This wasn't a move they took lightly, but one they were planning a while.

Any news on Jay White?

AEW was hoping to have him back for AEW All In, but he went to AEW Dynamite the week before the trip over to the UK and he didn't get cleared. His status hasn't changed. They were hopeful he could do the Casino Gauntlet.

Any word when Tay Melo is returning? To the ring. I saw her training a long time ago.

She's still on maternity leave, but has done some training. She was in Jacksonville with Sammy Guevara at the match he wrestled before the Jaguars game.