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SRS Q&A Questions

Hey guys, SRS here. Get your questions in. This won't be recorded until Sunday, so feel free after WrestleDream too!!

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Select Answers: Politicians at WWE, International Crowds, Will WWE Buy TNA?

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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Hot take: The unique crowd chants that made international WWE shows...

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TNA Champs Contract Is Up, Tony Khan Media Call Notes, Jamie Hayter

TNA Contracts Expired

Fightful has learned of TNA contracts that have expired.

Last week, Fightful Select reported that the deals of The IInspiration -- Cassie Lee and Jess McKay were coming up soon. This surprised many, because the duo recently won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championships.

The deals were up following Bound For Glory, but both sides are interested in continuing to work with one another and an extension is expected. The two have worked on sho...

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Big Contract Update On Andrade's wild AEW/WWE Situation

Andrade's situation is a mess.

After popping up in AEW in early October, Andrade disappeared and was pulled from indie bookings. Things were very quiet in the weeks that followed, until Wrestling Observer revealed that WWE sent AEW a cease and desist, indicating that he was still under contract to them.

Sources that we spoke with familiar with the situation said they didn't believe it was AEW or Andrade's fault. Rumors...

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Select Answers: Nikki Bella, NXT Cuts, Cena Survivor Series

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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Hi, can you please answer if Nikki Bella’s run is quietly done...

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Details On Pitched AEW Training Center, Also what we've heard/not heard about Andrade

AEW Training Center

There were talks of AEW doing a training center of some sort.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp answered a Q&A question recently about the possibility of a development situation for All Elite Wrestling. We revealed there had been some ideas of Ace Steel possibly leading it before his departure, which didn’t happen. AEW does have a building that has a ring that talent can access, though.

There seems to have been even more of a plan for a p...

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Select Answers: Perry Saturn, Ruby Soho, Tanahashi-Nakamura

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 news on when Ruby Soho might return to AEW?

I...

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Some disappointing details surrounding Ridge Holland's WWE departure

Ridge Holland’s WWE deal will be expiring soon.

Luke Menzies, formerly Ridge Holland, announced that his WWE contract will be allowed to expire on November 14. Menzies will be sidelined for the next 6-7 months, and revealed that WWE will continue to pay for the rehab for his injury, but will not be able to work during that period. 

There were many fans who acted as if paying the rehab was a good will gesture. However, Ridge Holland was injured while working a TNA booking th...

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Select Answers: TNA Contracts, Austin Theory, AJ Styles to AEW?

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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How many TNA contracts are up in the next 3 months?

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Details on IShowSpeed at the WWE PC

IShowSpeed is at the WWE Performance Center.

IShowSpeed posted and posed for a number of photos at the WWE Performance Center. Speed was at the WWE PC Monday, filming for his new show Speed Goes Pro. A number of wrestlers attended the premiere for the program, which has already started its rollout.

Speed is working directly with Randy Orton, who will be training Speed to see if he can compete as a WWE wrestler. This is the premise of the show, as Tom Brady was featured in the f...

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The latest on Seth Rollins and a potential injury

Seth Rollins looks to have sustained an injury at WWE Crown Jewel.

Rollins was seen backstage and around Australia in a sling after the Crown Jewel match. It's widely suspected internally that he sustained the injury on the coast-to-coast headbutt, and then finished the match. He noted that the move would have "long lasting ramifications." Rollins broke the distant fall with his arm. It's pro wrestling and anything is possible, but this was again treated as legitimate internally.

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Alex & Alexei's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 10/13 | A Distinct Lack of Vision

Welp.

That was fun while it lasted.

Nothing else on the Raw from Perth mattered, because at the very end of the show, Bron Breakker turned on Seth Rollins, Bronson Reed was like "sure, why not" and Paul Heyman, as per usual, showed that self-preservation is his only instinct, and attached himself to the belly of the most powerful shark, like the remoray that he is.

This is, of course, very dumb and also terrible creative.

Everything sucks. Let's talk about it, with a p...

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Select Answers: Rusev And Aleister Back To AEW?, ROH As Developmental, Otis

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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Considering how poorly the WWE has been using Rusev and Black si...

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Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: WWE Crown Jewel and AEW Collision 10/11 | Crowning Achievement

Lots of good wrestling happened on Saturday, between Crown Jewel and Collision, but Kate wasn’t medically cleared to talk about it until right now.

So let’s get into it, about Seth getting off the schneid, and about AEW dipping all ten of their toes into intergender wrestling, and about Kota’s unfortunate injury, and Big Bronson joining a very exclusive 3-member club that also features Baron Corbin, and about John Cena and AJ Styles having the greatest "WWE" match maybe ever?

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TNA BOUND FOR GLORY SCOOPS THREAD!! UPDATED ALL DAY!

Welcome to Fightful Select's TNA Bound For Glory SCOOPS THREAD. This will be updated throughout the day. We ask that aggregators wait a responsible amount of time before posting, and PLEASE AVOID POSTING PUBLIC SPOILERS!!!

We will be updating this throughout the day.

  • A number of TNA talent have been told a TV deal is "coming," but they don't know the specifics. TNA President Carlos Silva told Fightful last week he had a call to keep the ball rolling.

  • I thin...

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SRS Fightful Report & Q&A for October 12!! Cena, Theory, Wargames, Contracts, much more!

SRS is back to answer your questions and give you a news update!

  • Contracts Galore!

  • Cedric Alexander, IInspiration, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Santos Escobar, Hardy Boyz contracts!

  • WWE Crown Jewel

  • TNA Bound For Glory scoops

  • WarGames plans

  • Austin Theory!!

  • MLW News

  • Tulsa King!?

  • WCW!??

  • Shotzi for some reason

  • DEBUNKATHON

  • <...

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Select Answers: Brian Cage, POP MY D-, Booker T, Meiko

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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What's Brian Cage doing these days?

Unfortunately...

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Major TNA Contracts Up Soon, WWE Crown Jewel Notes, AJ Styles, NXT Releases And Why They Happened

Hardy Boyz

Another set of TNA contracts could very well be up soon, unless something changes.

Matt and Jeff, The Hardy Boyz are having a career resurgence. They've become the TNA, NXT and HOG Tag Team Champions, and have a major match against the Dudley Boyz at TNA Bound For Glory. However, their contracts could be a couple of many coming up soon.

The Hardy Boyz re-signed with TNA in November 2024, and Fightful Select has confirmed those were one-year deals. Sources in the c...

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Select Answers: Toni Storm Heel, Bayley To AEW? Britt To WWE? Kevin Owens Return

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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Any update when Kevin owens might be able to the ring?<...

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SRS Q&A Questions

Get your questions in!!

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FREE post: NXT releases

The following NXT releases have occurred, as learned by Cory Hays of Bodyslam.net and confirmed by Fightful Select

Wes Lee
Stevie Turner
Lance Anoa’i
Jin Tala
Drako Knox
Haze Jameson
Summer Sorrell
Brayden "BJ" Ray
Jamar Hampton

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Alex & Alexei's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown 10/10 | Party Down Under And Everyone's Invited

Well, at least they decided to DO something.
I got so used to seeing so little action on Friday nights, it's been reminding me of college.

But tonight, in Perth, they brought back Shinsuke Nakamura (as a babyface, mind you, with his old music(!)), and they brought back the most Tom of all the Tongas (complete with facepaint), and they paired Aleister Black with Zelina Vega, and the Street Profits even got their old music back.

Plus, they actually let Giulia wrestle! (Barely, b...

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Fightful's Big Fat News Extravaganza And RUMOR DEBUNKATHON: Wild Wargames Rumors, Triple H, More topics inside

Welcome to Fightful's Friday tradition -- the news and rumor roundup and DEBUNKATHON. Today on the paid portion, we have news on the following:

  • The wild Wargames rumors

  • Cash Flo/Tulsa King

  • Santos Escobar's original post- WWE plans

  • Kota Ibushi

  • WWE ID

  • TNA deals

  • WWE PC coaches

  • Triple H's attendance

  • WWE creative

  • Brock Lesnar, Becky Lynch, Shield, Tri...

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Select Answers: Rock OSCAR? Fanatics reimbursement, WWE gear, catering, Joe Hendry

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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If the rock wins an oscar, how likely do you think he uses it as...

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TNA Title Holder Contracts Up Soon, Update on Future

It seems like contract season is upon us already.

Over the last week, we’ve reported news on Cedric Alexander, Santos Escobar, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and now we have another update in TNA wrestling.

The IInspiration’s current contracts are through this weekend’s Bound For Glory show. Cassie Lee and Jess McKay, the former Peyton Royce and Billie Kay of the IIconics were on short-term deals with TNA Wrestling that led to them becoming TNA Knockouts tag team Champions on ...

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Select Answers: Secret Hervice Additions, New Orleans, Contract Clauses

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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Do you see someone actually being added to the SecretHervice in ...

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Contract Update On Former WWE Champion

We have an update on a former WWE Champion’s contract, and he’s here to stay.

On October 7, Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp learned that Xavier Woods had re-signed with WWE on a multi-year deal recently that will keep him with the company. Xavier would publicly confirm our report, and we’ve learned about the status of his tag team partner, Kofi Kingston as well.

Fightful Select is told that Kofi Kingston re-signed with WWE at some point earlier this year. WWE sources indi...

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Ask Grapsody! w/ Phil Lindsey & Righteous Reg | 10/9/25 Edition

Ask Grapsody! w/ Phil Lindsey & Righteous Reg | 10/9/25 Edition

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkLRvCLWyE

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Select Answers: Special divisions, women's tag tourneys, Shotzi, Dakota, Shayna, Je'Von Evans

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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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Do you see Je’Von Evans moving to the main roster before the e...

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Big update on Xavier Woods' WWE contract

Another big WWE talent was recently in a negotiation period that came down to the wire. 

Fightful Select has learned that New Day member Xavier Woods was recently in a negotiation period with WWE that resulted in him signing a multi-year extension to remain with the company. His contract would have been up in September 2025, but the two sides were able to come to terms on a deal. 

Those that we spoke to said that the deal came down to the wire and was actually only final...

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