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Can you see any big surprises at All Out or WWE Wrestlepalooza
2025-08-28 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Hook is back and he has a new theme.
Hook returned to the company after a number of months out, complete with a new theme song. Hook's theme is a 1996 song "So Tell The Girls That I Am Back In Town" from Jay-Jay Johanson. It’s a stark contract from the Action Bronson theme that Hook had for a number of years.
Last year, Action Bronson took shots at the AEW environment, which definitely didn’t sit well with a number of people in All Elite Wrestling. However, we’re...
2025-08-28 00:55:34 +0000 UTC
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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 when other cable subscribers will be able to get espn l...
2025-08-27 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Vince McMahon's 80th birthday party took place last week
A number of WWE Superstars were in attendance. Among them included Undertaker, John Cena, JBL, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, The Miz, as well as WWE Alumni Titus O'Neil, Drew McIntyre, Maryse. Longtime friend of McMahon, Bruce Prichard, was also seen with Vince McMahon last week, as they were meeting ahead of McMahon's 80th birthday.
It should be noted that nobody we spoke to was willing to speak on the record, only on backgroun...
2025-08-27 17:37:43 +0000 UTC
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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 rece
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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2025-08-27 16:00:14 +0000 UTC
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The WWE-led AAA TripleMania was a success, and there were some huge WWE names backstage.
There was a speech from Nick Khan at AAA about how they're not there to change the company and it's still AAA. This was met with some heavy sketpicism from our sources within AAA, but not disdain.
Multiple AAA sources that Fightful Select spoke with said that they feel as if WWE has very clearly firmly planted their flag in the company and their heavy influence was shown at TripleMania. Howeve...
2025-08-26 21:00:42 +0000 UTC
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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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What do you think Vince McMahon thinks about WWE's changes since ...
2025-08-26 16:00:12 +0000 UTC
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AEW could be getting one of their biggest babyfaces back sooner than later.
Orange Cassidy has been sidelined for a number of months after sustaining what was suspected to be a torn labrum. He was injured in March and has missed the last five months of action, which affected creative throughout the spring.
BodySlam.net reported this morning that he is cleared, which lined up with much of what Fightful Select has he...
2025-08-26 13:47:20 +0000 UTC
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Clash in Paris is this Sunday, and somehow, in their infinite wisdom, the powers that be have taken the hometown girl off the card! No Women's Title Match for Stephanie Vacquois!
For shame.
Also for shame? This entire episode of Monday Night Raw.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_gXmQ9vXbY
2025-08-26 02:00:00 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back to recap GCW Homecoming 2025 on the WEEKENDER!
2025-08-26 00:51:04 +0000 UTC
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WWE is in Birmingham, and used several international independent talent on the show.
In the opening segment, Bronson Reed and Roman Reigns came to blows and had to be separated by "security." However, security promptly was disposed of and the brawl continued in the ring.
Fightful's Corey Brennan identified CBL, Sammy D, Tate Mayfairs, Ethan Allen and James Ellis.
Subscribe to our paid section of Fightful Select and get access to daily news, daily Q&A articles, weekly Q&a...
2025-08-25 19:41:01 +0000 UTC
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A very familiar face has been gaining influence in recent months in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Sources in NJPW confirmed to Fightful that Toru Yano has taken a more important role within the company this year. We’re told that Yano has his hands in a little bit of everything, including even some influence regarding booking in the company.
Yano is still working an incredibly busy in-ring schedule full time with New Japan Pro Wrestling, competing in over 100 matches onver the p...
2025-08-25 19:29:38 +0000 UTC
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A quick look at today's WWE Raw setup from Birmingham
2025-08-25 18:41:18 +0000 UTC
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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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Adam Priest kinda sounded like he signed some kinda deal with RO...
2025-08-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door
Swerve Injury
Jamie Hayter Return
WWE ESPN deal
Adam Priest
AAA
Danhausen
Chris Jericho
Pete Dunne
Will Ospreay
Sami Zayn/LA Knight
Kip Sabian
WXW, Riot Cabaret, More News
Naomi
Q&A at the 14:00: Velcro titles, Politics in Wrestling, Bryan Danielson...
2025-08-25 11:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Jamie Hayter returned at AEW Forbidden Door, a little later than AEW had hoped, but to heavy fanfare.
Hayter was injured in the closing spot of her AEW Double or Nothing match with Mercedes Mone. We’re told that initially things seemed okay, but backstage, Hayter began not feeling great. Even after the show when Fightful reached out, she said that she was okay.
Unfortunately, she wasn’t, and wasn’t cleared for further contact. As of Double or Nothing, there actually ha...
2025-08-25 00:58:44 +0000 UTC
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Another huge PPV from AEW, featuring 9 main-card matches, delivered at a pace that does not allow for time to catch your breath.
Were Cope & Christian triumphant in their reunion match?
Did Kyle Fletcher retain the TNT Title against NJPW's Hiromu Takahashi?
Was Mercedes Mone able to escape from a 4-way war featuring the AEW debut of the gigantic Bozilla?
Who won the Battle of the British Tekkers?
Do we have new AEW Tag Champions, or were the Hurt Syndicate successful in ...
2025-08-24 20:04:00 +0000 UTC
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Our AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door SCOOPS THREAD. This will be updated as the show continues.
We've not heard if Kenny Omega is back regularly, but as of All In he was expected to take a bit of time off.
The last we heard regarding Swerve is that All Elite Wrestling were preparing for the possibility that he could have surgery following Forbidden Door and miss a number of months.
Kota Ibushi wasn't putting on an act -- he was legit surprised at being add...
2025-08-24 14:44:02 +0000 UTC
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Does Ava still train to be a wrestler at the PC?
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2025-08-24 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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News and notes from the weekend
AEW has some additional apparel deals that will be announced in the coming weeks.
There is a fake Bob Holly account on Twitter. It’s the same account that faked being Sid until he passed away. They just went away for a while and then rebranded. Bob Holly hasn’t used twitter in years.
We are going to try to have an ongoing scoops thread tomorrow. The early nature of the show will mean that news is likely coming i...
2025-08-23 23:53:36 +0000 UTC
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An unusual situation could be an indication of an injury, or just selling.
On the August 18 episode of WWE Raw, New Day's Xavier Woods took on Penta during the show. However, Xavier Woods may have not emerged unscathed from the loss if word from after the show is any indication.
Fightful was given word that Xavier Woods had told people after the match that unfortunately his neck was "messed up." We haven't learned anything regarding the extent of it, but one source claimed they ac...
2025-08-23 23:48:22 +0000 UTC
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They waited 29 years to make the sequel to Happy Gilmore.
I wish they had waited 58 years. So I would be dead when it came out.
Three minutes into the movie, Adam Sandler accidentally kills his wife in a flashback scene by hitting her in the face with a shanked golf ball. It's supposed to be both absurdly hilarious and sincerely tearjerking. It's neither, and the movie never recovers.
MJF plays Adam Sandler's son, and he might be the best actor in this thing.
Bad Bunny pl...
2025-08-23 23:28:29 +0000 UTC
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Why do you think aew has been more successful in securing the fr...
2025-08-23 16:01:26 +0000 UTC
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2025-08-23 15:30:30 +0000 UTC
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AEW revealed this week that they're heading back to Australia.
Word locally is that the target dates are Sydney and Melbourne in February.
We'll have more when we get details
2025-08-23 04:29:02 +0000 UTC
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John Cena said mean things about Logan Paul to Logan Paul's face, which was nice, but that was the inarguable highlight of a not-so-Irish-Spring-fresh edition of SmackDown.
The crowd chanted "You Can't Wrestle" at Jeff Cobb.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbE8GTuXH_4
2025-08-23 02:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Will Ospreay appeared at AEW Forbidden Door, but it was certainly a touch and go situation.
The move is also against the better judgment of many in All Elite Wrestling and even some on the roster.
Fightful Select spoke to sources that said they were actually hopeful that Will Ospreay wouldn’t end up wrestling at Forbidden Door. 2025-08-23 02:05:00 +0000 UTC
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Rumor Roundup from the wrestling world!
Fightful Select had reported the news months ago that FTR vs. Cope & Christian was the plan, and likely for the tag team titles towards All Out, but it was actually planned to start earlier. The match is scheduled as an elimination match, so to lose the titles, Hurt Syndicate members will still need to take a pin. MVP had made it clear to many people who the Hurt Syndicate preferred to lose to.
Observer also reported th...
2025-08-22 17:31:16 +0000 UTC
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Do we know if NXT ple's will also be on the ESPN service?
2025-08-22 16:00:15 +0000 UTC
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