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Select Answers: Shida's Deal, Ratings, Lance Anoa'i

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 have any more information about Hikaru Shida extending he...

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Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 10/6 | Making It Up As We Go

Raw is unbearable to watch on a weekly basis.

3 women's matches:

One was one of the longest bad matches in televised wrestling history.
One with a distraction finish.
One with shenanigans that the ref somehow didn't see.

And the main event scene is just 5 different versions of guys who refuse to go to therapy.

But hey, we've got puppets!

Everything sucks.
(But not the puppets.)

Let's talk about it.
(As puppets.)

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Major Santos Escobar Update, Andrade-WWE, Riddle Heel Turn, Laredo Kid, NXT/TNA, MLW News

Fightful is a subscriber and viewer supported platform. Please consider subscribing to support our original and exclusive coverage. We've also added the ability to purchase individual posts for free tier subscribers. We're going to be adding a lot of new content for 2026, and you're able to lock in your price with a year-long subscription.

In the paid portion of this post, we have a big Santos Escobar update, TNA/NXT Showdown news, Laredo Kid, Andrade-WWE, Riddle heel turn and MLW deta...

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Select Answers: Who will win the Rumbles?, Wrestling biopics, do announcers know results of matches?

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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Even though we are a few months out- who do you see winning the ...

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SRS Q&A (10/5): Over 40 minutes of mailbag!!

Sean Ross Sapp recaps the Fightful Select breaking news and answers YOUR questions!

  • Andrade to AEW

  • New Nielsen method

  • Cedric Alexander-TNA contract

  • Other TNA deals

  • Bronson Reed contract

  • WWE Unreal

  • NXT call-up methods

  • Smackdown PINGATE

  • Mustafa Ali's promo

  • Clon angle

  • NXT Showdown

  • IsHOWsPEED

  • Rumor DEBUNKA...

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What networks, wrestling companies think about shocking Nielsen numbers

Fightful is an audience-supported platform. Please consider supporting original coverage by subscribing, so we can continue to provide you trusted, accurate, exclusive coverage.

Nielsen has made big changes that have affected pro wrestling.

POST Wrestling has a fantastic look at how a lot of the changes are happenin...

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Select Answers: WWE-Sphere, LFG Show, SRS Thoughts On ECW 2005/2006

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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The LFG show where trainees are playing for the NXT contract see...

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A Kind Of Funny Contract Update In TNA, MLW News, WWE, More

TNA/Cedric Alexander

Recently we reported the confirmation on a TNA contract….but this could be akin to the Abraham Simpson meme.

Fightful Select has noted of late that a number of TNA talent are working without contracts with the company. Including some that are in the NXTNA storyline. However, it was revealed that Cedric Alexander was in fact signed to the company.

But for how long?

Not that long, as it turns out. Sources in TNA reached out after t...

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Select Answers: Modern Day Recreations, Britt Baker Contract...Again, Who succeeds Triple H?

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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Its seeming less and less likely that Britt Baker is returning t...

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SRS Q&A Questions

Hey guys get your questions in!! I'm a little under the weather, so the show MAY be delayed this week.

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Alexei's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown 10/3 | Cincinnati Bungling

It's the first-ever paywalled SmackDown review hosted by a puppet from Bulgaria!

And that's the only noteworthy thing about the events of this evening.

A couple of good matches in there, but only one of them had a clean finish.

Melo and Miz finally broke up after teasing it for weeks.
Cody and Randy are facing the BronBrons in the main event.
There was an entirely uneventful contract signing.

Woof.

Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.

YouTub...

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WWE Contract News, Friday Rumor Roundup, News Update and DEBUNKATHON: Andrade, Sareee, Booker T-Jade Cargill, Smackdown Ref, Mercedes

Welcome to Fightful's new Friday tradition: the rumor roundup and DEBUNKATHON. Subscribers get access to this fun-filled extravaganza of shithousery. In the paid portion, we also have details on a WWE contract. Subscribe and support our original coverage

Welcome to Fightful's new Friday tradition: the rumor roundup and DEBUNKATHON. Subscribers get access to this fun-filled extravaganza of shithousery. In the paid portion, we also have details on a WWE contract. Subscribe and support our...

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Select Answers: John Cena, Bianca Belair, AEW-WBD Clarification...AGAIN

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 do you feel John Cena's retirement tour has gone so far head...

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Update On NJPW US Dates, Plans

New Japan Pro Wrestling hasn’t been running nearly as much in the United States, and we’ve heard more why.

NJPW made a major play into the United States years ago, one that they had long planned with the explosion of notable foreign talent that they had on their roster. Even after a mass exodus happened after AEW’s formation, the company still had big plans to expand into the United States. 

When COVID happened, they had their hand forced, as they had signed a lot of ta...

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Select Answers: Dakota Kai, Aliyah, Andrade-TNA, Statlander-Death Riders

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 on what aliyah and Dakota kai are doing since being re...

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Andrade confirmation

Andrade has been officially signed by All Elite Wrestling, Fightful Select has confirmed.

Andrade appeared on AEW Dynamite, attacking Kenny Omega. He'd been fired from WWE this Summer, and did not have a non compete. The wheels have been in motion for this for at least a couple of weeks.

He's full-time with AEW moving forward.

Andrade left AEW at the end of 2023 on less than ideal terms, despite Tony Khan speaking about him glowingly upon his exit. AEW thought they'd be re-...

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LOADED update: CM Punk, Mistico, Clon, Jade Cargill, Beyond Nitro, Hologram, TNA news, much more!

SRS is back from a mini vacation, and he, Corey and Luis put together an absolutely loaded news update post for paid subscribers today. Subscribe at $5.99 a month, and avoid aggregation on dozens of pieces of news in this that we'll almost certainly have to correct! Also this week, SRS' Q&A show went over an hour. Lock in your year-long subscription to get a big discount ahead of a ton of new content being added to Select in 2026!

Updates for paid subscribers in this post alone incl...

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Select Answers: AEW Women's Tag Titles, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix

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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Who do you see as the first AEW Women Tag Champions? My bet is St...

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Details on WWE callup methods

WWE has done things a little bit differently over the last year or so with callups as opposed to some of the methods they’ve done prior.

Across multiple regimes, WWE has handled callups in a variety of different ways, including just immediately pulling talent from NXT when the callups occurred. This was typically in the Vince McMahon era, and left NXT in a tough place creatively. However, things have been way more flexible.

In the past, there were certain points of which WWE kne...

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Select Answers: Britt Baker, ESPN C Grade Causes FIRING!? (LOL), Jazmyn Nyx,

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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Is anyone ever going to explain why Britt baker vanished from Tv ...

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Fightful Weekender (9/29): MLW, GCW, REVOLVER, TNT, SLA, LIMITLESS, WWE EVOLVE, TNA SPOILERS

STEPHEN JENSEN is back for the FINAL edition of the WEEKENDER!

- MLW: "Fury Road" results

- GCW: "Josh Barnett's Bloodsport London" results

- REVOLVER: "Redemption" results

- TNT: "Effy's Big Gay Brunch" results

- SLA: "Mega Bowl" results

- LIMITLESS: "Never Enough" results

- WWE Evolve (9/24) results

- TNA IMPACT SPOILERS (59 min-end)

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Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 9/29 | The Autumn of our Discontent

Raw had nothing good on it.

The storyline with Rhea and Iyo is laughably terrible.
Who cares who wins a meaningless gigantic ring in Australia?
Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate have been reduced to THIS.
Roman Reigns returns .... AGAIN.

The Monday Night Football doldrums are hitting us again this year.

And much like the 1985 Chicago Bears defense, they're hitting us HARD.
(Yes that was the most current football reference I could come up with.)
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Details On Future of WWE Unreal

WWE Unreal is coming back.

What was assumed has now been confirmed by Fightful Select. WWE Unreal is in the works for a second season. Upon Fightful interviewing the director of season 1, Chris Weaver, he claimed that they weren’t sure if there would be a second season. However, within a few days, the director was at WWE Summerslam filming Seth Rollins’ cash in. 

We’re told that the season 2 filming is underway, with Seth Rollins among the subjects. WWE, Netflix and N...

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Select Answers: Saudi Buying WWE? Maki Itoh, TNA Knockouts Show

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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In your opinion do you think Saudi Arabia will try to buy WWE wi...

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Update on WWE Raw Start Times, Why They're Changing

WWE Raw will have three different start times over the next few weeks.

WWE Raw is set to start at 7 PM ET this Monday, with WWE and Netflix trying out different start times as the NFL season has started. However, this start time isn't sticking around as of now.

On October 6, 20, and 27 WWE Raw is back to its normal start time of 8 PM ET. We're told that they likely would have continued to broadcast at 7 PM eastern, but they're in Dallas on the 6th and Sacramento on the 20th. This...

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SRS Q&A and Fightful Report: Cena/Styles, Piper Niven, AEW Women's Tag Titles, AEW-WBD, much more!!!

Sean Ross Sapp wraps up the week of news and answers your questions!

  • Jazmyn Nyx

  • TNA/NXT invasion

  • TNA contracts

  • Becky Lynch

  • Piper Niven

  • MLW News

  • Blue Panther

  • Cena vs. Styles

  • WWE Raw news

  • Masha

  • WrestleMania Indianapolis

  • AEW-WBD clarification

  • OVW TV Show Follow Up

  • Q&A: Gail Kim/Riho/Dea...

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Update On OVW TV Show Follow Up

OVW is moving forward on a new TV show, but it isn’t going to be on Netflix.

This past week, Al Snow made an announcement in Louisville that Ohio Valley Wrestling was going to be filming another season of Wrestlers, or a show very similar to it. However, the show was not renewed after its first season on Netflix. Instead, Fightful was told tha OVW is filming and producing it in-house and shopping it to distributors.

The first season highlighted Hollyhood Haley J, Mahabali Shera,...

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Select Answers: Buddy Matthews, HBO PPV, AEW/ROH signing former WWE talent

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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And word on why subscribers of HBO Max through Directv or Youtub...

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Confirmation on a contract, Smackdown news, and FREE STORY on WBD-AEW

Clarifying WBD story

There have been a number of irresponsible aggregations regarding a note we had on WBD and AEW.

Sean Ross Sapp answered a question and noted that AEW and WBD no longer had exclusivity -- something he reported 11 months ago when the new TV deal was announced. For some reason, a number of outlets and fans pretended this was new information, and that it was happening because of WBD, platform changes and potential mergers. That isn't true at all, ...

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Select Answers: Piper Niven, Tom Green, Japan storylines

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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Which wrestler past or present do you think would do best in a To...

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